The following list of books was compiled by the ALSC Quicklists Committee for Reading Is Fundamental.

Armstrong, William N.
Sounder
ISBN 0-0644-0020-4
The story of a dog, who tries to save his master a black sharecropper, who has been driven to steal for his family's survival, from arrest, and a boy who loves them both.

Babbit, Natalie
Tuck Everlasting
ISBN 0-3744-8009-5
Ten-year-old Winfred Foster and a malicious stranger both accidentally discover the Tuck family and their secret, a hidden spring whose water prevents one from ever growing older.

Catling, Patrick
The Chocolate Touch
ISBN 0-4404-1289-7
A boy acquires a magical gift: everything he touch turns to chocolate!

Cooper, Susan
The Boggart
ISBN 0-6898-0173-4
After returning from a trip to Scotland, two school children find out they've brought something extra home with them.

Fleischman, Paul
Bull Run
ISBN 0-0644-0588-5
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.

George, Jean Craighead
Julie of the Wolves
ISBN 0-0644-0058-1
Julie must find a way to survive in the harsh Alaskan tundra and the nearby wolf pack may be her only hope.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Running Out of Time
ISBN 0-6898-1236-1
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840s village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientist, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.

Hamilton, Virginia
The House of Dies Drear
ISBN 0-0204-3520-7
Thomas Small discovers a secret in his family's home, which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Henry, Marguerite
Misty of Chincoteague
ISBN 0-6897-1492-0
A brother and sister are determined to own one of the ponies their father helps to round up on Chincoteague Island.

Hesse, Karen
Sable
ISBN 0805057722
Tate has always wanted a dog, and when Sable shows up, her dream comes true. Will problems with the neighbors keep Tate and Sable apart?

Konigsburg, E.L.
The View From Saturday
ISBN 0-6898-2964-7
An academic competition brings four students together, and each tells the unlikely story of how they got there.

L'Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time
ISBN 0-4409-9805-0
Classic adventure in space and time.

Mead, Alice
Junebug
ISBN 0-4404-1245-5
Living in the projects, Junebug must somehow withstand the daily pressures of drugs and gangs while still holding onto his dream of sailing. Namioka, Lensey
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
ISBN 0-4404-0917-9
Yang is the only one in his entire family to be totally lacking in musical talent. He faces the agony of music lessons every day, when all he really wants to do is play ball.

Patterson, Katherine
Jacob Have I Loved
ISBN 0-0644-0368-8
While everyone adores and admires her twin sister, Sara Louise overcomes her jealousy and finds her own identity and inner strength.

Raskin, Ellen
Westing Game
ISBN 0-1403-8664-5
A millionaire's mysterious death, a fortune to inherit, and an unlikely assortment of heirs- -can you figure out the mystery?

Rawls, Wilson
Where the Red Fern Grows
ISBN 0-5532-7429-5
Having purchased two dogs for fifty dollars, young Billy is determined to create the valley's best hunting team. Follows the friendship of a boy and his two dogs and their adventures along the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country.

Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
ISBN 0-5903-5342-X
Harry's a perfectly ordinary boy in a perfectly ordinary school--except for the fact that he happens to be a wizard and his classes include Transfiguration and Potions!

Spinelli, Jerry
Maniac Magee
ISBN 0-3168-0906-3
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, a twelve-year-old homeless boy, could hit a ball better and faster than anyone in Two Mills. Even more remarkable, he dares to cross the line that divides the white West End and the black East End, confronting prejudice and racism head on.

Wojciechowska, Maia
Shadow of a Bull
ISBN 0-6897-0298-1
Manolo Olivar demonstrates true courage as he faces his bull and makes his decision.