Book Recommendations

A few of my favorite books for 4th-6th grade
Here are some book recommendations. Some are tried and true classics, and others are more recent publications. I've starred my absolute favorites.


A
***A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle
Al Capone does my Shirts by Choldenko

B
Because of Winn-Dixie by DiCamillo
BFG by Dahl
Birchbark House by Erdrich
Bread and Roses, Too by Paterson
Bridge to Terabithia by Paterson
***Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

C
The Cay by Taylor
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Dahl
City of Ember by DuPrau
Crispin by Avi

D
Danny, Champion of the World by Dahl

E
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

F
Feathers by Woodson
The Fledgling by Langton
Flora and Ulysses by DiCamillo
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by Konigsburg

G
Gathering Blue by Lowry
George by Gino
***The Giver by Lowry

H
Hatchet by Paulsen
Heat  by Lupica
Holes by Sachar
***Home of the Brave by Applegate
Hoot by Hiaasen
How to Eat Fried Worms by Rockwell

I
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Lord
Indian in the Cupboard by Banks
Inkheart Trilogy by Funke
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Selznick
Island of the Blue Dolphins by O'Dell

J
James and the Giant Peach by Dahl
Journey to Topaz by Uchida

M
Maniac Magee by Spinelli
Matilda by Dahl
***The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by DiCamillo
Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by Konigsburg

N
The Narnia Chronicles by Lewis
No Talking by Clements
Number the Stars by Lowry

O
***One and Only Ivan by Applegate
***Out of my Mind by Draper

P
Percy Jackson series by Riordan
***The Phantom Toll Booth by Juster

R
Roll of Thunder by Taylor

S
Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes by Coerr
Secret Garden by Hodgson Burnett
Shiloh by Naylor
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Sachar
Sign of the Beaver by George Speare
Stargirl by Spinelli

T
Tale of Despereaux by DiCamillo
The Trumpet of the Swan by White
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Sachar
Tuck Everlasting by Babbitt

W
The War that Saved my Life by Brubaker Bradley
***The Watsons Go to Birmingham - Christopher Paul Curtis
***The Wednesday Wars by Schmidt
The Witches by Dahl
***Wonder by Palacio
Wringer by Spinelli

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