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Suggestions for Summer Reading
Rising Fifth Graders
Summer 2014
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Title/Author
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
The Market Square Dog by James Herriot
A Day in the Life series by Anita Ganeri
The Wonder of Charlie Anne by Kimberly Fusco
Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix
Tricking the Tallyman by Jacqueline Davies
Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Nelson
Tut’s Mummy: Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Wild Girl by Patricia Giff
Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Curtis
Bulu: African Wonder Dog by Dick Houston
Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford
Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
Enola Holmes Mystery series by Nancy Springer
Far From Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage by Sophie Webb
Fort Mose: And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in Colonial America by Glennette Turner
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Novels/Chapter Books for Reading Aloud
Little Women/Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Chains by Laurie Anderson
Ender's Game by Orson Card
Inkheart or The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Leon’s Story by Leon Tillage
Hope's Crossing by Joan Goodman
Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers by Karen Winnick
Criss Cross by Lynne Perkins
My Brothers’ Flying Machine by Jane Yolen
The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman
My Life in Dog Years Gary Paulsen
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Powerless by Matthew Cody
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Scientists in the Field series by Pamela Turner
Search for the Shadowman by Joan Nixon
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table (A Math Adventure) by Cindy Neuschwander
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! By Marilyn Burns
The 100-­‐Year-­‐Old Secret by Tracy Barrett The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary by Candace Fleming
The Giant of Seville: A “Tall" Tale Based on a True Story by Dan Andreasen
OnLine Resources:
Here you will find great reading materials such as Tumble Books, National Geographic Kids, and Britannica. See your school librarian for password information. http://onesearch.henrico.k12.va.us
The Green Book by Jill Walsh
Follett Shelf eBooks: Read from over 3,000 titles. See your school librarian for password information. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
https://wbb10060.follettshelf.com/shelf/servlet
/presentshelfform.do?site=10060
The Lily Pond by Annika Thor
Great Reading Websites
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
http://bookloons.com/HandHTML/teens.html
http://noflyingnotights.com/category/kids/