Grade 5 Recommended Reading List
These books are suggested as appropriate for the interest level at this grade level. To motivate your children to read throughout the summer please consider having a family read-a-loud each day for 15 minutes. To expose your children to a variety of rich literature let them choose their favorite authors or series book. They may need your assistance reading the higher level books.
Happy reading!
Easy Readers
Book Title: | Author: |
|---|---|
| Little House on the Prairie | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall | Patricia Maclachlan |
| Where the Sidewalk Ends | Shel Silverstein |
| Challenge at Second Base | Matt Christopher |
| I am the Cheese | Robert Cormier |
| Matilda | Roald Dahl |
| The Cricket in Times Square | George Selden, Garth Williams |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | Lynne Reid Banks |
| Escape from Egypt (NF) | Ellen Letvin |
Rivals: The Boston Red Sox Vs. the New York Yankees; An Inside History (NF) | Baseball Writers of the New York Times and the Boston Globe |
Average Readers
Book Title: | Author: |
|---|---|
| The Book of Three | Lloyd Alexander |
| My Side of The Mountain | Jean Craighead George |
| Harriet the Spy | Louise Fitzhugh |
| Mr. Popper’s Penguins | Richard & Florence Atwater |
Complete Anne of Green Gables | L.M. Montgomery |
| Frindle | Andrew Clements |
| Holes | Louis Sachar |
| In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Bette Bao Lord |
| Rivers and Lakes (NF) | DK Eye Wonder Book |
| Weather (NF) | DK Eye Wonder Book |
High Readers
| Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson |
|---|---|
| Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba | Alma Flor Ada |
| Crispin: The Cross of Lead | Avi |
| Tangerine | Edward Bloor |
| The Outsiders | S.E. Hinton |
| Mariel of Redwall | Brian Jacques |
| Heir Apparent | Vivian Vande Velde |
| Westing Game | Ellen Raskin |
| Esperanza Rising (NF) | Pam Munoz Ryan |
| My Life (NF) | Rosa Parks |
| Woodsong (NF) | Gary Paulson |
(NF) = Non Fiction