5th Grade Book List
Abel's Island. Steig, William. Novel.
Afternoon of the Elves. Lisle, Janet Taylor. Novel.
Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod. Blake, Robert J.. Picture Book.
Alan and Naomi. Levoy, Myron. Novel.
Alida's Song: A Companion to The Cook Camp. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. .
All By Herself. Paul, Ann Whitford. Picture Book, Nonfiction.
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3. Pullman, Philip. Novel.
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator. Tanaka, Shelley. Nonfiction.
Anno's USA. Anno, Mitsumasa. Picture Book.
Anonymously Yours. Peck, Richard. Nonfiction.
Ape. Jenkins, Martin. Nonfiction.
The Arrival. Tan, Shaun. Novel Wordless.
At the Sound of the Beep. Sachs, Marilyn. Novel.
Attaboy, Sam!. Lowry, Lois. Novel.
Autumn Street. Lowry, Lois. Novel.
Babe the Gallant Pig. King-Smith, Dick. Novel.
Balyet. Wrightson, Patricia. Novel.
The Barn. Avi. Novel.
Basket Moon. Ray, Mary Lyn. Picture Book.
Beats Me, Claude. Nixon, Joan Lowry. Picture Book.
Because of Winn Dixie. DiCamillo, Kate. Novel.
Beyond the Divide. Lasky, Kathryn. Novel.
The Birchbark House. Erdrich, Louise. Novel.
Black and White. Macaulay, David. Picture Book.
Bobby Baseball. Smith, Robert Kimmel. Novel.
The Bones in the Cliff. Stevenson, James. Novel.
Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin. Stuart Stotts. Nonfiction.
The Borning Room. Fleischman, Paul. Novel.
The Breaker Boys. Hughes, Pat. Novel.
Bud, Not Buddy. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Novel.
Bull Run. Fleischman, Paul. Novel.
Call Me Francis Tucket. Paulsen, Gary. Novel.
Carlos is Gonna Get It. Emerson, Kevin. Novel.
Castle in the Attic. Winthrop, Elizabeth. Novel.
Catherine, Called Birdy. Cushman, Karen. Novel.
Catwings. Le Guin, Ursula. Chapter Book.
Charley Skedaddle. Beatty, Patricia. Novel.
Charlotte's Web. White, E. B. Novel.
Children of Christmas. Rylant, Cynthia. Novel.
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo. Paterson, Katherine. Novel.
Creation. Johnson, James Weldon. Picture Book.
The Cry of the Wolf. Burgess, Melvin. Novel.
Daphne's Book. Hahn, Mary Downing. Novel.
Dateline: Troy. Fleischman, Paul. Novel.
Dear Mom, You're Ruining My Life. Leeuwen, Jean Van. Novel.
Devil's Race. Avi. Novel.
Everywhere. Brooks, Bruce. Novel.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Kelly, Jacqueline. Novel.
The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt. MacLachlan, Patricia. Novel.
Fanny's Dream. Buehner, Mark and Caralyn. Picture Book.
Far North. Hobbs, Will. Novel.
A Fine White Dust. Rylant, Cynthia. Novel.
The Foxman. Paulsen, Gary. Novel.
Freak the Mighty. Philbrick, Rodman. Novel.
Frenchtown Summer. Cormier, Robert. Novel.
The Frog Scientist. Turner, Pamela S. Nonfiction.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Konigsburg, E. L. Novel.
The Ghost Belonged to Me. Peck, Richard. Novel.
Going Through the Gate. Anderson, Janet S. Novel.
Granny the Pag. Bawden, Nina. Novel.
Grasshopper Summer. Turner, Ann. Novel.
Hana's Suitcase. Levine, Karen. Nonfiction.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling, J. K. Novel.
The Haymeadow. Paulsen, Gary. Novel.
Heartlight. Barron, T. A. Novel.
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg. Johnson, P.D. Picture Book.
The Higher Power of Lucky. Patron, Susan. Novel.
Homecoming. Voigt, Cynthia. Novel.
I Am a Taxi. Ellis, Deborah. Novel.
I Am Regina. Keehn, Sally M. Novel.
I Am the Cheese. Cormier, Robert. Novel.
I'm in Charge of Celebrations. Baylor, Byrd. Picture Book.
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain. Burch, Robert. Novel.
In Plain Sight. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel.
Inventors and Inventions. Childcraft. Nonfiction.
It's Our World Too. Hoose, Phillip. Nonfiction.
It's Perfectly Normal. Harris, Robie H. Nonfiction.
Jacob Have I Loved. Paterson, Katherine. Novel.
Journey. MacLachlan, Patricia. Novel.
Julie of the Wolves. George, Jean Craighead. Novel.
Keeper of the Doves. Byars, Betsy. Novel.
A Killing in Plymouth Colony. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel.
King Crow. Armstrong, Jennifer. Picture Book.
Kira-Kira. Kadohata, Cynthia. Novel.
Kokopelli's Flute. Hobbs, Will. Novel.
The Land. Taylor, Mildred D. Novel.
Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals. Bryan, Ashley. Picture Book.
Letting Swift River Go. Yolen, Jane. Picture Book, Nonfiction.
Library of Congress Book of Presidents. Sandler, Martin W. Nonfiction. .
The Light in the Forest. Richter, Conrad. Novel.
A Long Way from Chicago. Peck, Richard. Novel.
