Recommended Titles for Students Entering Fifth Grade:

We suggest these titles for students who are entering fifth grade. They are designed to encourage students to make reading a habit, raising both their interests and reading level. Remember students can choose a book from the
list or any other book they would like to read. Happy reading!

Titles:
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Summer of the Skunks by Wilmoth Foreman
Dork in Disguise by Carol Gorman
Ida B: and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan
Into the Wild By Erin Hunter
The Capture by Kathryn Lasky
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Wish Master by Betty Ren Wright
The City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Chickens may not cross the road and other crazy (but true) laws by Kathi Linz
Beauty and the Beast by Jan Brett
The Loathsome Dragon by David Wiesner
You wouldn’t want to be Cleopatra! An Eqyptian Ruler You’d Rather Not Be by Jim Pipe
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica
The Graveyard Book By Neil Gaiman
Sounder by William Howard Armstrong
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

Try these Series...
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Beast Quest by Adam Blade
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
Edgar and Ellen by Charles Ogden
Guardians of Ga'hoole by Kathryn Lasky
Warriors by Erin Hunter
Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman
Main Street by Ann M. Martin
Help! By Todd Strasser
Mysteries in Our National Parks by Gloria Skurzynski
Dear America by Various authors
Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Dark is rising sequence by Susan Cooper
Dear Dumb Diary by Jim Benton


Try these Authors...
Avi
Beverly Clearly
Sharon Creech
Lois Lowry
Betsy Byars
Dave Barry
Roland Smith
Andrew Clements
Gordan Korman
Peg Kehret
Margaret Peterson Haddix