Summer Reading Challenge Book List

Incoming Fifth Grade 2018

Book Title Level Author* REQUIRED READING

*The Silver Chair (ISBN 978-0-06-440504-1) C. S. Lewis

CLASSICS

A Dog's Life Ann Martin

Abel's Island William Steig

Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt

Adam of the Road Elizabeth Janet Gray

Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

Almost Home: A Story Based on the Mayflower's Mary

Chilton Wendy Lawton

Anne of Green Gables L. M.Montgomery

Banner in the Sky James Ramsey Ullman

Black Beauty Anna Sewell

Blackthorn Winter Douglas Wilson

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Patterson

Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare

Calico Captive Elizabeth George Speare

Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry

Call of the Wild Jack London

Carry on Mr. Bowditch Jean Lee Latham

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Ronald Dahl

Cheaper by the Dozen Gilbreth & Carey

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ian Fleming

Come On Seabiscuit! Ralph Moody

Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster

Early Thunder Jean Fritz

Five Little Peppers Margaret Sidney

Gentle Ben Walt Morey

Hatchet Gary Paulsen

Heidi Johanna Spyri

Hitty Rachel Field

Indian Captive Lois Lenski

Iron Thunder Avi

Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell

Lad: A Dog Albert Terhune

Landing of the Pilgrims James Daughtery

Little Men Louisa May Alcott

Little Women Louisa May Alcott

Lily's Crossing Patricia Reilly Giff

Linnea in Monet's Garden Christina Bjork

My Brother Sam is Dead James Lincoln Collier

My Friend Flicka Mary O'Hara

My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George

National Velvet Enid Magnold

Number the Stars Lois Lowry

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens

Once on this Island Gloria Whelan

Peter Pan James M. Barrie

Poetry for Young People: William Shakespeare David Scott Kastan

Summer Reading Challenge Book List

Incoming Fifth Grade 2018

Book Title Level AuthorRobinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

Sarah Bishop Scott O'Dell

Secret Garden Frances Burnett

Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White Melissa Sweet

Sounder William H. Armstrong

Spy Anna Myers

Summer of the Monkeys Wilson Rawls

Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain

The American Revolution Landmark Books Bruce Bliven, Jr.

The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower P.J. Lynch

The Enormous Egg Oliver Butterworth

The Fantastic Ferris Wheel: The Story of Inventor

George Ferris Betsy Harvey Kraft

The Great Wheel Caldecott Honor Book Robert Lason

The Incredible Journey Sheila Every Burnford

The Lantern Bearers Rosemary Sutcliff

The Liberation of Gabriel King K.L. Going

The Light in the Forest Conrad Richter

The List C. D. Baker

The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail Richard Peck

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs Betty Birney

The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare

The Silver Chair C.S. Lewis

The Slave Dancer Paula Fox

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi

The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg

The Willoughby's Lois Lowry

The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman

The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Frank Baum

The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Thunder Rolling in the Mountains Scott O'Dell

Traitor: Case of Benedict Arnold Jean Fritz

Treasure Island Stevenson

Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbit

The War Horse Michael Morpurgo

Usborne Stories from Shakespeare Anna Claybourne

Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Loved to Draw Deborah Kogan Ray

Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls

White Fang Jack London

White Stag Kate Seredy

Whittington Newbery Honor Book Alan Armstrong

Willow Run Patricia Reilly Giff

Winston Churchill Usborne Famous Lives Katie Daynes

Summer Reading Challenge Book List

Incoming Fifth Grade 2018

Book Title Level AuthorSERIES BOOKS (any title in series)

Augustine of Hippo, Lady Jane Grey, Marie Durand, etc.

(Christian Biographies for Young Readers) Simonetta Carr

A Wrinkle in Time (any title in this quintet) Madeline L'Engle

Black Stallion Walter Farley

Boys of Grit Who Became Men of Honor

Lamplighter

Publishing Rare

Collector Series Archer Wallace

Chains Laurie Halse Anderon

Duncan's War Douglas Bond

Hardy Boys Franklin Dixon

True to the Old Flag, A Tale of the American War of

Independence G.A. Henty

Landmark History Books various

Lord of the Rings Trilogy JRR Tolkien

Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene

Redwall Brian Jacques

Saving Zasha Randy Barrow

The Chronicles of Prydain Lloyd Alexander

The Great Brain John D. Fitzgerald

The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart

The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall

The Seeds of America Trilogy (Ashes, Forge & Chains) Laurie Halse Anderson

TRIPLE CROWN BOOKS for 2018-2019 (may be read after reaching silver level)

Dazzle Ships; World War I and the Art of Confusion Chris Barton

Elsie Mae Has Something to Say Nancy Cavanaugh

The Hero Two Doors Down Sharon Robinson

Moo Sharon Creech

The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in this

Game Called Life Kwame Alexander

Save Me A Seat Sarah Weeks

The Somewhat True Adventures of Sammy Shine Henry Cole

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All

Seasons Julie Fogliano

Zoe in Wonderland Brenda Woods