The Five Finger Test
| 5th Grade Core Books | ||
| Click on the book title for more info | Rating | Difficulty |
| A Family Apart by Jean Lowery Nixon |
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Average |
| Big Men, Big Country | |
Average |
| Sign of the Beaver by Speare |
|
Average |
| The Amazing Erie Canal | |
Average |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis |
|
Challenging |
| Reading Group Recommendations | ||
| Click on the book title for more info | Rating | Difficulty |
| There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar |
|
Average |
| Books by Known Authors | ||
| Click on the book title for more info | Rating | Difficulty |
| Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech |
|
Easy Reading |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare |
|
Challenging |
| The Witches by Roald Dahl |
|
Average |
| Teacher Favorites | ||
| Click on the book title for more info | Rating | Difficulty |
| A Wrinkle in Time by Madaleine L'Engle |
|
Challenging |
| Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson |
|
Average |
| Inkheart by Cornelia Funke |
|
Challenging |
| The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards |
|
Average |
| The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo |
|
Challenging |
| History | ||
| Click on the book title for more info | Rating | Difficulty |
| In Their Own Words: Paul Revere by George Sullivan |
|
Average |
| Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks |
|
Easy Reading |
| The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence by Dennis Brindell Fradin |
|
Average |
| Mysteries | ||
| Click on the book title for more info | Rating | Difficulty |
| Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett |
|
Average |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg |
|
Challenging |
| Hank the Cowdog by John Erickson |
|
Easy Reading |
| Fantasy | ||
| Click on the book title for more info | Rating | Difficulty |
| Coraline by Neil Gaiman |
|
Average |
| Ability Awareness & Challenges | ||
| Click on the book title for more info | Rating | Difficulty |
| Egg-Drop Blues by Jacqueline Turner Banks |
|
Average |
| How Dyslexic Benny Became a Star by Joe Griffith and Jenny Schulz |
|
Average |
| Pay attention, Slosh! by Mark Smith |
|
Easy Reading |
| Sparky's Excellent Misadventures: My A.D.D. Journal by Phyllis Carpenter and Marti Ford |
|
Average |
