Suggested Reading List Fifth Grade

1 Fifth Grade Suggested Reading ListAuthor Title Bridges, RubyThrough My EyesCoerr, EleanorSadakoArmstrong, WilliamSounderAvi*The True Confessions of Charlotte DoyleBurnett, Frances*The Secret GardenByars, BetsySummer of the SwansClements, Andrew*The Report CardCooper, Susan*The BoggartCreech, Sharon*Walk Two MoonsCurtis, Christopher*Bud, Not BuddyDavies, JacqulineLemonade WarDeFelice, Cynthia*The Ghost of Cutler CreekDiCamillo, Kate*Because of Winn DixieFleischman, SidThe Whipping BoyGantos, JackJoey Pigza**George, Jean CraigheadMy Side of the MountainGutman, DanThe Edison Mystery**Gutman, DanShoeless Joe & me**Hahn, Mary Downing*Wait Til Helen ComesHenry, MargueriteMisty of Chincoteague**Kehret, PegEarthquake TerrorLaw, IngridSaavyIn Centennial School District, we enthusiastically encourage our students to read in and out of school all year long.

2 Students who read during the summer months are able to practice strategies that reinforce good Reading habits. We have included authors, titles, and series on this list that will appeal to your child. Please encourage your child s non-fiction passions by guiding him or her to books on a favorite topic. Reading about true things helps create minds that are open and prepared for inquiry in science and social studies. Poetry gives children access to exquisite language, and biographies inspire and help us to understand the world around us. Fiction fires the imagination and promotes a life-long love of it is important that your child read some books independently, it is essential that you continue to read with your child throughout elementary school.

3 As an adult reader, you can model thinking strategies, demonstrate Reading with fluency and expression, introduce new words and ideas, and help your child make connections between books and the world. Teachers, Reading specialists, teacher-librarians, and public librarians are all at your service in determining the very best books to share with your Grade Suggested Reading ListAuthor Title L'Engle, MadelineA Wrinkle in Time**Lord, CynthiaRulesLewis, Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe**Lowry, Lois*Number the StarsNamioka, LenseyYang the Youngest and His Terrible EarNixon, Joan Lowery*In the Face of DangerO'Dell, Scott*Island of the Blue DolphinsPark, BarbaraMick Harte Was HerePaterson, Katherine*Bridge to TeribithiaPaulson, GaryHatchet**Peck, Robert NewtonA Year Down YonderRowling, J.

4 Potter**Rylant, Cynthia*Missing MayRuckman, Ivy*Night of the TwistersSachar, Louis*HolesSnickett, LemonySeries of Unfortunate Events**Spinelli, JerryManiac MageeVanDraanen, WendelinSammy Key and the Hotel Thief**Woodruff, Elvira*The Orphan of Ellis IslandWright, Betty Ren*The Wish MasterYolen, JaneThe Dragon's BoyCourlander, HaroldThe Tiger's Whiskers, and other Tales and Legends from Asia and the PacificGilchrist, CherryStories from the Silk RoadFlorian, DouglasLaugh-eteria: poems and drawingsKennedy, Dorothy (compiler)I Thought I'd Take My Rat to School: Poems for September to JuneStockland, PatriciaCobwebs, Chatters, and Chills: A collectiion of scary poemsBerger, Melvin and GildaDo Stars Have Points?Seuling, BarbaraFlick a Switch: How Electricity Gets to Your HomeSimon, SeymourOut of Sight: Pictures of Hidden WorldsBierman, CarolJourney to Ellis IslandCheney, LynneWhen Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young PatriotsFradin, Dennis Signers: the fifty-six stories behind the Declaration of Independence* may choose other books by that author** may choose other books in that series4/12/2013 SOCIAL STUDIESFOLKTALESPOETRYSCIENCE2