Grade 5: Suggested Reading
Fifth graders do a lot of growing up! If you start the school year before turning 10, you'll definitely hit DOUBLE DIGITS before the year is over. You might also be starting a new school or attending some library programs for older kids! This booklist has something for everyone. There are mysteries, historical fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, and science fiction titles, and an invitation to venture into the Tween section!
Gold Rush Girl
By Avi
Sophia's War
By Avi
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents/Teacher
By Lee Wardlaw
How to Capture an Invisible Cat
By Paul Tobin
My Life As a Cartoonist
By Janet Tashjian
How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying
By Scott Starkey
No Other Story
By Cuthbert Soup
Wonkenstein: The Creature From My Closet
By Obert Skye
Awesome Almost 100% True Adventure
By Alan Silberberg
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
By Louis Sachar
Dork Diaries series
By Rachel Renée Russell
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder
By Jo Nesbø
When You Wish Upon a Rat
By Maureen McCarthy
A Year in the Life of a Complete and Total Genius
By Stacey Matson
Boys are Dogs
By Leslie Margolis
Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies
By David Lubar
Mr. Puffball
By Constance Lombardo
Ungifted
By Gordon Korman
Melonhead
By Katy Kelly
The Popularity Papers
By Amy Ignatow
Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf
By Jennifer L Holm
Everything on a Waffle
By Polly Horvath
Dog Squad
By Chris Grabenstein
Smartest Kid in the Universe series
By Chris Grabenstein
NERDS series
By Michael Buckley
Camp Average series
By Craig Battle
Strange Case of Origami Yoda
By Tom Angleberger
How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy
By Crystal Allen
The Dragon Warrior
By Katie Zhao