 | Favorite Novels for 4th & 5th Graders |
| These can be found in J fiction and/or J paperback. | |
| Anderson | Whales on Stilts |
| Avi | Poppy |
| Blume | Starring Sally J. Friedman as Herself |
| Cameron | The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods |
| Clements | Frindle |
| Codell | Sahara Special |
| Cooper | The Boggart |
| Coville | Jennifer Murdley's Toad |
| Creech | Granny Torrelli Makes Soup |
| Curtis | Bud, Not Buddy |
| Dahl | The Witches |
| Danziger | P.S. Longer Letter Later |
| DeFelice | The Light on Hogback Hill |
| Dhami | Bindi Babes |
| DiCamillo | Because of Winn-Dixie |
| Dorris | Morning Girl |
| Downer | Hatching Magic |
| Farmer | The Warm Place |
| Fine | Bad Dreams |
| Fitzhugh | Harriet the Spy |
| Fleischman | Seedfolks |
| Fletcher | Flying Solo |
| Gantos | Jack Adrift |
| Gerstein | The Old Country |
| Gilson | Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub |
| Griffin | Overnight |
| Gutman | Jackie & Me |
| Hannigan | Ida B...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World |
| Henkes | Words of Stone |
| Horvath | The Trolls |
| Ibbotson | Dial-A-Ghost |
| Ives | Monsieur Eek |
| Jennings | Out Standing in My Field |
| Johnston | Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio |
| King-Smith | Babe: The Gallant Pig |
| Klise | Regarding the Fountain |
| Konigsburg | From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
| L'Engle | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Levine | Ella Enchanted |
| Lisle | Forest |
| Lowry | Number the Stars |
| Maguire | Seven Spiders Spinning |
| Martin | The Doll People |
| McGraw | The Moorchild |
| McKissack | Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North |
| Morgenstern | Secret Letters From 0 to 10 |
| Napoli | The Bravest Thing |
| Naylor | The Grand Escape |
| Nimmo | Midnight for Charlie Bone |
| Nordstrom | The Secret Language |
| O'Brien | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH |
| O'Dell | Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| Oppel | Silverwing |
| Park | Project Mulberry |
| Paterson | Bridge to Terabithia |
| Perkins | All Alone in the Universe |
| Pullman | The Scarecrow and His Servant |
| Rodgers | Freaky Friday |
| Sachar | Sixth Grade Secrets |
| Said | Varjak Paw |
| Selznick | The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures |
| Sleator | Among the Dolls |
| Snyder | Gib Rides Home |
| Spinelli | Loser |
| Steig | The Real Thief |
| Talbert | The Trap |
| Tamar | The Junkyard Dog |
| Vande Velde | Smart Dog |
| Waugh | Space Race |
| Woodruff | The Ravenmaster's Secret |
| Wynne-Jones | Rex Zero and the End of the World |
| Yee | Millicent Min, Girl Genius |
| Yep | Skunk Scout |
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Wilmette Public Library Youth Department
www.wilmettelibrary.info/kids Last Updated 6/08 |