Suggested Reading List for Fifth Grade
    BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
    by Katherine Paterson

    CADDIE WOODLAWN
    by Carol Ryrie Brink

    CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
    by Roald Dahl

    CHARLOTTE'S WEB
    by E.B. White

    DEAR MR. HENSHAW
    by Beverly Cleary

    EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE
    by Polly Horvath

    THE FACTS AND FICTION OF MINNA PRATT
    by Patricia MacLachlan

    FOR YOUR EYES ONLY!
    by Joanne Rocklin

    FRINDLE
    by Andrew Clements

    FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF
    MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
    by E. L. Konigsburg

    HARRIET THE SPY
    by Louise Fitzhugh

    JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
    by Roald Dahl

    JUSTIN AND THE BEST
    BISCUITS IN THE WORLD
    by Mildred Pitts Walter

    THE LIBRARY CARD
    by Jerry Spinelli

    THE MOZART SEASON
    by Virginia Euwer Wolff

    NOTHING'S FAIR IN FIFTH GRADE
    by Barthe Declements

    NUMBER THE STARS
    by Lois Lowry

    POPPY
    by Avi

    SHILOH
    by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL
    by Louis Sachar

    THE SUMMER OF THE SWANS
    by Betsy Byars

    THE WHIPPING BOY
    by Sid Fleischman

    THE WORD EATER
    by Mary Amato

    Series for Fifth Graders:

  • ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
    (Montgomery)
  • HARRY POTTER books (Rowling)
  • LITTLE HOUSE series (Wilder)
  • The OZ books (Baum)
  • List compiled by the Massillon Public Library * www.massillonlibrary.org * 330-832-9831

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