Mrs. Downs' Fifth Grade 2007-2008 Reading List

Fifth Grade Reading List
Gifted Reading

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (Unabridged)

We decided that The Jungle Book along with the other stories in The Jungle Book would be half of your summer reading project. Remember you may have to read a paragraph over for comprehension.

You are also required to read one more book from the following list and may read two for extra credit. (EC = a 100 homework grade) Please complete the following sheet and have your parent sign that you have read the books and return it on the first day of school. If you wish, you may complete a summer journal for extra credit. This journal must have five entries along with photographs or drawings. Each entry should be a minimum of a paragraph with complex sentences.

Happy Reading!

You must also choose one of the following:

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple - Karen Cushman

Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine

Looking Back - Lois Lowery

Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burdett

From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg

The Wizard of Oz or The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Frank Baum

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne

Story of King Arthur & His Knights – Howard Pyle

Peter Pan – James Barrie

Pollyanna – Eleanor Porter

The Book of Three – Lloyd Alexander

The Best of Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Jacob Grimm

The Jack Tales – Richard Chase

The Grandfather Tales – Richard Chase

The White Mountains – John Christopher

Boy – Roald Dahl

Grab Hands & Run – Francis Temple

Hatchet - Gary Paulsen

The River – Gary Paulsen

Dragonsong – Anne McCaffrey

A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle

Heidi – Joanna Spyi

Swiss Family Robinson – Johann Wyss

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm –

Extra Credit Only

Pinky Pye - Eleanor Estes

Ginger Pye - Eleanor Estes

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – C. S. Lewis

Bandit’s Moon - Sid Fleischman