Mrs. Horowitz's
Favorites for
5th Grade
| Author |
Title |
| Alexander, Lloyd |
The Rope Trick |
| Avi |
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle |
| Byng, Georgia |
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of
Hypnotism |
| Christopher, John |
The White
Mountains |
| Colfer, Eoin |
Artemis Fowl series |
| Collins, Suzanne |
Gregor the Overlander |
| Cooper, Susan |
"The dark
is rising" series |
| Creech, Sharon |
Walk Two Moons |
| Curtis, Christopher Paul |
Bud, not Buddy ; The Watsons go
to Birmingham |
| DuPrau, Jeanne |
The city of Ember |
| Fitzgerald, John |
The great brain |
| Fitzhugh, Louise |
Harriet the Spy |
| Fletcher, Susan |
Shadow Spinner |
| Foon, Dennis |
The Dirt Eaters |
| Fox, Paula |
Slave
dancer |
| Funke, Cornelia |
The Thief Lord; Inkheart |
| Horowitz, Anthony |
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series) |
| Hunter, Erin |
"Warriors" series |
| Jacques, Brian |
"Redwall" series |
| Kerr, P.B. |
The Akhenaten Adventure
("Children of the Lamp" series) |
| L'Engle, Madeleine. |
A
wrinkle in time (Mrs. Horowitz's all time favorite book) |
| Levoy, Myron |
Alan and
Naomi |
| Lewis, C. S. |
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
("Chronicles of Narnia" series) |
| Lowry, Lois |
Number the Stars |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
The
agony of Alice (and other "Alice" books) |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Shiloh ; Shiloh Season |
| Nimmo, Jenny |
Midnight for Charlie Bone (and
others in the series) |
| O'Brien, Robert |
Mrs.
Frisby and the rats of NIMH |
| Park, Linda Sue |
A Single Shard |
| Paterson, Katherine
|
Bridge
to Terabithia
; Come sing, Jimmy Jo
|
| Paulsen, Gary |
Hatchet series; Transall Saga |
| Pearce, Phillippa |
Tom's
Midnight Garden |
| Peck, Richard |
A long way from Chicago |
| Rowling, J. K. |
Harry Potter books |
| Sachar, Louis |
Holes |
| Snickett, Lemony |
The Bad Beginning ("Series of
Unfortunate Events") |
| Speare, Elizabeth George |
The witch
of Blackbird Pond |
| St. John, Lauren |
The White Giraffe |
| Stroud, Jonathan |
The Amulet of Samarkand |
| Taylor, Mildred |
Roll
of thunder, hear my cry |
| Taylor, Theodore |
The
cay |
|
