Welcome Incoming 5th Grade Readers and Families!
Check out the lists below for summer reading ideas, including books recommended by TSC teachers and students.
Explore the TSC Library To Go site to find even more summer resources for reading and learning. Don't forget: the TSC digital library with Sora is always open! Visit the Sora FAQ section of the TSC Library To Go site for more information about reading with Sora. Happy reading!
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THE UNDEFEATED By Kwame Alexander
THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER: A STORY OF KINDNESS FROM THE BORDER By Stephen Briseño
I AM NOT A LABEL: 34 DISABLED ARTISTS, THINKERS, ATHLETES AND ACTIVISTS FROM PAST AND PRESENT By Cerrie Burnell
MADDI'S FRIDGE By Lois Brandt
WHO IS MALALA YOUSAFZAI? By Dinah Brown
RICK By Alex Gino
STRANGE FRUIT: BILLIE HOLIDAY AND THE POWER OF A PROTEST SONG By Gary Golio
THE POWER BOOK: WHAT IS IT, WHO HAS IT, AND WHY? By Claire Saunders, Georgia Buckthorn, Minna Salami, Mik Scarlet, and Hazel Songhurst
NOTABLE NATIVE PEOPLE: 50 INDIGENOUS LEADERS, DREAMERS, AND CHANGEMAKERS FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT By Adrienne Keene
CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR? By Irene Latham & Charles Waters
CRACKING THE WALL: THE STRUGGLES OF THE LITTLE ROCK NINE By Eileen Lucas
POCKET CHANGE: PITCHING IN FOR A BETTER WORLD By Michelle Mulder
A GOOD KIND OF TROUBLE By Lisa Moore Ramée
42 IS NOT JUST A NUMBER By Doreen Rappapor
THE HERO NEXT DOOR Edited by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
FRONT DESK By Kelly Yang
A YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES By Howard Zinn
THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE* By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
OUT OF MY MIND By Sharon Draper
THE VANDERBEEKERS OF 141ST STREET* By Karina Yan Glaser
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN* By Jean Craighead George
LALANI AND THE DISTANT SEA By Erin Entrada Kelly
DAVE AT NIGHT By Gail Carson Levine
THE LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK By Kristin Levine
THE STARS BENEATH OUR FEET By David Barclay Moore
A SINGLE SHARD By Linda Sue Park
MY BRIGADISTA YEAR By Katherine Patterson
THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING By Shelley Pearsall
LOOK BOTH WAYS IN THE BARRIO BLANCO By Judith Robins Rose
ESPERANZA RISING By Pam Muñoz Ryan
THE WEDNESDAY WARS By Gary M. Schmidt
WHEN YOU REACH ME By Rebecca Stead
SAME SUN HERE By Neela Vaswani and Silas House
ONE CRAZY SUMMER By Rita Williams–Garcia
THE CANYON’S EDGE By Dusti Bowling
THE TRUTH AS TOLD BY MASON BUTTLE By Leslie Conner
FINDING LANGSTON By Lisa Cline-Ranso
TROPICAL SECRETS: HOLOCAUST REFUGEES IN CUBA By Margarita Engle
A WRINKLE IN TIME* By Madeline L'Engle
TWERP By Mark Goldblatt
THE BROOKLYN NINE: A NOVEL IN NINE INNINGS By Alan Gratz
FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANWEILER By E.L. Konisburg
THE LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK By Kristin Levine
TOO BRIGHT TO SEE By Kyle Lukoff
THE DAY THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING By Michael Morpurgo
THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING By Shelley Pearsall
AS BRAVE AS YOU By Jason Reynolds
THE GREAT WALL OF LUCY WU By Wendy Wan-Long Shang
