What are your favorite chapter books for grades 3 and 4 kids?

Calling all bookish folks:

Do you have favorite, go-to books that you immediately turn to when recommending books for third and fourth graders? I’m compiling a recommended books list for my library, and thought it would be fun to learn the favorites of other library people (and bookish folk) to better inform my selections.

• Frindle by Andrew Clements
• the Fudge series by Judy Blume
• The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami
• The Year of the Book by  Andrea Cheng
• Dumpling Days by Grace Lin
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Half Magic by Edward Eager
• Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel by Ruth McNally Barshaw
• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
• The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

A few that I often rely on are listed above, (in no particular order), but I look forward to refreshing my repertoire with your tried-and-true suggestions!

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