
Suggested Reading for 5th Graders
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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