5th Grade Book Recommendations by Changchup Sherpa

The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer

ccs2179 — 2020-11-11 16:58:43 UTC

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

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Refugee by Alan Gratz

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Counting by 7's - Holly Goldberg Sloan

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Lions of Little Rock - Kristine Levine

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As twelve-year-old Marlee starts middle school in 1958 Little Rock, it feels like her whole world is falling apart. Until she meets Liz, the new girl at school. Liz is everything Marlee wishes she could be: she's brave, brash and always knows the right thing to say. But when Liz leaves school without even a good-bye, the rumor is that Liz was caught passing for white. Marlee decides that doesn't matter. She just wants her friend back. And to stay friends, Marlee and Liz are even willing to take on segregation and the dangers their friendship could bring to both their families.

Wonder - R. J. Palacio

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Harbour Me - Jaqueline Woodson

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Ghost Boys - Jewell Parker Rhodes

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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin

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Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

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The Night Diary- Veera Hiranandani

ccs2179 — 2020-11-11 18:18:07 UTC

Set in 1947, when India gained independence from British rule and was partitioned into India and Pakistan, this book is a compilation of diary entries from 12-year-old Nisha. Nisha, along with her family, must flee their hometown that is now in Pakistan and cross the border into New India.
-Changchup

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel! by Firoozeh Dumas

ccs2179 — 2020-11-11 18:23:02 UTC

My Basmati Bat Mitzvah - Paula Freedman

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Amina's Voice- Hena Khan

ccs2179 — 2020-11-11 18:27:16 UTC

Amina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. Except now that she’s in middle school everything feels different. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the “cool” girls in the class, and even talking about changing her name to something more “American.” Does Amina need to start changing too? Or hiding who she is to fit in? While Amina grapples with these questions, she is devastated when her local mosque is vandalized.

Other Words for Home - Jasmine Warga

csherpa — 2020-11-12 13:47:36 UTC

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

2020-11-15 21:05:14 UTC

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

2020-11-15 21:06:54 UTC

Inside Out and Back Again by Tanhha Lai

2020-11-15 21:08:39 UTC

Written in poetry/prose, this book is about ten years old Hà who has to leave her home because of the Vietnam War. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, Hà discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food . . . and the strength of her very own family

Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse

2020-11-15 21:12:18 UTC

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

2020-11-15 21:14:45 UTC

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

2020-11-15 21:21:06 UTC

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julia Andrews Edwards

2020-11-15 21:22:29 UTC

Mo & Dale Mysteries Series by Sheila Turnage

2020-11-15 21:27:53 UTC

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

2020-11-15 21:30:02 UTC

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

2020-11-15 21:30:54 UTC

Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate

2020-11-15 21:32:18 UTC

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

2020-11-15 21:34:42 UTC

The BFG by Roald Dahl

2020-11-15 21:37:21 UTC

The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy

2020-11-15 21:41:06 UTC

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

2020-11-15 21:43:39 UTC

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg

2020-11-15 21:44:48 UTC

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

2020-11-15 21:45:59 UTC

Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin

2020-11-15 22:17:25 UTC

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

2020-11-15 22:19:23 UTC

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

2020-11-15 22:20:45 UTC

Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

2020-11-15 22:22:20 UTC

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

2020-11-15 22:23:44 UTC

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

2020-11-15 22:25:34 UTC

Amulet Books 1-8 by Kazu Kibuishi

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Becoming Naomi Leon- Pam Muñoz Ryan

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Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

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Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone - J.K Rowling

2020-12-03 19:08:46 UTC

A boy with a completely normal life is living with his aunt, uncle, and cousin because his parents died. One night Harry Potter learns about the magic world, studies at a wizard school in a mysterious world where magic is real. Harry Potter meets friends and faces his enemies while learning new things.

Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins.

2020-12-03 19:08:46 UTC

can you imagine being. different and no one supports you. if your dad thought you were wonky. you have to go and live with your aunt who is near a school and meet the people who are like you. Nory has to go threw all of this and has to learn how to Control l her magic. -Noah

The War That Saved My Life - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

2020-12-03 19:08:55 UTC

Set in England in the 1940's, when World War II was at its peak, this book is about a ten-year-old girl named Ada. She sneaks out of her terrible mother's house to follow her younger brother so they can go to safety. They are moved to a guardian's house in a town not far away from London, where they came from. This story follows what happens with Ada's life when she moves, and how the war affects her life.

Belly Up

2020-12-03 19:09:10 UTC

Teddy is a kid that used to live in the Congo, but a war drew his family away from his country. This boy comes to America and finds Funjungle, an incredible zoo that his parents just both got a job at, his dad is a world famous animal photographer, and his mom is a gorilla specialist. Funjungle's beloved mascot Henry is murdered, and Teddy is on the case. Through his search he meets a girl called summer, together they are determined to find the murderer.

