Grades 4 & 5

This list was created from lists of recommended titles by The American Library Association, other outstanding review journals, suggestions from young patrons, and titles read by myself and found to be worthy of commendation. This list contains only some of the wonderful literature available so please do not limit yourself to exclusively the titles here. Visit your local library to read journals with reviews, to ask a librarian for suggestions, or to browse the shelves to find other titles of interest.

Happy Reading!

Suzanne Martell

Children's/Young Adult Librarian

Brooks Free Library

last updated 6/2005

Realistic Fiction

Alcott, Louisa May Little Women

Little Men

Avi Blue Heron

Burnett, Frances Hodges The Secret Garden

A Little Princess

Babbit, Natalie The Eyes of the Amaryllis

Byars, Betsy The Pinballs

Wanted…Mud Blossom

Cleary, Beverly Ramona's World

Henry & Beezus

Clements, Andrew Frindle

The Landry News

The Janitor's Boy

The Jacket

Creech, Sharon Love That Dog

Walk Two Moons

Ruby Holler

Granny Torelli Makes Soup

Dahl, Roald Danny, the Champion of the World

DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn Dixie

Fine, Anne The Tulip Touch

Flour Babies

Franklin, Kristine L. Eclipse

George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves

Julie

Julie's Wolf Pack

George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain

On the Far Side of the Mountain

Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking

Lowry, Lois Anastasia Krupnick

MacLachlan, Patricia Baby

Mazer, Harry The Wild Kid

O'Dell, Scott The Black Pearl

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Paterson, Katherine The Great Gilly Hopkins

Bridge to Terabithia

Paulsen, Gary Tucket's Ride

Harris & Me

Robinson, Barbara The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The Best School Year Ever

Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising

Sachar, Louis Holes

Snicket, Lemony A Series of Unfortunate Events (9 titles)

Spinelli, Jerry Wringer

The Library Card

Maniac Magee

Fantasy

Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three

The Black Cauldron

The Castle of Llyr

Taran Wanderer

The High King

Avi Poppy

Poppy & Rye

Ragweed

Ereth's Birthday

Bechard, Margaret Star Hatchling

Butterworth, Oliver The Enormous Egg

Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Eager, Edward Half Magic

Haddix, Margaret Peterson Among the Hidden series

Hall, Elizabeth Venus Among the Fishes

King-Smith, Dick Three Terrible Trins

A Mouse Called Wolf

L'Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time

A Wind in the Door

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Many Waters

Levine, Gail Carson Ella Enchanted

The Wish

McGraw, Eloise Moorchild

Mahy, Margaret The Pirates' Mixed-up Voyage

Norton, Mary The Borrowers

Rodgers, Mary Freaky Friday

Rylant, Cynthia The Islander

Waugh, Sylvia Mennyms

Mennyms in the Wilderness

Mennyms Alone

Mennyms Under Siege

Mennyms Alive

Earthborn

Space Race

White, E. B. Charlotte's Web

Stuart Little

The Trumpet of the Swan

Winthrop, Elizabeth Castle in the Attic

Battle for the Castle

Mystery & Scary Stories

Bellairs, John The Mansion in the Mist

The Chessmen of Doom

The House With a Clock in Its Walls

Byars, Betsy The Dark Stairs: A Herculeah Jones Mystery

Haddix, Margaret Peterson Running Out of Time

Hahn, Mary Downing Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story

Time For Andrew: A Ghost Story

Dead Man in Indian Creek

Konigsberg, E. L. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game

Simon, Seymour Wings of Darkness and Other Cases

Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown series

Biography

Bridges, Ruby The Autobiography of Ruby Bridges

Cooney, Barbara Eleanor

Filipovic, Zlata Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo

Krull, Kathleen Harvesting Hope: The Story of Caesar Chavez

Historical Fiction

Curtis, Christopher Paul The Watson's Go to Birmingham

Bud, Not Buddy

Cushman, Karen Catherine Called Birdy

The Midwife's Apprentice

Matilda Bone

Duprau, Jeanne City of Ember

Fletcher, Susan Shadow Spinner

Giff, Patricia Reilly Lily's Crossing

Hesse, Karen Letters from Rifka

Ibbotson, Eva Journey to the River Sea

Paterson, Katherine Lyddie

Jip: His Story

Peck, Richard A Long Way From Chicago

Fair Weather

A Year Down Yonder

Nonfiction

Arnosky, Jim Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-watching, Shore

Walking With Jim Arnosky

Bolden, Tonya Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Momentos of Being Young

And Black in America

Burleigh, Robert Chocolate:Riches From the Rainforest

Conlan, Kathy Under the Ice

Doucet, Sharon, Arms Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales From the Louisiana Bayou

Fleischmann, Paul Joyful Noise

Gennadil, Spirin The Tale of the Firebird

Jackson, Donna Twin Tales: The Magic and Mystery of Multiple Birth

Jackson, Ellen Looking for Life in the Universe: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Jenkins, Steve Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution

Laskey, Karen The Man Who Made Time Travel

Levine, Karen Hana's Suitcase

Osborn, Elinor Project UltraSwan

Sierra, Judy Can You Guess My Name? : Traditional Tales Around the World

Simon, Seymour Destination: Space

Smith, David If the World Were a Village