Grade 5 Recommended Reading List

• Contemporary Fiction • Adventure and Mystery • Animal Stories • Fantasy •
Historical Fiction • Non-fiction and Biography • Humor •

 

 

Contemporary Fiction

  • Byars, B. The Summer of the Swans; The Pinballs; The Not Just Anybody Family (series)
  • Carmi, D. Samir and Yonatan (Middle East today)
  • Cleary, B. Dear Mr. Henshaw
  • Cohen, B. Thank You, Jackie Robinson
  • Conford, E. The Luck of Pokey Bloom
  • Creech, S. Walk Two Moons; Absolutely Normal Chaos; Love That Dog; The Wanderer
  • Dorris, M. See Behind Trees
  • Ellis, D. The Breadwinner; Parvana's Journey
  • Ellis, S. The Family Project
  • Fenner, C. Yolonda's Genius; The King of Dragons
  • Fleischman, P. The Borning Room
  • Fine, A. Step by Wicked Step
  • Freeman, S. The Cuckoo's Child
  • Giff, P. Willow Run
  • Hamilton, V. Cousins; The House of Dies Drear (series)
  • Hesse, K. The Music of Dolphins; Out of the Dust; Stowaway
  • Holt, K. My Louisiana Sky (contemporary)
  • Holub, J. The Robber and Me
  • Konigsberg, E. L. The View From Saturday
  • L'Engle, M. Meet the Austins
  • Lisle, J. T. The Art of Keeping Cool
  • Lowry, L. Rabble Starkey (family); The Silent Boy;
  • Mack, T. Drawing Lessons
  • Macy, S. Girl's Got Game
  • McKay, H. The Exiles in Love ; Saffy's Angel, Indigo's Star, Permanent Rose
  • Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (series)
  • Morpurgo, M. Why the Whales Came; Waiting for Anya
  • Naylor, P. R. Shiloh; Shiloh Season (dogs); The Girls Take Over
  • Nesbit, E. The Railway Children
  • Paterson, K. Bridge to Terabithia; The Same Stuff As Stars; The Great Gilly Hopkins
  • Parks, B. The Graduation of Jake Moon; Mick Harte was Here
  • Philbrick, W. R. Freak the Mighty; The Fire Pony
  • Roos, S. The Gypsies Never Came
  • Ryan, P. Esperanza Rising
  • Rylant, C. Missing May
  • Stolz, M. A Wonderful, Terrible Time (and others)
  • Streatfeild, N. Ballet Shoes (and others)
  • Westfall, R Stormsearch
  • White, R. Belle Prater's Boy; Memories of Summer
  • Williams, V Scooter (friendship)
  • Woodson, J Maizon at Blue Hill; Last Summer with Maizon (friendship/schools)
  • Yen Mah, A. The Chinese Cinderella
  • Yolen, J. The Devil's Arithmetic; Boots and the Seven Leaguers: a Rock and Troll Novel
  • Yumoto, K. The Friends ; The Letters; The Spring Tone

