Favorite Books - 4th and 5th Grade
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Last Updated November 1, 2007
- +ALVAR - How Tia Lola Came to Visit (Stay) by Julia Alvarez
Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.Also Available In: - +AVI - Poppy's Return by Avi
Poppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to her ancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer. - +BALLI - The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.Also Available In: - +CATLI - The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling
A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate.Also Available In: - +CLEME - The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
Life is usually easy for popular sixth-grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students.Also Available In: - +COOPE - The Boggart by Susan Cooper
After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.Also Available In: - +COVIL - I was a Sixth Grade Alien by Bruce Coville
When aliens come to Earth on an interplanetary trade mission, sixth-grader Tim makes friends with the ambassador's son and together they uncover a plot to sabotage the mission.Also Available In: - +COWEL - How to be a Pirate by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III by Cressida Cowell
Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as his Viking training continues and his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure. - +CREEC - Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.Also Available In: - +DANZI - P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara-Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara-Starr's family moves to another state.Also Available In: - +FUNKE - Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.Also Available In: - +GANTO - Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired. - +GLIOR - Pure Dead Trouble by Debi Gliori
Danger continues to find the members of the eccentric Strega-Borgia family at their Scottish castle, this time in the form of a butler who wants to blow up a nearby corporation and a demon who seeks the all-powerful Chronostone. - +HANSE - I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl by Joyce Hansen
Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves. In the Dear America series. - +KEHRE - Spy Cat by Peg Kehret
A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie, but the bad guys are no match for the very protective family cat and Benjie's spy skills. - +LASKY - Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor by Kathryn Lasky
In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health. Part of the Royal Diaries series. - +LIN - The Year of the Dog : A Novel by Grace Lin
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life. - +LOWRY - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. - +MOSS - Amelia's School Survival Guide by Marissa Moss
A humorous guide for students with tips for succeeding in school. - +NAMIO - Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka
Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father when he would rather be working on friendships and playing baseball. - +NAYLO - Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs. A Newbery winner. - +NIMMO - Charlie Bone and the Hidden King by Jenny Nimmo
When an ancient enchanter is released from the grounds of Bloor's Academy, threatening both of Charlie Bone's parents, the only way Charlie and his friends can defeat him is by finding the red king himself.Also Available In: - +ROBIN - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
In this humorous and heartwarming story, the six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.Also Available In: - +SNICK - The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket
Next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, and it is next-to-first in its supply of misery, despair, and unpleasantness.Also Available In: - +VANDR - Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things by Wendelin Van Draanen
While on her first hiking and camping trip, thirteen-year-old Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors while avoiding scorpions, ticks, and embarrassment.