OTHER WORDS FOR HOME By Jasmine Warga
THE BARD AND THE BOOK: HOW THE FIRST FOLIO SAVED THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
FROM OBLIVION By Ann Bausum
KEEP DANCING, LIZZIE CHU By Maisie Chan
ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME By Roshani Chokshi
THE ALL-NEW BOOKS OF LISTS FOR KIDS By Sandra & Harry Choron
THE OBSERVOLOGIST: A HANDBOOK FOR MOUNTING VERY SMALL SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS By Giselle Clarkson 
CROSS MY HEART AND NEVER LIE* By Nora Dåsnes
FERRIS By Kate DiCamillo
AMAZING IMMORTALS: A GUIDE TO GODS AND GODDESSES AROUND THE WORLD By Dinah Dunn Williams
MAX IN THE HOUSE OF SPIES: A TALE OF WORLD WAR II By Adam Gidwitz
THE NIGHT LIBRARIAN By Christopher Lincoln
THE HAPPY SHOP By Brittany Long Olsen
THE SECRET LIBRARY By Kekla Magoon
MEXIKID By Pedro Martin
UNICORN BOY By Dave Roman
THE LABORS OF HERCULES BEAL By Gary D. Schmidt
SHINY MISFITS By Maysoon Zayid
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN By Katherine Applegate
THE JUMBIES* By Tracey Baptiste
LUCKY BROKEN GIRL By Ruth Behar
THE PENDERWICKS* By Jane Birdsall
JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA By Shakirah Bourne
YEAR OF THE BOOK* By Andrea Cheng
GREGOR THE OVERLANDER* By Suzanne Collins
BABE & ME* By Dan Gutman
WAIT TILL HELENE COMES By Mary Downing Hahn
HERO ON A BICYCLE By Shirley Hughes
OPHIE’S GHOSTS By Justina Ireland
THEODOSIA AND THE SERPENTS OF CHAOS* By R.L. LaFevers
IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON By Betty Bao Lord
RULES By Cynthia Lord
TEN RULES FOR LIVING WITH MY SISTER* By Ann M. Martin
THE JIGSAW PUZZLE KING By McMurphy-Barber
THE BRILLIANT WORLD OF TOM GATES* By L. Pinchon
RACE TO THE SUN By Rebecca Roanhorse
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET By Brian Selznick
THE LOST SCROLL OF THE PHYSICIAN By Alisha Sevigny
THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE By Rebecca Stead
WINGS OF FIRE: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY* By Tui T. Sutherland
I SURVIVED THE SHARK ATTACKS OF 1916* By Lauren Tarshis
THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE: THE SHADOWS* By Jacqueline West
FRONT DESK By Kelly Yang
COOKIES & MILK By Shaw Amos
THE FAIRY REBEL By Lynn Reid Banks
THE NOT-JUST-ANYBODY FAMILY* By Betsy Byars
ZACH DELACRUZ: ME AND MY BIG MOUTH By Cecilia Cackley
AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS* By Gennifer Choldenko
DEAR MR. HENSHAW By Beverly Cleary
ABSOLUTELY NORMAL CHAOS By Sharon Creech
THE LAST OF THE REALLY GREAT WHANGDOODLES By Julie Andrews Edward
HARRIET THE SPY By Louise Fitzhugh
A TALE DARK AND GRIMM By Adam Gidwitz
THE LAST LAST-DAY-OF-SUMMER By Lamar Giles
AMONG THE HIDDEN* By Margaret Peterson Haddix
THE LAST CUENTISTA By Donna Barba Higuera
BO AT BALLARD CREEK* By Kirkpatrick Hill
SHINJI TAKAHASHI AND THE MARK OF THE COATL By Julie Kagawa
SAVVY* By Ingrid Law
WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON By Grace Lin
THE DOLL PEOPLE* By Ann M. Martin
THE SKYLARK'S WAR By Hilary McKay
LIZARD MUSIC By Daniel Pinkwater
LUCKY: MARIS, MANTLE, AND MY BEST SUMMER EVER By Wes Tooke
NOTHING IS LITTLE By Carmella Van Vleet
CASTLE IN THE ATTIC* By Elizabeth Winthrop
EL DEAFO By Cece Bell
THE BAD GUYS* By Aaron Blabey
NEW KID* By Jerry Craft
SWIM TEAM By Johnnie Christmas