Fantasy

  • Alcock, V. The Monster Garden
  • Alexander, L. The Book of Three (Chronicles of Prydain series); Gawgon and the Boy
  • Almond, D. Skellig; Kit's Wilderness;
  • Avi Perloo, the Bold
  • Barron, T.A. The Lost Years of Merlin (series); Tree Girl ; Great Tree of Avalon
  • Cheetham, A. The Pit
  • Christopher, J. The White Mountains ( science fiction trilogy)
  • Colfer, E. Artemis Fowl (series)
  • Cooper, S. The Dark is Rising (series); The Boggart
  • Coville, B. The Unicorn Chronicles (series); Alien Visitors
  • Divakaruni, C.B. The Conch Bearer (series)
  • Eager, E. Knight's Castle (others)
  • Farmer, N. The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm; The House of the Scorpion
  • Funke, C. Inkspell (series)
  • Hahn, M. D. Wait till Helen Comes, Time for Andrew; As Ever, Gordy (others)
  • Hunter, M. The Wicked One; A Stranger Came Ashore
  • Ibbotson, E. The Secret of Platform 13; Which Witch; Island of the Aunts(others)
  • L'Engle, M. A Wrinkle in Time (series)
  • Langton, J. The Fledgling (and others)
  • Levine, G Ella Enchanted; Dave at Night; The Wish
  • Lindbergh, A. Baily's Window; Travel Far, Pay No Fare (others)
  • Lisle, J.T. The Lampfish of Twill; The Lost Flower Children
  • MacDonald, G The Lost Princess
  • McGraw, E. J. The Moorchild; The Golden Goblet
  • MacHale, D.J. Merchant of Death (Pendragon series)
  • Nesbit, E. The Enchanted Castle
  • Nimmo, J. Charlie Bone (series)
  • Nix, G Mister Monday (Keys to the Kingdom series)
  • Oppel, K. Airborn, Skybreaker
  • Pearce, P. Tom's Midnight Garden
  • Pierce, T. Alanna (series); First Test; Briar's Boy
  • Pullman, P. The Golden Compass (series); The Scarecrow and His Servant
  • Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (series)
  • Rylant, C. The Van Gogh Cafe
  • Shan, D. Cirque Du Freak (series)
  • Stewart, P. The Edge Chronicles (series)
  • Wrede, P Dealing with Dragons; Enchanted Forest Chronicles (series)
  • Yolen, J. Merlin Trilogy
  • Zindel, P. Rats (horror); The Doom Stone

 

Historical Fiction

  • Avi Crispin: Cross of Lead
  • Bawden, N. Carrie's War
  • Beatty, P. Charlie Skedaddle (others)
  • Blackwood, G. Shakespeare Stealer; Shakespeare's Scribe
  • Blos, J. A Gathering of Days
  • Choi, S.N. Year of Impossible Goodbyes
  • Conrad, P. My Daniel
  • Cushman, K. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
  • Curtis Bud, Not Buddy; The Watson's Go to Birmingham
  • English, K. Francie
  • Fox, P. The Slave Dancer
  • Giff, P. Lily's Crossing ; Nory Ryan's Song
  • Kerr, J. When Hilter Stole Pink Rabbit
  • Lawrence, I. The Wreckers; The Smugglers; The Buccaneers (historical adventure)
  • O'Dell, S. Sing Down the Moon
  • Orlev, U. Island on Bird Street (WWII survival); Run, Boy, Run
  • Paterson, K. Preacher's Boy
  • Park, L. A Single Shard; The Kite Fighters
  • Pearson, K. The Sky is Falling (series)
  • Reeder, C. Shades of Gray
  • Spinelli, J. Milkweed
  • Taylor, M The Friendship; Song of the Trees
  • Turner, M.W. The Thief (historical adventure); The Queen of Attolia
  • Watkins, Y. So Far From the Bamboo Grove; My Brother, My Sister and I
  • Wolff, V.E. Bat 6
  • Yolen, J. The Devil's Arithmetic

Mystery and Adventure

  • Aiken, J. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase; Dangerous Games; IS Underground
  • Avi The True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle, Wolf Rider
  • Babbitt, N. The Eyes of the Amaryllis
  • Balliett, B. Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3
  • Bawden, Nina Kept in the Dark; Off the Road (others)
  • Bellairs. J. The Curse of the Blue Figurine; The Ghost in the Mirror (mystery series)
  • Bredsdorff, Bodil The Crow Girl: The Children of Crow Cove
  • Cottonwood, J. Quake!
  • Feinstein, J. Last Shot
  • Fleischman, S. The Whipping Boy; Bandit's Moon; Bo & Mizz Mad, Jim Ugly
  • George, J. My Side of the Mountain; Julie of the Wolves
  • Haddix, M. P. Running out of Time
  • Hiassen, C Hoot; Flush
  • Hobbs, W. Far North, Ghost Canoe
  • Horowitz, A. Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series); Raven's Gate, The Diamond Brothers (series)
  • Jacques, B. Redwall (series)
  • Lupica, M Heat
  • Meyers, W. The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner (others)
  • O'Brian, R. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
  • O'Dell, S Island of the Blue Dolphin (others)
  • Paulsen, G. Hatchet (series); White Fox Chronicles; Mr Tucket (series); Transvall Saga
  • Peck, R The Ghost Belonged to Me (series)
  • Price, W. Safari Adventure (others)
  • Ransome, A. Swallows and Amazons (others)
  • Rawls, W. Where the Red Fern Grows
  • Sachar, L. Holes
  • Salisbury, G. Jungle Dogs; Under the Blood Red Sun
  • Skurzynski, G. Cliff-Hanger
  • Snyder, Z. The Egypt Game; Fool's Gold; The Runaways
  • Speare, E. G. The Sign of the Beaver
  • Sperry, A. Call it Courage
  • Stevenson, J. Bones in the Cliff; The Unprotected Witness
  • Taylor, T. The Cay
  • Van Draanen, W. Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man (others)
  • Wynne-Jones, T. The Book of Changes; The Boy in the Burning House
  • Yep, L. Case of the Goblin Pearls
  • Zindel, P. Raptor

