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