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books for 5th & 6th
Graders
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Indicates additional titles by the author.
Titles are located in the Junior Fiction Section of the Library unless
otherwise indicated.
Anderson, Laurie Halse YA Fiction
Fever, 1793
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated
from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is
forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
Babbitt, Natalie
Tuck everlasting
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover
that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret
about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
Bauer, Marion Dane
On my honor
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous
river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and
terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of
their disobedience.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
the secret garden
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and
discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Byars, Betsy
The summer of the swans
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally
retarded brother gets lost.
Clements, Andrew
The Landry News
A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her
burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later
threatened with disciplinary action as a result.
Cooper, Susan**
The dark is rising Series
Creech, Sharon**
Love that dog
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of
what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own
inspired poem.
De Angeli, Marguerite
the door in the wall
A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns
recognition from the King.
DiCamillo, Kate**
because of winn-dixie
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in
the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her
because of her big ugly dog, Winn-Dixie.
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Etchemendy,
Nancy
The power of Un
When he is given a device that will allow him to "undo" what has
happened in the past, Gib Finney is not sure what event from the worst day in
his life he should change in order to keep his sister from being hit by a
truck.
Fleischman, Sid
Bandit's Moon
Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquin Murieta and his
band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.
George, Jean Craighead**
julie of the wolves
my side of the mountain
Survival stories.
Giff, Patricia Reilly**
nory ryan’s song
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old
Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
Gliori, Debi**
pure dead magic
When their father is kidnapped and danger looms, the Strega-Borgia children,
their mysterious new nanny, and a giant tarantula use magic and actual trips
through the Internet to bring peace to their Scottish castle.
Honey, Elizabeth
Don't pat the wombat!
Wormz, Nicko, and their friends fear that their experience at
a school camp in the Australian bush will be ruined by the
presence of the dreaded Mr. Cromwell as a substitute chaperon.
Ibbotson, Eva
Dial-a-ghost
A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans
of his evil guardians.
Jacques, Brian** YA Fiction
redwall series
Korman, Gordon YA Fiction
No more dead dogs
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention
attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he
becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that
improve not only the play but his life as well.
L'Engle, Madeleine**
A wrinkle in time
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a
search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for
the government.
Levine,
Gail Carson YA Fiction
The two princesses of Bamarre
With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from the Gray Death meek and
timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.
Lewis, C. S.**
the lion, the witch and the wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia Series
Lowry, Lois**
number the stars
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie
learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish
friend from the Nazis.
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Mazer,
Harry
A boy at war: a novel of Pearl
Harbor
While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through
the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer
who was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona when the bombs fell.
Montgomery, L. M.**
anne of green gables
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely,
middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds
to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Shiloh
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty
tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited
man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
O'Dell, Scott
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a
young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through
her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness
in her solitary life.
Osborne, Mary Pope
Adaline Falling Star
Feeling abandoned by her deceased Arapaho mother and her
explorer father, Adaline Falling Star runs away from the prejudiced cousins
with whom she is staying and comes close to death in the wilderness, with
only a mongrel dog for company.
Paulsen, Gary** YA Fiction
hatchet
Peck, Richard**
A long way from Chicago
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister
during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Rowling, J.K.**
Harry Potter series
Rylant, Cynthia
Missing May
After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her,
twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in
search of the strength to go on living.
Snicket, Lemony**
a series of unfortunate events
Spinelli, Jerry YA Fiction
Maniac Magee
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes
legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which
awe his contemporaries.
Tolkein, J.R.R.** YA Fiction
the hobbit
Whelan, Gloria YA Fiction
Homeless bird
When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she
must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the
courage to oppose it.
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