26 Chapter Books That Will Make You Say, "OMG, I Remember That"

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    1. Holes by Louis Sachar

    2. The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

    3. Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

    4. Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

    5. The Giver by Lois Lowry

    6. Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

    7. The Adventures of The Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

    8. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

    9. Ramona series by Beverly Cleary

    10. Matilda, The BFG, and others by Roald Dahl

    11. Wayside School series by Louis Sachar

    12. Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate

    13. Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine

    14. Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark retold by Alvin Schwartz

    15. Nancy Drew series by Carolyne Keene

    16. The Hardy Boys by Franklin D. Nixon

    17. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

    18. Magic Attic Club series by Sheri Cooper Sinykin and various authors

    19. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Graighead George

    20. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

    21. Fudge series by Judy Blume

    22. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

    23. Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. Sobol

    24. Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger

    25. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

    26. The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin