Summer Reading List for Students Entering Fifth Grade
Summer 2008
Summer reading is an enjoyable experience designed to keep reading skills
active. Students are asked to read three books during the summer but are
encouraged to read as much as possible. Teachers will be doing activities based
on summer reading when students return to school in August. Have a wonderful
summer filled with BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!
Choose any ONE of the following 3 books to read this summer:
Theme: Fantasy
The Magicians’ Nephew by C.S. LewisChoose any TWO of the following books to read this summer or
read any two books of your choice:
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare
Redwall by Brian Jacques
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L ‘Engle
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Spider Boy by Ralph Fletcher
The Kid Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman
Wayside School Is Falling Down by Louis Sachar
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Peck
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin by Jean Fritz
Any other book by Jean Fritz
Dear America series
Biography of choice