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Books for 4th & 5th Graders Fall 2025 |
Return to Sender
by Vera Brosgol
Ten-year-old Oliver discovers that the wish-granting mailbox in his new apartment may make his dreams come true, but they come with a cost.
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Area 51 Files: Way Off Base
by Julie Buxbaum
Is Area 51's cover blown? Sky and her otherworldly friends scramble to protect its secrets when a UFO goes missing.
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A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation
by Pablo Cartaya
Thirteen-year-old Cuban American Gonzalo joins his estranged grandfather on road trip to promote his grandfather's fantasy book series.
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Severe and Unusual Weather
by Jessie Ann Foley
Nadine leaves a troubled home behind and tries to keep her head down in school, but when she's paired with Francis to research a devastating tornado that hit their town, they're caught in swirling whispers and lies.
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The Forgotten Summer of Seneca
by Camryn Garrett
Twelve-year-old Rowan Robinson is dreading having to spend her summer in New York City with her Aunt Monica, even though she used to love it. Things are just different after her father passed away. Things start to get a little better when Rowan brings her dad's old camera to Central Park to take pictures, but as she's snapping photos, she notices a strange shape floating in the air. When she gets closer, she trips and falls through the portal and finds herself in Seneca Village, where Black people with magical abilities seem to live in the past, in a time without phones or electricity. At first, Rowan thinks it must be a dream, but the more time she spends in the village with her new friend Lily, the more she wants it to be real. But outsiders aren't even supposed to be able to find Seneca. Rowan and Lily aren't sure how Rowan was able to see the portal, but they suspect it might have something to do with the girl who normally guards the portal having gone missing. As Rowan and Lily search for clues to help find the missing girl and uncover the truth of the portal's magic, Rowan begins to realize what secrets this village might be hiding, and how the events of the past still linger in the present day.
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The Summer of the Fortune Tellers
by Lisa Greenwald
Is the magic back? When Mille, Nora, and Bea found fortune tellers popping up in unexpected places - with eerily accurate fortunes - they reunited as best friends. Now they're excited to spend the summer together outside the city, babysitting eight-year-old triplets and staying with Millie's family. The girls are hoping this will be their own private summer camp, one where they're in charge, but nothing perfect can last. When everything from homesickness and boy craziness to real estate developers threaten their summer, Millie, Nora, and Bea start stumbling upon fortune tellers in the strangest places. And once again it feels like these fortune tellers are speaking to them.
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Blood in the Water
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon is thrust into an intricate web of lies when a shocking murder on Martha's Vineyard threatens to expose dangerous secrets.
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Benny on the Case
by Wesley King
Eleven-year-old Benny, a boy with Mosaic Down syndrome, navigates a new mainstream classroom, standing up to bullies, making new friends, and uncovering a government conspiracy threatening to close down the retirement home owned by his mother.
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The Last Rhee Witch and the Nine-Tailed Fox
by Jenna Lee-Yun
Last summer, Ronnie Miller's world turned upside down. She'd never believed in ghosts, or witches, or magic - until her time at Camp Foster, where she learned she was a witch. Magic was real. And some of it wanted to kill her. Now back at Camp Foster for winter break, Ronnie and her friends can't wait to enjoy all that winter camp has to offer. They're excited to be back together, enjoying camp without worrying about mysterious forces that want to kill them. But when campers begin inexplicably falling ill, Ronnie and friends suspect the supernatural is at play. A gumihoa - a nine-tailed fox spirit who feeds on people's life energy - is stalking the grounds at Camp Foster. And she's hungry.
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Queenie in Seven Moves
by Zanni Louise
To Queenie, home is Peachy, the little peach-walled house she's lived in forever, all art deco and flaky paint. Always a provider of solace. But when she and her mom have to move out, suddenly one temporary move follows another, from a retirement village to a flood-prone old camper van to a shared home, sometimes with just her father's guitar under her arm and some budding lyrics in her head. Along the way, the change-resistant Queenie discovers that home isn't a place at all - it's making new friends and reconnecting with old ones, letting yourself be uncomfortable, and finding the courage to share your song with the world.
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Team Awkward: Leah vs. Art
by Joy McCullough
Sixth-grader Leah's Quiz Bowl competitive spirit jeopardizes both her friendships and her parent-defying scheme to ditch Art Club.
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The Night We Got Stuck in a Story
by Ben Miller
A magical golden thread leads Lana and Harrison through the hollow of a tree into a storybook land, where a fearsome beast terrifies all who live there, and when Harrison is kidnapped by the evil queen, Lana must find him.
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Gamers: Attempting Connection
by E. C. Myers
It's one week into middle school, and Chell Park is already in the principal's office. Not ideal for a new girl. But a chance meeting in line connects her to some kids who like gaming, just like her. First they compete against each other, and then they realize they could compete together. Sure, gaming's been banned at Chell's house since her parents split up. But Chell can't just give up on something she loves, right? Quietly, she gathers the group into an esports team. By the time they enter their first competition, the gamers are way more than just teammates - they're friends. And what Chell learns from gaming could even help her find a way forward at home.
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Smoke & Mirrors
by Rosalyn Ransaw
After accidentally starting a barn fire in his aunt's small Midwestern town, twelve-year-old Andy spends his summer renovating the owner's mansion, which previously belonged to a famous magician thought to be responsible for the town's infamous murder.
