Highland Park Public Library's
Hot Fifth Grade Books
The following list contains a selection of books to satisfy the wide variety of reading
levels and interests of fifth grade readers. Most of the authors listed have written other
books at this level. Click on the title to see if the book is available.
Adventure & Survival |
Animal Stories |
Biographies | Fantasy | Ghost
& Horror Stories
Historical Fiction |
Holocaust | Humor | In
Other Lands |
Misfits & Outcasts
Mysteries & Thrillers | School,
Family & Growing Up | Science
Fiction |
Short Stories |
Sports
| Aiken, Joan |
The Wolves of Willoughby
Chase. |
| Blackwood, Gary |
Wild Timothy. |
| Bodett, Tom |
Williwaw! |
| Campbell, Eric |
The Place of Lions. |
| Creech, Sharon |
The Wanderer. |
| Edwards, Julie Andrews |
Dragon: Hound of Honor. |
| Fenner, Carol |
The King of Dragons. |
| Fleischman, Sid |
The Giant Rat of Sumatra. |
| George, Jean C. |
My Side of the Mountain. |
| Haddix, Margaret |
Running Out of Time. |
| Harrison, Michael |
It's My Life. |
| Hesse, Karen |
The Music of Dolphins. |
| Hobbs, Will |
The Big Wander. |
| Hyde, Dayton |
Island of the Loons. |
| Ibbotson, Eva |
Journey to the River Sea. |
| Kehret, Peg |
Earthquake Terror. |
| Konigsburg, E.L. |
From the Mixed-Up Files of
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. |
| Korman, Gordon |
Shipwreck. |
| Lawrence, Iain |
The Wreckers. |
| Matthews, L.S. |
Fish. |
| Mazer, Harry |
The Cave Under the City. |
| Moeri, Louise |
Save Queen of Sheba. |
| Neale, Jonathan |
Himalaya. |
| Paulsen, Gary |
Hatchet. |
| Phleger, Marjorie |
Pilot Down, Presumed Dead. |
| Ruckman, Ivy |
Night of the Twisters. |
| Sachar, Louis |
Holes. |
| Shahan, Sherry |
Frozen Stiff. |
| Smith, Roland |
The Cryptid Hunters. |
| Snicket, Lemony |
The Bad Beginning. |
| Stone, Jeffery S. |
Tiger. |
| Taylor, Theodore |
The Cay. |
| Whitesel, Cheryl |
Blue Fingers: A Ninja's
Tale. |
| Adler, C.S. |
The No Place Cat. |
| Bagnold, Enid |
National Velvet. |
| Boston, L.M. |
A Stranger at Green Knowe. |
| Burnford, Sheila |
The Incredible Journey. |
| Casanova, Mary |
When Eagles Fall. |
| Corcoran, Barbara |
Wolf at the Door. |
| Cross, Gillian |
The Great American
Elephant Chase. |
| Eckert, Allan |
Incident at Hawk’s Hill. |
| Farley, Walter |
The Black Stallion. |
| Garfield, James |
Follow My Leader. |
| Harlow, Joan Hiatt |
Thunder From the Sea. |
| Henry, Marguerite |
Misty of Chincoteague. |
| Hobbs, Will |
Jackie’s Wild Seattle. |
| Knight, Eric |
Lassie Come Home. |
| Lester, Allison |
The Snow Pony. |
| Mowat, Farley |
Owls in the Family. |
| Rorby, Ginny |
Dolphin Sky. |
| Springer, Nancy |
Colt. |
| Taylor, William |
Agnes the Sheep. |
| Zucker, Naomi Fink |
Benno’s Bear. |
| Baker, E.D. |
The Frog Princess. |
| Bauer, Marion Dane |
Runt. |
| Collins, Suzanne |
Gregor the Overlander. |
| Finney, Patricia |
I, Jack. |
| George, Jean |
Frightful’s Mountain. |
| Gleitzman, Morris |
Toad Rage. |
| Hunter, Erin |
Into the Wild. |
| Jacques, Brian |
Redwall. |
| James, Mary |
Shoebag. |
| Jarvis, Robin |
The Dark Portal. |
| Lasky, Kathryn |
