5th grade classroom novels (not all classes read all books)

Wonder (Palacio)

The BFG (Dahl)

Bridge to Terabithia (Paterson)

Hatchet (Paulsen)

Wrinkle in Time (L'Engle)

James and the Giant Peach (Dahl)

The Lightning Thief (Riordan)

Tuck Everlasting (Babbitt)

Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls)

Because of Winn Dixie (DiCamillo)

Fish in a Tree (Hunt)

Zane and the Hurricane (Philbrick)

Among the Hidden (Haddix)

The Missing series (Haddix)

Tale of Despereaux (DiCamillo)

Surviving the Applewhites (Tolan)

Savvy (Law)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Lin)

My Side of the Mountain (George)

Island of the Blue Dolphin (O'Dell)

Boy: Tales of Childhood (Dahl)