This is a list of books 5/6 graders recommended

Compiled by Thom McAllister, Date: 17 Mar 1995

This is a list of "must reads" put together by students in my 5/6 multi-age class. This was put together in response to the adult generated list of favorite books. My sincere thanks to BJBarron for instructions on how to post this (it's so simple it's embarassing!). I will continue to e-mail the list to those who have requested it.

• Aiken--WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE
• Avi--SOMETHING UPSTAIRS
  --THE BARN
  --TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE
• Babbitt--TUCK EVERLASTING
• Banks--INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
• Brooks--THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN
  --WHAT HEARTS
• Byars--SUMMER OF THE SWANS
• Cleavers--WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM
• Coman--TELL ME EVERYTHING
• Conly--CRAZY LADY
• Cooper--THE BOGGART
  --THE DARK IS RISING series
• Cormier--THE CHOCOLATE WAR
  --I AM THE CHEESE
• Cushman--CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY
• Dahl--JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH
  --MATILDA
  --DANNY, CHAEMPION OF THE WORLD
  --BOY
  --THE BFG
  --GEORGE'S MARVELOUS MEDICINE
  
• Defelice--WEASEL
• Dixon--HARDY BOYS series
• Eckert--INCIDENT AT HAWK'S HILL
• Enright--MELENDY series
  --GONE AWAY LAKE (& RETURN TO...)
• Fleischman--THE WHIPPING BOY
• Freedman--KIDS AT WORK: LEWIS HINES & CRUSADE AGAINST...
• Garfield--FOLLOW MY LEADER
• George--MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
  --ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
  --JULIE OF THE WOLVES
  
• Golding--LORD OF THE FLIES
• Greene--SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER
• Hahn--WAIT TILL HELEN COMES
• Herge--TIN TIN series
• Hesse--LETTERS FROM RIFKA
• Hilgartner--A MURDER FOR HER MAJESTY
• Hinton--THE OUTSIDERS
• Jacques--REDWALL series
• Kesey--LITTLE TRICKER THE SQUIRREL MEETS BIG DOUBLE THE BEAR
• Kindl--OWL IN LOVE
• L'Engle--A WRINKLE IN TIME trilogy
• Lewis--NARNIA series
• Lipsyte--ONE FAT SUMMER
  --THE CONTENDER
• Lowery--THE GIVER
  --A SUMMER TO DIE
  --NUMBER THE STARS
• Lynch--ICEMAN
• Matas--DANIEL'S STORY
• Mazer--AFTER THE RAIN
• Mazers--BRIGHT DAYS, STUPID NIGHTS
• McKinley--THE HERO & THE CROWN
  --BEAUTY
• McLauchlan--BABY
  --SARAH, PLAIN & TALL
  --JOURNEY
• Mills--DINAH IN LOVE
• Murphy--THE LONG ROAD TO GETTYSBURG
• Murrow--FIRE IN THE HEART
• Myers--THE GLORY FIELD
  --FALLEN ANGELS
  --SCORPIONS
• Napoli--THE MAGIC CIRCLE
• Naylor--SHILOH
• Neville--IT'S LIKE THIS, CAT
• Nixon--THE OTHER SIDE OF DARK
  --A CANDIDATE FOR MURDER
• O'Brien--THE SILVER CROWN
  --MRS. FRISBY & THE RATS OF NIMH
• O'Dell--ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
• Orwell--ANIMAL FARM
• Patterson--BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
• Paulsen--THE HAYMEADOW
  --DOGSONG
  --HATCHET
  --THE CAR
• Peck--A DAY NO PIGS WOULD DIE
  --ARLY
• Pope--PERILOUS GARD
• Raskins--THE WESTING GAME
• Rawls--SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS
• Reeder--SHADES OF GRAY
• Roth--ICEBERG HERMIT
• Rylant--MISSING MAY
• Scieszka--THE STINKY CHEESEMAN
• Selden--CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE
• Shaara--THE KILLER ANGELS
• Sleator--ODDBALLS
• Soto--BASEBALL IN APRIL
  --FIRE IN MY HANDS
• Spinelli--MANIAC MAGEE
• Stanley--CHILDREN OF THE DUSTBOWL
• Steele--PERILOUS ROAD
• Steinbeck--THE GRAPES OF WRATH
  --OF MICE & MEN
• Stolz--CEZANNE PINTO: A MEMOIR
• Taylor--ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY
• Taylor--THE SNIPER
• Tsuchiya--FAITHFUL ELEPHANTS
• Tolkien--THE HOBBIT
  --LORD OF THE RINGS
• Van Allsburg--THE POLAR EXPRESS
  --JUMANJI
  --THE MYSTERIES OF HARRIS BURDICK
• Voigt--IZZY WILLY NILLY
  --HOMECOMING
• White--A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
• White--THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN
  --CHARLOTTE'S WEB
  --STUART LITTLE
• Wilder--LITTLE HOUSE series
• Winthrop--CASTLE IN THE ATTIC
• Wisler--REDCAP
• Wolff--MAKE LEMONADE
• Wrede--DRAGON series
• Yep--DRAGONWINGS
• Yolen--WIZARD'S HALL
• Zelazny--CHRONICLES OF AMBER

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