Lower-Middle School Library
May 2020 Newsletter
5th GRADE REQUIRED SUMMER READING:
ALL STUDENTS ENTERING FIFTH GRADE ARE REQUIRED TO READ THE SECRET GARDEN BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST.
ADDITIONAL SUMMER RECOMMENDATIONS:
The following list includes a variety of suggested authors and titles. You are not required to choose books only from this list. Enjoy your summer reading!
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring (Cervantes, A.)
Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk (Davis, M. and Uwitonze, R.)
Because of the Rabbit (Lord, C.)
- Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets (Alexander, K.) *
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster (Auxier, J).*
- Something Upstairs (Avi ) *
- The Danger Box (Balliett, B.)*
- Lucky Broken Girl (Behar, R.)
- The Penderwicks (Birdsall, J.)*
- Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Choldenko, G.)*
- About Average (Clements, A.)
- Finding Langston (Cline-Ransome, L.)
- New Kid (Craft, J. )
- The Boy on the Porch (Creech, S.)*
- The Rhino in Right Field (DeKeyser, S.)
- The City of Ember (DuPrau, J.)*
- Remarkable: a novel (Foley, L. )
- The Strangers (Haddix, M.P.)*
- Best Friends (Hale, S.)
- The Night Diary (Hiranandani, V.)
- Amina’s Voice (Khan, H)
- Fly on the Wall (Lai, R.)
- This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World (Lamothe, M.)
- The Best Worst Thing (Lane, K.)
- Caterpillar Summer (McDunn, G.)
- The Seventh Wish (Messner, K.)*
- Pax (Pennypacker, S.)*
- Changeling (Ritter, W.)*
- The Girl in the Well is Me (Rivers, K.)
- The Explorer (Rundell, K.) *
- The Secret Horses of Briar Hill (Shepherd, M.)
- Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White (Sweet, M.)
- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Townsend, J.)
- Save Me a Seat (Weeks, S.)*
- Front Desk (Yang, K.)
*You will probably enjoy reading this title or any other title by this author.
RECOMMENDED LISTS AND WEBSITES:
- Newbery Award
- Texas Library Association Bluebonnet Award
- We Need Diverse Books