Summer Reading List
for 5th Graders Going to Middle School
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Titles
(A-K)
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Author
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Titles
(L-Z)
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Author
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| Across America on an Emigrant Train | Murphy, J. | Last Book in the Universe | Philbrick, R. |
| Adventures of Blue Avenger, The | Howe, N. | Last Dog on Earth | Ehrenhaft, D. |
| Among the Hidden (any book in series) | Haddix, M. | Leaving Fishers | Haddix, M. |
| Andromeda Strain | Crichton, M. | Light in the Forest | Richter, C. |
| Anna of Byzantium | Barrett, T. | Lincoln: a Photobiography | Freedman, R. |
| Any Harry Potter book in the series | Rowling, J. K. | Little Women | Alcott, L. |
| Any in the Series of Unfortunate Events | Snicket, L. | Lord of the Rings, The | Tolkien, J.R. |
| Any title | Creech, S. | Losing Forever | Friesen, G. |
| Aria of the Sea | Calhoun, D. | Lost World, The | Crichton, M. |
| Armageddon Summer | Yolen, J. | Lottery Rose | Hunt, I. |
| Artemis Fowl | Colfer, E. | Matilda Bone | Cushman, K. |
| Banner in the Sky | Ullman, J. R. | Matter of Profit, A | Bell, H. |
| Baseball in April | Soto, Gary | Midnight Magic | Avi |
| Beardance | Hobbs, W. | Midwife's Apprentice, The | Cushman, K. |
| Bearstone | Hobbs, W. | Miracle's Boys | Woodson, J. |
| Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond the Stars | Dodd, Q. | Moonshiner's Gold | Erickson, J. |
| Begging for Change | Flake, S. | Murder on the Orient Express | Christie, A. |
| Black Cauldron, The | Alexander, L. | Murdered, My Sweet | Nixon, J. L. |
| Black-Eyed Suzie | Shaw, S. | Music Thief, The | Griffin, Peni |
| Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes | Jackson, D. | My Brother Sam Is Dead | Collier, J. |
| Book of Three, The | Alexander, L. | My Louisiana Sky | Holt, K. W. |
| Boy Who Saved Baseball, The | Ritter, J. | My Side of the Mountain | George, J. |
| Brainboy and the Deathmaster | Seidler, T. | Never Trust a Dead Man | Vande Velde, V. |
| Breadwinner | Ellis, D. | Night Hoops | Dueker, C. |
| Brian's Return | Paulsen, G. | Nightmare | Nixon, J. L. |
| Burning Up | Cooney, C. | Nobody Else Has to Know | Tomey, I. |
| Castle of Llyr | Alexander, L. | On My Honor | Bauer, M. |
| Cat Ate My Gymsuit, The | Danziger, P. | Once Upon a Marigold | Ferris, J. |
| Children of the Wild West | Freedman, R. | Orphan Train Quartet, The | Nixon, J. L. |
| Christmas in Heaven | Williams, C. | Over the Wall | Ritter, J. |
| City of Ember | DuPrau, J. | P.S. Longer Letter Later | Danziger, P. |
| Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Sheldon, D. | Pendragon (any book in series) | MacHale, D. J. |
| Cowboys Don't Cry | Halverson, M. | Picture Perfect | Alphin, E. |
| Crash | Spinelli, J. | Pinballs, The | Byars, B. |
| Crispin: Cross of Lead | Avi | Pistachio Prescription, The | Danziger, P. |
| Dandelion Wine | Bradbury, R. | Point Blank | Horowitz, A. |
| Dark Is Rising, The | Cooper, S. | Raptor | Zindel, P. |
| Define "Normal" | Peters, J. A. | Rats | Zindel, P. |
| Don't Look Behind You | Duncan, L. | Return of the King, The | Tolkien, J.R. |
| Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dumphrey | Haddix, M. | Road to Memphis | Taylor, M. |
| Down theYukon | Hobbs, W. | Rope Trick | Alexander, L. |
| Dragon's Breath | Baker, E.D. | Rules of the Road | Bauer, J. |
| Dragon's Gate | Yep, L. | Running Out of Time | Haddix, M. |
