Rising Fifth Grade summer Summer Reading 2020
The Parent Council provides our Spring Book Fair each year. Our vendor, Logos Christian Book Store in Green Hills, gives us the lowest possible price on the books as well as a percentage of the sales. The following books are suggestions by our teachers to help your child prepare for the upcoming year. The incentive for summer reading in fifth grade is to instill the joy of reading in our students. The goal is for each child to read at least 4 books, 2 required and 2 additional. The following books are read in class as novel studies and should be avoided: Bridge to Terabithia, Prince Caspian, Where the Red Fern Grows, Wonder, and Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
To place an order with Logos: • Visit https://www.logosbooksonline.com/st-paul-christian-academy.html • Browse books by grade-level or search on your own • Select shipping option or “pickup curbside”
To order on Amazon Smile: • Visit Smile.Amazon.com on your browser (not the Amazon app) • Login with your existing Amazon account or create a new account • Select St. Paul Christian Academy as your charitable organization
Required Titles: * F Call It Courage, Armstrong F Isand of the Blue Dolphins, O’Dell
Fifth Grade Teachers’ Favorite Books: Maximum Ride Series, Patterson: F The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Selznick F Book 1, The Angel Experiment F Tuck Everlasting, Babbit F Book 2, School’s Out - Forever F The Westing Game, Raskin F Book 3, Saving the World F Esperanza Rising, Ryan F Holes, Sachar Library Teacher’s Favorite Books: F The Hobbit, Tolkein F The Borrowers, Norton F The Trumpet of the Swans, White F The Bible Explorer’s Guide, ZonderKids
Mystery: F The Sign of the Twisted Candles F Escape from Lemoncello’s Library, Grabenstein F The Password of Larkspur Lane F The Clue of the Broken Locket School of Fear Series, Daneshvari: F The Message in the Hollow Oak F Book 1, School of Fear F The Mystery of the Ivory Charm F Book 2, Class is Not Dismissed F The Whispering Statue F Book 3, The Final Exam F The Haunted Bridge F The Clue of the Tapping Heels Nancy Drew Series, Keen: F The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk F The Secret of the Old Clock F The Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion F The Hidden Staircase F The Quest of the Missing Map F The Bungalow Mystery F The Clue in the Jewel Box F The Mystery at Lilac Inn F The Secret in the Old Attic F The Secret of Shadow Ranch F The Clue in the Crumbling Wall F The Secret of Red Gate Farm F The Mystery of the Tolling Bell F The Clue in the Diary F The Clue in the Old Album F Nancy’s Mysterious Letter F The Ghost of Blackwood Hall Rising Fifth Grade summer Summer Reading 2020
F The Clue of the Leaning Chimney The Percy Jackson Series, Riordan: F The Secret of the Wooden Lady F Book 1, The Lightening Thief F The Clue of the Black Keys F Book 2, Sea of Monsters F The Mystery at the Ski Jump F Book 3, The Titan’s Curse F The Clue of the Velvet Mask F The Ringmaster’s Secret Alex Rider Adventures Series, Horowitz: F The Scarlet Slipper Mystery F Book 1, Stormbreaker F The Witch Tree Symbol F Book 2, Point Blanc F The Hidden Window Mystery F Book 3, Skeleton Key F The Haunted Showboat F Book 4, Eagle Strike F The Secret of the Golden Pavilion F Book 5, Scorpia F The Clue in the Old Stagecoach F The Mystery of the Fire Dragon Redwall Series, Jacques: F The Clue of the Dancing Puppet F Redwall #1 F The Moonstone Castle Mystery F Mossflower #2 F The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes F Mattimeo #3 F The Phantom of Pine Hill F The Mystery of the 99 Steps The Chronicles of Prydain, Alexander: F The Clue in the Crossword Cipher F The Book of Three F The Spider Sapphire Mystery F The Black Cauldron F The Invisible Intruder F The Castle of Llyr F The Mysterious Mannequin F Taran Wanderer F The Crooked Banister F The High King F The Secret of Mirror Bay F The Double Jinx Mystery A Series of Unfortunate Events, Snicket: F Mystery of the Glowing Eye F Bad Beginnings F The Secret of the Forgotten City F Reptile Room F The Sky Phantom F A Wide Window F The Strange Message in the Parchment F Mystery of Crocodile Island Sports Fiction: F The Thirteenth Pearl Baseball Card Adventures, Gutman: F Honus and Me Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer Series, Grisham: F Ted and Me F Book 1, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer F Jackie and Me F Book 2, The Abduction F Shoeless Joe and Me
Adventure/Fantasy: Mike Lupica: F Mrs. Friday and the Rats of NIMH, O’Brien F The Batboy F The Indian in the Cupboard, Banks F Summer Ball F The Green Ember, Smith F Safe at Home F The Bark of the Owl, Rogers F Two-Minute Drill F Five Children and It, Nesbit F Miracle on 49th Street F Miss Hickory, Sherwin F Baby Island, Brink Historical Fiction: F The Wizard of Oz, Baum F Caddie Woodlawn, Brink F Shoeshine Girl, Bulla Wingfeather Saga Series: F The Secret Garden, Burnett F Book 1, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness F Ben and Me, Lawson F Book 2, North! Or Be Eaten F Sara, Plain and Tall, MacLachlan F Book 3, The Monster in the Hollows F The Perilous Road, Steele F Book 4, The Warden and Wolf King F On the Banks of Plum Creek, Wilder F The Matchlock Gun, Edmonds F The Cabin Faced West, Fritz F The Courage of Sarah Noble, Dalgleish Rising Fifth Grade summer Summer Reading 2020
F Phoebe the Spy, Griffin F The One and Only Ivan, Applegate F Toliver’s Secret, Brady F Sounder, Armstrong F The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, Dalgleish F The Sign of the Beaver, Speare Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Janet Benge F Miracles on Maple Hill, Sorenson F Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold F Little House on the Prairie, Wilder F C. S. Lewis: Master Storyteller F By the Shores of Silver Lake, Wilder F Amy Carmichael: Rescuer of Precious Gems F Farmer Boy, Wilder F Jim Elliott: One Great Purpose F Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels’ Den Humorous Fiction: F Otherwise Known as Sheila The Great, Blume Autobiography: F The Moffats, Estes F Homesick: My Own Story, Fritz F Ginger Pye, Estes F Pinky Pye, Estes Poetry: F The Children of Noisy Village, Lindgren F A Child’s Anthology of Poetry, Sword/McCarthy F All-of-a-Kind Family, Taylor F Every Thing On It, Silverstein F Betsy-Tacy, Lovelace F Frindle, Clements F The Great Brain, Fitzgerald F Beezus and Ramona, Cleary F Ralph S. Mouse, Cleary F Homer Price, McCloskey
Realistic Fiction: F Summer of the Swans, Byars F Maniac Magee, Spinelli F The Great Gilly Hopkins, Paterson F Fish in a Tree, Hunt F The Hundred Dresses, Estes F Strawberry Girl, Lenski F Twig, Jones
The Penderwicks Series, Birdsall: F Book 1: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy F Book 2: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street F Book 3: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette F Book 4: The Penderwicks in Spring F Book 5: The Penderwicks at Last
The Mother-Daughter Book Club, Frederick: F The Mother-Daughter Book Club F Much Ado About Anne F Dear Pen Pal F Pies and Prejudice F Home for the Holidays
Animal Adventure/Fiction: F Old Yeller, Gipson F King of the Wind, Henry (Newberry Medal Award) F Shiloh, Naylor F Misty of Chincoteague, Henry F Babe, King-Smith F Rabbit Hill, Lawson