(also see Battle of the Books List)
Fifth Grade Recommendations
(also see Battle
of the Books List)
| The Moffats | Eleanor Estes |
| Jacob Have I Loved | Katherine Paterson |
| Tuck Everlasting | Natalie Babbit |
| Seedfolks | Paul Fleischman |
| I Am Regina | Sally M. Keehn |
| The Dark is Rising - Series | Susan Cooper |
| Commandoes of World War 2 | Hodding Carter |
| The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| The Vicious Vikings | Terry Deary |
| Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | Jean Latham |
| Kavik the Wolf Dog | Walt Morey |
| The Pushcart War | Jean Merrill |
Realistic Fiction |
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| The Pinballs | Betsy Byars |
| Soup | Newton Peck |
| Laura's Luck | Marilyn Sachs |
| A Summer to Die | Lois Lowry |
| Agony of Alice | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| My Side of the Mountain | Jean George |
| Hatchet | Gary Paulson |
| The River | Gary Paulson |
| Brian's Winter | Gary Paulson |
| Homer Price | Robert McCloskey |
| Centerburg Tales | Robert McCloskey |
| Stepping on the Cracks | Mary Downing Hahn |
| Dead Man in Indian Creek | Mary Downing Hahn |
| The Great Gilly Hopkins | Katherine Paterson |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott |
| Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| Shiloh Season | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| Saving Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Fun and Fantasy |
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| The Spaceship Under the Apple Tree | Louis Slobodkin |
| The Boggart | Susan Cooper |
| The Borrowers | Mary Norton |
| The Enormous Egg | Oliver Butterworth |
| The Story of the Holly and Ivy | Rumer Godden |
| Dealing With Dragons | Patricia Wrede |
| The Doll in the Garden | Mary Downing Hahn |
| Dr. Dolittle | Hugh Lofting |
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard & Florence Atwater |
| Matilda | Roald Dahl |
| The Dollhouse Murders | Betty Ren Wright |
| George Washington's Socks | Woodruff |
| The Indian in the Cupboard (3 sequels) |
Lynne Reid Banks |
| Sideways Stories from
Wayside School (2 sequels) |
Louis Sachar |
| The Prydain Chronicles (5 books in series)-- start with The Book of Three |
Lloyd Alexander |
| The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books in series) - start with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
C.S. Lewis |
Historical Fiction |
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| Shades of Gray | Carolyn Reeder |
| The Devil's Arithmetic | Jane Yolen |
| Catherine, Called Birdy | Karen Cushman |
| Snow Treasure | Marie McSwigan |
| The Cabin Faced West | Jean Fritz |
| Daniel's Story | Carol Matas |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Mildred Taylor |
| My Daniel | Pam Conrad |
| The Borning Room | Paul Fleischman |
| Dolphin Crossing | Jill Paton Walsh |
| Letters From Rifka | Karen Hesse |
| Year of the Impossible Goodbyes | Sook Nyul Choi |
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