Summer Reading for Rising 5th Graders. These are 25 books that your child will be asked to read during the coming 5th grade year by certain teachers. If you wish to have your child do some summer reading and get a head start on next year, feel free to check out some of these from the public library. They will be required to pass an AR test on the books, plus complete a book assessment when they return to school in August. Thank you, Shirley Bretch The Westing Game *BFGBy Ellen Raskin By Roald Dahl *Hatchett *Rosa Parks, My Story By Gary Paulson By Parks, Haskin Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry *Maniac McGee By Mildred Taylor By Jerry Spinelli *Number the Stars *The View From Saturday By Lois Lowry By E.L. Konigsburg If Your Name was Changed at Ellis Island The Summer of the Swan By Ellen Levine By Betsy Byars Bud, Not Buddy Journey Home By Christopher Curtis By Yoshika Uchida *Holes The Forgotten Door By Louis Sachar By Alexander Key *Where the Red Fern Grows Mary Poppins By Wilson Rawls By P.L. Travers *James and the Giant Peach Joey Pigza, Losses Control By Roald Dahl By Jack Gantos *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Champion: The Story of By Roald Dahl Muhammad Ali By Jim Haskins *Charlie and the Glass Elevator Brian’s Return By Roald Dahl By Gary Paulson Danny and the Champion of the World *Matilda By Roald Dahl By Roald Dahl Stone Fox Phoebe the Spy | 
