Entering Fifth Graders 2010 Summer Reading Lists - Holmdel

Entering Fifth Graders2010 Summer Reading ListsChoose an appropriate bookfrom the following authorsBlue BalliettBetsy ByarsSharon CreechChris d’LaceyCornelia FunkeMike LupicaGary PaulsenJerry SpinelliChoose an appropriate bookfrom the following series39 Clues, variousAlex Rider Mysteries, by HorowitzHarry Potter, by RowlingLand of Elyon, by CarmanPercy Jackson, by RiordanRoyal Diaries, various* above grade levelTitle: Nobel’s Women of PeaceAuthor: Michelle Benjamin and Maggie MooneySummary: Presents brief biographies of the twelve women who have been awarded theNobel Peace Prize, including Wangari Maathai, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Mother Teresa.Title: A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos WilliamsAuthor: Jen BryantSummary: Presents a picture book biography of American poet William CarlosWilliams, who studied to become a doctor, but still found time to write poetry.Title: Iris, MessengerAuthor: Sara DemingSummary: After discovering that the immortals of Greek mythology reside in herhometown of Middleville, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Iris listens to their life stories,gaining wisdom, beauty, and startling revelations about her past.Title: Gregor the OverlanderAuthor: Suzanne CollinsSummary: When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into astrange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats,cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.Title: Lincoln: A PhotobiographyAuthor: Russell FreedmanSummary: Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.

Entering Fifth Graders2010 Summer Reading ListsTitle: Joey Pigza Loses ControlAuthor: Jack GantosSummary: Sequel to: Joey Pigza swallowed the key. Joey, who is still taking medicationto keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinkingfather he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win thechampionship.Title: My Side of the Mountain TrilogyAuthor: Jean Craighead GeorgeSummary: My side of the mountain -- On the far side of the mountain -- Frightful'smountain presents the three-volume story of Sam Gribley, a nature-loving boy who runsaway from home and spends a year living in a tree with a young peregrine falcon,Frightful.Title: Her Stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true talesAuthor: Virginia HamiltonSummary: A collection of tales about the supernatural and animals, fairy tales, folk talesand legends, by and about African American women.Title: The Music of DolphinsAuthor: Karen HesseSummary: Using sophisticated computer technology, a fifteen-year-old girl who hasbeen raised by dolphins, records her thoughts about her reintroduction to the humanworld.Title: My One Hundred AdventuresAuthor: Polly HorvathSummary: Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house withher mother, two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor onbible deliveries, meeting former boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced intobabysitting for a family of ill-mannered children.Title: Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of MysteryAuthor: Deborah and James HoweSummary: Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his humannature-loving boy who runs away from home and spendsa year living in a tree with a family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.

Entering Fifth Graders2010 Summer Reading ListsTitle: The Star of Kazan *Author: Eva IbbotsonSummary:. Annika, a twelve-year-old foundling in late nineteenth-century Vienna,inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, and soon afterwards a woman claiming to be heraristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion inGermany.Title: Regarding the FountainAuthor: Kate KliseSummary: When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchaseof a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.Title: Saving ShilohAuthor: Phyllis Reynolds NaylorSummary: Sequel to: Shiloh season. Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help theirrough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginiacommunity continues to expect the worst of him.Title: Carver, A Life in PoemsAuthor: Marilyn NelsonSummary: A collection of poems that combine to provide a portrait of the life ofnineteenth-century African-American botanist and inventor George Washington Carver.Title: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMHAuthor: Robert C. O'BrienSummary: With nowhere else to turn, a field mouse asks the clever escaped lab ratsliving under the rosebush to help save her son, who lies in the path of the farmer's tractor,too ill to be moved.Title: LyddieAuthor: Katherine PatersonSummary: Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain herindependence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.Title: The Journal of Douglas Allen DeedsAuthor: Rodman PhilbrickSummary: Douglas Allen Deeds, an orphan from Missouri, recounts his experiences aspart of the Donner Party expedition in 1846, in this book based on the actual events.

Entering Fifth Graders2010 Summer Reading ListsTitle: StormsAuthor: Seymour SimonSummary: Presents information on storms, in simple text with illustrations, anddescribes the atmospheric conditions that help create thunderstorms, hailstorms,lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes and includes an explanation of how violentweather affects the environment, the land, and the people.Title: The Witch of Blackbird Pond *Author: Elizabeth George SpeareSummary: A young girl's rebellion against bigotry culminates in a terrifying witch huntand trial.Title: Call it CourageAuthor: Armstrong SperrySummary: Based on a Polynesian legend, this is the story of a youth who overcomes hisfear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe.Title: Chasing Lincoln’s KillerAuthor: James L. SwansonSummary: Recounts the twelve-day pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth, coveringthe chase through Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, with a discussion ofAbraham Lincoln as a father, husband, and friend that examines the impact of his deathon those close to him.Title: The Adventures of Tom SawyerAuthor: Mark TwainSummary: The tale of a mischievous boy growing up in a nineteenth-century MississippiRiver town.Title: The Time Machine *Author: H.G. WellsSummary: First published: 1895.; includes bibliographical references. Presents H. G.Wells's science fiction classic "The Time Machine" and includes explanatory notes, anoutline of plots and themes, critical analysis, a Wells chronology, discussion questions,and other study tools.

Indian Hill SchoolSummer Reading Program2010Grade 5Goal:Students will develop a love of reading and experience developmentallyappropriate literature (interest, reading level, content).Guiding philosophy: Summer reading is an opportunity for students tocontinue the reinforcement of reading skills independently. The chosenreading list offers a variety of critical reading skills that support readingfluency and comprehension.Reading Task: All students will read two books on the approved list forthe grade they will enter in the fall. Students who wish to read additionalbooks may select these from the approved list or from their own readinginterests.Summer Reading Assignment: Students entering grade 5 will complete anassignment in class within the first two weeks of school in September. Theyare encouraged to bring their books with them to aid in completing theassignment.Happy Reading and Have a Great Summer!Sincerely,Brian SchillaciIndian Hill School Principal