Greens Farms Academy Recommended Reading List 5th Grade

	Classics
	Watership Down Adams, Richard Little Women Alcott, Louisa May Sounder Armstrong, William The Secret Garden Burnett, F.H Julie of the Wolves George, Jean Craighead Old Yeller Gipson, Fred The Phantom Tollbooth Juster, Norton From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg, E.L. Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L.M. Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell, Scott Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson

	Realistic Fiction
	Nothing But the Truth Avi The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale Of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Day Beardsall, Jeanne The Summer of the Swans Byars, Betsy Al Capone Does My Shirts Choldenko, Gennifer Bloomability Creech, Sharon Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon The Cat Ate My Gymsuit Danziger, Paula Sun and Spoon Henkes, Kevin Olive’s Ocean Henkes. Kevin Hoot Hiaasen, Carl When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Holt, Kimberly Willis Whale Rider Ihimaera, Witi The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place Konigsburg, E.L. Heat Lupica, Mike Project Mulberry Park, Linda Sue Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine Great Gilly Hopkins Paterson, Katherine Esperanza Rising Ryan, Pam Muñoz Holes Sachar, Louis Maniac Magee Spinelli, Jerry Homecoming Voigt, Cynthia So B. It Weeks, Sarah Amalee Williams, Dar

	Mystery/Suspense Fiction
	True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi Chasing Vermeer Balliett, Blue Tangerine Bloor, Edward Shakespeare’s Secret Broach, Elise Skeleton Man Bruchac, Joseph Things Not Seen Clements, Andrew Among the Hidden Haddix, Margaret Paterson Found Haddix, Margaret Peterson Stormbreaker Horowitz, Anthony

	Historical Fiction
	Lily’s Crossing Giff, Patricia Reilly A House fof Tailors Giff, Patricia Reilly Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen The Pushcart War Merrill, Jean Lyddie Paterson, Katherine The Devil’s Arithmetic Yolen, Jane

	Fantasy/Science Fiction
	Search for Delicious Babbit, Natalie The Sisters Grimm Buckley, Michael City of Ember Duprau, Jeanne Once Upon a Marigold Ferris, Jean Inkheart Funke, Cornelia Thief Lord Funke, Cornelia Princess Academy Hale, Shannon Redwall [series] Jacques, Brian Troll Fell Langrish Ella Enchanted Levine, Gail Carson Giver Lowry, Lois Eragon Paolini, Christopher Archer’s Quest Park, Linda Sue The Lightening Thief Riordan, Rick 39 Clues [series]: The Maze of Bones Riordan, Rick Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Rowling, J.K. Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp Yancy, Richard Heir Apparent Velde, Vivian

	Non-fiction
	Quest for the Tree Kangaroo Bishop, Nic The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science: 64 Daring Experiments for Young Scientists Connolly, Sean 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet Denenberg, Dennis One Beetle Too Many Lasky, Katherine Our White House: Looking in, Looking Out McCullough, David Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader’s Edition) Mortenson, Greg

	Poetry
	Love that Dog Creech, Sharon America at War Hopkins, Lee Bennett A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout Janeczko, Paul B. Voice From Afar: Poems of Peace Johnston, Tony This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems From Around the World Nye, Naomi Shihab