Rising 5th Graders
Required:
The Wish Giver – Bill Brittain
Janitor’s Boy – Andrew Clements
Choose at least 2 from the following lists. Try to choose from 2 different categories.
HISTORICAL FICTION
Crispin- Avi
Charley Skedaddle – Beatty
Turn Homeward, Hannalee - Beatty
Catherine Called Birdy- Cushman
Shades of Gray – Reeder
Sign of the Beaver - Speare
FANTASY
Indian in the Cupboard – Burch
Artemis Fowl - Colfer
Magician’s Nephew - Lewis
The Incredible Journey – Burnford
The Borrowers – Norton
Field of Dogs – Paterson
The Door in the Dragon’s Throat – Peretti
Harry Potter (any in the series) – Rowling
Series of Unfortunate Events - Snicket
REALISTIC FICTION
S.O.R. Losers- Avi
Summer of the Swans – Byars
Danny, the Champion of the World – Dahl
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade – DeClements
The Tiger Rising – DiCamillo
Harriet the Spy – Fitzhugh
Joey Pigza Loses Control - Gantos
The Year of the Dog - Gracelin
Ida B. - Hannigan
Hoot – Hiaason
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Kid in the Red Jacket – Parks
Hatchet – Paulsen
Summer of the Monkeys – Rawlings
Missing May – Rylant
The Cay – Taylor
Surviving the Applewhites – Tolan
Made You Look-Roberts
BIOGRAPHY
Lou Gehrig, Boy of the Sandlots – VanRiper
LEGENDS
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs – Birney
Holes – Sachar
Maniac Magee - Spinelli
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