Mr. Mell's
Fifth Grade Classroom
2009-2010

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Recommended Reading List from our School District
(Grades 3-5)

FICTION

• No Talking by Andrew Clements

• Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli

• Henry's Freedom Box: a True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine

• Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford

• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

• The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

• Barnstormers: Game 1 (and others in series) by Loren Long and Phil Bildner

• Dead Letter (and others in Herculeah Jones mystery series) by Betsy Byars

• Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

• The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles

NONFICTION

• Lightship by Brian Floca

• Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre

• Ballerina Dreams: A True Story by Lauren Thompson

• A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston

• The World's Greatest Elephant by Ralph Helfer

• Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies

• Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World, told by Isabella, Juliana, and Craig Hatkoff and Gerald R. Ulrich

• Every Minute on Earth: Fun Facts that Happen Every 60 Seconds by Steve Murrie

• My Dog May Be a Genius poems by Jack Prelutsky

• Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures by George Sullivan

• Green Power by David Jefferis

Avi

Judy Blume

Roald Dahl

Dan Gutman

J.K. Rowling

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