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HMS Summer Reading Students entering Grades 5
Check out books by these great authors…
Lloyd Alexander Judy Blume Beverly Cleary Andrew Clements Sharon Creech Roald Dahl Kate DiCamillo E.L. Konigsburg Lois Lowery Patricia MacLachlan Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Barbara Park Gary Paulsen Richard Peck Louis Sachar Jerry Spinelli
Some popular series to try… Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Rick Riordan Spiderwick Chronicles – Tony DiTerlizzi A to Z Mysteries – Ron Roy Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket
Other titles to try…
Edward’s Eyes Edward is one of a large and close family that loves baseball, music, books, and each other, and when e unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, his eyes go to a perfect recipient.
The talented Clementine Sara Pennypacker Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.
The land of the silver apples Nancy Farmer After escaping from The Sea of Trolls, the apprentice bard Jack plunges into a new series of adventures, traveling underground to Elfland and uncovering the truth about his little sister Lucy.
Lawn boy Gary Paulsen Things get out of hand for a 12-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
The lightning thief Rick Riordan Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he goes on a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus’s lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.
The homework machine Dan Gutman Four fifth-grade students, their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.
The road to Paris Nikki Grimes Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision. |