# 5th grade Juvenile Nonfiction books

**6** juvenile nonfiction books commonly assigned to 5th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 5th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 5th grade  ·  **Genre:** Juvenile Nonfiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 5th grade Juvenile Nonfiction reading list

- [Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass](https://readinglist.school/book/lincoln-a-photobiography) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1987)_
- [Dear Dad: Growing Up With a Parent in Prison - And How We Stayed Connected](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-dad-growing-up-with-a-parent-in-prison-and-how-we-stayed-connected) by Jay Jay Patton _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Is It Real?: The Loch Ness Monster](https://readinglist.school/book/is-it-real-the-loch-ness-monster) by Candace Fleming _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Now Is Your Time](https://readinglist.school/book/now-is-your-time) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1991)_
- [Polar: Wildlife at the Ends of the Earth](https://readinglist.school/book/polar-wildlife-at-the-ends-of-the-earth) by L. E. Carmichael _(Grades 4–5)_
- [The Story of Mankind](https://readinglist.school/book/the-story-of-mankind) by Hendrik Willem van Loon _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1921)_

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