Fifth Grade Literature List
Revised July 29, 2011

Read in class or assigned for outside reading:
Defoe, Daniel                                    Robinson Crusoe
Forbes, Esther                                    Johnny Tremain
Lathan, Jean                                    Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Lewis, C.S.                                    The Silver Chair
Lewis, C.S.                                    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Speare, Elizabeth                                    The Witch on Blackbird Pond
Swift, Jonathan                                    Gulliver’s Travels (excerpts)

Outside Reading: Adopted titles are divided into three levels in an attempt to provide options for all readers. Teachers and parents may use a list of titles above or below grade level when appropriate for a student. Books with a “+” denote that any title in that series would be acceptable.  In addition to the books assigned by the teacher, students are to read one book per quarter independently outside of class from the books listed below.  Instructions for a related project will be provided by the teacher.

Level 1
Beatty, Patricia                        Turn Homeward, Hannalee
Brink, Carol                        Caddie Woodlawn
Byars, Betsy                        The Summer of the Swans
Cleary, Beverly                        Dear Mr. Henshaw
De Jong, Meindert                        The Wheel on the School
Enright, Elizabeth                        Thimble Summer
Gates, Doris                        Blue Willow
Gipson, Fred                        Old Yeller
Hanes Mari                        Two Mighty Rivers
O’Brien, Robert                        Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Rawls, Wilson                        Where the Red Fern Grows
Selden, George                        Cricket in Times Square

Level 2
Cameron, Eleanor                        Mushroom Planet +
De Jong, Meindert                        House of Sixty Fathers
George, Jean Craighead                        Julie of the Wolves
Montgomery, Lucy                        Anne of Green Gables
O’Dell, Scott                        Island of the Blue Dolphin
Pearce, Philippa                        Tom’s Midnight Garden
Porter, Eleanor                        Pollyanna +
Rawks, Wilson                        Summer of the Monkeys
Spyri, Johanna                        Heidi                                   
Wyss, Johann                        Swiss Family Robinson

Level 3
Alcott, Louisa                        Little Men
Burnett, Frances                        Little Lord Fauntleroy
De Jong, Meindert                                    Journey from Peppermint Street
Dodge, Mary                        Hans Brinker
Grahame, Kenneth                        Wind in the Willows
McDonald, George                        Princess and Curdie
McDonald, George                        Princess and the Goblin
North, Sterling                        Rascal
Seredy, Kate                        White Stag
Stevenson, Robert Louis                        Treasure Island
Terhune, Albert                        Lad: A Dog
Tolkien, J. R. R.                        The Hobbit
Verne, Jules                                    Around the World in Eighty Days
Verne, Jules                                    Journey to the Center of the Earth