2015 Elementary Summer Reading

2017 Elementary Summer Reading: Incoming Grade 5 Suggested Authors, Titles, and Series AUTHOR

FICTION TITLES/SERIES

AUTHOR

FICTION TITLES/SERIES

Gardner, Sally Gleitzman, Morris Golding, Julia Green, Tim Greene, Stephanie Grisham, John Gutman, Dan Hahn, Mary D.

Various titles (T-Z) Toad (Q) Royal Cat Adventure and Others (Y-M) Baseball Great and Others (P) Sophie Hartley (O-Q) Theodore Boone(W)

Hamilton, Virginia Howe, James

M.C. Higgins, the Great (X) Bunnicula and Others (H-Z)

Boniface, William Bonk, John J. Burnett, Frances H. Calvert, Patricia Catasese, P.W. Choldenko, Gennifer

Various Titles (V-X) Chronicles of Prydain (T-X) Gilda Joyce (W) Various Titles (M-Z) Various Titles (M-Y) Various Titles (K-W) Merlin (NA) Circle of Heck (NA) Eddie and the Gang with No Name (L-T) Benjamin Pratt and Others (N-X) Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy (NA) Dustin Grubbs (NA) The Secret Garden (U) Various Titles (R) Books of Umber and Others (NA) Various Titles (K-X)

Kimmel, E. Cody Kipling, Rudyard Klise, Kate Konigsburg, E. L. Levine, Gail Carson Lewis, C.S.

Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill (NA)

Clearly, Beverly

Dear Mr. Henshaw (Q)

Lord, Bette Bao

The Just So Stories (NA) Various Titles (J-V) Various Titles (N-W) Various Titles (K-X) Narnia and Others (T-W) In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (S)

Clements, Andrew

Various Titles (H-V)

Lowry, Lois

Number the Stars/ The Giver (U/Y)

Cohagan, Carolyn

Various Titles (NA)

Lupica, Mike

Heat (V)

Collins, Suzanne Conrad, Pam Creech, Sharon

Underland Chronicles (V) My Daniel (N-T) Various Titles (K-W)

Lupica, Mike Lupica, Mike Mould, Chris

The Batboy (U) Comeback Kids and Others (V-X) Something Wickedly Weird (NA)

Crilley, Paul Curtis, Christopher P. Dahl, Roald Dakin, Glenn Davis, Bryan Denenberg, Barry Erdrich, Louise Fagan, Deva

Invisible Order (NA) Various Titles (S-W) Various Titles (N-U) Candle Man (NA) Dragons in Our Midst (NA) Dear America (R-T) The Birchbark House (T) Various Titles (NA)

Naylor, Phyllis R. O'Brien, Robert C. O'Dell, Scott Park, Barbara Paulsen, Gary Peacock, Shane Polacco, Patricia Rollins, James

Shiloh (R) Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh(V) Island of the Blue Dolphins (V) Mick Harte Was Here (S) Various Titles (J-Z) Boy Sherlock Holmes (NA) The Butterfly (Z+) Jake Ransom (NA)

Farley, Walter Farmer, Nancy Feinstein, John Fleischman, Sid Fleming, Candace

Black Stallion (S-T) The Warm Place (NA) Sports Mysteries (S-X) Various Titles (N-X) Various Titles (K-Y) Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl (Y) Mother-Daughter Book Club (NA) Inkheart Trilogy and Others (H-X) (A-Z)

Rowling, J.K Ryan, Pam Munoz Sacher, Louis San Souci, Robert Sceiscka, Jon

Harry Potter (V-Z) Esperanza Rising (V) Holes(V) Dare to be Scared (V) Summer Reading is Killing Me! (P)

Skurzynski, ,Gloria Soto, Gary Spinelli, Jerry Not Available

Mysteries in our National Parks (T) Various Titles (M-Z) Various Titles (L-Z) (NA)

Aiken, Joan Alexander, Lloyd Allison, Jennifer Anderson, M.T. Avi Babbit, Natalie Barron, T.A. Basye, Dale E. Bateman, Colin Bellairs, John

Frank, Anne Frederick, Heather V. Funke, Cornelia Guided Reading Level

The Homework Machine and Others (R-U)

Various Titles (P-Z)

2017 Elementary Summer Reading: Incoming Grade 5 Suggested Authors, Titles, and Series AUTHOR

NON-FICTION TITLES/SERIES

AUTHOR

NON-FICTION TITLES/SERIES

Ballard, Robert Bartoletti, Susan C. Bishop, Nic

Finding the Titanic (Q) Hitler Youth (Z) Various Titles (I-Z)

Deem, James M. Fritz, Jean George, Jean C.

Bolden, Tonya

Maritcha (Y)

Jackson, Ellen, Bisop, N.

Bridges, Ruby

Lassieur, Allison

Mann, Elizabeth

Wonders of the World Series (T-W)

Burns, Loree Griffin

Through My Eyes (R) Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor (Z) Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (W)

Various Titles (L-U) Looking for Life in the Universe: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (NA) Eleanor Roosevelt: Activist for Social Change (S)

Montgomery, Sy

Busby, Peter

First to Fly (W)

Nelson, Kadir Pikney, Andrea Davis Simon, Seymour

Various Titles (R-W) We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (W) Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters (NA) Various Titles (D-X)

Burgan, Michael

Byrd, Robert Cowly, Joy

Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (T)

Red-Eyed Tree Frog (J)

BILINGUAL TITLES AUTHOR TITLE Ada, Alma Flor Ada, Alma Flor Ada, Alma Flor Alarcon, Francisco X. Anayo, Rudolfo Ancona, George Dominguez, Maria/Lombana, Juan Pablo Garza, Carmen Lomas

Mediopollito/Half-Chicken (O) Under the Royal Palms, A Childhood in Cuba (V) My Name is Maria Isabel (N) Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems (NA) The First Tortilla (NA) Barrio: El Barris de Jose (P)

Bodies from the Ash(W) What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? (O)

BILINGUAL TITLES AUTHOR TITLE Garza, Carmen Lomas Garza, Carmen Lomas Giff, Patricia Reilly Harvey, Bob and Diane Krull, Kathleen Lowell, Susan

Family Pictures (M)

Magic Windows (P) Ho, Ho, Benjamin, Feliz Navidad (N) A Journey of Hope/Una Journada de Esperanza (NA) The Other Side (M) The Three Little Javelinas (L) Aladdin and The Magic Locos por la lucha libre/ Crazy Lamp/Aladino y La Lampara for Wrestling (NA) Montserrat, Pep Maravillosa (U) The Hare and the Tortoise/La Liebre In My Family (U) Thornton, J.D. y La Tortuga (Q) Guided Reading Level = (A-Z) (NA) = Not Available