ALMOST STARRING SKINNYBONES Barbara Park*
MANIAC MAGEE Jerry Spinelli*
NOTHING’S FAIR IN FIFTH GRADE De Clements
PHILLIP HALL LIKES ME, I RECKON MAYBE Bette Greene*
(GEORGE) Konigsberg*
THE BOYS START THE WAR Naylor*
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIFTH GRADE
CONTEMPORARY FICTION |
13 WAYS TO SINK A SUB Jamie Gilson* ALMOST STARRING SKINNYBONES Barbara Park* MANIAC MAGEE Jerry Spinelli* NOTHING’S FAIR IN FIFTH GRADE De Clements PHILLIP HALL LIKES ME, I RECKON MAYBE Bette Greene* (GEORGE) Konigsberg* THE BOYS START THE WAR Naylor* |
MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE
| ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS Odell* VOYAGE OF THE FROG Paulsen* CLIMB OR DIE Myers* GHOST OF THOMAS KEMPE Lively COURT OF THE STONE CHILDREN Cameron* THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE Avi* *this author has other good books as well |
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NEWBERY AND NEWBERY HONOR BOOKS
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CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY Cushman* THE EAR THE EYE AND THE ARM Farmer THE GIVER Lowry* MISSING MAY Rylant* SHABANU, DAUGHTER OF THE WIND Staples DRAGON’S GATE Yep* THE WATSONS GO TO BURNINGHAM C. Curtis AFTERNOON OF THE ELVES Lisle* HOMESICK, MY OWN STORY Jean Fritz* |
HISTORICAL FICTION
| MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD Collier* MEIKO AND THE FIFTH TREASURE Coerr* BULL RUN Fleischman SARAH BISHOP O’Dell* THE GOLD CADILLAC Taylor* CHILD OF THE OWL Yep* OF NIGHTINGALES THAT WEEP Paterson* THE SLAVE DANCER Fox* THE GLORY FIELD Myers* |
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FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION
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A RING OF ENDLESS LIGHT L’Engle* THE HIGH KING Alexander* REDWALL B. Jacques* THE FOXBUSTERS King-Smith* THE TOMBS OF ATUAN Le Guin* THE LIZARD MUSIC Pinkwater SEVEN SPIDERS SPINNING Maguire |
HUMOROUS STORIES
| BLOSSOMS MEETS THE VULTURE LADY Betsy Byars* ALICE IN RAPTURE, SORT OF Naylor* ALMOST STARRING SKINNYBONES Barbara Park FREAKY FRIDAY Mary Rodgers* |
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SPORTS
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ABOUT THE B’NAI BAGELS Konigsberg* CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMER Halecroft HANG TOUGH PAUL MATHER Slote* MOP MOONDANCE AND THE NAGASAKI KNIGHTS Myers* WRONGWAY APPLEBAUM Lewis POINT SPREAD Dygard* THERE’S A CATERPILLER IN MY LEMONADE Gregory CHOOSING SIDES Cooper HOOPS Myers |
| THE PROMISE Westall* THE 13TH FLOOR Fleischman SOMETHING UPSTAIRS Avi* VIEW FROM THE CHERRY TREE Roberts WHAT HAPPENED IN HAMELIN Skurzinski THE DARK THIRTY-SOUTHERN TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL McKissack THE WRECKER Skinner |
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