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