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There were two classes of books I read in elementary school - Required Reading and Whatever I Picked Up in the Library.

Required Reading:
Where the Red Fern Grows

Library:
Shy Stegasaurus of Cricket Creek (2nd grade or so)
Lion Adventure, African Adventure, Elephant Adventure (Willard Price)

I got way hooked on Dune in junior high - I had my dad bring home a "C" size sheet of grid paper from work so I could track the characters and their relationships to one another as I read along.