Grade 5 Battle of the Books
Saxe Middle School Library Literacy Promotion~2021-22
Over a hundred titles make up the Saxe Middle School Battle of the Books list. Students in grade 5 have all year to read as many titles as possible to take part in the Battle of the Books game in June. This jeopardy style game challenges each language arts class on your team to answer the most questions on the books listed below. Do your part and read as many titles as you can in preparation for the 38th Annual Battle of the Books!
~READING RESOURCES~
Grade 5 BATTLE OF THE BOOKS READING LIST: Scroll Down to see the entire list!
One Dead Spy : The Life, Times, and Last Words of Nathan Hale by Nathan Hale
Nightbooks by J.A. White
Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
Courageous: A Novel of Dunkirk by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Pandora Gets Jealous by Carolyn Hennesy
Tiger: Five Ancestors by Jeff Stone
How George Washington Kicked the British Out of Boston and Launched a Revolution by Ruth Orgill
Sal & Gabby Break the Universe
Poppy by Avi
Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger
Star Wars: A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel and the Farm Boy by Alexandra Bracken
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution by Avi
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt
Joshua Dread by Lee Bacon
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Bertman
Toliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady
The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett
Blood on the River Jamestown by Elise Carbone
Attack of the Turtle by Drew Carlson
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff
The Time Travelers: Book One The Gideon Trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer
When the Tripods Came by John Christopher
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes
Powerless by Matthew Cody
Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Coifer
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
The Boggart by Susan Cooper
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous ghost with a fondness for practical jokes.
Free Baseball by Sue Corbett
Eleven-year-old Felix becomes a bat boy for a minor league baseball team, hoping to someday be like his father, a famous Cuban outfielder.
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door.
White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp
Twelve-year-old Sam, a passenger on the Titanic's maiden sea voyage, volunteers to help care for the dogs in the ocean liner's kennel and becomes fast friends with the Irish setter of J. Bruce Ismay, the ship's owner.
Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron
A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a group of spooky creatures set on starting a war.
Titles you have read previously count for Battle of the Books!
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davis
Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Hatching Magic by Ann Downer
Football Genius by Tim Green
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
MVP by Douglas Evans
Twelve-year-old Adam Story is challenged by the deposed ruler of Babababad and his mongoose companion to become the first youngster to travel around the world in forty days without an adult in the Magellan Voyage Project.
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story by Sid Fleischman
Eager by Helen Fox
In late-twenty-first-century England, the Bell family, looking to replace their malfunctioning robot, buys Eager, who is programmed to learn through trial and error like humans and who, with the Bell children, comes to see that something is not right with the BDC4s, a sleek, alarmingly clever line of robots the Bells could not afford.
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
Wildfire Run by Dee Garretson
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
Princess Celie loves Tuesdays at Castle Glower, because every Tuesday the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes a whole new wing, and Celie likes to map the changes to the castle, but when her parents, King and Queen Glower are taken captive, it falls to Celie and her knowledge of thecastle to defend their home and save the kingdom.
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
Storyteller by Patricia Reilly Giff
Wildgirl by Patricia Reilly Giff
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
Cog by Greg Van Eekhout
After an accident leaves him damaged and separated from his scientist caregiver, a young android recruits four robot accomplices and embarks on a cross-country road trip to reunite with home.
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
Like his fellow lunarnauts—otherwise known as Moonies—living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon. And he’s bored out of his mind. Kids aren’t allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they’re trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time—and the only other kid Dash’s age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games.
Then Moon Base Alpha’s top scientist turns up dead. Dash senses there’s foul play afoot, but no one believes him. Don’t miss this far out adventure!
Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
Deep Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
Dying to Meet You: 43 Cemetary Road by Kate Klise
The 6th Grade Nickname Game by Gordon Korman
Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Big Field by Mike Lupica
White Fur Flying by Patricia MacLachlan
A Dog's Life: An Autobiography of a Stray
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Half and Half by Lensey Namioka
Herbert's Wormhole: A Novel in Cartoons by Pete Nelson
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
I Love You Michael Collins
Close Encounter of a Third World Kind by Jennifer Stewart
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian
King of the Mound by Wes Tooke
Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage
The Half-Court Hero by Mike Lupica
Three Good Deeds Vivian Van Velde
Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents by Lee Wardlaw
Pie by Sarah Weeks
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods
Happy Reading!
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