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!
Ribbons
By Laurence Yep
Millicent Min, Girl Genius
By Lisa Yee
The Pet War
By Allan Woodrow
President of the Whole Sixth Grade
By Sherri Winston
Save Me a Seat
By Sarah Weeks
Solving for M
By Jennifer Swender
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Perfection
By Matthew Swanson
Liar & Spy
By Rebecca Stead
The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary
By Laura Shovan
Holes
By Louis Sachar
Mananaland
By Pam Munoz Ryan
The Boy at the Back of the Class
By Onjali Q. Raauf
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
When the World Turned Upside Down
By K. Ibura
Planet Middle School
By Nikki Grimes
The Great Treehouse War
By Lisa Graff
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
By Lamar Giles
My Life in Pink and Green
By Lisa Greenwald
My Side of the Mountain
By Jean Craighead George
Strays Like Us
By Cecilia Galante