Every Garden Heights workbook is built on one specific, complete edition of each novel. Before you buy a book, check this page: it lists the recommended publisher and ISBN for every novel in our library, so the chapters, page numbers, and words your reader sees match the workbook exactly.
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus | Barbara Park | Random House Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9780679826422 |
| The Hundred Dresses | Eleanor Estes | Harcourt / HMH (paperback, Louis Slobodkin illus.) | 9780152052607 |
| My Father’s Dragon | Ruth Stiles Gannett | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780440421214 |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall | Patricia MacLachlan | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780064402057 |
| The Twits | Roald Dahl | Puffin (paperback, Quentin Blake illus.) | 9780142410394 |
| Fantastic Mr Fox | Roald Dahl | Puffin (paperback, Quentin Blake illus.) | 9780142410349 |
| Judy Moody (Was in a Mood) #1 ⚠️ Same text as earlier printings; new cover only | Megan McDonald | Candlewick Press (current paperback) | 9781536200713 |
| Stone Fox | John Reynolds Gardiner | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780064401326 |
| The Chocolate Touch | Patrick Skene Catling | HarperCollins (paperback, Margot Apple illus.) | 9780688161330 |
| Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business | Barbara Park | Random House Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9780679838869 |
| Elmer and the Dragon | Ruth Stiles Gannett | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780440421368 |
| Skylark | Patricia MacLachlan | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780064406222 |
| Judy Moody Gets Famous! #2 | Megan McDonald | Candlewick Press (current paperback) | 9781536200737 |
| How to Eat Fried Worms | Thomas Rockwell | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780440421856 |
| The Boxcar Children #1 ⚠️ Use the ORIGINAL Albert Whitman text, not retellings | Gertrude Chandler Warner | Albert Whitman & Company (paperback) | 9780807508527 |
| The Boxcar Children #2: Surprise Island | Gertrude Chandler Warner | Albert Whitman & Company (paperback) | 9780807576748 |
| Ramona Quimby, Age 8 | Beverly Cleary | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780380709564 |
| The Whipping Boy | Sid Fleischman | Greenwillow Books — HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780060521226 |
| The Year of Billy Miller | Kevin Henkes | Greenwillow Books — HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780062268143 |
| A to Z Mysteries: The Absent Author | Ron Roy | Random House Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9780679881681 |
| Clementine | Sara Pennypacker | Disney-Hyperion (paperback, Marla Frazee illus.) | 9780786838837 |
| A Mouse Called Wolf | Dick King-Smith | Yearling — Random House Children’s Books (paperback) | 9780375800665 |
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Popper’s Penguins ⚠️ Avoid the movie tie-in cover if possible (same text, though) | Richard & Florence Atwater | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9780316058438 |
| Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Judy Blume | Puffin (paperback) | 9780142408810 |
| Pippi Longstocking ⚠️ IMPORTANT: get the Lamborn translation — our workbooks follow it | Astrid Lindgren | Puffin Modern Classics (Florence Lamborn translation) | 9780142402498 |
| The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | Kate DiCamillo | Candlewick Press (paperback, Bagram Ibatoulline illus.) | 9780763680909 |
| Sideways Stories from Wayside School | Louis Sachar | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780380698714 |
| Ramona the Pest | Beverly Cleary | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780380709540 |
| The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Beverly Cleary | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780380709243 |
| Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo | Candlewick Press (paperback) | 9780763680862 |
| Wayside School Is Falling Down | Louis Sachar | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780380754847 |
| Runaway Ralph | Beverly Cleary | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780380709533 |
| Superfudge | Judy Blume | Puffin (paperback) | 9780142408803 |
| Pippi Goes on Board ⚠️ Lamborn translation, matching Pippi #1 | Astrid Lindgren | Puffin (Florence Lamborn translation) | 9780140309591 |
| Frindle | Andrew Clements | Atheneum — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9780689818769 |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1 | Jeff Kinney | Amulet Books (hardcover — standard format for this series) | 9780810993136 |
| The Cricket in Times Square | George Selden | Square Fish — Farrar, Straus and Giroux (paperback, Garth Williams illus.) | 9780312380038 |
| James and the Giant Peach | Roald Dahl | Puffin (paperback, Quentin Blake illus.) | 9780142410363 |
| Charlotte’s Web | E. B. White | HarperCollins (paperback, Garth Williams illus.) | 9780064400558 |
| Tucker’s Countryside | George Selden | Square Fish — Farrar, Straus and Giroux (paperback) | 9781250002563 |
