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
Patricia MacLachlan

                 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.