Suggested Summer Reading List
It's summer time again and time for all of us to be outside as much as we possibly can. However, given where we live and the unbearable midday heat that we have to deal with most days, you're going to be finding yourselves looking for something to do while you wait for the cooler part of the day to set in between lunch and dinner time.
As you will know, I like to set challenges for myself when it comes to reading and the best way to keep achieving new heights is to keep track of what I have read. Try to remember how many books you read last summer and do what you can to outdo your previous best.
Below you will find a few recommendations to help you along should you take a look at your own bookshelf and discover that you have read all of the books that it holds.
Should you struggle to find any of the titles below at your local library or any of the local bookstores, contact each other. Don't forget that Miyu and Kanon had quite a library going in the room throughout the year and could help you with finding out who has books worth reading. Get a book club going until you all meet up again in Grade 6.
Until then, here's a list of recommendations that I am still working through.
I. Books Worth Reading
General:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements
Stuart Little by E.B. White
No Talking by Andrew Clements
The View From Saturday E.L. Konigsburg
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu
Play Makers by Mike Lupica
Big Nate Flips Out by Lincoln Pierce
Drama – Raina Telgemeier
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
Science Fiction/Fantasy:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Inheritance Series)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (series)
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (series)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan (series)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (series)
Poetry:
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
II. Authors Worth Reading
Kate Dicamillo
Michael Morpurgo
Andrew Clements
Kate Dicamillo
Michael Morpurgo
Andrew Clements
Roald Dahl
Pam Munoz Ryan
Judy Blume
Mike Lupica
Lincoln Pierce
Neil Gaiman
Rick Riordan
J.K. Rowling
Cynthia Rylant
Cornelia Funke
Jean Craighead George
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
Additional book suggestions:
The Hunger Games (Series)
Stargirl (Series)
Wonder
Number the Stars
Bridge to Terabithia
Tuck Everlasting
Esperanza Rising
House on Mango Street
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Red Pony
Ender’s Game (Series)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Savvy (Series)
Smile
Sisters
The Secret Garden
James and the Giant Peach
Coraline
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Series)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Series)
Artemis Fowl
Holes
The Little Prince
Matilda
In the mood for a challenge? If you feel you are ready, you may take on the classic authors and their works. Romeo and Juliet, Jane Eyre, Oliver Twist, Little Women, Animal Farm, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, to name a few. But you can’t go wrong with anything by George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, the Bronte sisters, William Shakespeare, or Jane Austen!
TOP RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
3. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Suggested Summer Reading List
for ESL Students
for ESL Students
Below are 10 books ranked in order from easiest to most difficult. These are all fantastic reads for 5th grade ESL students. Enjoy!
1. David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon
2. Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
3. Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
4. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
5. Stuart Little by E.B. White
6. Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne*
7. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
8. Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary*
9. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
10. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
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