Students in fifth grade should be reading chapter books for their DEAR time and reading homework assignments.  Please remember to use this link to the five finger method to decide if a book is right for you. 

The Five Finger Test 

5th Grade Core Books
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A Family Apart
by Jean Lowery Nixon
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
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There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
by Louis Sachar
Average
 
Books by Known Authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Average
 
Ability Awareness & Challenges
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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
 

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