Realistic Fiction Books for 5th Graders

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• Ungifted · Gordon Korman
• Weslandia · Paul Fleischman
• Dear Mr. Henshaw · Beverly Cleary
• Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You · Barthe DeClements
• The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise · Dan Gemeinhart
• All About Sam · Lois Lowry
• Black Brother, Black Brother · Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Fudge · Charlotte Towner Graeber
• Ghosts · Raina Telgemeier
• Invisible Isabel · Sally J. Pla
• Jelly Belly · Robert Kimmel Smith
• Maxi’s Secrets: (Or, What You Can Learn from a Dog) · Lynn Plourde
• Scranimals · Jack Prelutsky
• Surviving the Applewhites · Stephanie S. Tolan
• The Babe and I · David A. Adler
• Verdi · Janell Cannon
• Zach's Lie · Roland Smith
• Pie in the Sky · Remy Lai
• The Boys Start the War · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Blubber · Judy Blume
• A Boy Called Bat · Elana K. Arnold
• A Dog Called Kitty · Wallace, Bill
• Attaboy, Sam! · Lois Lowry
• Ban This Book · Alan Gratz
• Boy at War · Harry Mazer
• Class Clown · Johanna Hurwitz
• Counting by 7s · Holly Goldberg Sloan
• Dragon Rider · Cornelia Funke
• Ellie's Story · W. Bruce Cameron
• Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge · Bill Wallace
• Fourth Grade Rats · Jerry Spinelli
• Henry Reed's Babysitting Service · Keith Robertson
• Henry's Freedom Box · Ellen Levine
• How to Stay Invisible · Maggie C. Rudd
• Hummingbird · Natalie Lloyd
• John, Paul, George and Ben · Lane Smith
• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All · Chanel Miller
• Math Curse · Jon Scieszka
• Mr. Lincoln's Way · Patricia Polacco
• My Dog, My Hero · Betsy Cromer Byars
• Night of the Twisters · Ivy Ruckman
• One Potato, Two Potato · Cynthia DeFelice
• Saving Winslow · Sharon Creech
• Say What? · Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Shoeshine Girl · Clyde Robert Bulla
• Snot Stew · Bill Wallace
• Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen · Candace Fleming
• The Boy at the Back of the Class · Onjali Q. Raúf
• The Cat Ate My Gymsuit · Paula Danziger
• The Fourteenth Goldfish · Jennifer L. Holm
• The Honest Truth · Dan Gemeinhart
• The Junkyard Dog · Erika Tamar
• The Lemonade War · Davies, Jacqueline
• Tornado · Betsy Cromer Byars
• Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival · Kirby Larson
• Wedgie & Gizmo · Suzanne Selfors
• When the Wolves Returned · Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
• You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye · Patricia Hermes
• 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents · Lee Wardlaw
• A Boy Named Queen · Sara Cassidy
• Across the Desert · Dusti Bowling
• Albert · Donna Jo Napoli
• Aliens Are Coming! · Megan McCarthy
• All the Money in the World · Bill Brittain
• Alligator Sue · Sharon Arms Doucet
• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things · Lenore Look
• Amal Unbound · Aisha Saeed
• And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon · Janet Stevens
• Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity · Dave Roman
• Ava and Pip · Carol Weston
• Avalon High · Meg Cabot
• Backlash · Sarah Darer Littman
• Becoming Muhammad Ali · James Patterson
• Best Friends · Shannon Hale
• Better with Butter · Victoria Piontek
• Big Ben · David Harry Walker
• Bob and Jack: A Boy and His Yak · Jeffrey Moss
• Boxes for Katje · Candace Fleming
• Brighty of the Grand Canyon · Marguerite Henry
• Bristle Face · Zachary Ball
• Call Me Hope · Gretchen Olson
• Christopher Changes His Name · Itah Sadu
• Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler · William Wise
• City of Thieves · Alex London
• Clayton Byrd Goes Underground · Rita Williams-Garcia
• Cliff-Hanger · Alane Ferguson
• Cody Unplugged · Betsy Duffey
• Daphne's Book · Mary Downing Hahn
• Do Bananas Chew Gum? · Jamie Gilson
• Don't Hurt Laurie · Willo Davis Roberts
• Donut Feed the Squirrels · Mika Song
• Dress Coded · Carrie Firestone
• Drive-By · Lynne Ewing
• Each Kindness · Jacqueline Woodson
• Each Little Bird That Sings · Deborah Wiles
• Eerie Tales from the School of Screams · Graham Annable
• Eight Keys · Suzanne M. LaFleur
• El Chupacabras · Adam Rubin
• Fig Pudding · Ralph J. Fletcher
• Flaming Arrows · William O. Steele
• Flying Solo · Ralph J. Fletcher
• Four Eyes · Rex Ogle
• Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom · Eric Wight
• Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma · Joe Hayes
• Ghost Soldier · Elaine Marie Alphin
• Gracie Under the Waves · Linda Sue Park
• Harry Cat's Pet Puppy · George Selden
• Harry's Mad · Dick King-Smith
• Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure · Megan Wagner Lloyd
• Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller · Doreen Rappaport
• Help Me, Mr. Mutt! · Susan Stevens Crummel
• Here Comes the Garbage Barge · Jonah Winter
• Hope in the Valley · Mitali Perkins
• Hostage · Willo Davis Roberts
• Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World · Katherine Hannigan
• Jake and Lily · Jerry Spinelli
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull · Richard Bach
• Just Gus · McCall Hoyle
• Last Holiday Concert · Andrew Clements
• Lawn Boy · Gary Paulsen
• Lei and the Fire Goddess · Malia Maunakea
• Little Vic · Doris Gates
• Loch · Paul Zindel
• Lost & Found: Based on a True Story · Mei Yu
• Lulu's Mysterious Mission · Judith Viorst
• Memoirs of a Tortoise · Devin Scillian
• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel · Fleur Bradley
• Mr. Maxwell's Mouse · Frank Asch
• My Explosive Diary · Emily Gale
• My Friend the Vampire · Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
• New From Here · Kelly Yang
• Nubby’s Story · Aubre Andrus
• Operation: Dump the Chump · Barbara Park
• Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch · Mona Kerby
• Postcards from Camp · Simms Taback
• Project Mulberry · Linda Sue Park
• Ramona's World · Beverly Cleary
• Sasha, My Friend · Barbara Corcoran
• Satch and Me · Dan Gutman
• Saving Sunshine · Saadia Faruqi
• Saving Zasha · Randi G. Barrow
• Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta · Lisa Wheeler
• Secrets of My Hollywood Life · Jen Calonita
• Secrets of the Mummies · Shelley Tanaka
• Sharing Susan · Eve Bunting
• Shark Summer · Ira Marcks
• Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe · Jo Watson Hackl
• Socks · Beverly Cleary
• Stand Up, Yumi Chung · Jessica Kim
• Star in the Storm · Joan Hiatt Harlow
• Stepping Up · Mark Fink
• Stonewords: A Ghost Story · Pam Conrad
• Striped Ice Cream · Joan M. Lexau
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
• Summer Vamp · Violet Chan Karim
• Summer of Riley · Eve Bunting
• Swing · Audrey Meeker
• Tangerine · Edward Bloor
• The Adventures of Invisible Boy · Doogie Horner
• The Aquanaut · Dan Santat
• The Area 51 Files · Julie Buxbaum
• The Butterfly · Patricia Polacco
• The Candymakers · Wendy Mass
• The Computer Nut · Betsy Cromer Byars
• The Cybil War · Betsy Byars
• The Ghost Inside the Monitor · Margaret Jean Anderson
• The Ghost of Lizard Light · Elvira Woodruff
• The Giant Slayer · Iain Lawrence
• The Girl Who Could Fly · Victoria Forester
• The Golden Hour · Niki Smith
• The Gollywhopper Games · Jody Feldman
• The Good Dog · Avi
• The Goof that Won the Pennant · Jonah Kalb
• The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper · Jean Van Leeuwen
• The Grizzly · Annabel and Edgar Johnson
• The Hero of Bremen · Margaret Hodges
• The Hot and Cold Summer · Johanna Hurwitz
• The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale · Charly Palmer
• The Library of Ever · Zeno Alexander
• The Magic Fish · Trung Le Nguyen
• The Magic Misfits · Neil Patrick Harris
• The Magic of the Glits · Carole S. Adler
• The Perfect Score · Rob Buyea
• The Sasquatch Escape · Suzanne Selfors
• The School Story · Andrew Clements
• The Scrambled States of America · Laurie Keller
• The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake · Elvira Woodruff
• The Stranger Next Door · Peg Kehret
• The Thing About Leftovers · C.C. Payne
• The Trouble with Tuck · Theodore Taylor
• The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street · Karina Yan Glaser
• Trading Places with Tank Talbott · Dori Hillestad Butler
• Tucky Jo and Little Heart · Patricia Polacco
• Unplugged · Gordon Korman
• Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning · Danette Haworth
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town · Kimberly Willis Holt
• When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop · Laban Carrick Hill
• White Falcon · Elliott Arnold
• Who Needs a Bratty Brother? · Linda Gondosch
• Wild Wings · Gill Lewis
• You Are Here: Connecting Flights · Ellen Oh
• Zen and the Art of Faking It · Jordan Sonnenblick
• Zeus, Dog of Chaos · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Zia Erases the World · Bree Barton
• ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat · Raúl the Third III
• A Time of Troubles · Pieter Van Raven
• Dobry · Monica Shannon
• Genesis Begins Again · Alicia D. Williams
• Heaven · Angela Johnson
• Roller Skates · Ruth Sawyer
• Worth · A. LaFaye
• Crenshaw · Katherine Applegate
• Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life · Rachel Renée Russell
• Look Both Ways · Jason Reynolds
• Save Me a Seat · Sarah Weeks