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Books for 4th & 5th Graders Spring 2022 |
The Swag Is in the Socks
by Kelly J. Baptist
When his uncle sends him a pair of funky socks - and issues him a challenge - on his 12th birthday, Xavier Moon must decide whether to follow in his family’s footsteps or march down a new path.
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Minecraft: The Haven Trials
by Suyi Davies
After moving away, Cece's only friend invites her to a new Minecraft server so they can play together. She must first pass the twisted Haven trials, forcing her to find people she can rely on - both in the game and in real life.
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The Stolen Slippers
by Melissa De la Cruz
To get the glass slipper back from Cinderella, Filomena and her gang return to Never After where they must help Cinderella’s twin stepsisters -who are victims of her cruelty - as spells, creatures and evil swirl around them.
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The Witch's Apprentice
by Zetta Elliott
Since his lessons as a witch’s apprentice haven’t proved useful, Jax must find the magic and strength he needs to hatch a phoenix egg to save New York from a strange sleeping sickness that is spreading across the city.
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Susie B. Won't Back Downby Margaret Mary FinneganWhile running for student council president, Susie B discovers that her hero, Susan B. Anthony, wasn't as great as history makes it seem and has her own tough decisions to make, in this novel told through letters.
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Legendary Alston Boys: The Last Chance for Logan County
by Lamar Giles
In their third adventure, Otto and Sheed have to take down a corporation obsessed with the weirdness of Logan County. The FixItYall that Sheed took warned of side effects and they quickly come true - starting with a thunderstorm raining frogs. But that's only the beginning. The Alston Boys, along with Otto's mom, Sheed's dad, and the Ellison twins, have to find a way to save their town and keep their family together.
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Genius Camp
by Chris Grabenstein
While attending a camp for geniuses sponsored by a billionaire tech mogul and brilliant inventor, Jake McQuade, the smartest kid in the universe, must defend his title against the smartest machine in the universe, in this epic showdown!
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The School for Whatnots
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Delving into the power of privilege, the importance of true friendship and the question of humanity and identity, this novel follows fifth grader Max as he searches for his best friend who disappeared, leaving behind a strange note.
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Goddess Girls: Hecate the Witch
by Joan Holub
Stumbling upon a pet cemetery, 11-year-old Hecate meets Melinoe, a ghost herder who leads ghost animals to the Underworld, but when her ghost animals follow Hecate home, Melinoe isn't too happy about having competition.
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When the World Turned Upside Down
by K. Ibura
As four friends adjust to life in quarantine during COVID, they must decide what it means to be part of a community and how much they’re willing to do to make the world safer for everyone.
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Pages & Co.: The Book Smugglers
by Anna James
When Milo's uncle and Tilly's grandfather are poisoned by a mysterious copy of The Wizard of Oz and fall into a deep sleep, Milo and Tilly travel to the Emard City to find out who is behind the poisoning.
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Tiger Honor
by Yoon Ha Lee
To restore honor to the Juhwang clan after Uncle Hwan is declared a traitor, Sebrin sets out to clear Hwan’s name, but nothing goes as planned as he is sabotaged and betrayed by someone he thought he could trust.
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The Keeper
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Moving to a “perfect” new town, James and his sister begin receiving threatening letters from someone called the Keeper and must find out who is behind all this in order to stay alive.
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Strangeville School is Totally Normal
by Darcy Miller
The newest kid at Strangeville Middle School, Harvey Hill must embrace what makes him unique when his guide and his sort-of-new friend Stella Cho goes missing while trying to solve the secret of the third-floor supply closet.
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Sofía Acosta Makes a Scene
by Emma Otheguy
Confiding in her best friend Tricia about her family’s friends’ secret plans to defect to the US, Sofía Acosta, a Cuban-American girl, discovers that Tricia doesn’t want “outsiders” moving to their community and must speak up to find out where she belongs.
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Northwind
by Gary Paulsen
Forced to take to the water after a deadly plague wipes out his fishing village, Leif connects to the heartbeat of the ocean and the pulse of the landscape as he discovers his truest self.
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Max and the Midknights: The Tower of Time
by Lincoln Peirce
With her twin public enemy number one, knight-in-training Max and her band of loyal friends must unlock the mystery of her past to find her before it’s too late.
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Pilar Ramirez and the Escape From Zafa
by Julian Randall
To save her cousin Natasha, who disappeared in the Dominican Republic 50 years ago, 12-year-old Pilar enters the mythical realm of Zafa where Natasha is being held captive, and goes head-to-head with the Dominican boogeyman to free her and return home.