| The Lemonade Crime | Jacqueline Davies | HMH — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (paperback) | 9780547722375 |
| Shiloh Season | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Aladdin — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9780689806469 |
| Little House in the Big Woods | Laura Ingalls Wilder | HarperCollins (paperback, Garth Williams illus.) | 9780064400015 |
| The Family Under the Bridge | Natalie Savage Carlson | HarperCollins (paperback, Garth Williams illus.) | 9780064402507 |
| Bunnicula | Deborah and James Howe | Atheneum Books for Young Readers — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781416928171 |
| Stuart Little | E. B. White | HarperCollins (paperback, Garth Williams illus.) | 9780064400565 |
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lemonade War | Jacqueline Davies | HMH — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (paperback) | 9780547237657 |
| The One and Only Ivan | Katherine Applegate | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780061992278 |
| Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Aladdin — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9780689862229 |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl | Puffin (paperback, Quentin Blake illus.) | 9780142410318 |
| The Tale of Despereaux | Kate DiCamillo | Candlewick Press (paperback) | 9780763680893 |
| The Frindle Files | Andrew Clements | Yearling — Random House (2026 paperback; hardcover 9780399557637) | 9780399557668 |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2: Rodrick Rules | Jeff Kinney | Amulet Books (hardcover) | 9780810994737 |
| The One and Only Bob | Katherine Applegate | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780062991324 |
| Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | Roald Dahl | Puffin (paperback, Quentin Blake illus.) | 9780142410325 |
| The Wild Robot Escapes | Peter Brown | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9780316479264 |
| Number the Stars | Lois Lowry | HMH — Clarion (paperback) | 9780547577098 |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | E. L. Konigsburg | Atheneum — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9780689711817 |
| Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780064401845 |
| Tuck Everlasting | Natalie Babbitt | Square Fish — Farrar, Straus and Giroux (paperback) | 9780312369811 |
| Flora & Ulysses | Kate DiCamillo | Candlewick Press (paperback, K.G. Campbell illus.) | 9780763687649 |
| Rules | Cynthia Lord | Scholastic (paperback) | 9780439443838 |
| Dragons in a Bag | Zetta Elliott | Random House Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9781524770488 |
| A Crooked Kind of Perfect | Linda Urban | Sandpiper — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (paperback) | 9780152066086 |
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wild Robot | Peter Brown | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9780316382007 |
| The BFG | Roald Dahl | Puffin (paperback, Quentin Blake illus.) | 9780142410387 |
| Matilda | Roald Dahl | Puffin (paperback, Quentin Blake illus.) | 9780142410370 |
| Sounder | William H. Armstrong | HarperCollins — Harper Perennial (paperback) | 9780064400206 |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | Scott O’Dell | HMH — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (paperback) | 9780547328614 |
| Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9780316809061 |
| My Side of the Mountain | Jean Craighead George | Puffin (paperback) | 9780142401118 |
| Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | C. S. Lewis | HarperCollins (paperback, Pauline Baynes illus.) | 9780064404990 |
| The Wanderer | Sharon Creech | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780064410328 |
| Esperanza Rising | Pam Muñoz Ryan | Scholastic (paperback) | 9780439120425 |
| Zia | Scott O’Dell | HMH — Odyssey Classics (paperback) | 9780547406336 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rowling | Scholastic (US paperback) | 9780439064873 |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | Norton Juster | Yearling — Random House (paperback, Jules Feiffer illus.) | 9780394820378 |
| A Wind in the Door | Madeleine L’Engle | Square Fish — Farrar, Straus and Giroux (paperback) | 9780312368548 |
| Racso and the Rats of NIMH | Jane Leslie Conly | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780064402453 |
| Because of Mr. Terupt | Rob Buyea | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780375858246 |
| A Single Shard | Linda Sue Park | Clarion Books — HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780547534268 |
| Missing May | Cynthia Rylant | Scholastic (paperback) | 9780439613835 |
| When You Reach Me | Rebecca Stead | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780375850868 |
| Danny the Champion of the World | Roald Dahl | Puffin — Penguin Random House (paperback, Quentin Blake illus.) | 9780142410332 |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⚠️ Choose an unabridged edition; Dover’s Children’s Thrift "The Wizard of Oz" is shortened. | L. Frank Baum | Dover Evergreen Classics (unabridged paperback, W. W. Denslow illus.) | 9780486291161 |