The Capture. |
| Leonard, Elmore |
A Coyote’s in the House. |
| Lowry, Lois |
Stay! Keeper’s Story. |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
The Grand Escape. |
| Oppel, Kenneth |
Silverwing. |
| Berenstain, Stan |
Down a Sunny Dirt Road:
An Autobiography. |
| Brewster, Hugh |
Anastasia's Album. |
| Bridges, Ruby |
Through My Eyes: The
Autobiography of Ruby Bridges. |
| Codell, Esme Raji |
Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories
From the Fifth Grade. |
| Dahl, Roald |
Boy: Tales of Childhood. |
| Fleischman, Sid |
The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life. |
| Freedman, Russell |
Lincoln: A Photobiography. |
| George, Jean C. |
A Tarantula in My Purse: And 172 Other Wild Pets. |
| Goodall, Jane |
My Life with the Chimpanzees. |
| Hargrove, Jim |
Steven Spielberg: Amazing Filmmaker. |
| Lawlor, Laurie |
Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit. |
| Mah, Adeline Yen |
Chinese Cinderella. |
| Paulsen, Gary |
How Angel Peterson Got His Name. |
| Stine, R.L. |
It Came From Ohio: My Life as a Writer. |
| Szabo, Corrine |
Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart. |
| Warren, Andrea |
Escape From Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became
an American Boy. |
| Balliet, Blue |
Chasing
Vermeer. |
| Barrie, J.M. |
Peter Pan. |
| Barry, Dave |
Peter and the Starcatchers. |
| Bell, Hilari |
The Wizard Test. |
| Byng, Georgia |
Molly Moon’s Incredible
Book of Hypnotism. |
| Colfer, Eoin |
Artemis Fowl. |
| Cooper, Susan |
The Dark is Rising. |
| Crossley-Holland, Kevin |
The Seeing Stone. |
| Curry, Jane |
The Black Canary. |
| Dale, Anna |
Whispering to Witches. |
| Di Terlizzi, Tony |
The Field Guide. |
| Drake, Emily |
The Magickers. |
| Duane, Diane |
So You Want to be a Wizard. |
| Ferris, Jean |
Once Upon a Marigold. |
| Friesner, Esther |
Wishing Season. |
| Funke, Cornelia |
Dragon Rider. |
| Gliori, Debi |
Pure Dead Wicked. |
| Haptie, Charlotte |
Otto and the Flying Twins. |
| Hobbs, Will |
Kokopelli's Flute. |
| Jones, Diana Wynne |
Witch Week. |
| Langrish, Katherine |
Troll Fell. |
| Levine, Gail Carson |
The Wish. |
| Morris, Gerald |
The Squire's Tale. |
| Nesbit, E. |
Wet Magic. |
| Nimmo, Jenny |
Midnight for Charlie Bone. |
| Nix, Garth |
Mister Monday. |
| Paul, Donita K |
Dragonspell. |
| Pearce, Philippa |
Tom's Midnight Garden. |
| Pierce, Tamora |
Alanna: The First Adventure. |
| Sage, Angie |
Magyk. |
| Service, Pamela |
Being of Two Minds. |
| Stewart, Paul |
Beyond the Deep Woods. |
| Thompson, Kate |
Switchers. |
| Turner, Megan |
The Thief. |
| Winthrop, Elizabeth |
The Castle in the Attic. |
| Wrede, Patricia |
Dealing with Dragons. |
| Adler, C.S. |
Ghost
Brother. |
| Alphin, Elaine |
The Ghost Cadet. |
| Avi |
Something Upstairs. |
| DeFelice, Cynthia |
The Ghost of Fossil Glen. |
| Gaiman, Neil |
Coraline. |
| Hahn, Mary D. |
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story. |
| Ibbotson, Eva |
Dial-a-Ghost. |
| Naylor, Phyllis |
The Witch’s Sister. |
| Pullman, Phillip |
Count Karlstein. |
| |
