Suggested Summer Reading List
Grades 4-5  

The Girl Who Loved the Wind Yolen, J.*
The Lemonade Trick Corbett, S.
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Atwater, R.& F.
James and the Giant Peach Dahl, R.
Anastasia (series) Lowry, L.*
Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues McKissak, P. & F.*
Charlotte’s Web White, E.B.*
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, R.
The Whipping Boy Fleischman, S.*
Jennifer,Hectate,MacBeth,William McKinley,&Me,Elizabeth Konigsburg, E.*
Shiloh Naylor, P.*
Mummies Made in Egypt Aliki
Misty of Chincoteague Henry, M.*
How to Eat Fried Worms Rockwell, T.
Sarah, Plain and Tall MacLaughlan, P.*
The Borrowers Norton, M.*
Ben and Me Lawson, B.
Poppy Series Avi*
The Boys Start the War & the Girls Get Even Taylor, P.R.
Eagle Song Bruchac, J.*
The Great Gilly Hopkins Paterson, K.
Harriet the Spy Fitzhugh, L.*
Earthquakes Simon, S.
The Double Life of Pocahontas Fritz, J.*
The Islander Rylant, C.*
Rabble Starkey Lowry, L.*
Woodsong Paulson, G.
The Secret Garden Burnett, F.*
Baseball in April and Other Stories Soto, G.*
Julie of the Wolves George, J.C.*
Tuck Everlasting Babbit, N.*
Nightbirds on Nantucket Aiken, J.*
Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell, S.*
Holes Sachar, L.*
Witch of Blackbird Pond Speare, E.*
The Phantom Tollbooth Juster, N.*
Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, W.
 

*Authors listed in the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework,
  Massachusetts Department of Education