Book Lists

Hot Fifth Grade Books


The following list contains a selection of books to satisfy the wide variety of reading levels and interests of fifth grade readers.

Adventure and Survival
Aiken, Joan The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
Bartholomew, Lois The White Dove.
Blackwood, Gary Wild Timothy.
Bodett, Tom Williwaw!
Campbell, Eric The Place of Lions.
Creech, Sharon The Wanderer.
Fenner, Carol The King of Dragons
George, Jean My Side of the Mountain.
Haddix, Margaret Running Out of Time.
Harrison, Michael It's My Life.
Hesse, Karen The Music of Dolphins.
Hobbs, Will Ghost Canoe.
Hyde, Dayton Island of the Loons.
Kehret, Peg Earthquake Terror.
Kelleher, Victor Rescue!
Lawrence, Iain The Wreckers.
Mazer, Harry The Cave Under the City.
Moeri, Louise Save Queen of Sheba.
Naylor, Phyllis The Fear Place.
Paulsen, Gary Hatchet. .
Ruckman, Ivy Night of the Twisters.
Sachar, Louis Holes.
Strasser, Todd Gator Prey.
Strieber, Whitley Wolf of Shadows.
Taylor, Theodore The Cay.
Thiele, Colin Shadow Shark.
Verne, Jules A Long Vacation.

Animal Stories
Arnosky, Jim Gray Boy.
Bagnold, Enid National Velvet.
Burnford, Sheila The Incredible Journey.
Cross, Gillian The Great American Elephant Chase.
Farley, Walter The Black Stallion.
Gardiner, John Stone Fox.
Gipson, Fred Old Yeller.
Hart, Alison Shadow Horse.
Henkes, Kevin Protecting Marie.
Henry, Marguerite Misty of Chincoteague.
Holland, Isabelle Alan and the Animal Kingdom.
Kehret, Peg Searching for Candlestick Park.
Knight, Eric Lassie Come Home.
Mikaelsen, Ben Stranded.
Morey, Walt Kavik the Wolf Dog.
Mowat, Farley Owls in the Family
Philbrick, W.R. The Fire Pony.
Platt, Chris Willow King.
Quintana, Anton The Baboon King.
Rorby, Ginny Dolphin Sky.
Roy, Ron The Chimpanzee Kid.
Shura, Mary Mister Wolf and Me.
Springer, Nancy Colt.
Taylor, William Agnes the Sheep.
Thiele, Colin Jodie's Journey.

Biography
Brewster, Hugh Anastasia's Album.
Dahl, Roald Boy: Tales of Childhood.
Drucker, Olga Kindertransport.
Fleischman, Sid The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life.
Freedman, Russell Lincoln: A Photobiography.
Goodall, Jane My Life with the Chimpanzees.
Mah, Adeline Yen Chinese Cinderella.
Paulsen, Gary My Life in Dog Years.
Szabo, Corrine Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart
Warren, Andrea Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story.

Fantasy
Alexander, Lloyd The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen.
Almond, David Skellig.
Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan.
Bartholomew, Lois The White Dove.
Belden, Wilanne Frankie!
Bradshaw, Gillian The Dragon and the Thief.
Cooper, Susan The Dark is Rising.
Duane, Diane So You Want to be a Wizard.
Fine, Anne Bad Dreams.
Friesner, Esther Wishing Season.
Griffin, Peni Switching Well.
Hobbs, Will Kokopelli's Flute.
Jacques, Brian Redwall.
James, Mary Shoebag.
Jones, Diana Wynne Witch Week.
Kendall, Carol The Gammage Cup.
Levine, Gail Carson The Wish.
McGraw, Eloise The Moorchild.
Morris, Gerald The Squire's Tale
Nesbit, E. Wet Magic.
Pearce, Philippa Tom's Midnight Garden.
Pierce, Tamora Alanna: The First Adventure.
Seidler, Tor The Wainscott Weasel.
Selden, George The Genie of Sutton Place.
Service, Pamela Being of Two Minds.
Thompson, Kate Switchers.
Turner, Megan The Thief.
Waugh, Sylvia The Mennyms.
Winthrop, Elizabeth The Castle in the Attic.
Wrede, Patricia Dealing with Dragons.
Zambreno, Mary A Plague of Sorcerers.

