Books for Fifth Graders

Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport

Beach Blues by Diana Gallagher

Castle Corona by Sharon Creech

Cool Stuff 2.0 and How It Works

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney

Free Throw by Jake Maddox

Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee

Knockout!: A Photobiography of Boxer Joe Louis by George Sullivan

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

Nightmare at the Book Fair by Dan Gutman

Savvy by Ingrid Law

Submarines Up Close by Andra Serlin Abramson

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt

The Yggyssey: How Iggy Wondered What Happened to All the Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There by Daniel Pinkwater