Lyddie. Paterson, Katherine. Novel.
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Gerstein, Mordicai. Picture Book, Nonfiction.
Maniac Magee. Spinelli, Jerry. Novel.
Mary By Myself. Smith, Jane Denitz. Novel.
Mary Had a Little Lamp. Lechner, Jack. Picture Book.
Masterpiece. Broach, Elise. Novel.
Mermaid Summer. Hunter, Mollie. Novel.
Mick Harte Was Here. Park, Barbara. Novel.
The Midwife's Apprentice. Cushman, Karen. Novel.
Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel. Connor, Leslie. Picture Book.
Monkey Island. Fox, Paula. Novel.
The Moon and I. Byars, Betsy. Nonfiction.
Morning Girl. Dorris, Michael. Novel.
The Moves Make the Man. Brooks, Bruce. Novel.
My Daniel. Conrad, Pam. Novel.
My Side of the Mountain. George, Jean Craighead. Novel.
Never Spit on Your Shoes. Cazet, Denys. Picture Book.
The Night Journey. Lasky, Kathryn. Novel.
The Night the Bells Rang. Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. Novel.
The Night Watchmen. Cresswell, Helen. Novel.
Nightfather. Friedman, Carl. Novel.
Nory Ryan's Song. Giff, Patricia Reilly. Novel.
Nothing But the Truth. Avi. Novel.
Number the Stars. Lowry, Lois. Novel.
Olive's Ocean. Henkes, Kevin. Novel.
On My Honor. Bauer, Marion. Novel.
On the Far Side of the Mountain. George, Jean Craighead. Novel.
Once Upon a Dark November. York, Carol Beach. Novel.
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. Rockwell, Anne. Picture Book, Nonfiction.
Out of the Dust. Hesse, Karen. Novel.
The Pinballs. Byars, Betsy. Novel.
Pink and Say. Polacco, Patricia. Picture Book.
The Place of Lions. Campbell, Eric. Novel.
Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights. Paulsen, Gary. Novel.
Prairie Songs. Conrad, Pam. Novel.
Prairie Visions. Conrad, Pam. Nonfiction.
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea. Montgomery, Sy. Nonfiction Photo Essay.
Rabble Starkey. Lowry, Lois. Novel.
Rebel. Baillie, Allan. Picture Book.
Redwall. Jacques, Brian. Novel.
A River Ran Wild. Cherry, Lynne. Picture Book.
River Rats. Stevermer, Caroline. Novel.
The Root Cellar. Lunn, Janet. Novel.
Rufus M.. Estes, Eleanor. Novel. Grades
Sami and the Time of the Troubles. Heide, Florence Parry. Picture Book.
The Secret Life of a Snowflake: An Up-Close Look at the Art and Science of Snowflakes. Libbrecht, Kenneth. Nonfiction Picture Book.
A Seed Is Sleepy. Aston, Dianna Hutts. Picture Book.
Shades of Gray. Reeder, Carolyn. Novel.
Shiloh. Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Novel.
The Sign of the Beaver. Speare, Elizabeth George. Novel.
Silver Pony. Ward, Lynd. Picture Book.
A Single Shard. Park, Linda Sue. Novel.
Skellig. Almond, David. Novel.
Slake's Limbo. Holman, Felice. Novel.
Snowflake Bentley. Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Picture Book, Nonfiction.
Stepping on the Cracks. Hahn, Mary Downing. Novel.
The Storm in the Barn. Phelan, Matt. Graphic Novel.
The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter. DeFelice, Cynthia. Novel.
The Table Where Rich People Sit. Baylor, Byrd. Picture Book.
Thank You, Jackie Robinson. Cohen, Barbara. Novel.
Things in Corners. Park, Ruth. Novel.
The Three Golden Keys. Sis, Peter. Picture Book.
Through the Lock. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel.
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story. Hahn, Mary Downing. Novel.
To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda. Ray, Deborah Kogan. Picture Book.
Tom's Midnight Garden. Pearce, Philippa. Novel.
Torchlight. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel.
Train to Somewhere. Bunting, Eve. Picture Book.
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold. Fritz, Jean. Nonfiction.
Tuck Everlasting. Babbitt, Natalie. Novel.
Tuesday. Wiesner, David. Picture Book.
The Village by the Sea. Fox, Paula. Novel.
Wait Till Helen Comes. Hahn, Mary Downing. Novel.
Walk Two Moons. Creech, Sharon. Novel.
The War of Jenkins' Ear. Morpurgo, Michael. Novel.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Novel.
Way Home. Hathorn, Libby. Picture Book.
Weasel. DeFelice, Cynthia. Novel.
What Do Authors Do?. Christelow, Eileen. Picture Book.
What Hearts. Brooks, Bruce. Novel.
What Jamie Saw. Coman, Carolyn. Novel.
Where the Wild Things Are. Sendak, Maurice. Picture Book. .
The Wicked One: A Story of Suspense. Hunter, Mollie. Novel.
The Widow's Broom. Van Allsburg, Chris. Picture Book.
Wille Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. Hamilton, Virginia. Novel.
The Winter Room. Paulsen, Gary. Novel.
Wolves. Lawrence, R. D. Nonfiction.
Woodsong. Paulsen, Gary. Novel.
Working Cotton. Williams, Sherley Anne. Picture Book.
Wringer. Spinelli, Jerry. Novel.