Ghost and Horror Stories
Adler, C.S. Ghost Brother.
Almond, David Kit's Wilderness.
Alphin, Elaine The Ghost Cadet.
Avi Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts.
Bauer, Marion A Taste of Smoke.
Bellairs, John The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb.
Cohen, Daniel Ghostly Warnings.
DeFelice, Cynthia The Ghost of Fossil Glen
Fleischman, Sid The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story.
Hahn, Mary Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story.
Lively, Penelope The Ghost of Thomas Kempe.
Morpurgo, Michael The Ghost of Grania O'Malley.
Salway, Lance A Nasty Piece of Work and Other Ghost Stories.
Schnur, Steven Shadow Children.
Snyder, Zilpha The Trespassers.
Wright, Betty Ren The Moonlight Man.

Historical Fiction
Armstrong, Jennifer Steal Away.
Avi The Fighting Ground.
Beatty, Patricia Charley Skedaddle.
Blackwood, Gary The Shakespeare Stealer.
Byars, Betsy Trouble River.
Choi, Sook Nyul Year of Impossible Goodbyes.
Cohen, Barbara Thank you, Jackie Robinson.
Collier, James War Comes to Willy Freeman.
Curtis, Christopher The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963.
DeFelice, Cynthia Lostman's River.
Demas, Corinne If Ever I Return Again.
Durrant, Lynda Echohawk.
Fleischman, Paul Bull Run.
Fleischman, Sid Jim Ugly.
Goodman, Joan The Winter Hare.
Greene, Jacqueline Out of Many Waters.
Haahr, Berit The Minstrel's Tale.
Hahn, Mary The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli.
Hamilton, Virginia Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed.
Hesse, Karen Letters from Rifka.
Hilgartner, Beth A Murder for Her Majesty.
Horowitz, Anthony The Devil and His Boy.
Lasky, Kathryn The Night Journey.
Lester, Julius Pharaoh's Daughter.
Levine, Gail Carson Dave at Night.
Lowry, Lois Number the Stars.
Lunn, Janet The Hollow Tree.
Magorian, Michelle Good Night, Mr. Tom.
McGill, Alice Miles' Song.
Nixon, Joan A Family Apart.
Orlev, Uri The Island on Bird Street.
Paterson, Katherine Jip: His Story.
Pearson, Kit The Sky is Falling.
Pryor, Bonnie Seth of the Lion People.
Reeder, Carolyn Shades of Gray.
Roop, Peter Girl of the Shining Mountains.
Rubalcaba, Jill The Wadjet Eye.
Snyder, Zilpha Cat Running.
Speare, Elizabeth The Sign of the Beaver.
Whelan, Gloria Once on This Island.
Wise, William Nell of Branford Hall.
Yolen, Jane The Devil's Arithmetic.

Humor
Ahlberg, Allan Woof!
Byars, Betsy The Cybil War.
Conford, Ellen Dear Mom, Get Me Out of Here!
Cresswell, Helen Ordinary Jack.
Dahl, Roald The Witches.
Dickinson, Peter Chuck and Danielle.
Fine, Anne Alias Madame Doubtfire.
Fitzgerald, John The Great Brain.
Gilson, Jamie Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs.
Korman, Gordon The Chicken Doesn't Skate.
Lowry, Lois The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline.
Maguire, Gregory Seven Spiders Spinning.
McKay, Hillary Dolphin Luck.
Merrill, Jean The Pushcart War.
Naylor, Phyllis Beetles, Lightly Toasted.
Pinkwater, Daniel Borgel.
Robertson, Keith Henry Reed's Journey.
Robinson, Barbara My Brother Louis Measures Worms.
Selden, George Harry Cat's Pet Puppy.
Snicket, Lemony The Bad Beginning.
Taylor, William Knitwits.

In Other Lands
Carris, Joan Hedgehogs in the Closet.
Creech, Sharon Bloomability.
Fletcher, Susan Shadow Spinner.
Fritz, Jean Homesick, My Own Story.
Goodman, Joan Songs from Home.
Henderson, Aileen The Monkey Thief.
Hicyilmaz, Gaye The Frozen Waterfall.
Honey, Elizabeth Don't Pat the Wombat!
Levine, Anna Running on Eggs.
Mohr, Nicholasa Going Home.
Naidoo, Beverley Chain of Fire.
Namioka, Lensey Ties that Bind, Ties that Break.
Neuberger, Anne The Girl-Son.
Yumoto, Kazumi The Friends.