Animal Stories

  • Avi Poppy; Poppy and Rye; Perloo the Bold
  • Brophy, A Flash and the Swan
  • Burnford, S. The Incredible Journey
  • Eckert, A Incident at Hawk's Hill; Return to Hawk's Hill
  • arley, W. The Black Stallion (series)
  • George, J.C. Frightful's Mountain
  • Gipson, F. Old Yeller; Savage Sam
  • Graham, K. The Wind in the Willows
  • Haas, J. Shaper; Unbroken
  • Henry, M King of the Wind
  • Hoeye, M. Time Stops For No Mouse (series)
  • Jacques, B. Redwall (series)
  • Jarrell, R. The Bat-Poet; The Animal Family
  • Kjelgaard, J. A. Big Red (and others)
  • King-Smith, D. Babe, the Gallant Pig; Pigs Might Fly (others)
  • Milne, A. A. The World of Pooh
  • Naylor, P. R. Shiloh
  • Rawls, W. Where the Red Fern Grows
  • Seidler, T The Wainscott Weasel; Mean Margaret (and others)
  • Sewell, A. Black Beauty
  • Snyder, Z.K. Gib and the Grey Ghost (others)
  • Steig, W. Dominic; Abel's Island
  • Taylor, W. Agnes the Sheep
  • Terhune, A. The Heart of a Dog (and others)
  • White, E. B. Trumpet of the Swan (and others)

Humor

  • Aiken, J. Mortimer's Cross (others)
  • Avi The History of Helpless Harry; Romeo and Juliet Together...
  • Blume, J. Are you there God? It's me, Margaret; Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
  • Byars, B. Bingo Brown and the Language of Love (series)
  • Byng, G. Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
  • Coville, B. My Teacher Fried My Brains
  • Cresswell, H. Ordinary Jack (The Bagthorpe Saga) (series)
  • Dahl, R. The Witches; The BFG; Matilda; George's Marvelous Medicine(others)
  • Enzensberger, H.M. The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
  • Feiffer, J. Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears
  • Fleischman, Sid Bandit's Moon
  • Gantos, J. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key; Joey Pigza Loses Control (series)
  • Greene, C. Double Dare O'Toole
  • Greenwald, S. Rose Cole's Great American Guilt Club
  • Hearne, B. Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs
  • Horvath, P. The Trolls
  • Howe, J. Bunnicula (series)
  • Jansson, T. Finn Family Moomimtroll
  • Jones, D.W. Stopping for a Spell
  • Juster, N. The Phantom Tollbooth
  • King-Smith, D. The Queen's Nose
  • Konigsburg, E. L. Journey to an 800 Number
  • Levine, G. The Princess Test; Cinderellis and the Glass Hill (others)
  • Lowry, L. Anastasia, Ask your Analyst (series)
  • Maguire, G. Six Haunted Hairdos (others)
  • Merrill, J. The Pushcart War
  • Morgenstern, S. Secret Letters for 0 to 10; A Book of Coupons
  • Nesbit, E. The Book of Dragons
  • Peck, R. N. Soup (series)
  • Pinkwater, D. The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (others)
  • Raskin, E. The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon...
  • Rodgers, M. Freaky Friday; Summer Switch (others)
  • Sachar, L. Wayside School is Falling Down (others)
  • Scieszka, J. The Time Warp Trio (series)
  • Shreve, S. Blister
  • Snicket, L. Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Spinelli, J. Maniac Magee (others) Knots in My Yo-Yo String (autobiography)
  • Stewart, P. Stormchaser; Beyond the Deepwoods (The EDGE Chronicles)
  • Thurber, J The Thirteen Clocks