RUTABAGA THE ADVENTURE CHEF* By Eric Colossal
FLORA & ULYSSES: THE ANIMATED ADVENTURES By Kate DiCamillo
LUMBERJANES* By Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, & Shannon Watters
WITCHES OF BROOKLYN By Sophie Escabasse
SQUISH: SUPER AMOEBA* By Jennifer L. Holm
PIE IN THE SKY By Remy Lai
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY'S GREAT IDEA* By Ann M. Martin
KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES: PART 1* By Shannon Messenger
CAMP* By Kayla Miller
THE WITCH BOY* By Molly Knox Ostertag
BIG NATE MAKES THE GRADE* By Lincoln Pierce
5 WORLDS: THE SAND WARRIOR* By Mark & Alexis Siegal
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN* By Dana Simpson
GUTS* By Raina Telgemeir
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GARDENING By Lisa J. Amstutz 
THE COMPLETE BAKING BOOK FOR YOUNG CHEFS Edited by Molly Birnbaum
FIGHTING FOR YES: THE STORY OF DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST JUDITH HEUMANN By Maryann Cocca-Leffler
WHERE IS THE PARTHENON? By Roberta Edwards
LAZY CRAFTERNOON By Stella Fields
THE KITCHEN PANTRY SCIENTIST CHEMISTRY FOR KIDS By Liz Lee Heinecke
ON THE HORIZON: WORLD WAR II REFLECTIONS By Lois Lowry
BARBED WIRE BASEBALL By Marissa Moss
THE LEGO ADVENTURE BOOK By Megan H. Rothcock
OLYMPIC GAMES UPSETS By Heather Rule
AMERICAN HIP-HOP: RAPPERS, DJS AND HARD BEATS By Nathan Sacks
GIRLS WHO CODE: LEARN HOW TO CODE AND CHANGE THE WORLD By Reshma Saujan
HEDY LAMARR'S DOUBLE LIFE: HOLLYWOOD LEGEND AND BRILLIANT INVENTOR By Laurie Wallmark
UNSPEAKABLE: THE TULSA RACE MASSACRES By Carole Boston Weatherford
WOLVES OF YELLOWSTONE: A REWILDING STORY By Catherine Barr
BLUE: A HISTORY OF THE COLOR AS DEEP AS THE SEA AND AS WIDE AS THE SKY By Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
TINY CREATURES: THE WORLD OF MICROBES By Nicola Davies
CALLING ALL MINDS: HOW TO THINK AND CREATE LIKE AN INVENTOR By Temple Grandin
TORPEDOED: THE TRUE STORY OF THE WORLD WAR II SINKING OF THE "THE CHILDREN'S SHIP" By Deborah Heiligman
WE ARE ARTISTS: WOMAN WHO MADE THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD By Kari Herbert
CLAUDETTE COLVIN, TWICE TOWARDS JUSTICE By Phillipe Hoose
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS ANIMAL RECORDS By Kathy Furgang & Sarah Wassner
DREAM BUILDER: THE STORY OF ARCHITECT PHILIP FREELON By Kelly Starling Lyon
IT BEGAN WITH A PAGE: HOW GYO FIJIKAWA DREW THE WAY By Kyo Maclear
GONE TO THE WOODS: SURVIVING A LOST CHILDHOOD By Gary Paulsen
MESMERIZED: HOW BEN FRANKLIN SOLVED A MYSTERY THAT BAFFLED ALL OF FRANCE By Mara Rockliff
IMPACT! ASTEROIDS AND THE SCIENCE OF SAVING THE WORLD By Elizabeth Rusch
HOW TO SOLVE A PROBLEM: THE RISE (AND FALLS) OF A ROCK-CLIMBING CHAMPION By Ashima Shiraish
IT CAN'T BE TRUE!: INCREDIBLE TACTILE COMPARISONS By Fleur Starv
RADIANT CHILD: THE STORY OF YOUNG ARTIST JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT By Javaka Steptoe
SARAH AND THE BIG WAVE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST WOMAN TO SURF MAVERICKS By Bonnie Tsui
HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN: IN SEVEN EVOLUTIONARY STEPS By Pamela S. Turner
GODS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD By Marchella Ward
VIOLA DESMOND WON'T BE BUDGED By Jody Nyasha Warner
¡BÉISBOL!:LATINO BASEBALL PIONEERS AND LEGENDS By Jonah Winter
