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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!  

Holes

By Louis Sachar

Mananaland

By Pam Munoz Ryan

All Alone in the Universe

By Lynne Rae Perkins

Hatchet

By Gary Paulsen

Wonder

By R. J. Palacio

Wish

By Barbara O'Connor

Eleven

By Lauren Myracle

Indigo's Star

By Hilary McKay

Rain, Reign

By Ann M. Martin

Rules

By Cynthia Lord

Pippa Morgan's Diary

By Annie Kelsey

Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!

By Sarah Kapit

Planet Middle School

By Nikki Grimes

The Great Treehouse War

By Lisa Graff

My Life in Pink and Green

By Lisa Greenwald

My Side of the Mountain

By Jean Craighead George

Strays Like Us

By Cecilia Galante

We Could Be Heroes

By Margaret Mary Finnegan

Out of My Mind

By Sharon M. Draper

The Secret Language of Girls

By Frances O'Roark Dowell

All Four Stars

By Tara Dairman

Walk Two Moons

By Sharon Creech

The Friendship War

By Andrew Clements

The Book Scavenger

By Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fast and the Furriest

By Andy Behrens

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

By John David Anderson

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