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
stuart liTTLE
- 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