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

2020-12-03 19:09:13 UTC

Ben Ripley has a gift with math. He can do any equation in his head and he can remember long strings of numbers. Will this be handy in the spy game where he has numerous evil organizations plotting his death?
*this is an 8 book series*

Every Soul A Star - Wendy Mass

2020-12-03 19:10:09 UTC

The book Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass is a tale told by 3 kids. Ally, a homeschooled girl who lives on a campground. She loves everything about astronomy.

Cyclone by Doreen Cronin

2020-12-03 19:12:36 UTC

Cyclone is a book about a girl who blackmailed her cousin into doing something that made her get a stroke. Although this may seam like a heavy topic, it is amazing because it shows the cousin's perspective, and how she is so upset with herself. It eventually opens her up to learning many new things about herself, and the world. Over all this book teaches an amazing lesson that I will hold on to for the rest of my life. I would give this book a ten out of ten, and would recommend it to anyone who likes being led through books by a different perspective, not just the one we are used to hearing.

The Giver by Lois Lowry

2020-12-03 19:13:42 UTC

There is a community that lives in a world with no color, no love and no one knows what animals are. No one really knows their real family. Everything is chosen for them. This is a really really interesting book.

How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

2020-12-03 19:16:24 UTC

This is an action packed book that has all the fantasy items, Vikings, Plot twists, and Dragons

It's Trevor Noah: Born a crime

2020-12-03 19:16:28 UTC

This fantastic book is about a young Trevor Noah taking you through his troubled South African childhood.

The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin

2020-12-03 19:16:57 UTC

A rich man named Samuel Westing is murdered. His will says to gather 16 different people and have them play a game. The winner will inherit his vast fortune. What's the catch? One of the 16 people is Westing's murderer! Why would he risk giving all his money to the person who ended his life? Nothing makes sense in this cliffhanging mystery!

--Lily

Keeper of the lost cities by Shannon Messenger

2020-12-03 19:36:07 UTC

Sophie Foster learns that she is an elf and starts to go to school with her friends Fitz, Keefe, Dex, And Biana. They go on many dangerous adventures to try and save people they care about.

Snow and Rose by Emily Windfeild Martin

2020-12-03 19:46:52 UTC

Snow and Rose live in the woods with their mother and explore. There dad went missing and they losses their old house. They encounter new people and things and figure out what really happened to their father.

FABLEHAVEN

Rohan_Natauri — 2020-12-07 17:38:13 UTC

This book is an action packed adventure, which includes mythical creatures, evil and good characters, and magic. Buy       The Book HERE 
-Rohan

What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein

2020-12-09 20:07:36 UTC

This beautiful story brings to life the setting of a jungle in Nepal as we learn how Nandu, the young hero of the story, forms a family from the elephants he works with and the man who runs the elephant stable. This story has adventure, an emotional journey, and gives us a window into the intelligence and feelings of the magnificent creature (and my favorite animal): the elephant.
-Alessia

The Giver by Lois Lowery

2020-12-16 13:46:17 UTC

In a world were no there are never problems, but never any choice, the Elders chose everyones job, partner, and child. Jonas get chosen to be the receiver, he must take everyones problems and live with terrible pain so no one else has to.
-Sojo

Hardy Boys

Rohan_Natauri — 2020-12-16 13:49:41 UTC

Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation

2020-12-16 13:49:49 UTC

This action-packed novel is centered around a girl named Charlie Thorne. She is extremely smart and the CIA captures her to help with a mission. Before Albert Einstein died, he hid an equation that could either help humanity or destroy it. The CIA is trying to find this equation, called Pandora, so that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. People are skeptical that twelve-year-old Charlie can tag along in this very important mission, but she turns out to be way smarter than she seems.

--Lily

Out of my Mind By Sharon M. Draper

28lskabaker — 2020-12-16 13:50:43 UTC

This book is about a person who cannot talk. She struggles people not understanding her. She was in a class with other people who couldn't talk, or walk, but 5th grade was the year she could have class with the "normal" 5th graders.

Restart by Gordon Korman

2020-12-16 13:50:47 UTC

Imagine having your name known throughout the school- for many reasons. then, forgetting everything. With his amnesia, Chase has to learn his life all over again. Starting with his own name.
-Hannah

His Dark Materials-Philip Pullman

2020-12-16 13:50:56 UTC

His Dark Materials is about a girl named Lyra and her demon Pantalaimon. A Demon in this book is like a soul of your self but its a animal. Everyone has a Demon in their world. There are millions of worlds.

Moon Base Alpha- Stuart Gibbs

2020-12-16 13:51:18 UTC

The Moon Base Alpha is series about a kid named Dash Gibson. The series is taking place in the future, in the future Dash, his family live on the moon but as they are just trying to survive and go about their daily live. Unfortunately for the members of Moon Base Alpha they recruited a killer. Will they survive?

