Ms. Lisette Osorio-Bladuell, Beauvoir's Reading Resource Teacher, compiled this list of challenging, exciting books for advanced readers. From the classic adventure of a boy and his insect friends in "James and the Giant Peach," the mystery of a brother and sister hiding in the Met in "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" to the Renaissance mouse in "The Tale of Despereaux", your advanced reader will be completely immersed in the characters portrayed in these excellent books.