Suggested Titles for 4th and 5th Graders AUTHOR TITLES GENRE AR BL: 4.7 Kate DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories Pts: 5 BL: 5 Andrew Clements No Talking JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education Pts: 4 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / BL: 3.9 Kate DiCamillo Because of Winn Dixie Emotions & Feelings Pts: 3 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / BL: 4.7 Jerry Spinelli Maniac Magee Prejudice & Racism Pts: 5 Phyllis Reynolds BL: 4.4 Shiloh JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs Naylor Pts: 4 BL: 5.4 Andrew Clements Frindle JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories Pts: 2 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & BL: 5.7 Gary Paulsen Hatchet Adventure / General Pts: 7 BL: 4.1 Jacqueline Davies The Lemonade War JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings Pts: 4 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / BL: 4.6 Katherine Paterson Bridge to Terabithia Friendship Pts: 5 The Maze of Bones (39 Clues, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / BL: 4.3 Rick Riordan No. 1, Series) General Pts: 7 The Hardy Boys: The Tower BL: 5.4 Franklin W. Dixon JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings Treasure (Series) Pts: 6 BL: 4.7 Madeleine L’Engle A Wrinkle in Time Juvenile Fiction | Classics Pts: 6 Suggested Titles for 4th and 5th Graders The Lion, the Witch, and the Juvenile Fiction | Classics | Fantasy & BL: 4.9 C.S. Lewis Wardrobe (Series) Magic Pts: 1 The Mysterious Benedict JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / BL: 5.6 T. L. Stewart Society (The Mysterious General Pts: 18 Benedict Society, #1) Harry Potter and the BL: 5.5 J.K. Rowling Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic Sorcerer’s Stone (Series) Pts: 12 The Bad Beginning (A Series of JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & BL: 6.4 Lemony Snicket Unfortunate Events, #1) Foster Homes Pts: 4 BL: 4.7 Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic Pts: 13 BL: 5.1 Brian Selznick The Invention of Hugo Cabret JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Europe Pts: 4 From the Mixed-Up Files of BL: 4.7 E.L. Konigsberg JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Pts: 5 The Titan's Curse (Percy BL: 4.2 Rick Riordin Jackson and the Olympians, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic Pts: 10 #3) BL: 4.5 Lois Lowry Number the Stars JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Holocaust Pts: 4 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United BL: 3.8 Patricia Polacco Pink and Say States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Pts: 1 Christopher Paul BL: 5.0 Bud, Not Buddy YOUNG ADULT FICTION / General Curtis Pts: 8 Who Is Barack Obama? JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & BL: 5.1 Roberta Edwards (Series) Autobiography / Political Pts: 1 Suggested Titles for 4th and 5th Graders BL: 6.8 Helen Keller The Story of My Life BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women Pts: 12 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United BL: 4.4 Robert Coles The Story of Ruby Bridges States / 20th Century Pts: 0.5 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & BL: 5.4 Peter Golenbock Teammates Autobiography / Sports & Recreation Pts: 0.5 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & BL: 5.1 Kathleen Krull Wilma Unlimited Recreation / Track & Field Pts: 0.5 George Washington Carver: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & BL: 4.2 Laura Driscoll The Peanut Wizard Autobiography / Cultural Heritage Pts: 0.5 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature BL: 5.5 Seymour Simon The Universe (Series) / Astronomy Pts: 0.5 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature BL: 4.6 I Wonder Why the Sea Is Salty Anita Ganeri / Earth Sciences / Water (Oceans, Lakes, Pts: 0.5 (Series) etc.) The Magic School Bus: Inside BL: 4.6 Joanna Cole Juvenile Fiction | Technology | General the Human Body (Series) Pts: 0.5 I Survived the Bombing of BL: 4.3 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Lauren Tarshis Pearl Harbor,1941 Book Pts: 2 Wars #4(Series) Scary Stories to Tell in the BL: 4.1 Alvin Schwartz JUVENILE FICTION / Horror Dark (Scary Stories, #1) Pts: 1 JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see BL: 4.5 Sharon Creech Love That Dog also Poetry) Pts: 1 BL: 5.2 Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories Pts: 3 Suggested Titles for 4th and 5th Graders JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / BL: 4.8 Roald Dahl The BFG General Pts: 6 The Adventures of Captain BL: 4.3 Dav Pilkey JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories Underpants (Series) Pts: 1 Rachel Renée Dork Diaries: Tales From a JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / BL: 5.4 Russell Not-So-Fabulous Life (Series) Friendship Pts: 5 Henry Winkler and Niagara Falls, or Does It? BL: 4.3 JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education Lin Oliver (Hank Zipzer Series) Pts: 3 Starring Sally J. Freedman as JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / BL: 4.4 Judy Blume Herself Adolescence & Coming of Age Pts: 8 Amy Zuckerman 2030: A Day in the Life of Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | How BL: 5.6 and Jim Daly Tomorrow’s Kids Things Work/Are Made Pts: 0.5 Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | BL: 5.1 Gordon Korman The Contest: Everest #1 Camping & Outdoor Activities Pts: 4.0 BL: 4.9 George Selden The Cricket in Times Square Juvenile Fiction | Classics Pts: 4.0 The Misadventures of Maude BL: 5.1 Audrey Couloumbis Juvenile Fiction | Westerns March Pts: 11.0 Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Insects, BL: 4.2 Janell Cannon Crickwing Spiders, etc. Pts: 0.5 BL: 5.4 Erin Hunter The Quest Begins: Seekers #1 Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic Pts: 12.0 BL: 4.8 Beverly Cleary Beezus and Ramona Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings Pts: 3.0 Suggested Titles for 4th and 5th Graders Chronicles of Prydain #01: The Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables | BL: 5.3 Lloyd Alexander Book of Three General Pts: 7.0 BL: 5.2 John D. Fitzgerald The Great Brain Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure Pts: 7.0 BL: 4.8 Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic Pts: 4.0 BL: 3.9 Chris Van Allsburg Jumanji Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure Pts: 0.5 Sadako and the Thousand Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & BL: 4.1 Eleanor Coerr Paper Cranes Autobiography | Historical Pts: 1.0 BL: 2.5 Jeff Smith Bone (series) Comics & Graphic Novels | General Pts: 1.0 Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & BL: 4.6 Demi The Boy Who Painted Dragons Virtues Pts: 0.5 The Gruesome Guide to World Judy Sierra Monsters JUVENILE FICTION / Horror - Magyk: Septimus Heap Book BL: 6.0 Angie Sage Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic One Pts: 18.0 The Mistmantle Chronicles JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Mice, BL: 5.4 M.I. McAllister Book One: Urchin of the Riding Stars Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc. Pts: 10.0 BL: 3.6 Diane Stanley The Trouble With Wishes JUVENILE FICTION / Art & Architecture Pts: 0.5 Suggested Titles for 4th and 5th Graders BL: 5.3 Walter M. Mayes Walter the Giant Storyteller’s JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction Pts: 1.0 Giant Book of Giant Stories Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mice, BL: 5.7 Barbara Wersba Walter, the Story of a Rat Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc. Pts: 2.0 Horse Hooves and Chicken JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore BL: 5.8 Neil Philip Feet: Mexican Folktales / Anthologies Pts: 3.0 Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Patricia C. Tricksters, and Other Wily Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United BL: 4.8 McKissack Characters States - African-American Pts: 5.0 Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | BL: 3.4 David Schwartz How Much Is a Million? Arithmetic Pts: 0.5 BL: 3.7 Jon Scieszka Math Curse Juvenile Fiction | Technology | General Pts: 0.5 Day of Tears : A Novel in Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United BL: 4.8 Julius Lester Dialogue States - African-American Pts: 4.0 Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United BL: 3.7 Laurence Yep The Earth Dragon Awakes States - Asian American Pts: 2.0 Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | United BL: 5.1 Jean Fritz Homesick States Pts: 6.0 Journey to Jo’burg: A South BL: 4.6 Beverly Naidoo Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa African Story Pts: 2.0 Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | BL: 5.4 Linda Sue Park Keeping Score Baseball Pts: 7.0 Suggested Titles for 4th and 5th Graders Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan BL: 4.5 James Howe Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Rabbits Crow Pts: 3.0 BL: 5.4 Tim Kennemore Circle of Doom JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic Pts: 8.0 BL: 4.6 Betsy Byars The Not-Just-Anybody Family JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories Pts: 4.0 Sideways Stories from BL: 3.3 Louis Sachar Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories Wayside School Pts: 3.0 BL: 4.8 Brian Selznick Boy of a Thousand Faces Juvenile Fiction | Horror Pts: 0.5 BL: 5.5 Charles Ogden Edgar & Ellen Under Town Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic Pts: 3.0 Frank Cottrell BL: 4.2 Framed Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure Boyce Pts: 9.0 BL: 4.3 Sid Fleischman Jim Ugly Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure Pts: 3.0 Jean Craighead The Missing ‘Gator of Gumbo Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Alligators & BL: 4.6 George Limbo: An Eco Mystery Crocodiles Pts: 4.0 Murder, My Tweet: A Chet Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & BL: 3.7 Bruce Hale Gecko Mystery Detective Stories Pts: 2.0 Atherton Book 1: The House BL: 6.1 Patrick Carman Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic of Power Pts: 12.0 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / BL: 4.0 Jerry Spinelli Do the Funky Pickle Friendship Pts: 3.0 BL: 5.2 Andrew Clements Lunch Money Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories Pts: 6.0 Suggested Titles for 4th and 5th Graders BL: 4.3 Jerry Spinelli Picklemania Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories Pts: 3.0 BL: 4.1 E. Charlton-Trujillo Prizefighter en mi Casa JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General Pts: 5.0 BL: 4.2 Esme Codell Sahara Special Juvenile Fiction | General Pts: 4.0 BL: 5.2 Andrew Clements The School Story Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories Pts: 5.0 There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self- BL: 3.4 Louis Sachar Bathroom Esteem & Self-Reliance Pts: 5.0 Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | BL: 3.7 Leslie Connor Waiting for Normal Adolescence & Coming of Age Pts: 7.0 BL: 5.3 Marie McSwigan Snow Treasure Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Europe Pts: 5.0 William Shakespeare’s The JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / BL: 5.7 Bruce Coville Winter’s Tale Theater & Musicals Pts: 1.0 BL: 4.7 Donna M.