| The Winter Room | Gary Paulsen | Scholastic Gold (paperback) | 9781338713930 |
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trumpet of the Swan | E. B. White | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780064408677 |
| Fish in a Tree | Lynda Mullaly Hunt | Puffin — Penguin (paperback) | 9780142426425 |
| Holes | Louis Sachar | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780440414803 |
| Wonder | R. J. Palacio | Knopf Books for Young Readers (hardcover — standard format) | 9780375869020 |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ⚠️ US ’Sorcerer’s Stone’ text, not UK ’Philosopher’s Stone’ | J. K. Rowling | Scholastic (US paperback) | 9780590353427 |
| On the Far Side of the Mountain | Jean Craighead George | Puffin (paperback) | 9780141312415 |
| Prince Caspian | C. S. Lewis | HarperCollins (paperback, Pauline Baynes illus.) | 9780064405003 |
| Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli | Ember — Random House (paperback) | 9780440416777 |
| Hatchet | Gary Paulsen | Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781416936473 |
| A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L’Engle | Square Fish — Farrar, Straus and Giroux (paperback) | 9780312367541 |
| Out of My Heart | Sharon M. Draper | Atheneum — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781665902182 |
| The People of Sparks | Jeanne DuPrau | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780375828256 |
| A Long Walk to Water | Linda Sue Park | HMH — Clarion (paperback) | 9780547577319 |
| Front Desk | Kelly Yang | Scholastic Press (paperback) | 9781338157826 |
| Pax | Sara Pennypacker | HarperCollins (paperback, Jon Klassen illus.) | 9780062377029 |
| Ghost | Jason Reynolds | Atheneum — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781481450164 |
| Crispin: The Cross of Lead | Avi | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers — Hachette (paperback) | 9780786816583 |
| Kira-Kira | Cynthia Kadohata | Atheneum Books for Young Readers — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9780689856402 |
| Hello, Universe | Erin Entrada Kelly | Greenwillow Books — HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780062414168 |
| Maizy Chen’s Last Chance | Lisa Yee | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9781984830272 |
| The Egypt Game | Zilpha Keatley Snyder | Atheneum — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781416990512 |
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bud, Not Buddy | Christopher Paul Curtis | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780553494105 |
| Small Steps | Louis Sachar | Delacorte — Random House (paperback) | 9780385733151 |
| Julie of the Wolves | Jean Craighead George | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780064400589 |
| Freak the Mighty | Rodman Philbrick | Scholastic (paperback) | 9780439286060 |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 | Christopher Paul Curtis | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780440414124 |
| Out of My Mind | Sharon M. Draper | Atheneum — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781416971719 |
| The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin | Puffin (paperback) | 9780142401200 |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Robert C. O’Brien | Aladdin — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9780689710681 |
| The City of Ember | Jeanne DuPrau | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780375822742 |
| Hoot | Carl Hiaasen | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780440421702 |
| Percy Jackson #1: The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan | Disney-Hyperion (paperback) | 9780786838653 |
| The River | Gary Paulsen | Ember — Random House (paperback) | 9780307929617 |
| Julie | Jean Craighead George | HarperCollins — Harper Trophy (paperback) | 9780064405737 |
| Max the Mighty | Rodman Philbrick | Scholastic (paperback) | 9780590579643 |
| Percy Jackson #2: The Sea of Monsters | Rick Riordan | Disney-Hyperion (paperback) | 9781423103349 |
| Restart | Gordon Korman | Scholastic (paperback) | 9781338053807 |
| Flipped | Wendelin Van Draanen | Ember — Random House (paperback) | 9780375825446 |
| The Superteacher Project | Gordon Korman | Balzer + Bray — HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780063032804 |
| Gathering Blue | Lois Lowry | HMH — Clarion (paperback) | 9780547904146 |
| Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson Levine | Quill Tree Books — HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780064407052 |
| The War That Saved My Life | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Dial Books — Penguin Random House (paperback) | 9780147510488 |
| The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Kelly Barnhill | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers — Hachette (paperback) | 9781616207465 |
| When My Name Was Keoko | Linda Sue Park | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780440419440 |
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love, Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli | Ember — Random House (paperback) | 9780375856440 |
