Dear Parents and upcoming fifth graders,

Below I have created a summer reading list for you to look through, as you need something to do at the beach or just lounging around at home this summer. ? I have also included the novels we may read as a class next year. Parents, if your child would benefit from pre-reading any of these, I am open to that. I always tell my fifth graders that if it’s truly a good book, it needs to be read many times. Happy Summer Reading!

•    A Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
•    Bunnicula, by James Howe
•    Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
•    Night Journeys by Avi
•    Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
•    Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
•    Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
•    The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
•    The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth,
•    The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
•    The Pinballs by Betsy Byars
•    The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
•    The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
•    The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleichman
•    Trouble River by Betsy Byars
Fifth grade class novels
•    Island of the Blue Dolphin
•    Indian in the Cupboard
•    Tuck Everlasting
•    My Side of the Mountain
•    Maniac Magee
I wish for each of you a wonderful relaxing summer and look forward to meeting and getting to know you next year!
Blessings,
Jodi Beachy