Book Reviews by Grade, Fifth

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ratingFeatured Book? Abel's Island. Steig, William. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Afternoon of the Elves. Lisle, Janet Taylor. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod. Blake, Robert J.. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Alan and Naomi. Levoy, Myron. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Alida's Song: A Companion to The Cook Camp. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? All By Herself. Paul, Ann Whitford. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3. Pullman, Philip. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator. Tanaka, Shelley. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Anno's USA. Anno, Mitsumasa. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Anonymously Yours. Peck, Richard. Nonfiction. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Ape. Jenkins, Martin. Nonfiction. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Arrival. Tan, Shaun. Novel Wordless. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse. Carle, Eric. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? At the Sound of the Beep. Sachs, Marilyn. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Attaboy, Sam!. Lowry, Lois. Chapter Book. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Autumn Street. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Babe the Gallant Pig. King-Smith, Dick. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Babymouse 7: Skater Girl. Holm, Jennifer L. Graphic Novel. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Balyet. Wrightson, Patricia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Barn. Avi. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Basket Moon. Ray, Mary Lyn. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Beats Me, Claude. Nixon, Joan Lowry. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Because of Winn Dixie. DiCamillo, Kate. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Better Nate Than Ever. Federle, Tim. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Beyond the Divide. Lasky, Kathryn. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Birchbark House. Erdrich, Louise. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook. Tan, Shaun. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Black and White. Macaulay, David. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Bobby Baseball. Smith, Robert Kimmel. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Bones in the Cliff. Stevenson, James. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin. Stuart Stotts. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Borning Room. Fleischman, Paul. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Breaker Boys. Hughes, Pat. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Brown Girl Dreaming. Woodson, Jacqueline. Memoir. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Bud, Not Buddy. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Bull Run. Fleischman, Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Call Me Francis Tucket. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Carlos is Gonna Get It. Emerson, Kevin. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Castle in the Attic. Winthrop, Elizabeth. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Catherine, Called Birdy. Cushman, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Catwings. Le Guin, Ursula. Chapter Book. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Charley Skedaddle. Beatty, Patricia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Charlotte's Web. White, E. B. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Children of Christmas. Rylant, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Come Sing, Jimmy Jo. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Creation. Johnson, James Weldon. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Cry of the Wolf. Burgess, Melvin. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Daphne's Book. Hahn, Mary Downing. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Dateline: Troy. Fleischman, Paul. Illustrated Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Dear Mom, You're Ruining My Life. Leeuwen, Jean Van. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Devil's Race. Avi. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Doll Bones. Black, Holly. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Drawing from Memory. Say, Allen. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Everywhere. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Kelly, Jacqueline. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt. MacLachlan, Patricia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Fanny's Dream. Buehner, Caralyn. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Far North. Hobbs, Will. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Fine White Dust. Rylant, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The First Rule of Punk. Pérez, Celia C. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Fly Away Home. Bunting, Eve. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Foxman. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Freak the Mighty. Philbrick, Rodman. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Frenchtown Summer. Cormier, Robert. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Frog Scientist. Turner, Pamela S. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Konigsburg, E. L. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? George. Gino, Alex. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Ghost Belonged to Me. Peck, Richard. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Going Through the Gate. Anderson, Janet S. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Granny the Pag. Bawden, Nina. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Grasshopper Summer. Turner, Ann. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Great Gilly Hopkins. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Hana's Suitcase. Levine, Karen. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rowling, J. K. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Haymeadow. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Heartlight. Barron, T. A. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Henry Hikes to Fitchburg. Johnson, P.D. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Higher Power of Lucky. Patron, Susan. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Homecoming. Voigt, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? How to Speak Dog. Whitehead, Sarah. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? I Am a Taxi. Ellis, Deborah. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? I Am Regina. Keehn, Sally M. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? I Am the Cheese. Cormier, Robert. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? I'm in Charge of Celebrations. Baylor, Byrd. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain. Burch, Robert. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? In Plain Sight. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau. Agee, Jon. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Inventors and Inventions. Childcraft. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? It's Our World Too: Young People Who Are Making a Difference: How They Do It--How You Can, Too!. Hoose, Phillip. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? It's Perfectly Normal. Harris, Robie H. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Jacob Have I Loved. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Journey. MacLachlan, Patricia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Julie of the Wolves. George, Jean Craighead. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Keeper of the Doves. Byars, Betsy. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Killing in Plymouth Colony. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? King Crow. Armstrong, Jennifer. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Kira-Kira. Kadohata, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Kit's Wilderness. Almond, David. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Kokopelli's Flute. Hobbs, Will. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Land. Taylor, Mildred D. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Last Stop on Market Street. de la Pena, Matt. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals. Bryan, Ashley. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Letting Swift River Go. Yolen, Jane. