5th grade reading recommendations from the Berkeley Public School Libraries, Summer 2018

1. Reading is Fun!!
5th
grade Summer Reading Suggestions
Berkeley School Libraries, 2018
Exciting Adventure and Fantasy
Ambassador, by William Alexander
Aru Shah and the End of Time, by Roshani
Chokshi
Endling: The Last, by Katherine Applegate
The False Prince, by Jennifer Nielsen
Forest of Wonders, by Linda Sue Park
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill
Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus
The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue & Defense
Society, by Michael Buckley
Peak, by Roland Smith
Search for WondLa, by Tony DiTerlizzi
The Serpent’s Secret, by Sayantani DasGupta
Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd
A Tale Dark & Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz
When the Sea Turned to Silver, by Grace Lin
The Wonderling, by Mira Bartók
Fascinating Nonfiction
Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
Courage Has No Color, by Tanya Lee Stone
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African
Americans, by Kadir Nelson
I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai
Marley Dias Gets It Done, by Marley Dias
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, by Jeanne
Walker Harvey
Turning 15 On the Road to Freedom : My Story of the
1965 Selma Voting Rights March, by Lynda Blackmon
Lowery
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall, by Anita
Silvey
Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose about the Latino
Experience, by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
Available as audiobook on Tales2Go
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2. Funny Stories
The 13-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths
Funny Girl, edited by Betsy Bird
The Getaway (Wimpy Kid #12), by Jeff Kinney
Jake the Fake, by Craig Robinson
Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life, by James
Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
My Life as a Book, by Janet Tashjian
Pickle, by Kim Baker
Public School Superhero, by James Patterson
Stick Dog, by Tom Watson
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, by Stephan
Pastis
Stories that Touch Your Heart
Amal Unbound, by Aisha Saeed
Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, by Pablo Cartaya
The First Rule of Punk, by Celia Pérez
Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Ghost, by Jason Reynolds
Hello Universe, by Erin Entrada Kelly
Like Vanessa, by Tami Charles
Lucky Broken Girl, by Ruth Behar
The Night Diary, by Veera Hiranandani
Rebound, by Kwame Alexander
The War I Finally Won, by Kimberly Brubaker
Bradley
Graphic Novels We Love!
5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior, by Mark Siegel
Amulet series, by Kazu Kibuishi
Bone, by Jeff Smith
Dogs of War, by Sheila Keenan
El Deafo, by Cece Bell
Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier
The Nameless City, by Faith Erin Hicks
Nnewts, by Doug TenNapel
Real Friends, by Shannon Hale
Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
Secret Coders, by Gene Luen Yang
Sidekicks, by Dan Santat BUSD Library Services
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