Fifth Grade Reading List    
Title Author Type/Genre  
       
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt Fantasy Fiction
Love That Dog Sharon Creech Free Verse-Poetry
The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman Historical Fiction
The House of Sixty Fathers Meinder De Jong Historical Adventure
Half Magic Edgar Eager Fantasy  
Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh Realistic Fiction
Lincoln: A Photobiography Russell Freedman Biography  
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster Fantasy  
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle Science Fiction
The Boys' War : Confederate and Union  Jim Murphy Nonfiction  
Soldiers Talk About the Civil War      
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction
The Best School Year Ever Barbara Robinson Humorous Fiction
Becoming Naomi Leon Pam Munoz Ryan Multicultural Fiction
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin Mystery Fiction
Missing May Cynthia Rylant Realistic Fiction
Holes Louis Sachar Realistic Fiction
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor Multicultural/Historical Fiction
       
Series Titles:      
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket    
Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis      
Any Dear America Series by various authors    
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling      
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Series      
Ramona Series by Beverly Cleary      
Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi