5th Grade Summer Reading List
(5th going into 6th grade)
Favorite Authors
Avi
Andrew Clements Mary Downing Hahn
Gary Paulsen Cynthia DeFelice
Gordan Korman Rick Riordan
Bruce Coville Christopher Paul Curtis
Will Hobbs Susan Cooper
Ben Mikaelson Margaret Peterson Haddix
John Feinstein J. K. Rowling
Vicki Grove Jerry Spinelli
Lloyd Alexander Patricia Reilly Giff
Favorite Series
Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis
Prydain Chronicles Lloyd Alexander
Redwall Brian Jacques
On the Run Gordon Korman
Warrior Erin Hunter
*The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper
Alex Rider Andrew Horowitz
Last Dragon Chronicles Chris D’Lacey
Cronus Chronicles Anne Ursu
Harry Potter J. K. Rowlin
Series of Unforunate Events Lemony Snicket
Guardians of Ga’Hoole Kathy Lasky
Shadow Children (Among the Hidden) Margaret Petterson Haddix
City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau
39 Clues Various authors
The Five Ancestors Jeff Stone
Spiderwick Tony DiTerlizzi
The Kane Chronicles Rick Riordan
The Seekers Erin Hunter
*Challenging books
Books for Girls
The Naked Mole-Rat Letters Mary Amato
Home of the Brave Katherine Applegate
The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods Ann Cameron
Stealing Freedom Elisa Carbone
Jennifer Murdley’s Toad Bruce Coville
Chasing Redbird Sharon Creech
The Ghost of Fossil Glen Cynthia DeFlice
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbett
*A Solitary Blue Sarah Weeks
Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan
Each Little Bird That Sings Deborah Wiles
The Man Who Loved Clowns June Rae Woods
*The Egypt Game Zilpha Snyder
Princess Academy Shannon Hale
My Louisiana Sky Kimberly Willis Holt
Island of the Aunts Eva Ibbotson
Run Away Twin Peg Kehret
The Evolution of Calpurina Tate Jacqueline Kelly
Becoming Naomi Leon Pam Munoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan
The Witches of Worm Zilpha Keatley Snyder
*The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi
Dovey Coe Frances O’Roark Dowell
*The Single Shard Sue Perk
The Birchbark House Louise Erdich
*The Crystal Garden Vicki Grove
Just Ella Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine
Double Identity Margaret Peterson Haddix
Tallahassee Higgins Mary Downing Hahn
Ink Heart Cornelia Funke
*Petey Ben Mikaelson
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O’Dell
Becoming Naomi Leon Pam Munoz Ryan
The Tale of Despereaux Katie DiCamillo
Running Out of Time Margaret Petteron Haddix
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of
Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy Jeanne Birdsall
*Challenging books.
Books for Boys
*Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls
Tangerine Edward Bloor
The Shakespeare Stealer Gary Blackwood
The Janitor’s Boy Andrew Clements
Hatching Magic Ann Downer
The Twenty-One Balloons William Pene du Bois
Toad Rage Morris Gleitzman
The Cay Theodore Taylor
Dragon’s Gale Lawrence Yep
Countdown Ben Mikaelsen
*The Silver Crown Robert O’Brien
Eleven Patricia Reilly Giff
The Black Stallion Walter Farley
Airball My Life in Briefs L.D. Harkrader
Far North Will Hobbs
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Dorothy Thomas Hoobler
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster
No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman
*Transall Saga Gary Paulson
Hatchet Gary Paulson
Steel Trap Ridley Pearson
*Summer of the Monkeys Wilson Rawls
*White Water P.J. Peters
Under the Blood Red Son Graham Salsbury
Old Yeller Fred Gipson
The Last Shot John Feinstein
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funk
*Kit’s Wilderness David Almond
*Skellig David Almond
Peak Roland Smith
The Ranger’s Apprentice Book One: The Ruins of Gorlan John Flanagan
Snow Wings Jutta Goetze
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan
Crispin Avi
Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher Bruce Coville
The Golden Compass Phillip Pullman
The Secret of Platform 13 Ibbotson
*Challenging books.
