5^th Grade Suggested Reading List

• Scott O’Dell                            Island of the Blue Dolphin
• Wilson Rawls                          Where the Red Fern Grows
• Michael Dorris                        Morning Girl
• J.C. George                                         The Talking Earth
• L.M. Elliott                             Give Me Liberty
• Kate DiCamillo                       Because of Winn-Dixie
• Katherine Paterson                  Bridge to Terabithia
• Patricia MacLachlan               Sarah, Plain and Tall 
• Kate DiCamillo                       The Tale of Despereaux
• Sharon Creech                         Walk Two Moons
• Armstrong Sperry                   Call It Courage
• E.L. Konigsburg                     From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• Clare Vanderpool                    Moon over Manifest
• Neil Gaiman                            The Graveyard Book
• Cynthia Kadohata                   Kira-Kira
• Richard Peck                           A Long Way from Chicago
• Linda Sue Park                        A Single Shard
• Sid Fleishman                         The Whipping Boy
• Katherine Applegate               The One and Only Ivan
• Jack Gantos                             Dead End in Norvelt
• Rebecca Stead                         When You Reach Me
• Laura Amy Schlitz                  Good Masters!Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
• Lynne Rae Perkins                  Criss Cross