5th/6th Grade Book Club Books

This is an alphabetical list by title of librarian recommended books for a 5th/6th grade book club. If the title is followed by a date in parenthesis that book was actually selected and read for the book club that I participated in.


11 birthdays by Wendy Mass
12 Again by Sue Corbett
100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
A Pocket Full of Seeds by Marilyn Sachs (12/10)
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
The Angel Factory by Terence Blacker
Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix (11/09)
The Edge of the Sword by Rebecca Tingle
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free by Kathleen Karr (3/10)
Hatching Magic by Downer
Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (5/11)
Holding at Third by Zinnen
The House of Windjammer by Richardson
The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle (12/09)
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Last Shot (A Final Four Mystery) by John Feinstein (9/09)
Leon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage
A Mango Shaped Space by W. Mass
The Misfits by James Howe (Realistic Fiction)(9/10)
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman (10/09)
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Rielly Giff (historical fiction about the Irish Potato famine
Out of the Dust by (free verse - historical fiction)
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (11/12)
The Ruins of Gorlan (Rangers Apprentice Book One) by John Flanagan (3/12)
Rules by Cynthia Lord (Realistic Fiction)(9/10)
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer (2/10)
The Safe Keeper's Secret by Sharon Shinn
The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt
The Singer of All Songs by Constable (fantasy)
Space Station Seventh Grade by Jerry Spinelli (1/11)
Surviving the Applewhites by Tolan (2/11)
Sword of the Rightful by Jane Yolen
Tadpole by Ruth White (1/10)
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Truesight by David Stahler (sci-fi)
The Wall and the Wing by Laura Ruby
Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt(Historical Fiction... 1967!) (11/10)
Welcome to the Ark by Tolan
Where the Ground Meets the Sky by Jacqueline Davies (4/11)
The White Mountains by John Christopher