Summer Reading List
Grades 4-5
Author (Last, First)
Chin-Lee, Cynthia
Chin-Lee, Cynthia
Codell, Esme Raji
Debon, Nicolas
Demi
Giblin, James Cross
Kirkpatrick, Katherine
Barker, Cicely Mary
Barry, Dave
Coville, Bruce
Creech, Sharon
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Drake, Salamanda
Ensor, Barbara
Funke, Cornelia
Funke, Cornelia
Griffin, Adele
Nix, Garth
Pullman, Philip
Sanderson, Brandon
Avi
Babbitt, Natalie
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Greenwood, Barbara
Holm, Jennifer L.
Klages, Ellen
McKissack, Patricia
Paterson, Katherine
Porter, Tracey
Yep, Laurence
Berlin, Eric
Howe, James
La Fevers, R.L.
Selznick, Brian
Stewart, Trenton Lee
1
Title
Akira to Zoltan: Twenty-Six Men Who Changed the World
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
Sing a Song of Tuna Fish
The Strongest Man in the World
Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius
The Many Rides of Paul Revere
Snow Baby: The Artic Childhood of Robert E. Peary's Daring Daughter
Fairyopolis: A Flower Fairies Journal
Peter and the StarCatchers series
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
The Castle Corona
Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission
Dragonsdale
Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story)
Igraine the Brave
Inkheart trilogy
Vampire Island
One Beastly Beast (Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales)
The Scarecrow and His Servant
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Cripsin: At the Edge of the World
Jack Plank Tells Tales
The Lacemaker and the Princess
Elijah of Buxton
Factory Girl
Penny from Heaven
The Green Glass Sea
Porch Lies: Tales Of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters
Bread and Roses, Too
Billy Creekmore
The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Category
biography
biography
biography
biography
biography
biography
biography
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
fantasy
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
historical fiction
mystery
mystery
mystery
mystery
mystery
2008
Summer Reading List
Grades 4-5
Author (Last, First)
Byars, Betsy
Armstrong, Jennifer
Bausum, Ann
Buckley, Carol
Collard, Sneed B.
Davies, Nicola
Evans, Hestia
Freedman, Russell
Grogan, John
Harrison, Paul
Lupton, Hugh & Daniel Morden
Mallory, Kenneth
Markle, Sandra
Marrin, Albert
Martin, Wesley
Matthews, John
Montgomery, Sy
Morrison, Taylor
Osbourne, Mary Pope
Parker, Steve
Parker, Steve
Parr, Ann
Rhatigan, Joe and Veronka Alice Gunter
Robinson, Tom
Singer, Marilyn
Skurzynski, Gloria
Thimmesh, Catherine
Florian, Douglas
Grandits, John
Park, Linda Sue
Sidman, Joyce
Siebert, Diane
Soto, Gary
Worth, Valerie
Amato, Mary
Blume, Lesley M.
2
Category
Title
Herculeah Jones Mystery series
mystery
The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History
nonfiction
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement nonfiction
Just for Elephants
nonfiction
Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials
nonfiction
Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth
nonfiction
Mythology
nonfiction
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas
nonfiction
Marley: a Dog Like No Other
nonfiction
Micro Bugs
nonfiction
The Adventures of Odysseus
nonfiction
Diving to a Deep-Sea Volcano
nonfiction
Rescues!
nonfiction
Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People
nonfiction
The Star Wars Cookbook II: Darth Malt And More Galactic Recipes
nonfiction
Pirates Most Wanted
nonfiction
The Tarantula Scientist
nonfiction
Wildfire
nonfiction
Pompeii: Lost and Found
nonfiction
Centipedes, Millipedes, Scorpions, and Spiders
nonfiction
Sponges, Jellyfish, and Other Simple Animals
nonfiction
Gordon Parks: No Excuses
nonfiction
Cool Chemistry: 50 Formulas That Fizz, Foam, Splatter, and Ooze
nonfiction
The Everything Kids Magical Science Experiments Book
nonfiction
What Stinks?
nonfiction
Are We Alone?: Scientists Search for Life in Space
nonfiction
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
nonfiction
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
poetry
Technically, It's Not My Fault
poetry
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)
poetry
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
poetry
Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art
poetry
Worlds Apart: Traveling with Fernie and Me
poetry
Animal Poems
poetry
Please Write in This Book
realistic fiction
The Rising Star of Rusty Nail
realistic fiction
2008
Summer Reading List
Grades 4-5
Author (Last, First)
Clements, Andrew
Creech, Sharon
Davies, Jacqueline
Gantos, Jack
Graff, Lisa
Gutman, Dan
Gutman, Dan
Konigsburg, E.L.
Morpurgo, Michael
O'Connor, Barbara
Pitchford, Dean
Ryan, Pam Munoz
White, Ruth
Wiles, Deborah
3
Title
No Talking
Heartbeat
The Lemonade War
I Am Not Joey Pigza
The Thing About Georgie
Getting Air
The Homework Machine
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
How to Steal a Dog
The Big One-Oh
Paint the Wind
Way Down Deep
The Aurora County All-Stars
Category
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
realistic fiction
2008