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Library of Congress Book of Presidents. Sandler, Martin W. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Light in the Forest. Richter, Conrad. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Little Blue and Little Yellow. Lionni, Leo. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Lizards. Bishop, Nic. Nonfiction. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Long Way from Chicago. Peck, Richard. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Lyddie. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Gerstein, Mordicai. Nonfiction Picture Book. Grades K and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Maniac Magee. Spinelli, Jerry. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Mary By Myself. Smith, Jane Denitz. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Mary Had a Little Lamp. Lechner, Jack. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Masterpiece. Broach, Elise. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Mermaid Summer. Hunter, Mollie. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Mick Harte Was Here. Park, Barbara. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Midwife's Apprentice. Cushman, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel. Connor, Leslie. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Monkey Island. Fox, Paula. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Moon and I. Byars, Betsy. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Morning Girl. Dorris, Michael. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Moves Make the Man. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? My Daniel. Conrad, Pam. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? My Side of the Mountain. George, Jean Craighead. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Never Spit on Your Shoes. Cazet, Denys. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Night Journey. Lasky, Kathryn. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Night the Bells Rang. Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Night Watchmen. Cresswell, Helen. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Nightfather. Friedman, Carl. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Nory Ryan's Song. Giff, Patricia Reilly. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Nothing But the Truth. Avi. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Number the Stars. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Olive's Ocean. Henkes, Kevin. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? On My Honor. Bauer, Marion. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? On the Far Side of the Mountain. George, Jean Craighead. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Once Upon a Dark November. York, Carol Beach. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. Rockwell, Anne. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Out of the Dust. Hesse, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Pinballs. Byars, Betsy. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Pink and Say. Polacco, Patricia. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Place of Lions. Campbell, Eric. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Prairie Songs. Conrad, Pam. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Prairie Visions. Conrad, Pam. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea. Montgomery, Sy. Nonfiction Photo Essay. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Rabble Starkey. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Rebel. Baillie, Allan. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Redwall. Jacques, Brian. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A River Ran Wild. Cherry, Lynne. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? River Rats. Stevermer, Caroline. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Root Cellar. Lunn, Janet. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Rufus M.. Estes, Eleanor. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Sami and the Time of the Troubles. Heide, Florence Parry. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Secret Life of a Snowflake: An Up-Close Look at the Art and Science of Snowflakes. Libbrecht, Kenneth. Nonfiction Picture Book. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Seed Is Sleepy. Aston, Dianna Hutts. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Shades of Gray. Reeder, Carolyn. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Shiloh. Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Sign of the Beaver. Speare, Elizabeth George. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Silver Pony. Ward, Lynd. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Single Shard. Park, Linda Sue. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Skellig. Almond, David. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Slake's Limbo. Holman, Felice. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Snake Scientist. Montgomery, Sy. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Snowflake Bentley. Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook. Mazer, Anne. Nonfiction. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Stepping on the Cracks. Hahn, Mary Downing. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Storm in the Barn. Phelan, Matt. Graphic Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter. DeFelice, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Table Where Rich People Sit. Baylor, Byrd. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Thank You, Jackie Robinson. Cohen, Barbara. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Things in Corners. Park, Ruth. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Three Golden Keys. Sis, Peter. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Through the Lock. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Tiger Rising. DiCamillo, Kate. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story. Hahn, Mary Downing. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda. Ray, Deborah Kogan. Picture Book. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Tom's Midnight Garden. Pearce, Philippa. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Torchlight. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Train to Somewhere. Bunting, Eve. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold. Fritz, Jean. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Tuck Everlasting. Babbitt, Natalie. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Tuesday. Wiesner, David. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Village by the Sea. Fox, Paula. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Wait Till Helen Comes. Hahn, Mary Downing. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Walk Two Moons. Creech, Sharon. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The War of Jenkins' Ear. Morpurgo, Michael. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Way Home. Hathorn, Libby. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Weasel. DeFelice, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? What Do Authors Do?. Christelow, Eileen. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? What Hearts. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? What Jamie Saw. Coman, Carolyn. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Where the Wild Things Are. Sendak, Maurice. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Wicked One: A Story of Suspense. Hunter, Mollie. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Widow's Broom. Van Allsburg, Chris. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. Hamilton, Virginia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Winter Room. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Wolves. Lawrence, R. D. Nonfiction. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Aiken, Joan. Chapter Book. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Woodsong. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 3 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Working Cotton. Williams, Sherley Anne. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? Wringer. Spinelli, Jerry. Novel. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? A Writer's Story. Bauer, Marion Dane. Nonfiction. Grades 5 and up.

ratingFeatured Book? You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum. Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss. Picture Book. Grades K and up.

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