Books we recommend for 5th graders

J Fiction – alphabetical by author

• The Book of Three (series) by Lloyd Alexander
• Chasing Vermeer (1st book in a series) by Blue Balliett
• The Sisters Grimm (series) by Michael Buckley
• Keeper of the School (series) by Andrew Clements
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
• Mockingbird, Mok'ing-burd by Kathryn Erskine
• Inkheart (series) by Cornelia Funke
• Garden of Eve by K. L. Going
• Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
• Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
• My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath
• Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
• Dying to Meet You (1st book in the "43 Old Cemetery Road" series) by Kate Klise
• The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
• Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal
• Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
• Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park
• Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
• Bird in a Box by Andrea Pinkney
• Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson series) by Rick Riordan
• Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkoski

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
• The Bronze Pen by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• Mysterious Benedict Society (series) by Trenton Stewart
• Sammy Keyes (series) by Wendelin Van Draanen
• Alabama Moon by Key Watt
• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Non-fiction, call numbers noted

• Encyclopedia Horrifica by Joshua Gee, J 001.9 G29E