Fifth Grade Literature List

* An asterisk following a book title indicates that any book in that series is approved.

Students are allowed to choose a book from the lists above and below their current grade level. A book for a book report cannot be one that the student has previously read.

Title Author Reading Level Abraham Lincoln, the Freedom President Sloate Big Red Kjelgaard 5.6 Blue Willow Gates 6.5 Book of Three Alexander 5.3 Borrowers, The Norton 5.9 Boy Knight: A Tale of the Crusades Henty Brady Fritz 5.2 Brighty of the Grand Canyon Henry 5.8 Bud, not Buddy Curtis 5.0 By the Shores of Silver Lake Wilder 5.3 Call of the Wild, The London 7.3 Captain Blood Sabatini Chains Anderson 5.2 Elijah of Buxton Curtis 5.4 Esperanza Rising Ryan 6.2 Fever, 1793 Anderson 5.0 Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Sidney 7.5 Florence Nightingale Collins 7.5 Gathering of Days, A Blos 6.7 Henry Reed, Inc. * Robertson 5.7 Hitty – Her First Hundred Years Field 7.1 Holes Sachar 4.6 Homesick: My Own Story Fritz 5.1 Hundred Dresses, The Estes 5.4 Incredible Journey, The Burnford 7.6 In Freedom’s Cause: A Story of Wallace & Bruce Henty James and Giant Peach Dahl 4.8 King of the Wind Henry 5.4 Revised 4/2018

Fifth Grade Literature List

Justin Morgan Had a Horse Henry 5.8 King’s Fifth, The O’Dell 5.5 Landing of the Pilgrims Daugherty 5.3 Little Princess, A Burnett 5.5 Julie of the Wolves George 5.8 Make Way for Sam Houston Fritz 7.0 Mary Poppins Travers 6.1 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH O’Brien 5.1 My Side of the Mountain George 5.2 Nightjohn Paulsen 4.2 On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness * Peterson 4.2-6.0 Out of the Dust Hesse 5.3 Patriot’s Daughter Malvern Penderwicks, The * Birdsall 4.6-5.6 Phantom Tollbooth Jester 6.7 Prince Caspian Lewis 5.6 Rascal North 7.1 Redwall (series) * Jacques 5.0-7.4 Rescurers, The Sharp 6.3 Rifles for Watie Keith 6.1 Sacajawea, Guide to Lewis and Clark Rowland 6.1 Secret of the Old Clock Keene 5.4 Silver Chair Lewis 5.7 Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution Avi 5.1 Tale of the Western Plains Henty 7.6 Under Drake’s Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main Henty Voyages of Doctor Doolittle, The * Lofting 5.7 Watsons Go to Birmingham, The Curtis 5.0 Westward Ho Kingsley Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls 5.3 White Stag Seredy 6.6 With Lee in Virginia Henty Wrinkle in Time, A * L’Engle 4.7

Revised 4/2018