3-5 Summer Reading List

GRADES 3-5

* A special note for 5th grade: Students MUST read Word of Mouse by James Patterson. Then students should choose at least 2 of the options from the list below and complete a project on one of these optional books.

Click here to access a list of all summer reading project options.

The Mystery of the Graveyard of the Atlantic by Carole Marsh
I Survived Hurricane Katrina by Lauren Tarshis (or any I survived book)
The Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne (any book from the series)
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Joltin' Joe DiMaggio by Jonah Winter
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobel
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Jonah Winter
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (or any book in the series)
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (or any collection of Silverstein's poetry)
Heroes for All Times: A Nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #51: High Time for Heroes by Mary Pope Osbourne and Natalie Pope Bryce
Anna, Banana and the Friendship Split by Anica Mrose Rissi
Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee
The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon by Meghan McCarthy
Stay: The True Story of Ten Dogs by Michaela Muntean
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom by Joan Holub
Thomas Jefferson Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything by Maira Kalman
Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World by Steve Jenkins
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff
St. Damian of Molokai: Hero of Hawaii by Virginia Richards and D. Thomas Halpin
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 
Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson
Moo by Sharon Creech
Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Untamed the Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita Silvey
Our Moon: New Discoveries About Earth's Closest Companion by Elaine Scott
Hurricane Force: In the Path of America's Deadliest Storms by Joseph B. Treaster
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Malcolm at Midnight by W.H. Beck
Companion by Elain Scott
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman
Around the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleishman
The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Wishtree by K/A. Applegate
The 13 Story Treehouse by Darienne Stewart (or any in the series)
Who Was Clara Barton? by Stephanie Spinner (or any Who Was...? book in the series)
Marathon by Meghan McCarthy