Fifth Grade
Suggested Reading List
Great Reads
•From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsberg
•Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
•Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
•Holes by Louis Sachar
•Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
•Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
•Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Mystery and Adventure
•Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
•The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (Challenging independent read)
Newbery Medal and Honor Books
•Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
•Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
•Dragon’s Gate by Laurence Yep (Challenging independent read)
•The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
•Homesick, My Own Story by Jean Fritz
•Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
•The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Historical Fiction
•Black Stallion by Walter Farley (Challenging independent read)
•Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
•Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
•Sarah Bishop by Scott O’Dell
Fantasy and Science Fiction
•The BFG by Roald Dahl
•Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
•The High King by Lloyd Alexander (Very challenging independent read)
•The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
•Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater
•Redwall by Brian Jacques (Challenging independent read)
•A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle
Humorous Stories
•Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
•Matilda by Roald Dahl
•Skinnybones by Barbara
