Read any of these before you leave 5th grade
(According to Mrs. Holt*-a must read)
Firegirl* by Tony Abbott
How Tia Lola came to visit (stay) by Julie Alvarez
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle* by Avi
Peter and the starcatchers(series) by Dave Barry
The heart of a chief* by Joseph Bruchac
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Anything written by Esme Raji Codell
Everything written by Christopher Paul CurtisEverything written by Andrew Clements
The Ransom of Mercy Carter* by Caroline Clooney
Love that dog by Sharon Creech
Hate that cat by Sharon Creech
The missing manatee by Cynthia Defelice
The Tale of Desperaux* by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn-Dixie* by Kate DiCamillo
The City of Ember* series by Jeanne DuPrau
The breadwinner* by Deborah Ellis
Umbrella Summer* by Lisa Graff
Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Baseball card adventures by Dan Gutman
The Homework machine by Dan Gutman
Among the Hidden series* by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Found and Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Escape from memory by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ida B.* by Katherine Harrigan
Everything on a waffle by Polly Horvath
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Bird by Angela Johnson
Rules* by Cynthia Lord
Anything by E.L. Konigsburg
Schooled* by Gordon Korman
Poison Ivy by Amy Koss
Drita; my homegirl* by Jenny Lombard
The Giver, Messenger and Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
A dog’s life by Ann M. Martin
The Snows* by Sharelle Byers Moranville
Charlie Bone series* by Jenny Nimmo
Habibi* by Naomi Shihab Nye
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh* by Robert O’Brien
Island of the blue dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Hatchet series by Gary Paulsen
The Golden Compass series by Phillip Pullman
Percy Jackson series* by Rick Riordan
Singing hands* by Delia Ray
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Esperanza Rising* by Pamela Munoz Ryan
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pamela Munoz Ryan
Holes* by Louis Sachar
The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony Snicket
Stargirl* by Jerry Spinelli
Maniac Magee* by Jerry Spinelli
That girl Lucy Moon* by Amy Timberlake
Sammy Keyes mysteries by Wendelin Van Draanen
Elvis and Olive by Stephanie Watson
So B. It; a novel* by Sarah Weeks
Charlotte’s Web* by E.B. White
Adam Canfield, Watch your back by Michael Winerip
What I call life* by Jill Wolfson
The Devil’s Arithmetic* by Jane Yolen
