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 5th Grade Classroom Library Collection

Challenging

AFC South: The Houston Texans, ... James Buckley, Jr. Across Five Aprils    Irene Hunt
Ancient Egypt Revealed  Peter Chrisp Anne Frank: A Life in Hiding  Johanna Hurwitz
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer Black Beauty Anne Sewell
Artic Lights, Arctic Nights Debbie Miller Bone Detectives Donna Jackson
Attack on Pearl Harbor Shelley Tanaka Born to Fly: The Heroic Story of Downed U.S. Navy Pilot Lt. Shane Osborn      Shane Osborn
The B.F.G. Roald Dahl Castle in the Attic      Elizabeth Winthrop
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket The Cay  Theodore Taylor
Bing Bang Boing  Douglas Florian Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest                    Robert Burleigh
Bloomability Sharon Creech The Dark is Rising             Susan Cooper
The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs    Nic Bishop
The Borrowers Mary Norton Downsiders             Neal Shusterman
The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor Theodore Taylor Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster Albert  Marrin
Brian's Return Gary Paulsen Earthquake                    Cynthia Nicolson
Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen Farewell to Manzanar  Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt  Jean Fritz Gathering Blue Lois Lowry
Can You Count to a Googol? Robert Wells Gib Rides Home Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Caught By the Sea: My Life in Boats  Gary Paulsen The Green Dog    Suzanne Staples
Celebrating Ramadan Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith Guts Gary Paulsen
Cesar Chavez Jill Wheeler The High King             Lloyd Alexander 
Coraline Neil Gaiman Hold Up the Sky Jane Louise Curry
Crispin: The Cross of Gold Avi The House of Dies Drear        Virginia Hamilton
The Dead Man in Indian Creek Mary Downing Hahn How to Disappear Completely And Never Be Found  Sara Nickerson
Dealing with Dragons Patricia Wrede In the Shadow of the Alamo Sherry Garland
Dial-a-Ghost Eva Ibbotson Incredible Journey   Shelia Burnford
Don't Know Much About Series  Kenneth Davis Jaguar  Roland Smith
Dragon of Lonely Island Rebecca Rupp Landry News  Andrew Clements
Dragonwings Laurence Yep Locked in Time   Lois Duncan
Duke Ellington Andrea Davis Pinkney Lincoln: A  Photobiography Russell Freedman
The Egyptian Box Jane Curry The Magic City             Edith Nesbit
The Emperor's Silent Army:  The Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China Jane O'Connor Midnight for Charlie Bone             Jenny Nimmo
Eureka!  Richard Platt Mightier than the Sword    Jane  Yolen
Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath Mount Olympus Basketball    Kevin O'Malley 
Eyewitness:  American Revolution  Stuart Murray Mummies and Their Mysteries                                  Charlotte Wilcox
Exploring the Titanic Robert Ballard Mummies, Bones and Body Parts             Charlotte Wilcox 
Fields of Fury James McPherson Night the Heads Came William Sleator
First to Fly:  How Wilbur and Orville Invented the Airplane  Peter Busby No More Dead Dogs    Gordon Korman
Ghost of Fossil Glen Cynthia DeFelice

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

John Fleischman
The Giver Lois Lowry The Random House Book of Shakespeare Stories     Andrew Matthews
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Sharon Creech Rat Boys: A Dating Experiment             Thom Eberhardt
Guy Time Sarah Weeks Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex Nathaniel Philbrick
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling Search for Shadowman         Joan Lowery Nixon
Harvesting Hope Kathleen Krull Shelter Dogs                  Peg Kehret
Hatchet Gary Paulsen Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World                     Jennifer Armstrong
Holes   Louis Sachar A Single Shard Linda Sue Park
Home on the Moon:  Living on a Space Frontier Marianne Dyson Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart             Corinne Szabo
How Much is a Million? David Schwartz Slave Dancer  Paula Fox  
I Was a Rat Phillip Pullman  The Snake Scientist Sy Montgomery
Inkheart Cornelia Funke  So You Want To Be A Wizard  Diane Duane
Inside the Alamo Jim Murphy

Sounder 

William Armstrong
Island of the Aunts Eva Ibbotson Spiders and Their Web Sites Margery Facklam
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson  Barry Denenberg
Janitor's Boy Andrew Clements  Summerland                  Michael Chabon 
Joey Pigza Series Jack Gantos To the Top                    Stephen Venables
Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George The Top of the World              Steve Jenkins
Just Ella Margaret Haddix  Torn Thread Anne Isaacs  
The Kid Who Ran for President Dan Gutman Treasure Island  Robert Louis Stevenson
Lance Armstrong Bill Gutman Tuck Everlasting             Natalie Babbitt 
The Landry News Andrew Clements

