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GRADE 4/5 READING LIST
This list was compiled by the librarians of the Boston Public Schools and the Boston Public Library
CONTEMPORARY FICTION:
Nasty Stinky Sneakers Eve Bunting
Disappearing Acts Betsy Byars
Sees Behind Trees Michael Dorris
Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
Seedfolks Paul Fleischman
Radiance Descending Paula Fox
Sun and Spoon Kevin Henkes
Just Juice Karen Hesse
Ola Shakes It Up Joanne Hyppolite
See You Around Sam Lois Lowry
Me, Mop and the Moondance Kid Walter Dean Myers
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family Lensey Namioka
Saving Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Best School Year Ever Barbara Robinson
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger Louis Sachar
Boys at Work Gary Soto
Wringer Jerry Spinelli
Daring To Be Abigail Rachel Vail
The Bad Girls Cynthia Voight
Scooter Vera B. Williams
Later Gator Laurence Yep
HISTORICAL FICTION:
Cocoa Ice Diana Appelbaum
Sounder William H. Armstrong
The Barn Avi
Ernestine and Amanda: Members of the C.L.U.B. Sandra Belton
With Every Drop of Blood James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier
The Paper Dragon Marguerite W. Davol
Guests Michael Dorris
Bandit's Moon Sid Fleischman
Letters From Rifka Karen Hesse
When Jessie Came Across the Sea Amy Hest
Nim and the War Effort Milly Lee
The Belonging Place Jean Little
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
Run Away Home Patricia McKissack
Park's Quest Jean Paterson
Cat Running Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Mississippi Bridge Mildred D. Taylor
Journey to Topaz Yoshiko Uchida
Ludell Brenda Wilkinson
The Star Fisher Laurence Yep
FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION:
Norby and Terrified Taxi Janet Asimov
Poppy and Rye Avi
Search for the Delicious Natalie Babbitt
Aliens Ate My Homework Bruce Coville
The School Mouse Dick King-Smith
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Betty MacDonald
The Moorchild Eloise McGraw
The Prince of the Pond : Otherwise Known As De Fawg Pin Donna Jo Napoli
Bed-Knob and Broomstick Mary Norton
Awake and Dreaming Kit Pearson
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Jerry Pinkney
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling
Summer Reading Is Killing Me Jon Scieszka
The Cricket in Times Square George Selden
The Thief Megan Whalen Turner
The Castle in the Attic Elizabeth Winthrop
BIOGRAPHY:
The Dalai Lama Demi
You Want Women To Vote, Lizzie Stanton? Jean Fritz
Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam Quang Nhuong Huynh
Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith Mary E. Lyons
Toussaint L'Overture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom Cyril Lionel and Robert James
Sacagawea Judith St George
Starry Messenger: A Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist Peter Sis
Leonardo Da Vinci Michael J. Gelb
Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Corrine Szabo
Leon's Story Leon Walter Tillage
FOLKTALES, FAIRY TALES, AND LEGENDS:
Hosni The Dreamer Ehud Ben-Ezer
The Boy Who Lived With Bears Joseph Bruchac
The Lion's Whisker: An Ethiopian Folktale Day
One Grain of Rice: A Tale of Northern Italy Tomie dePaola
A Ring of Tricksters Virginia Hamilton
Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu Emily Arnold McCully
Golem David Wisniewski
Rapunzel Paul O. Zelinsky
CORE LITERATURE GRADE 4:
My Name is Maria Isabel Alma Flor Ada
The Fighting Ground Avi
Circle of Gold Candy Boyd
Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr
The Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh
The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes
Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues Eloise Greenfield
Onion Tears Diana Kidd
Children of the Earth and Sky Stephen Krensky
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan
The Magic Shell Nicholasa Mohr
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear Lensey Namioka
Abel's Island William Steig
Song of the Trees Mildred Taylor
Charlotte's Web E. B. White
The Castle in the Attic Elizabeth Winthrop
A Boy Becomes a Man at Wounded Knee Elizabeth Winthrop
GRADE 5:
The Fighting Ground Avi
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary
War Comes to Willy Freeman James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier
The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman
Two Tickets to Freeom Florence B. Freedman
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord
Onion Tears Diana Kidd
Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I a Woman?" Pat McKissack
Snow Treasure Marie McSwigan
Crossing the Starlight Bridge Alice Mead
Felita Nicholasa Mohr
Journey to 'JoBurg Beverley Naidoo
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sing Down the Moon Scott O'Dell
Kid in the Red Jacket Barbara Park
The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson
The Real Thief William Steig
Mississippi Bridge Mildred D. Taylor
Journey to Topaz Yoshiko Uchida
INFORMATIONAL BOOKS:
Common Ground Molly Bang
Marbles: 101 Ways to Play Joanna Cole
The Kids' Summer Handbook Jane Drake
Young Inline Skater Chris Edwards
And Then There Was One: The Mysteries of Extinction Margery Facklam
The Great Wall of China Leonard Everett Fisher
Prehistoric Life Explained: A Beginner's Guide to the World of Dinosaurs Jinny Johnson
Home Page: An Introduction to Web Page Design Christopher Lampton
Cheetahs Dianne M. MacMillan
Inside the Titanic Ken Marshall
An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly Laurence Pringle
Now You See It, Now You Don't Seymour Simon
The Kids' Multicultural Art Book Alexandra M. Terzian
Orphan-Train Rider Andrea Warren
A Drop of Water Walter Wick
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