Authors Too Good to Miss!
- Avi
- Nic Bishop
- John Christopher
- Andrew Clements
- Susan Cooper
- Sharon Creech
- Christopher Paul Curtis
- Karen Cushman
- Douglas Florian
- Russell Freedman
- Patricia Reilly Giff
- Virginia Hamilton
- Steve Jenkins
- E. L. Konigsburg
- Madeleine L’Engle
- Lois Lowry
- Walter Dean Myers
- Katherine Paterson
- Gary Paulsen
- Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Patricia Polacco
- Robert San Souci
- Seymour Simon
- Jerry Spinelli
- Mildred Taylor
- Carole Boston Weatherford
Nonfiction
Adventures in Cartooning James Sturm
The Emperor’s Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China Jane O’Connor
Freedom Walkers: the Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Russell Freedman
Frog Heaven: Ecology of a Vernal Pool Doug Wechsler
How to Survive in Antarctica Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Living Color Steve Jenkins
Math Potatoes: Mind-Stretching Brain Food Greg Tang
Nic Bishop Spiders Nic Bishop
One Well: the Story of Water on Earth Rochelle Strauss
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out created by 108 authors and illustrators, Candlewick Press
Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials Sneed B. Collard
We are the Ship: the Story of Negro League Baseball Kadir Nelson
What the World Eats Peter Menzel
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created by Tricia Goodman, 2010
Sternberger School Library
A Few good Books for
Fifth
Grade
Among the Hidden series Margaret Peterson Haddix
Becoming Naomi León Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Dark is Rising series Susan Cooper
A Dog for Life L.S. Matthews
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: a Melodrama Laura Amy Schlitz
Earth Dragon Awakes: the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Laurence Yep
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis
Found Margaret Peterson Haddix (Missing series)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg
The Giver Lois Lowry
The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson
Hatchet Gary Paulsen
The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron
Holes Louis Sachar
The Homework Machine Dan Gutman
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Jack Gantos (series)
The Last Dragon Silvana Di Mari
Lawn Boy Gary Paulsen
Love That Dog Sharon Creech
The McElderry Book of Greek Myths Eric A. Kimmel
Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf: a Year Told Through Stuff Jennifer L. Holm
Percy Jackson & the Olympians series Rick Riordan
Pink and Say Patricia Polacco
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor (series)
Rules Cynthia Lord
The Seer of Shadows Avi
Shredderman series Wendelin Van Draanen
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi
Unwitting Wisdom: an Anthology of Aesop’s Fables Helen Ward
A Week in the Woods Andrew Clements
The White Mountains trilogy John Christopher
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle
Yellow Star Jennifer Rozines Roy
Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant Jack Prelutsky
Birds On a Wire: a Renga 'Round Town Patrick J. Lewis
Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up Lisa Westberg Peters
Jazz Walter Dean Myers
Langston Hughes: Poetry for Young People Langston Hughes
Peacock and Other Poems Valerie Worth
Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems Joyce Sidman
Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life’s Song Ashley Bryan
George Washington Carver Tonya Bolden
Eleanor, Quiet No More: the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt Doreen Rappaport
Farmer George Plants a Nation Peggy Thomas
Shining Star: the Anna May Wong Story Paula Yoo
Snow Baby: the Arctic Childhood of Robert E. Peary’s Daring Daughter Katherine Kirkpatrick