Wings of Fire

2020-12-16 13:51:50 UTC

Can you imagine being a dragon? This is a story of a group called the dragonets of prophocies. Their destiny is to save the world from a war. They have to choose which of the three sisters should be queen, or else there might not be anything to rule...

Pax

2020-12-16 13:52:06 UTC

By Sara Pennypacker

Once, there was a boy that lived with his family when all of a sudden a war hit, and his mother died unexpected. he is forced to live with his grandfather, but worst of all, he had leave behind his pet fox Pax, soon later, he can't take it anymore he packs up and ventures of to find Pax, hopefully he is were he left him...

Rules - Cynthia Lord

2020-12-16 13:52:43 UTC

A 12 year old girl named Catherine has a brother (named David) who has autism. Catherine spends her summer taking care of him.

Warriors : Into the wild. By Erin Hunter

2020-12-16 13:53:19 UTC

Rusty, a cat that lives with humans goes to the forest and finds something that will change his life. -Anna

Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin

2020-12-16 13:54:40 UTC

Illegal is about immigrants and how hard it is to immigrate. Also all the people they lose and the ones they find.

-Nour

Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris.

2020-12-16 13:55:14 UTC

-Noah

The Hunger Games by Veronica Ross

2020-12-16 13:55:56 UTC

This book is about the future America, called Panem where there are 12 districts, most of which are poor have to sacrifice one girl and one boy from each one and fight to death on live TV. When Primrose Everdeen is picked to go to the Hunger Games her older sister Katniss Everdeen volunteers and has to survive for her family

Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson

2020-12-18 19:52:55 UTC

When you think of Walt Disney World, you think about a happy and magical place where dreams come true. You also might imagine squadrons of friendly park guides who give you directions when you're lost. Well, Disney has five new park guides, Using a new strategy called DHI. They take ordinary kids and then turn them into Holograms to help people get around the park. The one catch? Whenever the kids fall asleep, they transport into the Disney parks as their DHI Holograms. An old guy named Wayne tells the kids that a group of Disney villains, or the overtakers, want to destroy the theme park, and the world outside its walls. Will this group of hologram teens save Disney? - Hannah

Frostheart by Jamie Littler

Rohan_Natauri — 2021-02-10 18:55:06 UTC

This book is about a kid who seems like a bad guy but then they realise that someone else is a bad guy. THIS IS A TEST IT IS IMPORTANT READ THIS BOOK
🖐

This is a action packed book

The Red Pencil

csherpa — 2021-03-18 17:11:21 UTC

This story shares Amira’s life in Sudan before and after her village is attacked. After the attack, she must walk for days to get to the safety of a refugee camp. Despite her grief, she finds hope in the form of a special pencil as she sees the possibilities for education and self-expression.

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson

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Crossover by Kwame Alexander

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Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

ccs2179 — 2021-04-08 18:37:40 UTC

This is a story about Jack who is learning poetry writing in school but hates poetry. But then something amazing happens. The more he writes, the more he learns he does have something to say.

Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engel & Rafael López

csherpa — 2021-04-16 13:13:36 UTC

A book of poems celebrating the accomplishments of Latinx musicians, botanists, baseball players, pilots, etc. from different countries and backgrounds.

Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles by Douglas Florian

csherpa — 2021-04-16 13:22:05 UTC

This illustrated book of humorous poems will guarantee giggles with 170 nonsense poems. Here's a little teaser:
Th s po m is mis ing le ters.
It’s mis ing q ite a f w.
Whre did th y go
I do n t kno.
I do n t kno.
Do y u?

Martin Rising: Requiem For a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney

csherpa — 2021-04-16 13:28:05 UTC

A coming together of two things we are studying right now, poetry and the civil rights movement!

March Book 2

2021-06-11 14:05:46 UTC

Thursday’s Child by Noel Streatfeild

2021-12-29 01:00:43 UTC

Margaret Thursday arrived on the church steps on a Thursday (which is how she got her surname) with three of everything of the very best quality. Every year around Christmas a bag of gold coins is sent to the church for Margaret until one year the money stops coming…

Can Margaret survive being an orphan? Will she meet any friends at the orphanage? Will she ever have her very own home and family?

Read to find out how a young girl becomes a orphan and lives as one.

-Colette

All Four Stars by Tara Dairman

2021-12-29 01:17:14 UTC

Gladys Gastby has always wanted to be a real baker. Her parents have never approved of her baking though. One day at school, the substitute teacher tells the class to write essays about what they want to be when they grow up for the famous newspaper to pick one from all over East Dumpsford and publish it in the newspaper. Gladys’ is about baking, of course, and the famous editor for the newspaper’s dining section gets the essay written like a letter and hires Gladys as a restaurant critic for the famous newspaper.

