Cherry Road

For Students Entering
5th Grade
Summer Reading List
SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING
Approximate Reading Level can be found in bold after the Author’s Name;
these are meant to guide parents as to the level of support your child may need when reading this book. *

Realistic Fiction


Ivy and Bean series- Barrows (M)
Stink series- McDonald (O)
Judy Moody series- McDonald (P)
Emma series- Warner (S)
Lemonade War- Davies (P)
Ida B.- Harrigan (X)
Rules- Lord (J)
Freckle Juice- Blume (M)
The Penderwicks- Birdsall (S)
Dexter the Tough- Haddix (Q)
Quigley’s in a Spin- Mason (W)
Edward’s Eyes- Maclachlan (N)
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little- Gifford (T)
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank
You Notes
- Gifford (T)
Oggie Cooder- Weeks (U)
The Stories Julian Tells-Cameron (N)
Junie B Jones series-Park (M)
Jake Drake series-Clements (P)
Amber Brown series-Danziger (N)


Fantasy
Chronicles of Narnia series- Lewis (W)
Secrets of Droon series- Abbott (Q)
Charlotte’s Web- White (R)
Indian in the Cupboard- Banks (R)
Mr. Popper’s Penguins- Atwater (Q)
Trumpet of the Swan- White (R)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School-Sachar(P)
Spiderwick series- Terlizzi (T)
Silverwing- Oppel (U)
Chocolate Fever- Smith (O)
Chocolate Touch- Catling (N)

Historical Fiction


Johnny Tremain- Forbes (T)
Bud, Not Buddy- Curtis (T)
My Brother Sam is Dead- Collier (Y)
Sarah, Plain and Tall series- MacLachlan (R)
Fever 1793- Anderson (Z)
American Girl series- various authors (S)
Little House on the Prairie series- Wilder (Q)
Teddy Roosevelt & the Treasure of Ursa Major- Kidd (W)


Mystery
Encyclopedia Brown series- Sobol (P)
Cam Jansen series- Adler (L)
Masterpiece- Broach (T)
A-Z Mystery series- Roy (N)
Bailey School Kids series- Dadey (O)
Jigsaw Jones series- Preller (M)


Adventure
Cricket in Times Square- Selden (S)
Hatchet- Paulsen (U)
The Littles- Peterson (M)
Wanderer- Creech (V)
Poppy- Avi (S)
Magic Tree House series- Osborne (N)
Magic School Bus series- various authors (P)
Boxcar Children series- Warner (O)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret- Selznik (U)
Devil’s Bridge- DeFelice (R)
The Willoughbys- Lowry (U)
Gully’s Travels- Seidler (V)


Science Fiction
Aliens for Breakfast- Etra (M)
Star Wars series- various authors (T)
My Teacher is an Alien series- Coville (S)
Space Brat series- Coville (P)

Humor


Zack Files- Greenburg (O)
Amelia Bedelia series- Parish (L)
Black Lagoon series- Thaler (O)
Mercy Watson- DiCamillo (M)
Time Warp Trio series- Scieszka (P)
Lawn Boy- Paulson (Q)
Skinnybones- Park (P)
Marvin Redpost series- Sachar (M)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series- Kinney (T)
Captain Underpants series- Pilkey (S)
Horrible Harry series- Kline (L)
Frog and Toad series- Lobel (K)


Poetry
Casey at the Bat- Thayer (U)
Honey, I Love- Greenfield (R)
If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries- Viorst (T)
If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School- Dakos (T)
Side By Side:Poems to Read Together-Hopkins
Runny Babbit- Silverstein (N)


Non-Fiction
What’s the Big Idea Ben Franklin? Fritz (O)
Oh Rats! The Story of Rats and People-Marrin(T)
Lady Liberty- Rappaport (S)


Favorite Authors
Sara Pennypacker
Andrew Clements
Sharon Creech
Louis Sachar
Jean Craighead George
Patricia MacLachlan
Judy Blume
Patricia Reilly Giff
Patricia Polacco
Beverly Cleary

 
*Levels J-M=Grade 2 Levels N-P=Grade 3 Levels Q-S=Grade 4 Levels T-V=Grade 5 Levels W-Z=Grade 6