The Random House Book of Ghost Stories. |
| Schnur, Steven |
The Shadow Children. |
| Snyder, Zilpha |
The Trespassers. |
| Stine, R.L. |
Beware! R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories. |
| Vande Velde, Vivian |
There's a Dead Person Following My Sister
Around. |
| Wilson, Jacqueline |
Vicky Angel. |
| Zindel, Paul |
Raptor! |
| Avi |
The Fighting Ground. |
| Blackwood, Gary |
The Shakespeare Stealer. |
| Cannon, A.E. |
Charlotte’s Rose. |
| Choldenko, Genniger |
Al Capone Does My Shirts. |
| Curtis, Christopher |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963. |
| Ellis, Deborah |
A Company of Fools. |
| Erickson, John |
Moonshiner’s Gold. |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly |
Nory Ryan’s Song. |
| Goodman, Joan |
The Winter Hare. |
| Hahn, Mary D. |
The Gentleman Outlaw and Me-- Eli: A Story of the Old
West. |
| Hale, Marian |
The Truth About Sparrows. |
| Hesse, Karen |
Letters from Rifka. |
| Hilgartner, Beth |
A Murder for Her Majesty. |
| Ibbotson, Eva |
The Star of Kazan. |
| Lasky, Kathryn |
The Night Journey. |
| Lawrence, Iain |
The Wreckers. |
| Lester, Julius |
Pharaoh's Daughter. |
| Levine, Gail Carson |
Dave at Night. |
| Magorian, Michelle |
Good Night, Mr. Tom. |
| Namioka, Lensey |
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break. |
| Napoli, Donna Jo |
Daughter of Venice. |
| Nixon, Joan Lowery |
A Family Apart. |
| Paulsen, Gary |
Mr. Tucket. |
| Reeder, Carolyn |
Shades of Gray. |
| Salisbury, Graham |
Under the Blood-Red Sun. |
| Speare, Elizabeth |
The Sign of the Beaver. |
| Stolz, Joelle |
The Shadows of Ghadames. |
| Weil, Sylvie |
My Guardian Angel. |
| Whelan, Gloria |
Once on This Island. |
| Wise, William |
Nell of Branford Hall. |
| Woodruff, Elvira |
The Ravenmaster’s Secret: Escape from the Tower of
London. |
| Auerbacher, Inge |
I am a
Star: Child of the Holocaust. |
| Baylis-White, Mary |
Sheltering Rebecca. |
| Drucker, Malka |
Jacob’s Rescue: A Holocaust Story. |
| Levine, Karen |
Hana’s Suitcase. |
| Lowry, Lois |
Number the Stars. |
| Morpurgo, Michael |
Waiting for Anya. |
| Orlev, Uri |
Run, Boy, Run. |
| Richter, Hans Peter |
Friedrich. |
| Spinelli, Jerry |
Milkweed. |
| Vos, Ida |
Anna is Still Here. |
| Warren, Andrea |
Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps. |
| Williams, Laura |
Behind the Bedroom Wall. |
| Yolen, Jane |
The Devil's Arithmetic. |
| Avi |
Never Mind: A Twin
Novel. |
| Cooney, Doug |
Beloved Dearly. |
| Cresswell, Helen |
Ordinary Jack. |
| Dahl, Roald |
The Witches. |
| Dickinson, Peter |
Chuck and Danielle. |
| Fitzgerald, John |
The Great Brain. |
| Gutman, Dan |
Funny Boy Meets the Chitchatting Cheese from
Chattanooga. |
| Hiaasen, Carl |
Hoot. |
| Kennemore, Tim |
Circle of Doom. |
| Klise, Kate |
Letters From Camp. |
| Korman, Gordon |
No More Dead Dogs. |
| Lowry, Lois |
The One Hundredth Thing
About Caroline. |
| Maguire, Gregory |
Seven Spiders Spinning. |
| McMullan, Kate |
Have a Hot Time Hades! |
| Naylor, Phyllis |
The Boys Start the War. |
| Paulsen, Gary |
Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered. |
