Reading is Fun!!

5 t h grade Summer Reading Suggest ion Ber keley School L ibrar ies , 2015

Exciting Adventure and Fantasy

Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer

Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire #1), by Tui Sutherland

The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen

Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus

Jinx, by Sage Blackwood

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1), by Rick Riordan

The Night Gardener, by Jonathan Auxier

Peak, by Roland Smith

Search for WondLa, by Tony DiTerlizzi

Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd

The Swap, by Megan Shull

Wild Born (Spirit Animals #1), by Brandon Mull

Zombie Baseball Beatdown, by Paolo Bacigalupi

Fascinating Nonfiction

The Animal Book: A collection of the fastest, fiercest, toughest, cleverest, shyest--and most surprising--animals, by Steve Jenkins

Almost Astronauts: 13 women who dared to dream, by Tanya Lee Stone

Bomb: The race to build and steal the world’s most dangerous weapon, by Steve Sheinkin

Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson

Can We Save the Tiger?, by Martin Jenkins

Courage Has No Color, by Tanya Lee Stone

The Frog Scientist, by Pamela S. Turner

Josephine: The dazzling life of Josephine Baker, by Patricia Hruby Powell

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2015

Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, by Rick Riordan

Treasury of Greek Mythology, by Donna Jo Napoli

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Funny Stories

The 26-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths

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

Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos

Life of Zarf, by Rob Harrell

I Funny, by James Patterson

Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf, by Jennifer Holm

My Life as a Book, by Janet Tashjian

The Odd Squad: Bully bait, by Michael Fry

Public School Superhero, by James Patterson

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, by Stephan Pastis

Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston

Stories that Touch Your Heart

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond, by Brenda Woods

The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander

Counting by 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Gaby, Lost and Found, by Angela Cervantes

Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

Same Sun Here, by Silas House and Neela Vaswani

Serafina’s Promise, by Ann E. Burg

Tiger Boy, by Mitali Perkins

Wonder, by R.J. Palacio

Graphic Novels We Love!

Amulet series, by Kazu Kibuishi

Bad Island, by Doug TenNapel

Dogs of War, by Sheila Keenan

El Deafo, by Cece Bell

Olympians series, by George O’Connor

One Dead Spy, by Nathan Hale

Rapunzel’s Revenge, by Shannon Hale

Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson

Sidekicks, by Dan Santat

Sisters, by Raina Telgemeier

Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke

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

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