Non-Fiction and Biography

 

  • Armstrong, J. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
  • Ballard, R. Exploring the Titanic (Underwater Archaeology)
  • Blumberg, R. Shipwrecked: the True Story of a Japanese Boy
  • Brewster, H Anastasia's Album
  • Byars, B. The Moon and I (Memoir)
  • Carpenter, A. L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz (Biography)
  • Cobb, V. Truth on Trial (Galileo - Biography)
  • Cox, C. Forgotten Heroes: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers (Afro-Americans)
  • Cummings, P. Talking with Adventurers (others)
  • Dahl, R. Boy; (autobiography)
  • Earle, S. Dive:Adventures in the Deep Frontier (underwater exploration)
  • Evslin, B. Jason and the Argonauts; Hercules; ( and others - Myths)
  • Ferris, J. Arctic Explorer (Matthew Henson - Biography)
  • Freedman, R. Buffalo Hunt (North American Indians)
  • Geringer, Laura The Pomegranate Seeds (mythology)
  • Golenbock, P. Teammates (Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese)
  • Greenbert, Jan Chuck Close, Up Close
  • Grimes, N. Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
  • Hamilton, V. The People Could Fly (Folktales); HerStories
  • Hughes. L. Dream Keeper (Poetry)
  • Jones, C. Mistakes That Worked (Inventions); Accidents May Happen
  • Kramer, S. Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley
  • Krull, K. Lives of the Writers; Lives of the Musicians; They Saw the Future
  • Lurie, A. Clever Gretchen (Folklore)
  • Macaulay, D. Mill; Ship; Castle; Pyramid (Construction and Function)
  • Mann, E. The Brooklyn Bridge; The Great Wall
  • Marrin, A. The Sea King: Sir Francis Drake and His Time
  • Matthews, T.L. Always Inventing: A Photobiography of Alexander Graham Bell
  • McCaughrean, G. The Golden Hoard: Myths and Legends of the World
  • McKissack, P. Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman (Biography)
  • McPherson, S. TV's Forgotten Hero: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
  • Morpurgo, M. Arthur: High King of Britian (398.2)
  • Murphy, J. Blizzard!
  • Myers, W.D. At Her Majesty's Request (African Princess-Victorian England)
  • North, S. Rascal (Natural Science)
  • Osborne, M. Favorite Norse Myths
  • Osofsky, A. Free to Dream:The Making of a Poet (Langston Hughes)
  • Pasachoff, N. Alexander Graham Bell: Making Connections
  • Paulsen, G. Puppies, Dogs and Blue Northers
  • Prelutsky, J. For Laughing Out Loud; The Beauty of the Beast ( and others- Poetry)
  • Pringle, L. An Extrordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly
  • Ryden, H. Wild Horses I have Known
  • San Souci, R. Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall Tale
  • Sattler, H. The Book of Eagles (Birds)
  • Saxby, M. The Great Deeds of Super Heroes (398.2)
  • Schwartz, A Tales of Trickery; And the Green Grass Grew All Around (Folklore)
  • Sevarance, J.B. Gandhi: Great Soul (Biography)
  • Silverstein, S. A Light in the Attic (and others - Poetry)
  • Stanley, J. Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California
  • St. George, J. Sacagawea
  • Stanley, D. Leonardo Da Vinci (Biography)
  • Steger, W. Over the Top of the World: Explorer Will Steger's Trek Across the Arctic
  • Stewart, M. Basketball: A History of Hoops
  • Waldherr, K Persephone and the Pomegranate (Myth)
  • Watkins, R. Gladiator
  • Wick, W. A Drop of Water: A Book of Science Water
  • Wueffson, D. The Kid Who Invented Popsicles (Inventions)