Twenty-one Balloons

William Pene DuBois
Laugh-eteria  Douglas Florian Vision of Beauty   Kathryn Lasky
The Lion, Witch and  Wardrobe C.S. Lewis Voyage of the Frog     Gary Paulsen
The Lost Years of Merlin T.A. Barron The Westing Game    Eileen Raskin
Lunch at the Zoo Joyce Altman What a Great Idea!             Stephen Tomecek 
The Man Who Made Time Travel Kathryn Lasky Wildlife Detectives             Donna Jackson 
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli Wilma Unlimited             Kathleen Krull
Matilda Roald Dahl  The Wolves of Willoughby Chase    Joan Aiken
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism Georgia Byng The Woods Scientist             Stephen Swinburne
Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard Atwater  The Wright Sister             Richard Maurer
Mr. Tucket Gary Paulsen

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane

Russell Freedman
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert O'Brien    
Mummies Made in Egypt Aliki

 Developing

My Life in Dog Years Gary Paulsen Amelia Earhart: Free in the Skies             Robert Burleigh
Number the Stars Lois Lowry And Then What Happened, Paul Revere Jean Fritz
Old Yeller Fred Gipson Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days             Stephen  Manes
On Beyond a Million David Schwartz Because of Winn Dixie  Kate DiCamillo
Pigman and Me Paul Zindel Beware of Kissing Lizard Lips       Phyllis Shalant
Point Blank Anthony Horowitz  Bottlenose Dolphins Victor Gentle
PS Longer Letter Later Paula Danziger Bunnicula Strikes Again  James Howe
Redwall Brian Jacques Cages                            Peg Kehret
Regular Guy Sarah Weeks The Celery Stalks at Midnight             James Howe
The River Gary Paulsen Cinderellis and the Glass Hill                 Gail Carson Levine
Robots Rising  Carol Sonenklar The Dark Stairs   Betsy Byars
Saving Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary
The School Story Andrew Clements  Dork in Disguise             Carol Gorman
Seesaw Girl Linda Sue Park Ella Enchanted             Gail Carson Levine
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Lynn Curlee Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman             Louise Borden
The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth Speare Frindle                           Andrew Clements
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone Cindy Neuschwander From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler   E.L. Konigsburg
Smokejumpers   Elaine Landau The Good, the Bad and the Goofy             Jon Scieszka
Snail Mail No More Paula Danzinger Hallelujah Handel Douglas Cowling
A Strong Right Arm Michelle Green Joey Pigza Loses Control   Jack Gantos 
Surviving the Applewhites Stephanie Tolan Knights of the Kitchen Table                        Jon Scieszka
Sword of the Rightful King Jane Yolen Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer                       Robert Byrd
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo Leonardo's Horse    Jean Fritz
Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges Loser                           Jerry Spinelli
The Time Bike Jane Langton Meet Gail Carson Levine             Alice McGinty
There's a Tarantula In My Purse Jean Craighead George Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot      Margot Raven
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story Mary Downing Hahn Orcas: Killer Whales  Victor Gentle
Time Stops for No Mouse Michael Hoeye Owls in the Family Farley Mowat
Trapped by the Ice:  Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure Michael McCurdy Pippi Longstocking       Astrid Lindgren
True Tales of the Wild West Paul Walker Ralph S. Mouse                 Beverly Cleary
Tucket's Home Gary Paulsen Ramona's World Beverly Cleary
Twenty and Ten Claire Bishop Ruby Holler                            Sharon Creech
Two Princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine The Seeing Stone                Tony DiTerlizzi
U.S. Air Force Jason Cooper Shh! We're Writing the Constitution                 Jean Fritz
U.S. Army Jason Cooper So You Want to Be President Judith St. George
U.S. Coast Guard Jason Cooper So You Want to Be an Inventor                    Judith St. George
U.S. Marine Corps Jason Cooper There's a Frog in My Throat  Loreen Leedy
U.S. Navy Jason Cooper Transall Saga                        Gary Paulsen
U.S. Special Operations Jason Cooper Wayside School is Falling Down                 Louis Sachar
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean Lauren Child What Really Happened in Roswell?                 Kathleen Krull
Victory or Death:  True Tales of the American Revolution  Doreen Rappaport What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin                 Jean Fritz
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech Wringer                  Jerry Spinelli
What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows      Nora Raleigh Baskin x x
When Marion Sang Pam Munoz Ryan x x
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls x x
Who was Albert Einstein? Jess Brallier x x
Wild Man Island Will Hobbs x x
Yao Ming Linda Pyle x x
The Year of the Hangman Gary Blackwood x x

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