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Summer 2012 Recommended Summer Reading for Students Entering Grade Five Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry Harry Potter (any books in the series) by J.K. Rowling Little House by Boston Bay by Melissa Wiley Maniac Magee OR Holes by Jerry Spinelli Old Yeller by Fred Gipson Phantom Tollbooth by Justin Norton The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo The Upstairs Room by Johanna Riess Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Choice of Sunshine State Young Reader Award Books. Note: 5th graders may read from the 6-8 titles if they wish. (See lists below.) Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program 2012 – 2013 Grades 3- 5 Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith AR 5.5 Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies by Andrea Beaty AR 5.7 Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook by Mary Amato AR 4.7 The Familiars by Adam Epstein and Andrew Jacobson AR 5.0 The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor AR 4.7 The Fast and the Furriest by Andy Behrens AR 5.0 Fortune’s Magic Farm by Suzanne Selfors AR 6.2 Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings AR 3.7 Neil Armstrong is my Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino AR 4.3 President of the Whole Fifth Grade by Sherri Winston AR 5.8 The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows by Jacqueline West AR 5.1 Sophie Simon Solves Them All by Lisa Graff AR 3.4 The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin AR 3.8 Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George AR 6.4 Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm AR 4.1 Grades 6 – 8 90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis AR 4.8 A Long Walk to Water : Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park AR 5.0 Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald AR 5.4 Happenstance Found by P.W. Catanese AR 4.9 Hide and Seek by Katy Grant AR 4.5 How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-sized Trophy by Allen Crystal AR 3.4 Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby AR 4.4 My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison AR 5.2 Saint Louis Armstrong Beach by Brenda Woods AR 4.1 The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson AR 4.6 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman AR 5.1 The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman AR 4.9 The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick AR 5.6 The Trouble with Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante AR 3.7 Wild Things by Clay Carmichael AR 5.3 .

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6Th Reading List
6th Grade Recommended Summer Reading List NOVEL AUTHOR …and Now Miguel Joseph Krumgold A Gathering of Days Joan W. Blos A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir Beverly Cleary A Jar of Dreams Yoshiko Uchida A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle Afternoon of the Elves Janet Taylor Lisle Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave Virginia Hamilton Apple is M Sign Mary Riskind Bongo Brown, Gypsy Lover Betsy Byars Bowman's Store Joseph Bruchac Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson Bunnicula Deborah and James Howe Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary Dog Poems Myra Cohn Livingston Dragonwings Lawrence Yep Drylongso Virginia Hamilton East of the Sun and West of the Moon: A Play Nancy Willard George Washington Mary Pope Osborne Going Home Nicholasa Mohr Harriet Tubman Ann Petry Hatchet Gary Paulsen Hawk, I'm Your Brother Byrd Baylor Hide and Seek Ida Vos How to be an Ocean Scientist in Your Own Home Seymour Simon Hugh Glass, Mountain Man Robert M. McClung In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell Journey to the Planets Patricia Lauber Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World Mildred Pitts Walter Life in a Tidal pool Alvin and Virginia Silverstein Life on Mars David Getz Little Town on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder Meet the Austins Madeleine L'Engle Meeting the Whales Erich Hoyt Mrs. Frisby and the Rats on Nimh Robert C. O'Brien My Sister, My Science Report Margaret Bechard Old Yeller Fred Gipson One at a Time David
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Newbery Award Winners
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The Newbery Medal Books
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The Newbery Medal
1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham 1955 The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong 1954 ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold The Newbery Medal 1953 Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark 1952 Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes 2020 Medal Winner 1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates 1950 The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli 1949 King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry 1948 The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois 1947 Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 1946 Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski 1945 Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson 1944 Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 1943 Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray 1942 The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds 1941 Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry 1940 Daniel Boone by James Daugherty 1939 Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright 1938 The White Stag by Kate Seredy 1937 Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer 1936 Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 Dobry by Monica Shannon 1934 Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs 1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis 1932 Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer 1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth 1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field 1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly 1928 Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji Medal Winners 1922-2020 1927 Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James 1926 Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman The Newbery Medal was named for 18th century British bookseller 1925 Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger John Newbery.
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Newbery Award Medal Winners
Newbery Award Medal Winners 1922 The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem van Loon 1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting 1924 The Dark Frigate, by Charles Hawes 1925 Tales from Silver Lands, by Charles Finger 1926 Shen of the Sea, by Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1927 Smoky, the Cowhorse, by Will James 1928 Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow, by Eric P. Kelly 1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field 1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven, by Elizabeth Coatsworth 1932 Waterless Mountain, by Laura Adams Armer 1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, by Elizabeth Lewis 1934 Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women, by Cornelia Meigs 1935 Dobry, by Monica Shannon 1936 Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink 1937 Roller Skates, by Ruth Sawyer 1938 The White Stag, by Kate Seredy 1939 Thimble Summer, by Elizabeth Enright 1940 Daniel Boone, by James Daugherty (out of print) 1941 Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry 1942 The Matchlock Gun, by Walter Edmonds 1943 Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Janet Gray 1944 Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes 1945 Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson 1946 Strawberry Girl, by Lois Lenski 1947 Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 1948 The Twenty-One Balloons, by William Pène du Bois 1949 King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry 1950 The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli 1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates 1952 Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes 1953 Secret of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark 1954 ...And Now Miguel, by Joseph Krumgold 1955 The Wheel on the School, by Meindert DeJong 1956 Carry On, Mr.
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2021 Summer Reading Challenge
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Newbery Medal Winners MOUNT LAUREL LIBRARY
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Recommended Reading List by Andrew Pudewa
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