Mystery and Thrillers
Avi Windcatcher.
Bailey, Linda How Come the Best Clues are Always in the Garbage?
Bawden, Nina The Outside Child.
Bellairs, John The House with a Clock in Its Walls.
Bunting, Eve Is Anybody There?
Graham, Harriet The Chinese Puzzle.
Hahn, Mary The Dead Man in Indian Creek.
Hamilton, Virginia The Mystery of Drear House.
Hart, Alison Shadow Horse.
Hildick, E.W. The Case of the Fantastic Footprints.
Howe, James Eat Your Poison, Dear.
Levin, Betty Shadow-Catcher.
Myers, Edward Hostage.
Nixon, Joan Search for the Shadowman.
Patneaude, David Someone was Watching.
Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game.
Roberts, Willo Davis What Could Go Wrong?
Sachs, Marilyn At the Sound of the Beep.
Skurzynski, Gloria Deadly Waters.
Wallace, Barbara The Twin in the Tavern.
Wright, Betty Ren The Dollhouse Murders.
Yep, Laurence The Case of the Firecrackers.

Different Drummers
Blume, Judy Blubber.
Cassedy, Sylvia Behind the Attic Wall.
Cooper, Ilene Queen of the Sixth Grade.
DeClements, Barthe Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade.
Farrell, Mame Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd.
Fine, Anne The Tulip Touch.
Fitzhugh, Louise Harriet the Spy.
Grove, Vicki Reaching Dustin.
Hahn, Mary Daphne's Book.
Holt, Kimberly When Zachary Beaver Came to Town.
Honeycutt, Natalie Invisible Lissa.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Visiting Miss Caples.
Lisle, Janet Afternoon of the Elves.
Perkins, Lynne All Alone in the Universe.
Sachar, Louis There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom.
Vail, Rachel Daring to be Abigail.
Zeier, Joan Stick Boy.

School, Family and Growing Up
Auch, Mary Jane Kidnapping Kevin Kowalski.
Brooks, Bruce Vanishing.
Clements, Andrew Frindle.
Danziger, Paula P.S. Longer Letter Later.
Feiffer, Jules The Man in the Ceiling.
Fenner, Carol Yolonda's Genius.
Fine, Anne Step by Wicked Step.
Fletcher, Ralph Flying Solo.
Franklin, Kristine Lone Wolf.
Freeman, Suzanne The Cuckoo's Child.
Hahn, Mary Following the Mystery Man.
Hamilton, Virginia Bluish.
Hobbs, Will Bearstone.
Horvath, Polly The Trolls.
Konigsburg, E. L. The View from Saturday.
Naylor, Phyllis The Agony of Alice.
Nelson, Theresa The Empress of Elsewhere.
Pearson, Gayle Don't Call it Paradise.
Pfeffer, Susan The Pizza Puzzle.
Slote, Alfred Moving In.
Snyder, Zilpha Libby on Wednesdays.
Springer, Nancy They're all Named Wildfire.
Tomey, Ingrid Nobody Else has to Know.
Van Leeuwen, Jean Dear Mom, You are Ruining My Life.
Voigt, Cynthia Bad Girls.
Warner, Sally Dog Years.
White, Ruth Belle Prater's Boy.

Science Fiction
Asch, Frank Journey to Terezor.
Asimov, Janet Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot.
Blackwood, Gary The Dying Sun.
Butler, Susan The Hermit Thrush Sings.
Butts, Nancy The Door in the Lake.
Christopher, John The White Mountains.
Ciencin, Scott Dinoverse.
Haddix, Margaret Among the Hidden.
Hesse, Karen The Music of Dolphins.
Hoover, H. M. Only Child.
Howarth, Lesley Maphead.
Jacobs, Paul Sleepers, Wake.
Key, Alexander Escape to Witch Mountain.
Klause, Annette Alien Secrets.
L'Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time.
Lowry, Lois The Giver.
Mackel, Kathy Can of Worms.
Peck, Richard Lost in Cyberspace.
Pinkwater, Jill Mister Fred.
Roberts, Willo Davis The Girl with the Silver Eyes.
Skurzynski, Gloria The Virtual War.
Sleator, William The Night the Heads Came.
Waugh, Sylvia Space Race.

Sports
Avi S.O.R. Losers.
Cooper, Ilene Choosing Sides.
Gutman, Dan Babe and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure.
Korman, Gordon The Zucchini Warriors.
Little, Kimberley Breakaway.
Mauser, Pat A Bundle of Sticks.
Riddell, Ruth Ice Warrior.
Slote, Alfred Finding Buck McHenry.
Tomlinson, Theresa Riding the Waves.
Wallace, Bill Never Say Quit.
Wolff, Virginia Bat 6.
Zirpoli, Jane Roots in the Outfield.

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