Grade 5 Suggested Reading List
JUVENILE FICTION
Out of my mind
by
Sharon M. Draper
My side of the mountain
by
Jean Craighead George
Indiana Bones
by
Harry Heape
Because of the rabbit
by
Cynthia Lord
Bob
by
Wendy Mass
Winnie's great war
by
Lindsay Mattick
The thief knot
by
Kate Milford
Oh, rats!
by
Tor Seidler
Jedi Academy
by
Jeffrey Brown
The impossible destiny of Cutie Grackle
by
Shawn K. Stout
The boy with the butterfly mind
by
Victoria Williamson
Ways to share joy
by
Renâee Watson
MIDDLE SCHOOL FICTION
Out to get you : 13 tales of weirdness and woe
by
Josh Allen
Amari and the night brothers
by
B. B. Alston
Wishtree
by
Katherine Applegate
The girl who drank the moon
by
Kelly Regan Barnhill
The war that saved my life
by
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Al Capone does my shirts
by
Gennifer Choldenko
War and Millie McGonigle
by
Karen Cushman
The graveyard book
by
Neil Gaiman
The lion of Mars
by
Jennifer L. Holm
We dream of space
by
Erin Entrada Kelly
Restart
by
Gordon Korman
Strangeworlds Travel Agency
by
L. D. Lapinski
Merci Suárez changes gears
by
Meg Medina
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by
Scott O'Dell
How to win a slime war
by
Mae Respicio
As brave as you
by
Jason Reynolds
Esperanza rising
by
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Healer of the water monster
by
Brian Young
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Diana : princess of the Amazons
by
Shannon Hale
Two-headed chicken
by
Tom Angleberger
The Stonekeeper
by
Kazu Kibuishi
I survived the Nazi invasion, 1944 / : The Graphic Novel
by
Georgia Ball
Leon the Extraordinary / : The Extraordinary
by
Jamar Nicholas
Guts
by
Raina Telgemeier
Aquicorn Cove
by
Katie O'Neill
Major Impossible
by
Nathan Hale
Katie the catsitter
by
Colleen A. F. Venable
Catherine's war
by
Julia Billet
JUVENILE NONFICTION
The Book of Wizard Craft : In Which the Apprentice Finds Spells, Potions, Fantastic Tales & 50 Enchanting Things to Make
by
Inc. Sterling Publishing Co.
Totally random questions / : 101 Incredible and Intriguing Q&A's
by
Melina Gerosa Bellows
From an idea to LEGO : the building bricks behind the world's largest toy company
by
Lowey Bundy Sichol
Caught! : nabbing history's most wanted
by
Georgia Bragg
The planets are very, very, very far away : a journey through the amazing scale of the solar system
by
Mike Vago
Something rotten : a fresh look at roadkill
by
Heather L Montgomery
The museum of odd body leftovers : a tour of your useless parts, flaws, and other weird bits
by
Rachel Poliquin
Harford County Public Library
1221-A Brass Mill Rd
Belcamp, Maryland 21017
410-273-5600
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