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Mrs. Downs' Fifth Grade 2007-2008 Reading ListFifth Grade Reading List 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 |
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