Reading is Fun!!

5th grade Summer Reading Suggestions Berkeley School Libraries, 2014

 Exciting Adventure and Fantasy

Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer

Doll Bones, by Holly Black

The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen

The Giver, by Lois Lowry

Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus

Jinx, by Sage Blackwood

The Mark of the Dragonfly, by Jaleigh Johnson

The Night Gardener, by Jonathan Auxier

Peak, by Roland Smith

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, by Jonathan Auxier

The Real Boy, by Anne Ursu

Search for WondLa, by Tony DiTerlizzi

Zombie Baseball Beatdown, by Paolo Bacigalupi

Fascinating Nonfiction

The Animal Book: A collection of the fastest, fiercest, toughest, cleverest, shyest--and most surprising--animals, by Steve Jenkins

Almost Astronauts: 13 women who dared to dream, by Tanya Lee Stone

Bomb: The race to build and steal the world’s most dangerous weapon, by Steve Sheinkin

Can We Save the Tiger?, by Martin Jenkins

Courage Has No Color, by Tanya Lee Stone

Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the dawn of liberty, by Tonya Bolden

The Frog Scientist, by Pamela S. Turner

Josephine: The dazzling life of Josephine Baker, by Patricia Hruby Powell

Marching for Freedom, by Elizabeth Partridge

Treasury of Egyptian Mythology, by Donna Jo Napoli

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Funny Stories

The 26-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths

The Adventures of Nanny Piggins, by R.A. Spratt

Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading, by Tommy Greenwald

Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos

Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf, by Jennifer Holm

My Life as a Book, by Janet Tashjian

The Odd Squad: Bully bait, by Michael Fry

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, by Stephan Pastis

Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston

Stories that Touch Your Heart

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond, by Brenda Woods

The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander

Counting by 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Ghetto Cowboy, by Greg Neri

One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

One for the Murphys, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams-Garcia

Return to Sender, by Julia Alvarez

Rules, by Cynthia Lord

Serafina’s Promise, by Ann E. Burg

Wednesday Wars, by Gary Schmidt

Graphic Novels We Love!

The Stonekeeper (Amulet series), by Kazu Kibuishi

Around the World, by Matt Phelan

Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity, by Dave Roman

Drama, by Raina Telgemeier

Big Bad Ironclad! (Hazardous Tales series), by Nathan Hale

Hera:The goddess and her glory (Olympians series), by George O’Connor

Rapunzel’s Revenge, by Shannon Hale

Smile, by Raina Telgemeier

Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke

Find more recommendations at Mary Ann Scheuer’s website greatkidbooks.blogspot.com

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