River Road Elementary
Rising 5th Grade Summer Reading List
· Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (AR 5.0 / Pts. 8 / 52,179 words) 2000 Newberry Award
· The Watson’s Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis (AR 5.0 / 8 pts./ 50,225 words)
· Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (AR 5.0 / pts. 7 / 48,194 words ) 2003 Newberry Award
· Matilda by Roald Dahl (AR 5.0 / Pts. 6 / 40,009 words)
· Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien (AR 5.1 / Pts. 8 / 53,752 words) 1972 Newberry Award
· The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (AR 5.1 Pts. 3 / 22, 416 words)
· My side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (AR 5.2 / Pts. 6 / 40,355 words)
· Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (AR 5.3 / 3 pts. / 19,756 words) 1998 Newberry Award
· My Teacher Is An Alien by Bruce Coville (AR 5.3 / Pts. 3 / 21,434 words)
· Sounder by William Armstrong (AR 5.3 / 3 pts. / 22,693 words) 1970 Newberry Award
· Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (AR 5.3 / 3 pts. / 17,509 words) 1993 Newberry Award
· The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson (AR 5.4 / Pts. 3 / 21,821 words)
· Frindle by Andrew Clements (AR 5.4 / Pts. 2 / 16,232 words)
· Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (AR 5.4 / Pts. 6 / 40,531 words) 1961 Newberry Award
· Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (AR 5.5 / 7 pts. / 48,221 words) 2006 Newberry Award
· What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story About Benjamin Banneker by Jeri Ferris (AR 5.6 / Pts. 1 / 7,346 words)
· Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater & Florence Atwater (AR 5.6 / Pts. 3 / 16,160 words)
· Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (AR 5.7 / Pts. 7 / 42, 328 words)
· Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (AR 5.8 / 6 pts. / 36,049 words) 1973 Newberry Award
· The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg (AR 5.9 / Pts. 7 / 42,685 words) 1997 Newberry Award
· Walking the Road to Freedom by Jeri Ferris (AR 5.9 / Pts. 1 / 7,713 words)