Our librarian, Ms. McCullough, compiled two amazing lists of book recommendations.

Here are some additional books that 5th graders of the past have endorsed:

Poppy (Avi)

No Talking (Clements)

Artemis Fowl (series – Colfer)

Lemonade War (Davies)

The Magician’s Elephant (DiCamillo)

Book of Ember (series – Duprau)

Alex Rider (series – Horowitz)

Savvy and Scumble (Law)

The Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Lin)

The Doll People (series - Martin)

A Dog’s Life (Martin)

11 Birthdays (series - Mass)

The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler (Konigsburg)

Hatchet (Paulsen)

Septimus Heap (series – Sage)

Matilda (Dahl – or any of his books!)

One Crazy Summer (Williams-Garcia)

Moon Over Manifest (Vanderpool)

Navigating Early (Vanderpool)

Flora and Ulysses (DiCamillo)

Hoot, Scat and Flush (Hiaasen)

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Kelly)

When You Reach Me (Stead)

Liar and Spy (Stead)

The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (Farmer)

A Dog’s Purpose (Cameron)

The Dreamer (Ryan)

Dead End in Norvelt (Gantos)

Splendors and Glooms (Schlitz)

Turtle in Paradise (Holm)

Heart of a Samurai (Preus)

Inside Out and Back Again (Lai)

The One and Only Ivan (Applegate)

The Name Of This Book Is Secret (series – Bosch)

Harry Potter (series – Rowling)

Fablehaven (series – Mull)

The Inheritance Cycle (series – Paolini)

Wildwood Chronicles (series – Meloy)

Chains and Forge and Ashes (Anderson)

Number The Stars (Lowry)

The Mysterious Benedict Society (Stewart)

A Single Shard (Park)

Al Capone Does My Shirts (series - Choldenko)

El Deafo (Bell)

The Ghosts Of Tupelo Landing (series - Turnage)

Spy School (series - Gibbs)

Fish In A Tree (Hunt)

Poison in the Colony, Jamestown 1622 (Carbone)

Crossover (series, Alexander)

Ghost (Reynolds)

Secret (Pseudonymous Bosch series)

A Mango-Shaped Space (Mass)

Projekt 1065 (Gratz)

The War that Saved My Life and The War I Finally Won (Bradley)

Refugee (Gratz)