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The Best Worst Summer of Esme Sun
by Wendy Wan Long Shang
When her latest growth spurt improves her swimming, twelve-year-old Esme struggles to balance her competitive nature and the expectations of others while learning to be a good sport.
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Kickturn
by Brie Spangler
Lindy doesn't love living a nomadic life with her influencer parents in their renovated RV-school bus-but she's used to it... When the bus breaks down in San Jose, Lindy happens to meet a few local girls who want to take her to a real, live skate park. And when they do, Lindy immediately falls in love. With skateboarding...With staying in the same place for a little while. Lindy's parents want to get back on the road as soon as the bus is fixed - but Lindy is willing to do anything to get them to stay. Even if that means sabotage. Will they ever be able to put down roots?
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Another
by Paul Tremblay
When Casey Wilson's parents tell him that his friend is coming for a sleepover, he has no idea who that might be. Ever since the Zoom Incident, everyone treats him like a pariah, and his tics are worse than ever. When Morel appears, he's not like any friend Casey has ever met. His skin is like clay, and he doesn't speak. But Casey's parents are charmed by the strange kid, and it's nice to have someone to talk to besides his sister, Ally, who is away at college. As his normally loving parents grow distant from Casey, they gush and fawn over Morel. Casey knows something is wrong--but with no end in sight to the sleepover, he's exhausted. And in the dark, out of the corner of his eye, Morel doesn't look like a kid at all.. . .
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The One and Only Family
by Katherine Applegate
When silverback gorilla Ivan and his mate Kinyani welcome a set of twins to their family, Ivan can't help but recall his childhood in the jungle - and his own twin - as he navigates joys and challenges of parenthood.
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The Last Human: Fall of the Robots
by Lee Bacon
In a post-war world where robots and humans coexist, XR_935 and Emma strive to maintain a fragile peace, but tensions rise as a group of humans resists reconciliation, raising the threat of potential upheaval and the end of their harmonious society.
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Minecraft: The Village
by Max Brooks
The final book in Max Brooks's official Minecraft trilogy, details the story of two stranded heroes whose block-breaking expedition lands them squarely in the middle of a conflict that only they can resolve.
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The Wild Robot Protects
by Peter Brown
Witnessing the devastation caused by the poison tide, Roz the wild robot sets out to stop it in order to save her island and everything she loves, encountering amazing geological formations and incredible creatures along the way.
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Shadow Bruja: Dawn of the Jaguar
by J. C. Cervantes
To get her life back and escape the darkness, shadow bruja Ren Santiago makes a deal with Ixtab, queen of Xibalba, and to accomplish the queen's task without magic, she must recognize the power that's always been inside her.
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Middle School and Other Disasters: Worst Love Spell Ever!
by Wanda Coven
Heidi is settling in at Broomsfield Academy. She and Melanie are trying to get along and Heidi is getting used to her classes, all her new friends, and her very first crush, Hunter! The problem is: Hunter is really popular. How will Heidi get him to notice her? Her friends tell her to just be herself, but that sounds so boring! After all, Heidi is a witch-in-training. What good is having magic if you can't use it? She knows she can find the perfect love spell to make Hunter fall in love with her. What could possibly go wrong?
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Amazing Adventures of Noah Minor: The Minor Miracle
by Meredith Davis
When seventh grade Noah discovers he can manipulate gravity, he is excited to train with Gravitas, a top-secret government agency, but his excitement is tempered by the revelation that his great-uncle Saul is both on the agency's most-wanted list and holds the key to unlocking Noah's full potential.
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Thousand Worlds: Fox Snare
by Yoon Ha Lee
When Min the fox spirit and her ghost brother Jun are sent on a goodwill mission to prevent war from breaking out, they end up getting stranded on a death planet behind enemy lines.
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ChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero
by George Lopez
When Ernie's dad is accused of stealing artifacts related to the legendary El Dorado gold, Jorge and his friends set out to clear his name and run into a fiendish ring of thieves along the way.
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Deadlands: Trapped
by Skye Melki-Wegner
After thwarting the Carrion Kingdom and destroying their stronghold, Eleri and the other young exiles must risk their lives by returning home to unite and lead the war-torn herds that turned their backs on them into one final, all-out battle for the very future of Cretacea.
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A Horse Named Sky
by Rosanne Parry
Young wild colt Sky must find his way over rough terrain to rejoin his family after being captured for the Pony Express.
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The Ghosts of Nameless Island
by Carly Anne West
Moving to remote Nameless Island with his mom, who has been hired to restore Rotham Manor, 12-year-old Gus, who can talk to the dead, meets a colorful cast of characters while facing off against a ghost who wants to hurt him.
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Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate
by Deeba Zargarpur
When a birthday wish gone wrong traps her father in a magical ring, 12-year-old Farrah discovers she's half-jinn and her father is one of the seven great jinn kings, and she must find a way to navigate the mysteries and dangers of her new world to set things right. Simultaneous eBook.
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Winnie Zeng Shatters the Universe
by Katie Zhao
Winnie and David join shamans from around the world to participate in the Shaman Youth Tournament, but while all the competitors are away, evil spirits threaten to overrun the defenseless human world
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