Passages

The following are excerpts from children's literature that will inspire and educate. These are short passages from over 300 novels obtained from public school libraries that allow teachers, tutors and parents to assess student abilities and interests in selected works of fiction. To help choose books that are appropriate for your student's level, the listing has been organized by reading level.

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A Bell for Adano

by John Hersey

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A String in the Harp

by Nancy Bond

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A Walk to Remember

by Nicholas Sparks

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Belle Prater's Boy

by Ruth White

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Ben and Me

by Norma Klein

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Boy

by Roald Dahl

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Brian's Winter

by Gary Paulsen

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Call It Courage

by Armstrong Sperry

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Daughter of the Mountains

by Louise Rankin

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Dear Mr. Henshaw

by Beverly Cleary

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Dragonwings

by Laurence Yep

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Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

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Gentle Ben

by Walt Morey

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Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen

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Have Spacesuit Will Travel

by J. K. Rawling

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House Made of Dawn

by M. Scott Momaday

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Journey Outside

by Mary Q. Steele

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Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Maniac Magee

by Jerry Spinelli

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Matilda

by Roald Dahl

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Parrot in the Oven

by Victor Martinez

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Ring of Endless Light

by Madeleine L'Engle

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River Boy

by Tom Bowler

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Star Split

by Kathryn Lasky

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Stargirl

by Jerry Spinelli

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Surviving the Applewhites

by Stephanie S. Tolan

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

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The Apprentice

by Pilar Molina Llorent

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The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite de Angeli

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The Magician's Nephew

by C.S. Lewis

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The Moorchild

by Eloise McGraw

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The Night Flyers

by Elizabeth McDavid Jones

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The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

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The Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann Wyss

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The Thief Lord

by Cornelia Funke

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The White Stag

by Kate Seredy

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

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To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

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Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Troy

by Adele Geras

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Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

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