Reading is Fun!!

5 t h grade Summer Reading Suggest ions Berkeley School L ibrar ies , 2017

Exciting Adventure and Fantasy

Ambassador, by William Alexander

Bad Magic, by Pseudonymous Bosch

The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen

Forest of Wonders, by Linda Sue Park

The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill

Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus

The Inquisitor’s Tale, by Adam Gidwitz

Jinx, by Sage Blackwood

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue & Defense Society, by Michael Buckley

Pax, by Sara Pennypacker

Search for WondLa, by Tony DiTerlizzi

Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd

The Swap, by Megan Shull

A Tale Dark & Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz

When the Sea Turned to Silver, by Grace Lin

York: The Shadow Cypher, by Laura Ruby

Zombie Baseball Beatdown, by Paolo Bacigalupi

Fascinating Nonfiction

Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson

Can We Save the Tiger?, by Martin Jenkins

Courage Has No Color, by Tanya Lee Stone

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, by Kadir Nelson

I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai

Michael Townsend’s Where Do Presidents Come From?

Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, by Rick Riordan

Rhythm Ride: A Trip through the Motown Sound, by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Turning 15 On the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall, by Anita Silvey

Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose about the Latino Experience, by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy

You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen, by Carole Weatherford Boston

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Funny Stories

The 52-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths

Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading, by Tommy Greenwald

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, by Lynne Jonell

Funny Girl, edited by Betsy Bird

I Funny, by James Patterson

Life of Zarf, by Rob Harrell

Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts

My Life as a Book, by Janet Tashjian

Pickle, by Kim Baker

Public School Superhero, by James Patterson

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, by Stephan Pastis

The True Meaning of Smekday, by Adam Rex

Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston

Stories that Touch Your Heart

A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, by Rita Williams-Garcia

Counting by 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, by Pablo Cartaya

Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Gaby, Lost and Found, by Angela Cervantes

Ghost, by Jason Reynolds

One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

Same Sun Here, by Silas House and Neela Vaswani

The War that Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Wonder, by R.J. Palacio

Graphic Novels We Love!

Amulet series, by Kazu Kibuishi

Compass South, by Hope Larson

Dogs of War, by Sheila Keenan

El Deafo, by Cece Bell

Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier

The Nameless City, by Faith Erin Hicks

Nnewts, by Doug TenNapel

Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson

Secret Coders, by Gene Luen Yang

Sidekicks, by Dan Santat

Find more recommendations atMary Ann Scheuer’s website greatkidbooks.blogspot.com

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