| Peck, Richard |
A Year Down Yonder. |
| Pinkwater, Daniel |
Borgel. |
| Roberts, Dianne |
Made You Look. |
| Selden, George |
Harry Cat's Pet Puppy. |
| Taylor, William |
Knitwits. |
| Camri, Daniella |
Samir
and Yonatan. |
| Carris, Joan |
Hedgehogs in the Closet. |
| Creech, Sharon |
Bloomability. |
| Dhami, Marinder |
Bindi Babes. |
| Ellis, Deborah |
The Breadwinner. |
| Holt, Kimberly Willis |
Keeper of the Night. |
| Honey, Elizabeth |
Don’t Pat the Wombat. |
| Mahy, Margaret |
Underrunners. |
| McKay, Hilary |
Dolphin Luck. |
| Morgenstern, Susie Hoch |
Sixth Grade. |
| Nitz, Kristin |
Defending Irene. |
| Ryan, Pam Munoz |
Becoming Naomi Leon. |
| Sheth, Kashmira |
Blue Jasmine. |
| Stewart, Jennifer |
Close Encounters of a Third World Kind. |
| Yumoto, Kazumi |
The Friends. |
| Blume, Judy |
Blubber. |
| Byars, Betsy |
The Pinballs. |
| Cassedy, Sylvia |
Behind the Attic Wall. |
| Choldenko, Gennifer |
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog. |
| Dowell, Frances |
Where I’d Like to Be. |
| Fenner, Carol |
Randall’s Wall. |
| Hahn, Mary D. |
Daphne's Book. |
| Hayden, Torey |
The Very Worst Thing. |
| Holt, Kimberly |
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. |
| Lisle, Janet |
Afternoon of the Elves. |
| McNamee, Graham |
Sparks. |
| Perkins, Lynne |
All Alone in the Universe. |
| Sachar, Louis |
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom. |
| Spinelli, Jerry |
Loser. |
| Stolz, Mary |
The Bully of Barkham Street. |
| Wallace, Bill |
Never Say Quit. |
| Wilhelm, Doug |
The Revealers. |
| Anderson, Janet |
The Last
Treasure. |
| Bailey, Linda |
How Come the Best Clues are Always in the Garbage? |
| Bellairs, John |
The House with a Clock in Its Walls. |
| Broach, Elise |
Shakespeare’s Secret. |
| Bunting, Eve |
Is Anybody There? |
| Hahn, Mary D. |
The Dead Man in Indian Creek. |
| Hamilton, Virginia |
The Mystery of Drear House. |
| Hart, Alison |
Shadow Horse. |
| Hoeye, Michael |
Time Stops for No Mouse. |
| Howe, James |
Eat Your Poison, Dear. |
| Hoobler, Dorothy |
The Ghost in the Tokido Inn. |
| Horowitz, Anthony |
The Falcon’s Malteser:
A Diamond Brothers Mystery. |
| Lawrence, Caroline |
Thieves of Ostia: A Roman Mystery. |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Bernie Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry. |
| Nickerson, Sara |
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found. |
| Patneaude, David |
Someone was Watching. |
| Raskin, Ellen |
The Westing Game. |
| Roberts, Willo Davis |
What Could Go Wrong? |
| Skurzynski, Gloria |
Wolf Stalker. |
| Smith, Roland |
Zach’s Lie. |
| Van Draanen, Wendelin |
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel
Thief. |
| Wright, Betty Ren |
The Dollhouse Murders. |
| Baskin, Nora Raleigh |
What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows. |
| Brooks, Bruce |
Vanishing. |
| Byalick, Marcia |
Quit It. |
| Carney, Janet |
The Double Life of Zoe Flynn. |
| Cassidy, Cathy |
Dizzy. |
| Clements, Andrew |
Frindle. |
| Cooper, Ilene |
Sam I Am. |
| Danziger, Paula |
