Fiction for 5th and 6th graders.
The following titles have been selected to involve children in thoughtful and enjoyable reading. Fiction is shelved by author; non-fiction is shelved by Dewey number.
Adventure Fiction
Michael Morpurgo
Kazu Kibuishi
Anthony Horowitz
Chris Grabenstein
Roderick Gordon
Jean Craighead George
Kathryn Erskine
Jeanne Birdsall
Sam Angus
Tony Abbott
Animal Fiction
Jerry Spinelli
Wilson Rawls
Sara Pennypacker
Barbara O'Connor
Marguerite Henry
Lisa Greenwald
Fred Gipson
Kate DiCamillo
William Armstrong
Kathi Appelt
Fantasy Fiction
Cornelia Funke
Karen Foxlee
Brian Farrey
Peggy Eddleman
Kate DiCamillo
Suzanne Collins
Holly Black
Dave Barry
Kelly Barnhill
Natalie Babbitt
Funny Fiction
Lemony Snicket
James Patterson
Maria T. Lennon
Gordon Korman
Gordon Korman
Gordon Korman
Jeff Kinney
Polly Horvath
Andrew Clements
Andy Behrens
Historical Fiction
Donna Jo Napoli
Jennifer L. Holm
Nathan Hale
Alan Gratz
Christopher Paul Curtis
Margarita Engle
Christopher Paul Curtis
Gary Blackwood
Ann E. Burg
Avi
Mystery Stories
Ellen Raskin
Rick Riordan
F. E. Higgins
Carl Hiaasen
Virginia Hamilton
Heather Vogel Frederick
Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Michael Beil
Blue Balliett
Avi
Realistic Fiction
S. Terrell French
Louise Fitzhugh
Lindsay Eager
Kate DiCamillo
Sharon Creech
Leslie Connor
Beverly Cleary
Clay Carmichael
Kate Beasley
Nora Raleigh Baskin
Science Fiction
Neal Shusterman
Adam Rex
Lois Lowry
Madeleine L'Engle
Mike A. Lancaster
Jennifer L. Holm
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Susan Cooper
John Christopher
Peter Brown
Sports Fiction
Jerry Spinelli
Kurtis Scaletta
Jason Reynolds
Chris Lynch
Dan Gutman
Dan Gutman
Tim Green
John Feinstein
Mick Cochrane
Kwame Alexander
Audiobooks
Non-Fiction
History, Science, and Culture
James M. McPherson
Robert Lipsyte
Zahi A. Hawass
Jean Fritz
Russell Freedman
Ronald J. Drez
Laurie David
Jenni Bidner
Chris Barton
Peter Ackroyd
Poetry
Robert Frost
Nancy Willard
Shel Silverstein
Samantha Schutz
Cynthia Rylant
Sara Holbrook
Nikki Grimes
Julie Fogliano
Ralph J. Fletcher
Brian P. Cleary
Biographies
Doris Lynch
Kathleen Krull
Livia Bitton Jackson
Bethany Hamilton
Michelle Y. Green
Jean Fritz
Russell Freedman
Sid Fleischman
Esther Earl
Ilene Cooper