2015 SUMMER READING FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 5&6
ATTLEBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MYSTERY
HISTORICAL
This suggested Summer Reading list
includes highly recommended titles from
the American Library Association and the
Attleboro Public Library’s Children’s
Librarians. All of the titles on the list are
available at the Attleboro Public Library.
Chasing Vermeer trilogy
Blue Balliett
Shadow on the Mountain
Margi Preus
The Name of this Book is Secret
Pseudonymous Bosch
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly
Masterpiece
Elise Broach
One Crazy Summer
Rita Williams Garcia
We hope that students and parents will
discover these books and more throughout
the summer!
Please remember that these titles are
suggested and are NOT required reading.
The London Eye Mystery
Siobhan Dowd
90 Miles to Havana
Enrique Flores-Galbis
The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin
Dragon’s Gate
Lawrence Yep
Visit the Attleboro Public Library!
www.attleborolibrary.org
Phone: (508) 222-7820
Meghan Witherell, the Tween/Teen
Coordinator, can assist in choosing just
right books.
READ WHAT YOU LIKE,
LIKE WHAT YOU READ!
STEAM NON-FICTION
STEAM FICTION
If Stones Could Speak:
Unlocking the Secrets of Stone
Henge
Marc Aronson
Nick and Tesla Series
“Science Bob” Pflugfelder
Thomas Edison and
The Lightbulb
Scott Welvaert
A Boy and his Bot
Daniel Wilson
Phineas L. MacGuire Series
Frances O’Roark Dowell
FANTASY
ADVENTURE
SPORTS
POETRY
AWARD WINNERS
Falcon Quinn Series
Jennifer Finney Boylan
City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
4 for 4 Series
John Coy
Love That Dog
Hate That Cat
Sharon Creech
Doll Bones
Holly Black
Gregor the Overlander
Series
Suzanne Collins
The Missing Series
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Hide & Seek
Katy Grant
Island Series
Gordon Korman
Rivals
Tim Green
Percy Jackson Series
Rick Riordan
Comeback Kids Series
Mike Lupica
The 39 Clues Series
Various Authors
Keeping Score
Linda Sue Park
The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke
Savvy
Ingrid Law
Fablehaven Series
Brandon Mull
Kira-Kira
Inside Out and Back Again Cynthia Kadohata
Thanhha Lai
Holes
Poetry Speaks: Who I Am Louis Sachar
Edited by Elise Paschen
When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead
BIOGRAPHIES
NONFICTION
Rip the Page! Adventures in Creative Writing
Karen Benke
Saving the Ghost of the Mountain
Sy Montgomery
The Mighty Mars Rover
Elizabeth Rusch
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Roald Dahl
Amelia Lost: The Life and
Disappearance
of Amelia Earhart
Candace Fleming
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Peg Kehret
King George: What Was His Problem?
Steve Sheinkin
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
Tanya Lee Stone
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Planet Middle School
Nikki Grimes
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Jane, the Fox & Me
Fanny Britt
This One Summer
Jillian and Mariko Tamaki
El Deafo
Cece Bell
Knucklehead
John Sciesza
Knots In My Yo-Yo String
Jerry Spinelli
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