Can Gladys keep her big secret from everyone she knows?

-Colette

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

2021-12-29 01:27:10 UTC

Percy Jackson is just a normal boy until BAM! His math teacher tries to kill him, three old ladies cut a string dramatically in front of him, he figures out his best friend is a satyr, a big animal that looks like a bull tries to kill him, his mom evaporates into golden dust right in front of his eyes, he figures out that he’s a demigod, half god and half mortal, and the only place that he’ll be safe is a camp for kids like him that’s ruled by the Greek god of wine, Dionysus. It changes his life. Then, Percy gets a quest. Being attacked by monsters every minute is just great.

Read to find out how being a demigod changes Percy’s life forever.

-Colette

The Last Kids on Earth

2022-01-03 20:23:45 UTC

This amazing story is about a kid named Jack trying to survive a monster and zombie apocalypse. He meets people on the way and learns how to live in the almost fully taken over world.

Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale

2022-01-04 16:37:02 UTC

2022-01-04 16:38:01 UTC

The Hunger Games series by Susan Collins is about a teenager named Katniss Everdeen who is forced to join a fight to the death battle made by the Capitol who she tries to overpower.
-Ko

2022-01-04 16:48:24 UTC

Pax by Sara Pennypacker is about the journey of a boy and his fox. Sara Pennypacker perfectly describes the ups and downs threw their relationship. Make sure to read the sequel "PAX Journey Home"

The Front Desk Series

2022-01-04 16:51:04 UTC

The Front Desk series is about a Chinese Immigrant, Mia Tang, who faces a lot of boundaries and stereotypes. While Mia works at the front desk after school her parents clean the rooms and stay up all night. But they can't quit. If they do they will have to go back to living in a car...

Can Mia help her family break free from these hard conditions? or will they be poor forever?
-Stella

A Diamond in the Desert- Kathryn Fitzmaurice

2022-01-04 16:57:56 UTC

This book is really good and it is about a boy in a Japanese internment camp. In the camp they start playing baseball and he is rally good at it, then something happens to his sister......... This book is really good!
-Julia

Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz

2022-01-04 17:04:25 UTC

This book is about a teen named Alex who is recruited to be a spy. The series is about his adventures as a spy.-Julia

Becoming Muhammad Ail: by James Patterson and Kwane Alexander

2022-01-04 17:07:06 UTC

This book tells you how the best boxer of all time grew up. You learn how he fought and how he stood up for his town- Toby Stark

Orbiting Jupiter

2022-01-04 17:15:57 UTC

When Jack's foster brother comes to live with him, all he knows are that he almost killed a teacher, he was incarcerated at a place called Stone mountain, and he has a daughter. He has never met her, and at first, Jack doesn't know how desperate he is to meet her, and how, when he finds out, desperate he will be to help him.

- Victoria

The Okay Witch

2022-01-04 20:53:30 UTC

The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner is a book about a person called Moth Hush. Moth Hush figures out they are a witch. Fulfilling their dreams of being a witch, but is this really what they wanted?

- Jianjian Sun

Stargazing by Jen Wang

2022-01-04 23:50:53 UTC

Stargazing by Jen Wang is a graphic novel that really pulls you inside the book. Christine and Moon become best friends and have two different personalities.
-Olivia F

Crush Stuff

2022-01-07 21:33:12 UTC

Crush Stuff is a book about three girls who are best friends. Fonda, Drew and Ruthie plus other kids in their class are doing a debate on which 7th grade place they should stay at. I really enjoyed this book! Read the other books in the series too!

-Olivia F

A Fence Away From Freedom by Ellen Levine

2022-01-19 17:03:20 UTC

Good Book

Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell

2022-02-02 17:12:05 UTC

good book. Extremely interesting. For war lovers.

The Watsons Go To Birmingham. By Christopher Curtis

2022-02-22 15:18:39 UTC

A story about a family coming together and going on a road trip.

Fifty-Four Things Wrong With Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter

2022-03-27 21:38:21 UTC

Fifty-Four Things Wrong With Gwendolyn Rogers is a book about a kid who thinks she has a problem. Gwen makes a list of 54 things that are wrong about herself and uses it to try and become better student, daughter and friend. Throughout the book Gwen and her mom try many ways to solve Gwen's problem.

Can Gwen fix the 54 things wrong with her?

- Stella

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

2022-03-27 21:53:21 UTC

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone is about a group of middle schoolers that face an unfair dress code at school. All year long girls are dress coded because their shorts are too short and they are wearing a tank top. These clothes apparently are inappropriate and interfere with learning but Molly Frost won't stand for it. Molly decides to start a podcast, Dress Coded, and interview other students about the times they had been dress coded.

Watch as Molly and her friends deal with drama in their lives while standing up for what they believe in.

- Stella