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Pizza My Heart
by Rhiannon Richardson
Maya Reynolds has practically grown up in her family's Brooklyn pizza shop, Soul Slice, and is a true city girl. When her family moves to a small town in Pennsylvania to open another pizza place, everything changes. Being the new girl is hard enough. At Soul Slice 2.0, Maya is assigned delivery duty. And her first delivery is a disaster. Can you make a worse impression than tripping... and falling face-first into a rude boy's pizza order? When that same rude--and, okay, cute--boy shows up at her school, Maya's convinced nothing can go right. But she may be in for some surprises.
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Second Sleep
by Diane Stanley
While staying at an old log cabin where their mom spent her summers as a child, Max and Rosie share an identical dream that may hold the key to the mystery of their mother’s disappearance and how to bring her safely home.
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Away Games
by Craig Battle
It's another summer at Camp Avalon, only this year, things are anything but normal. Mack and Andre are spending the summer at rival Camp Killington, where the competitive campers seem intent on making them suffer. Meanwhile, at Camp Avalon, Miles is trying to keep the peace-which is not easy, due to obnoxious newcomer Garth and his pranks. Things come to a head when Mack and Andre are forced apart, and Cassie challenges Garth to a do-or-die ball hockey showdown. Will the Camp Average crew find their way back together and come out on top?
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Mystery on the Starship Crusader
by Dustin Brady
In this pick-your-path adventure, you join eight strangers inside a video game for a chance to win a million dollars. The challenge is simple: survive to the end, and you're rich. There's just one problem: A traitor is hiding among your group. One-by-one, crew members of the spaceship start disappearing. Can you find the traitor before it's too late?
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Minecraft: The Mountain by Max BrooksStranded in the world of Minecraft a hero finally encounters another person while fighting to get back home.
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The Zombie Stone
by K. G. Campbell
A follow-up to A Small Zombie Problem finds August DuPont, accompanied by zombie companion Claudette, visiting Croissant City to search for the elusive Zombie Stone, only to be thwarted by dour cousins, a mysterious white alligator, a costume parade and other unexpected complications.
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Minecraft: The Dragon
by Nicky Drayden
Potion maker Zetta must train a mythical ender dragon to save her village of Sienna Dunes from a dangerous enemy.
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The Mouse Watch: Underwater
by J. J. Gilbert
A high-action sequel to The Mouse Watch finds rodent partners Bernie and Jarvis searching the remains of a long-lost spy vessel to prevent a new energy source from being turned into a weapon by their R.A.T.S. adversaries.
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Drill Team Determination
by Jake Maddox
Thirteen-year-old Aniyah's mother and all of her aunts went to historically Black universities and were drill and step team members, but Aniyah does not like performing and has avoided stepping, until her friend Stacy convinces her that now they are entering eighth grade they should both join the school step club which does not compete; Aniyah discovers that stepping can be fun--but when the club decides to enter a competition all of Aniyah's fears come back and she wants to quit.
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Incredible Rescue Mission
by Zanib Mian
Omar is going on his biggest adventure yet--a trip to Pakistan! But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why. When Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion--it must be aliens! Omar has a huge imagination, but saving his teacher from aliens seems far-fetched even to him. He's going to need out-of-this-world creative thinking and a huge spirit of adventure to solve this mystery!
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Julius Zebra: Grapple with the Greeks!
by Gary Northfield
While on a mission from Heracles to find his lost Gold Apple, Julius and his gang must journey to the underworld where hilarious hijinks ensue, garnering the attention of the gods on Mount Olympus.
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World Champions! A Max Einstein Adventure
by James Patterson
Taking on her biggest challenge yet—preventing climate change from destroying the earth—Max Einstein is pitted against a new evil group that would rather let the whole world crumble than allow her to save the planet.
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The Barf of the Bedazzler
by Aaron Reynolds
After crushing their very first quest, young adventurers Pan, Moxie, and Fart are hungry for their next challenge. Luckily, the Great and Powerful Kevin has cooked up something for the trio: Locate a bedazzler-a rare and monstrous creature of truly horrific power-and bring back . . . its barf.
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Goldie Vance: The Hocus-Pocus Hoax
by Lilliam Rivera
Complemented by 16 full-color comic pages, a sequel to The Hotel Whodunit finds Goldie teaming Derek up with an overeager part-time magician and detective to uncover a saboteur who is targeting a magical arts convention being hosted at the Crossed Palms hotel.
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Bridge of Souls
by Victoria Schwab
When her parents’ ghost-hunting show takes the family to culture-rich New Orleans, Cass confronts hauntings on unprecedented levels before finding herself face-to-face with a servant of Death itself.
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My Life as a Billionaire
by Janet Tashjian
Embarking on a spending spree with his friend after winning a billion dollars in the lottery, reluctant reader Derek Fallon triggers unexpected consequences before deciding to find more helpful ways to use his money.
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Willow Moss and the Forgotten Tale
by Dominique Valente
When Willow's friend Nolin Sometimes sends her a desperate plea for help, Willow sets out on an adventure, that if she fails, Willow, the finder of lost things, may lose her friends and her magic forever.
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