5th Grade Summer Reading Book Suggestions

Fantasy ● Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1) by ● Keepers of the Lost Cities Series by Shannon Messenger ● Serpent Secret Series by Sayantani DasGupta ● BY J. C. CERVANTES ● BY YOON HA LEE ● Sal and Gabi Break the Universe BY CARLOS HERNANDEZ ● Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky BY KWAME MBALIA ● BY REBECCA ROANHORSE ● Paola Santiago and the River of Tears BY TEHLOR KAY MEJIA ● Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead ● Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes Series by Jonathan Auxier ● Rick Riordan : The Lightning Thief Series, The Kane Chronicles, The Magnus Chase series, The Trials of Apollo series, and The Heroes of Olympus series. ● Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1) by Angie Sage ● The Night Gardener Jonathan Auxier ● The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman ● Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer ● The Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan ● The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate ● The Land of Stories by Chris Cholfer ● Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman ● Wings of Fire Series by Tui T. Sutherland

Realistic Fiction ● The Skeleton Tree by Lain Lawrence ● Restart by Gordan Korman ● Unteachables by Gordan Korman ● 13 Story Treehouse by Andy Griffths ● Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo ● The Penderwicks Series by Jeanne Birdsall ● Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt ● Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt ● Ghost by Jason Reynolds ● Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks ● The Crossover by Kwame Alexander ● Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin ● Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed ● Wish by Barbara O'Connor ● Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper ● One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt ● Nest by Esther Ehrlich ● Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff ● The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street ● Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord ● Rules by Cynthia Lord

Mystery ● The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson ● Ballpark Mystery Series by David Kelley ● Mysteries according to Humphrey ● Book Scavenger By: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman ● J.J. Tulley Mysteries by Doreen Cronin ● Greenglass House By: Kate Milford ● Theodore Boone : kid lawyer ● 39 Clues Series by Rick Riordan ● The mysterious Benedict Society ● The name of this book is secret ● Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage ● Liar and Spy, by Rebecca Stead ● Holes, by Louis Sachar

Historical Fiction ● A Night Divided by Jennifer Neilson ● Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, by Rita Garcia-Williams ● The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley ● Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper ● Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai ● Making Bombs for Hitler, by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch ● The Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka ● One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia ● Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm ● Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk ● Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz, Renée Watson ● The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis ● The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine ● Unbound : a novel in verse by Burg, Ann E. ● Chains by Anderson, Laurie Halse. ● I Survived Series by Lauren Tarshis