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As soon as school ends this Friday, the Sharp crew will pile in our mini-van and head for Gulf Shores, Alabama. It is my favorite week of the year. A week spent on the beach with my family is a little slice of heaven. Usually, I pack a whole bunch of books with the the idea of reading them all during break. It never happens. Watching four kids run around is a full-time job. The best job. Hopefully, I’ll be able to finish 3 or 4 of the 10 books I plan taking with me to ‘Bama.

I’ll be sharing this post with my third graders late this week as we continue to plan for reading over break.

Books I’m Taking on Spring Break

My Seventh Grade Life In Tights

By: Brooks Benjamin

Audacity Jones

By: Kirby Larson

Lizzie and the Lost Baby

Cheryl Blackford

Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat

By: Gary Paulsen

Waylon! One Awesome Thing

By: Sara Pennypacker

Illustrated by Marla Frazee

When Friendship Followed Me Home

By: Paul Griffin

Maxi’s Secrets

By: Lynn Plourde

A Clatter of Jars

By: Lisa Graff

Some Kind of Happiness

By: Claire Legrand

Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White

By: Melissa Sweet