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Fifth Grade - Fiction
Summer Reading Suggestions
for Students Entering Grades 5
for Students Entering Grades 5
| Author | Title | Type |
| A | ||
| Ackerman,Karen | Song and Dance Man | Family Memories |
| Alcott, Louisa May | Little Women | Family Classic |
| Alexander Lloyd | The Cat Who Wished to be a Man | Animal Fantasy |
| Avi | Poppy | Adventure |
| Poppy and Rye | Adventure | |
| Windcatcher | Survival | |
| Ragweed | Adventure | |
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| B | ||
| Babbitt, Natalie | Tuck Everlasting | Fantasy |
| Banks, Lynne Reid | The Secret of the Indian
The Mystery of the Cupboard |
Fantasy
Fantasy |
| Bauer, Marion Dane | On My Honor | Friendship |
| Bellairs,John | The House with a Clock | Mystery |
| Figure in the Shadows | Mystery | |
| Blue, Rose | Grandma Didn't Wave Back | Aging |
| Blume, Judy | Superfudge | Humor |
| Bulla, Clyde Robert | Dexter | Friendship |
| Bunting, Eve | Blackwater | Family |
| Is Anybody There? | Suspense | |
| Burch, Robert | Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain | Family |
| Byars, Betsy | The Beans on the Roof | Humor |
| The Computer Nut | Humor | |
| Dark Stairs-Herculeah Jones | Mystery | |
| Summer of the Swans | Family | |
| C | ||
| Clement, Andrew | The Landry News | School |
| Conrad, Pam | Stonewords | Ghost Story |
| Cooney, Caroline | The Face on the Milk Carton | Mystery |
| Cooper, Susan | The Boggart | Mystery |
| Creech, Sharon | Love That Dog | Animals |
| Curtis, Christopher Paul | Bud, Not Buddy | Prejudice |
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| D | ||
| Dahl, Roald | Matilda | Humor |
| Danny Champion of the World | Family Adventure | |
| Esio Trot | Friendship | |
| Danzinger, Paula | Make Like a Tree and Leave | Family |
| Denenburg, Barry | When Will this Cruel War be Over? | War |
| Duncan, Lois | Gift of Magic | ESP |
| F | ||
| Farley, Walter | The Black Stallion | Horses |
| Fitzhugh,Louise | Harriet the Spy | Mystery |
| Fleischman, Paul | The Half-a-Moon Inn | Fantasy |
| Foote, Timothy | The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper | Animal Fantasy |
| Fritz, Jean | Homesick: My Own Story | Family |
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| G | ||
| Gantos,Jack | Joey Pigza Loses Control | Humor |
| Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key | Humor | |
| What Would Joey Do? | Humor | |
| George, Jean Craighead | Julie of the Wolves | Adventure | Shark Beneath the Reef | Adventure |
| Gipson, Fred | Old Yeller | Animal |
| Gregory, Kristianna | Winter of the Red Snow | War |
| Greene, Bette | Phillip Hall Likes Me I Reckon | Friendship |
| H | ||
| Hamilton, Virginia | Zeely | Cross-Cultural |
| Heide, Florence Parry | The Problem with Pulcifer | T.V. |
| Hermes Patricia | What if They Knew | Handicaps |
| Hiaasen, Carl | Hoot | Friendship |
| Howe, James | A Night Without Stars | Illness |
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| J | ||
| Juster, North | The Phantom Tollbooth | Fantasy |
| L | ||
| Lasky, Kathryn | A Journey to the New World | Settlers |
| Levine, Karin | Hana's Suitcase | Historical Fiction |
| Little, Jean | Home From Far | Siblings |
| Lobel, Arnold | Fables | Fables |
| Lord, Bao Bette | In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Cross-Cultural |
| Lowry, Lois | Anastasia Krupnik Series | Humor |
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| M | ||
| McGill, Alice | Mary Bannaker | Historical Fiction |
| McKissack, Patricia | The Dark-Thirty : Southern Tales of the Supernatural | Black Folklore |
| Manes, Stephen | Make 4 Million Dollar$ by Next Thursday! | Humor |
| Martin,Ann | The Doll People | Fantasy |
| Meanest Doll in the World | Fantasy | |
| P.S. Longer Letter Later | Friendship | |
| Milne, A.A. | The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh | Animal Fantasy |
| N | ||
| Naidoo, Beverly | Chain of Fire | Prejudice |
| Journey to Jo'Burg | Adventure | |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | Shiloh Season | Values |
| Saving Shiloh | Values | |
| Nimmo, Jenny | Charlie Bone Trilogy | Adventures |
| Norton, Mary | Borrowers | Adventures |
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| O | ||
| O'Dell, Scott | Sarah Bishop | Historical Fiction |
| Sing Down the Moon | Adventure | |
| The Island of Blue Dolphins | Friendship | |
| P | ||
| Polacco, Patricia | The Butterfly | WWII |
| Pink and Say | Civil War | |
| Paulsen, Gary | Dogsong | Adventure |
| Pearce, Phillip | Tom's Midnight Garden | Time Fiction |
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| R | ||
| Roy, Ron | A-Z Mystery:Invisible Island | Adventure |
| Ryan, Pam Munoz | Riding Freedom | Historical Fiction |
| Rylant, Cynthia | Missing May | Family |
| S | ||
| Sachar, Louis | There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom | Humor |
| Sixth Grade Secrets | Humor | |
| Sharpe, Susan | Trouble at Marsh Harbor | Ecology/Mystery |
| Slote, Alfred | Finding Buck McHenry | Sports Mystery |
| Make-Believe Ball Player | Adventure | |
| Hang Tough Paul Mather | Sports/Illness | |
| Smith, Doris | A Taste of Blackberries | Sudden Death |
| Snyder, Dianne | The Boy of the Three Year Nap | Values |
| Spinelli, Jerry | Who Put that Hair in my Toothbrush? | Family |
| The Library Card | Values | |
| Stolz, Mary | The Cat in the Mirror | Time Fiction |
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| T | ||
| Taylor, Mildred | Song of the Trees | Values |
| V | ||
| Voight, Cynthia | Homecoming | Family |
| W | ||
| Wallace, Bill | Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge | Fear |
| Winthrop, Elizabeth | Castles in the Attic | Fantasy |
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| Y | ||
| Yolen, Jane | Devil's Arithmetic | WWI |
| Mary Celeste | Historical Fiction | |