Popular 5th Grade Reading List
Books
I have not read all of these books on the
list, so please review the book before your
child begins reading the story to see if it’s
appropriate.
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by Philip Pullman (shelved 4 times as 5th-gradereading-list)
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The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain #5)
by Lloyd Alexander (shelved 4 times as 5thgrade-reading-list)
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Bridge to Terabithia (Paperback)
by Katherine Paterson
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain #1)
by Lloyd Alexander
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Maniac Magee (Paperback)
by Jerry Spinelli (shelved 5 times as 5th-gradereading-list)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Paperback)
by Elizabeth George Speare (shelved 4 times as
5th-grade-reading-list)
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Number the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)
by Lois Lowry
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Esperanza Rising (Paperback)
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
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Ella Enchanted (Paperback)
by Gail Carson Levine
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Island of the Blue Dolphins (Island of the Blue
Dolphins #1)
by Scott O'Dell
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The Hobbit (Middle-Earth Universe)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Missing May (Paperback)
by Cynthia Rylant (shelved 3 times as 5th-gradereading-list)
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Bunnicula (Paperback)
by James Howe
Shiloh (Shiloh, #1)
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (shelved 3 times as
5th-grade-reading-list)
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Old Yeller (Old Yeller, #1)
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Wonder (Paperback)
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
by Jean Craighead George
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Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)
by Susan Cooper
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The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain
#2)
by Lloyd Alexander
Walk Two Moons (Paperback)
by Sharon Creech
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
by Jerry Spinelli
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The Egypt Game (Game, #1)
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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Holes (Holes, #1)
by Louis Sachar
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
(Paperback)
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
by Jean Craighead George
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
(Paperback)
by Avi
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The View from Saturday (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
by Mildred D. Taylor
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler (Paperback)
by E.L. Konigsburg
The Sign of the Beaver (Paperback)
by Elizabeth George Speare
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The Old Willis Place (Hardcover)
by Mary Downing Hahn
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Hardcover)
by Grace Lin
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Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover)
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Through My Eyes (Hardcover)
by Ruby Bridges 5 of 5 stars
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Because of Winn-Dixie (Paperback)
by Kate DiCamillo
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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
by Cornelia Funke
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Indigo's Star (Casson Family, #2)
by Hilary McKay
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by Jean Lee Latham
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Paperback)
by Betty MacDonald
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Paperback)
by Betty Smith
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The Tale of Despereaux (Paperback)
by Kate DiCamillo
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Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story (Paperback)
by Mary Downing Hahn
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by Gary Paulsen
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The Midwife's Apprentice (Paperback)
by Karen Cushman
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Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and
Me, Elizabeth (Paperback)
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by E.L. Konigsburg !
Rascal (Paperback)
by Sterling North
The Whipping Boy (Paperback)
by Sid Fleischman
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (Paperback)
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The Dollhouse Murders (Paperback)
by Betty Ren Wright
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