5th Grade Reading List
Reading suggestions for 5th Graders from the Weber County Library


Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.

On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth.


Odysseus faces storms, shipwrecks, and terrifying monsters as he makes his way home from the Trojan War.


Read about Viking life and culture and notable accomplishments as skilled craftsmen, hardworking farmers, prosperous merchants, and explorers.

This picture book biography tells the life story of Peter Mark Roget, creator of the thesaurus.


After meeting a fascinating new friend, two brothers have the summer of a lifetime.



A lively account of the birth of the Constitution during a scorching summer with all the windows shut to prevent rumors, a bombardment of bluebottle flies, and New England delegates swathed in woolen suits.

Iris and her grandmother, both Deaf, drive to Alaska to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.

Dashiell is one of the first people to live on Moon Base Alpha, and now he's investigating the first murder.