Reading List

5th Grade 

Recommended Reading List

The following books are acceptable for 5th grade reading and book reports.  The library is 
an easy, convenient, and affordable place to look for any of these titles.

Enjoy and happy reading!


Mistakes That Worked ....by Charlotte Jones
Worlds I Know and Other Poems ....by Lois Livingstone
Caddie Woodlawn ....by Carole Ryrie Brink
The Whipping Boy ....by Sid Fleischman
Johnny Tremain ....by Esther Forbes
Number the Stars ....by Lois Lowry
Sarah, Plain and Tall ....by Patricia MacLachlan
Shiloh .....by Phyllis Naylor
Witch of Blackbird Pond ....by Elizabelth George Speare
Maniac Magee ....by Jerry Spinelli
Indian in the Cupboard (series) ....by Lynne Reid Banks
The Ancient One...by T. A. Barron
Heart light...by T. A. Barron
On My Honor.... by Maron Bauer
The Secret Garden.... by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Cybil War.... by Betsy Byars
Sugar Blue.... by Vera Cleaver
Stone words.... by Pam Conrad
Zoë Rising.... by Pam Conrad
BFG.... by Roald Dahl
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade.... by Barthe DeClements
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles.... by Julie Edwards
I Am the Ice Worm …by MaryAnn Easley
The Black Stallion (series).... by Walter Farley
Something Suspicious.... by Kathryn Galbraith
My Side of the Mountain.... by Jean Graighead George
Fifth Grade Magic...by Beatrice Gormley
This Island Isn't Big Enough For The Four of Us.... by Gery Greer
The Doll in the Garden.... by Mary Downing Hahn
The Jellyfish Season.... by Mary Downing Hahn
A Time for Andrew.... by Mary Downing Hahn
Wait Till Helen Comes.... by Mary Downing Hahn
Invisibla Lissa.... by Natalie Honeycutt
Nutty Can't Miss....by Dean Hughes
Nutty Knows All.... by Dean Hughes
Mermaid Summer...by Mollie Hunter
Redwall.... by Brian Jacques
Babe: The Gallant Pig...by Dick King-Smith
The Toby man.... by Dick King-Smith
The View From Saturday …by E.L. Konigsburg
Anatasia on Her Own.... by Lois Lowry
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson...by Bette Lord
Good Night Mr. Tom.... by Michelle Magorian
Kavik the Wolf Dog....by Walt Morey
Streams to the River, River to the Sea.... by Scott O'Dell
Hatchet...by Gary Paulsen
Summer of the Monkeys.... by Wilson Rawls
Where the Red Fern Grows.... by Wilson Rawls
Best Christmas Pageant Ever.... by Barbara Robinson
Blue-eyed Daisy.... by Cynthia Rylant
The Cay.... by Theodore Taylor
Timothy of the Cay.... by Theodore Taylor
Naya Nuki...by Kenneth Thomasma
Banner in the Sky...by James Ramsey Ullman
Peppermints in the Parlor.... by Bill Wallace
Totally Disgusting!...by Bill Wallace
Trapped in Death Cave.....by Bill Wallace
The Trumpet of the Swans....by E. B. White
The Dollhouse Murders....by Betty Ren Wright
The Ghosts of Mercy Manor....by Betty Ren Wright
Swiss Family Robinson....by Johann David Wyss
Devil's Arithmetic.... by Jane Yole