GRADE 5                                                  JUNE 2008         

SUMMER READING LIST FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 5 IN SEPTEMBER 2008.

REQUIRED READING ******HOLES   BY:  LOUIS SACHAR*****

YOU ARE TO SELECT 2 ADDITIONAL BOOKS FROM THE LIST BELOW.

NAME OF BOOK AUTHOR

· THE GREAT KAPOK TREE: 

A TALE OF THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST              LYNNE CHERRY

• Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love                      PEGGY GIFFORD

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• UNDER THE ICE                                                        KATHY CONLAN

· FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF                 

MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWILER                                  E.L. KONIGSBURG

• THERE’S A BOY IN THE GIRL’S BATHROOM       LOUIS SACHAR
• SHILOH                                                                      PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR
• INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD                                                LYNNE REID BANKS
• HALF MAGIC                                                             EDWARD EAGER
• JIP                                                                               KATHERINE PATERSON     
• DEAR MR. HENSHAW                                              BEVERLY CLEARY
• SECRET SCHOOL                                                      AVI
• SOUNDER                                                                  WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG
• THE LEMONADE WAR                                             JACQUELINE DAVIS
• A CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE                               GEORGE SELDEN
• THE WHIPPING BOY                                                 SID FLEISCHMAN
• THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM                   CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS
• THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER                   MARK TWAIN
• SADAKO AND 1000 PAPER CRANES                      ELEANOR COERR
• STAR IN THE STORM                                                            JOAN HIATT HARLOW
• AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS                                GENNIFIR CHOLDENKO
• LILY’S CROSSING                                                     PATRICIA REILLY GIFF
• THANK YOU, JACKIE ROBINSON                          BARBARA COHEN
• BABE AND ME( or others in this series)                     DAN GUTMAN
• THE MONKEY THIEF                                                            AILEEN KILGORE HENDERSON
• LETTERS FROM RIFKA                                             KAREN HESSE

YOU MAY ALSO CHOOSE ONE BOOK FROM THE FOLLOWING SERIES OR AUTHORS.

· DEAR AMERICA SERIES

· MY NAME IS AMERICA SERIES

• SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS                      LEMONY SNICKET

· LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE SERIES              LAURA INGALLS WILDER

· BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE                                         ROALD DAHL

· BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE                                         JERRY SPINELLI

• BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE                                         ANDREW CLEMENTS