P.S. Longer Letter Later. |
| Dowell, Frances |
The Secret Language of Girls. |
| Feiffer, Jules |
The Man in the Ceiling. |
| Fenner, Carol |
Yolonda's Genius. |
| Fine, Anne |
Step by Wicked Step. |
| Fletcher, Ralph |
Flying Solo. |
| Gantos, Jack |
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key. |
| Giff, Patricia |
Pictures of Hollis Woods. |
| Jiménez, Francisco |
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant
Child. |
| Konigsburg, E. L. |
The View from Saturday. |
| Koss, Amy |
The Girls. |
| Martin, Ann |
Here Today. |
| McKay, Hilary |
Indigo’s Star. |
| Naylor, Phyllis R. |
The Agony of Alice. |
| Park, Barbara |
Mick Harte Was Here. |
| Voigt, Cynthia |
Bad Girls. |
| Warner, Sally |
Dog Years. |
| White, Ruth |
Belle Prater's Boy. |
| Yee, Lisa |
Millicent Min: Girl Genius. |
| Asimov, Janet |
Norby, the
Mixed-Up Robot. |
| Butts, Nancy |
The Door in the Lake. |
| Christopher, John |
The White Mountains. |
| Ciencin, Scott |
Dinoverse. |
| Duprau, Jeanne |
The City of Ember. |
| Fox, Helen |
Eager. |
| Haddix, Margaret |
Among the Hidden. |
| Key, Alexander |
Escape to Witch Mountain. |
| Klause, Annette |
Alien Secrets. |
| L'Engle, Madeleine |
A Wrinkle in Time. |
| Lowry, Lois |
The Giver. |
| Mackel, Kathy |
Can of Worms. |
| Nix, Garth |
Shade’s Children. |
| Peck, Richard |
Lost in Cyberspace. |
| Pfeffer, Susan |
Rewind to Yesterday. |
| Pinkwater, Jill |
Mister Fred. |
| Seidler, Tor |
Brainboy and the Deathmaster. |
| Skurzynski, Gloria |
The Virtual War. |
| Sleator, William |
The Night the Heads Came. |
| Waugh, Sylvia |
Space Race. |
| Williams, Mark |
Ancient Fire. |
| Coville, Bruce |
A Glory
of Unicorns. |
| Dahl, Roald |
The Wonderful Story of
Henry Sugar, and Six More. |
| Hearne, Betsy |
The Canine Connection: Stories About Dogs and People. |
| Jacques, Brian |
Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales. |
| Jennings, Paul |
Unreal! Eight Surprising Stories. |
| Kipling, Rudyard |
Just So Stories. |
| Maguire, Gregory |
Leaping Beauty and Other Animal Fairy Tales. |
| |
Random House Book of Sports Stories. |
| |
Tripping Over the Lunch Lady: And Other School Stories. |
| Wrede, Patricia |
Book of Enchantments. |
| Wynne-Jones, Tim |
Some of the Kinder Planets. |
| Yourgrau, Barry |
Nastybook. |
| Avi |
S.O.R. Losers. |
| Baskin, Nora Raleigh |
Basketball (Or Something Like It). |
| Christopher, Matt |
Nothin’ but Net. |
| Cooper, Ilene |
Choosing Sides. |
| Fitzgerald, Dawn |
Getting in the Game. |
| Fogelin, Adrian |
Crossing Jordan. |
| Gantos, Jack |
Joey Pigza Loses Control. |
| Gutman, Dan |
Babe and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure. |
| Hicks, Betty |
Busted! |
| Korman, Gordon |
The Zucchini Warriors. |
| Mackel, Kathy |
MadCat. |
| Mauser, Pat |
A Bundle of Sticks. |
| Riddell, Ruth |
Ice Warrior. |
| Ritter, John |
The Boy Who Saved Baseball. |
| Slote, Alfred |
Finding Buck McHenry. |
| Telander, Rick |
String Music. |
| Wallace, Rich |
The Roar of the Crowd. |
| Zirpoli, Jane |
Roots in the Outfield. |
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