Book of Knowledge

Suggested Reading for 5th Graders

  • FANTASY

    The BFG

    Bunnicula

    The Chronicles of Prydain

    The City of Ember

    The Giver

    The Golden Compass

    *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    The Hobbit

    James and the Giant Peach

    Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

    The Neverending Story

    Tuck Everlasting

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     

    FICTION (ADVENTURE)

    Hatchet

     

    FICTION (COMEDY)

    Sideways Stories from Wayside School

     

    FICTION (DRAMA)

    Maniac McGee

    Wonder

     

    HISTORICAL FICTION

    Bud, Not Buddy

    The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

    *My Brother Sam is Dead

    Number the Stars

    Sign of the Beaver

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham

    The Witch of Blackbird Pond

     

    POETRY

    A Light in the Attic

    Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep by Jack Prelutsky

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

     

    REALISTIC FICTION

    *Because of Winn-Dixie

    The Egypt Game