Recommended Reads Shared with classes by the Westwood Public Librarians
Books the Public Librarians shared with each class While we hope each student enjoys many books this summer, every 4th & 5th grader needs to return to school in September prepared to speak in detail about one of the books they read over the summer.
Please review the provided MCBA options and the public library book lists to find a book that would best match your reading interest. While each 4th & 5th grade student is asked to read one book from the list, please feel free to enjoy as many of them as you like.
If you are looking for additional titles, consider a book from previous lists:
Westwood Public Library Summer Reading Lists - 2012-2013
OR Westwood Public Library New Children's Books
| Massachusetts Children’s Book Award - Salem State University
Master List 2018
-Angelberger, T. (2016). Inspector Flytrap. (Amulet Books)
-Baptiste, T. (2015). The Jumbies. (Algonquin Young Readers)
-Bradley, K. B. (2015). The War that Saved My Life. (Puffin Books)
-Camper, C. (2014). Lowriders in Space. (Chronicle Books)
-Draper, S. (2015). Stella by Starlight. (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books)
-Gibbs, S. (2014). Space Case: A Moon Base Alpha Novel. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
-Hilton, M. (2015). Full Cicada Moon. (Puffin Books)
-Hunt, L. M. (2015). Fish in a Tree. (Puffin Books)
-Jamieson, V. (2015). Roller Girl. (Dial Books)
-Jennings, K. (2014). Maps & Geography. (Little Simon)
-Levy, D. A. (2014). Misadventures of the Family Fletcher. (Yearling Books) -MacLachan, P. (2013). The Truth of Me: About a Boy, His Grandmother, and a Very Good Dog. (Harper Collins)
-Milford, K. (2014). Greenglass House. (HMH Books for Young Readers) -Nye, N. S. (2014). The Turtle of Oman. (Greenwillow Books)
-Oppel, K. (2015). Nest. (Simon & Schuster Young Readers)
-Pearsall, S. (2015). The Seventh Most Important Thing.
(Yearling Books)
-Perkins, L. R. (2014). Nuts to You. (Harper Collins)
-Sands, K. (2015). The Blackthorn Key. (Aladdin)
-Shurtliff, L. (2015). Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk. (Yearling Books)
-Spinelli, E. (2014). Another Day as Emily. (Random House Children's Books)
-Stroud, J. (2013). Screaming Staircase. (Disney-Hyperion)
-Wicks, M. (2016). Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean. (First Second Books) -Woods, B. (2014). The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond. (Puffin Books)
-Woodson, J. (2014). Brown Girl Dreaming. (Puffin Books) |
Looking for more suggestions? Below you'll find links to previous year's MCBA titles. While mostly chapter books, some would make great family read-alouds or titles to listen to through an audio format. See me, Mrs. Krass, to find out how to download books from Axis360 or Overdrive and enjoy access to a wider variety of audio for listening and electronic books.
2016-2017 MCBA List
- Avi. (2012). Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution. (Beach Lane Books)
- Bell, C. (2014). El Deafo. (Harry N. Abrams)
- Barnhill, K. (2014). The Witch’s Boy. (Algonquin Young Readers)
- Blakemore, M. F. (2013). The Water Castle. (Walker)
- Bowen, F. (2015). Out of Bounds. (Peachtree)
- Butler, D. H. (2012). The Buddy Files: The Case of the School Ghost. (Albert Whitman & Company)
- Chambliss Bertman, J. (2015). Book Scavenger. (Holt)
- Ellis, D. (2011). No Ordinary Day. (Groundwood Books)
- Farber, E.S. (2013). Fish Finelli Book 1: Seagulls Don’t Eat Pickles. (Chronicle)
- Gibbs, S. (2014). Poached. (Simon & Schuster)
- Graff, L. (2014). Absolutely Almost. (Philomel)
- Herrick, A. (2013). The Time Fetch. (Algonquin Young Readers) Holm, J. L. (2014). The Fourteenth Goldfish. (Random House)
- Holub, J. (2012). Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training). (Aladdin).
- Jones, K. (2015). Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer. (Knopf)
- Kurtz. C. (2013). The Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A novel of snow and courage. (Harcourt)
- Lendle, I. (2015). The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo and Juliet. (First Second)
- Lerangis, P. (2013). Seven Wonders Book 1: The Colossus Rises. (Harper Collins)
- Littlewood, K. (2012). Bliss. (Katherine Tegen Books)
- Lloyd, N. (2014). A Snicker of Magic. (Scholastic)
- Martin, L, & Martin, V. (2013). Anton and Cecil, Book 1: Cats at Sea. (Algonquin Young Readers)
- Schanen, A. B. (2014). Quinny and Hopper. (Disney-Hyperion)
- Tarshis, L. (2015). I Survived: The Great Chicago Fire, 1871. (Scholastic)
- Watson, J. (2014). Loot: How to Steal a Fortune. (Scholastic)
- Wright, T. (2013). Mystery on Pine Lake: Cooper and Packrat. (Islandport Press)
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2015-2016 MCBA List
- Applegate, K. (2012). The One and Only Ivan. (HarperCollins)
- Bowen, F. (2012). Go for the Goal! (Peachtree)
- Cervantes, A. (2013). Gaby, Lost and Found. (Scholastic)
- Chainani, S. (2013). The School for Good and Evil. (HarperCollins)
- Colfer, C. (2012). The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell. (Little, Brown, and Company)
- DiCamillo, K. (2013). Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. (Candlewick)
- Foxlee, K. (2014). Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy. (Knopf)
- Gaiman, N. (2013). Fortunately, the Milk. (HarperCollins) Grabenstein, C. (2013).
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library. (Random House)
- Graff, L. (2013). A Tangle of Knots. (Philomel Books)
- Harley, B. (2013). Charlie Bumpers vs. The Teacher of the Year. (Peachtree)
- Horvath, P. (2012). Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detectives Extraordinaire! (Random House)
- Kimmel, E. C. (2012). Legend of the Ghost Dog. (Scholastic)
- Krulik, N. (2012). Jack Gets a Clue: The Case of the Loose-Toothed Shark. (Scholastic)
- Lee, J. (2013). Elvis and the Underdogs. (HarperCollins)
- Mack, W. C. (2013). Athlete vs. Mathlete. (Bloomsbury)
- MacLachlan, P. (2014). Fly Away. (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
- Marino, N. (2013). Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace. (Roaring Brook Press)
- Mills, C. (2013). Kelsey Green, Reading Queen. (Farrar Straus Giroux)
- Ritter, M. (2015). The Nearly Calamitous Taming of PZ: A laboratory dog’s search for love. (Bradley Street Press)
- Shurtliff, L. (2013). Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin. (Knopf)
- Sloan, H. G. (2013). Counting by 7s. (Dial Books for Young Readers)
- Sutherland, T. T. (2012). Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy. (Scholastic)
- Tarshis, L. (2012). I Survived: The Attacks of September 11, 2001. (Scholastic)
- Watts, J. (2012). Kizzy Ann Stamps. (Candlewick)
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