| Eleanor Roosevelt: Life of Discovery | Freedman, R. | Safe at Second | Johnson, S. |
| Ella Enchanted | Levine, G. C. | Same Stuff as Stars, The | Paterson, K. |
| Eragon | Paolini, C. | Sands of Time | Hoeye, M. |
| Esperanza Rising | Ryan, P. M. | Sang Spell | Naylor, P. |
| Exchange Student, The | Gilmore, K. | Savage Sam | Gipson, F. |
| Executioner's Daughter, The | Williams, L. | Seventeenth Summer | Daly, M. |
| Exploring the Titanic | Ballard, R. | Shiloh Season | Naylor, G. |
| Face on the Milk Carton | Cooney, C. | Silent to the Bone | Konigsburg, E. |
| Far North | Hobbs, W. | Single Shard, A | Park, L. S. |
| Fields of Fury | McPherson, J. | Skeleton Key | Horowitz, A. |
| Firegold | Calhoun, D. | Skeleton Man | Bruchac, J. |
| Frog Princess | Baker, E.D. | Slam | Myers, W. D. |
| Full Tilt | Shusterman, N. l. | Snail Mail No More | Danziger, P. |
| Gathering Blue | Lowry, L. | Solitary Blue, A | Voight, C. |
| Goddess of Yesterday | Cooney, C. | Someone Was Watching | Patneaude, D. |
| Goose Chase | Kindl, P. | Speak | Anderson, L. H. |
| Goose Girl, The | Hale, S. | Stargirl | Spinelli, J. |
| Great American Gold Rush, The | Blumberg, R. | Steps, The | Cohn, R. |
| Great Gilly Hopkins, The | Paterson, K. | Stone Water | Gilbert, B. |
| Grey King, The | Cooper, S. | Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy | Sones, S. |
| Haunting, The | Nixon, J. L. | Stories of Ray Bradbury | Bradbury, R. |
| Heir Apparent | Vande Velde, V. | Stormbreaker | Horowitz, A. |
| High Heat | Dueker, C. | Stranger with My Face | Duncan, L. |
| High King, The | Alexander, L. | Straw into Gold | Schmidt, G. |
| Homecoming, The | Voight, C. | Summer of My German Soldier | Greene, B. |
| Homeless Bird | Whelan, G. | Surviving the Applewhites | Tolan, S. |
| Hoot | Hiaasen, C. | Taran Wanderer | Alexander, L. |
| Hope Was Here | Bauer, J. | Terrorist, The | Cooney, C. |
| House of the Scorpion, The | Farmer, N. | Thief Lord, The | Funke, C. |
| How Angel Peterson Got His Name | Paulsen, G. | Things Not Seen | Clements, A. |
| Hunting of the Last Dragon | Jordan, S. | This Side of Paradise | Layne, S. |
| I Have a Dream: Story of MLKing | Davidson, M. | Through My Eyes | Bridges, R. |
| If You Come Softly | Woodson, J. | Tree Castle Island | George, J. |
| In the Face of Danger | Nixon, J. L. | Trino’s Choice | Bertrand, D. |
| In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Lord, B. B. | Trino's Time | Bertrand, D. |
| Indian Chiefs | Freedman, R. | Triumph on Everest | Coburn, B. |
| Inkheart | Funke, C. | True Believer | Wolff, V. |
| Into the Mummy's Tomb | Reeves, N. | Turnabout | Haddix, M. |
| Invisible Man, The | Wells, H. G. | Two Princesses of Bamarre | Levine, G. C. |
| Jade Green: A Ghost Story | Naylor, P. | Two Towers, The | Tolkien, J.R. |
| Jason's Gold | Hobbs, W. | Up a Road Slowly | Hunt, I. |
| Joey Pigza Loses Control | Gantos, J. | View from Saturday | Konigsburg, E. |
| Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key | Gantos, J. | Voice on the Radio, The | Cooney, C. |
| Johnny Tremain | Forbes, E. | Voices from the Fields | Atkin, S. B. |
| Julie of the Wolves | George, J. | War of the Worlds | Wells, H. G. |
| Just Ella | Haddix, M. | Watsons Go to Birmingham, The | Curtis, C. |
| Keeping the Moon | Dessen, S. | What Would Joey Do? | Gantos, J. |
| Kids at Work | Freedman, R. | Wrango | Burks, B. |
| Kissing Doorknobs | Hesser, T. | Wringer | Spinelli, J. |
| Kokopelli's Flute | Hobbs, W. | Year Without Michael | Pfeffer, S. |
| Kon Tiki | Heyerdahl, T. | Zach's Lie | Smith, R. |