Grade 5 Suggested Reading List
JUVENILE FICTION
The twits next door by Greg James
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
Out of my mind by Sharon M. Draper
Indiana Bones by Harry Heape
Because of the rabbit by Cynthia Lord
Bob by Wendy Mass
Oh, rats! by Tor Seidler
Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
The impossible destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
Ways to share joy by Renee Watson
The boy with the butterfly mind by Victoria Williamson
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL FICTION
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 lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
The first state of being by Erin Entrada Kelly
Restart by Gordon Korman
Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L. D. Lapinski
Magnolia Wu unfolds it all by Chanel Miller
Olivetti by Allie Millington
How to win a slime war by Mae Respicio
As brave as you by Jason Reynolds
Esperanza rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
Healer of the water monster by Brian Young
 
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Two-headed chicken by Tom Angleberger
I survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Georgia Ball
Leon the Extraordinary / : The Extraordinary by Jamar Nicholas
Eerie tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable
Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas
Major Impossible by Nathan Hale
Katie the catsitter by Colleen A. F. Venable
Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neill
Ember and the island of lost creaures by Jason Pamment
Dog trouble by Kristin Varner
 
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Prince among slaves : the remarkable true story of an African prince enslaved in Mississippi, and his journey home by N. H. Senzai
What makes us human by Victor D. O. Santos
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
A stinky history of toilets / : Flush With Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries by Olivia Meikle
The planets are very, very, very far away : a journey through the amazing scale of the solar system by Mike Vago
Water : discovering the precious resource all around us by Ol§ga Fadeeva
One long line : marching caterpillars and the scientists who followed them by Loree Griffin Burns
Chinese menu : the history, myths, and legends behind your favorite foods by Grace Lin
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