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Here are some GREAT books that I recommend for your reading pleasure. In fifth grade, I expect students to be reading chapter books and novels, not picture books!

Fantasy
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle		Challenging
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl		Average
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White		Average
Eragon by Christopher Paolini		Challenging
Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling		Challenging
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke		Challenging
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl		Average
Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving		Average
Matilda by Roald Dahl		Average
The 13th Floor by Sid Fleischman		Average
The BFG by Roald Dahl		Average
The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop		Average
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis		Challenging
The Witches by Roald Dahl		Average
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt		Challenging

Realistic Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo		Challenging
Bridge to Terabithia by Katerine Paterson		Average
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume		Easy Reading
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George		Challenging
Superfudge by Judy Blume		Average
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume		Average
The Kid in the Red Jacket by Barbara Park		Average
The View From Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg		Challenging
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech		Challenging

Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements		Average
Holes by Louis Sachar		Average
Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks		Average
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos		Average
Joey Pigza Swallowed a Key by Jack Gantos		Average
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George		Challenging
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli		Average
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens		Challenging
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor		Average
The Giver by Lois Lowry		Challenging
The Report Card by Andrew Clements		Average
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman		Average

Historical Fiction
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck		Average
Bud, Not Buddy by Christpher Paul Curtis		Average
Captain Kate by Carolyn Reeder		Challenging
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman		Challenging
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry		Challenging
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco		Easy Reading
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. by Mildred Taylor		Challenging
Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder		Challenging
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare		Challenging

Mystery
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman		Average
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder		Average
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin		Challenging

Fairy Tales and Fables
Click on the book title for more info	Rating	Difficulty
The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson		Easy Reading
White Fang by Jack London		Average

FANTASTIC FIFTH GRADE
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