| The Giver | Lois Lowry | HMH — Clarion (paperback) | 9780544336261 |
| The Outsiders | S. E. Hinton | Penguin — Speak (Platinum Edition paperback) | 9780142407332 |
| Refugee | Alan Gratz | Scholastic (paperback) | 9781338324723 |
| Walk Two Moons | Sharon Creech | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780064405171 |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls | Yearling — Random House (paperback) | 9780440412670 |
| Chains | Laurie Halse Anderson | Atheneum — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781416905868 |
| The Secret Garden ⚠️ Public-domain title — many abridged versions exist; use ONLY a complete, unabridged edition | Frances Hodgson Burnett | HarperCollins (UNABRIDGED full text, Tasha Tudor illus.) | 9780064401883 |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Mildred D. Taylor | Puffin (paperback) | 9780140384512 |
| The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien | Mariner — HMH (paperback) | 9780547928227 |
| Anne of Green Gables ⚠️ Public-domain title — avoid abridged/retold versions | L. M. Montgomery | Bantam Classics (UNABRIDGED full text) | 9780553213133 |
| Let the Circle Be Unbroken | Mildred D. Taylor | Puffin (paperback) | 9781101997543 |
| Forge | Laurie Halse Anderson | Atheneum — Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781416961451 |
| Anne of Avonlea | L. M. Montgomery | Bantam Classics (UNABRIDGED full text) | 9780553213140 |
| The Fellowship of the Ring | J. R. R. Tolkien | Mariner — HMH (paperback) | 9780547928210 |
| Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic (paperback) | 9780439023498 |
| I, Robot ⚠️ A linked story collection: nine stories and a frame | Isaac Asimov | Del Rey — Random House Worlds (paperback) | 9780553382563 |
| Johnny Tremain | Esther Forbes | Clarion Books — HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780547614328 |
| The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman | HarperCollins (paperback) | 9780060530945 |
| The Wednesday Wars | Gary D. Schmidt | Clarion Books — HMH (paperback) | 9780547237602 |
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic (paperback) | 9780439023528 |
| Night ⚠️ Use the Marion Wiesel translation (the standard classroom text) | Elie Wiesel | Hill and Wang (Marion Wiesel translation) | 9780374500016 |
| Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck | Penguin (paperback) | 9780140177398 |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | Signet — Berkley (paperback) | 9780451526342 |
| The Pearl | John Steinbeck | Penguin (paperback) | 9780140177374 |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | Simon & Schuster (paperback) | 9781451673319 |
| Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson | Square Fish — Macmillan (paperback) | 9780312674397 |
| Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe | Anchor — Penguin Random House (paperback) | 9780385474542 |
| The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros | Vintage Contemporaries (paperback) | 9780679734772 |
| And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie | William Morrow (paperback) | 9780062073488 |
| The Diary of a Young Girl ⚠️ The workbook follows the Definitive Edition; the 1952 translation omits about 30% of the entries | Anne Frank | Bantam (mass-market paperback) — the Definitive Edition, Susan Massotty trans. | 9780553577129 |
| Little Women ⚠️ Public-domain title — avoid abridged/retold versions | Louisa May Alcott | Bantam Classics (UNABRIDGED full text) | 9780553212754 |
| Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card | Tor — Macmillan (mass-market paperback) | 9780812550757 |
| Novel | Author | Recommended edition (publisher) | ISBN-13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Scribner (paperback) | 9780743273565 |
| The Joy Luck Club | Amy Tan | Penguin Books (paperback) | 9780143038092 |
| Feed | M. T. Anderson | Candlewick Press (paperback) | 9780763662622 |
| Klara and the Sun | Kazuo Ishiguro | Vintage — Penguin Random House (paperback) | 9780593311295 |
| Pride and Prejudice ⚠️ Public-domain title — use the unabridged text, not a retold or Young Readers edition | Jane Austen | Penguin Classics — Penguin Random House (paperback) | 9780141439518 |
| Lord of the Flies | William Golding | Penguin (paperback) | 9780399501487 |
| The Catcher in the Rye | J. D. Salinger | Little, Brown (paperback) | 9780316769488 |
| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | Mariner — HMH (paperback) | 9780156030304 |
| 1984 | George Orwell | Signet Classics (paperback) | 9780451524935 |
| Ender’s Game | Orson Scott Card | Tor — Macmillan (mass-market paperback) | 9780812550702 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | Harper Perennial Modern Classics (paperback, 2002) | 9780060935467 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | Grand Central Publishing (mass-market paperback) | 9780446310789 |
| The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | Riverhead — Penguin (paperback) | 9781594631931 |
| The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | Knopf Books for Young Readers (paperback) | 9780375842207 |
| Little Men | Louisa May Alcott | Signet Classics (unabridged full text) | 9780451529350 |