5th Grade Reading List

Reading suggestions for 5th Graders from the Weber County Library

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Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II
Artist/Author/Cast:
Russo, Marisabina (Author, Illustrator)
Call Number:
J940.5318 R9698a
Description:

The author describes how a mother and her three daughters survived the Holocaust in this story based on the author's own family history.

Amina's Voice
Artist/Author/Cast:
Khan, Hena
Call Number:
JF Khan
Description:

A Pakistani American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her culture after tragedy strikes her community.

Bodies From the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past
Artist/Author/Cast:
Deem, James M.
Call Number:
J599.9 D3115b
Description:

Recounts the discovery of the oldest human mummy in the 1990s by two mountain climbers on the Austrian border in this book that reveals how glaciers are now offering up many secrets from the past.

The Book of Three
Artist/Author/Cast:
Alexander, Lloyd
Call Number:
JF Alexander
Description:

A young assistant pig-keeper has adventures beyond his wildest dreams in this first book in The Chronicles of Prydain series.

Bud, Not Buddy
Artist/Author/Cast:
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Call Number:
JF Curtis
Description:

Ten-year-old Bud, an orphan, sets off to find his musician dad and gets into all sorts of trouble along the way.

Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cats
Artist/Author/Cast:
Montgomery, Sy; Bishop, Nic (Photographer)
Call Number:
J599.75 M7886c
Description:

Since the year 1900, cheetah footprints quickly dwindled in African dirt as the species plummeted from more than 100,000 to fewer than 10,000.  At the Cheetah Conservation Fund's (CCF) African headquarters in Namibia, Laurie Marker and her team save these stunning, swift, and slender creatures from extinction.

Dear Mr. Henshaw
Artist/Author/Cast:
Cleary, Beverly; Zelinsky, Paul O. (Illustrator)
Call Number:
JF Cleary
Description:

Ten-year-old Leigh confides his troubles in letters to his favorite author.

El Deafo
Artist/Author/Cast:
Bell, Cece; Lasky, David (Illustrator)
Call Number:
GN J362.42092 B4333e 2014
Description:

The author recounts her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a hearing aid and learning to lip read.

Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Artist/Author/Cast:
Byrd, Robert
Call Number:
J92 Franklin
Description:

Learn all about the life of Benjamin Franklin, from his childhood to his golden years.

The End of the Wild
Artist/Author/Cast:
Helget, Nicole
Call Number:
JF Helget
Description:

Fern helps her family by foraging for food in the forest, but the forest is threatened when a fracking company arrives.

Artist/Author/Cast:
Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Call Number:
JF Cline-Ransome
Description:

Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with upsetting changes in his life.

Frindle
Artist/Author/Cast:
Clements, Andrew; Selznick, Brian (Illustrator)
Call Number:
JF Clements
Description:

A champion troublemaker, Nick decides to invent a new word to torment his teacher.

Front Desk
Artist/Author/Cast:
Yang, Kelly
Call Number:
JF Yang
Description:

After emigrating from China, Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel, despite the nasty owner, Mr. Yao.

George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides
Artist/Author/Cast:
Schanzer, Rosalyn
Call Number:
J973.3 S2995g
Description:

Explores how the characters and lives of King George III of England and George Washington affected the progress and outcome of the American Revolution.

The Great Brain
Artist/Author/Cast:
Fitzgerald, John Dennis; Mayer, Mercer (Illustrator)
Call Number:
JF Fitzgerald
Description:

The adventures of three brothers growing up in a small Utah town in the late 1800s.

Holes
Artist/Author/Cast:
Sachar, Louis
Call Number:
JF Sachar
Description:

A zany, mysterious, funny book about Stanley Yelnats and how he changes his family's bad luck.

Hoot
Artist/Author/Cast:
Hiaasen, Carl
Call Number:
JF Hiaasen
Description:

Roy moves to Florida and becomes involved in an attempt to save a colony of owls from a proposed construction site.

If You Hopped Like a Frog
Artist/Author/Cast:
Schwartz, David M.; Warhola, James (Illustrator); Schwartz, David; Scholastic Inc/I (Contribution by)
Call Number:
J513.24 S3996i
Description:
Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals.
The Inquisitor's Tale, Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
Artist/Author/Cast:
Gidwitz, Adam; Aly, Hatem (Illustrator)
Call Number:
JF Gidwitz
Description:
Inside Out & Back Again
Artist/Author/Cast:
Lai, Thanhha
Call Number:
JF Lai
Description:

For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by . . . and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home.

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