Hey everyone! Welcome to my blog! If you are looking for the best books to start with on vacation, you have come to the right place, because I just created the ultimate 5th-grade summer reading list.
Are you counting down the days until summer vacation starts? I literally cannot wait! One of the absolute best parts of summer is having way more time to curl up and read. I just finished 4th grade, and I made a huge pile of books I want to dive into before summer officially kicks off. Here is my initial 5th-grade summer reading list that I am so excited to share!
My Top 16 Summer Books as of now
- Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar; Kathleen Van Cleve
- Tear This Down by Barbara Dee
- J vs. K by Kwame Alexander; Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
- The Planet, the Portal, and a Pizza by Wendy Mass; Nora Raleigh Baskin
- They Called Us Enemy by Steven Scott; Harmony Becker (Illustrator); George Takei; Justin Eisinger
- A Hero’s Guide to Summer Vacation by Pablo Cartaya
- Force of Nature: a Novel of Rachel Carson by Ann E. Burg; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
- Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt
- Old School by Gordon Korman
- We Are Big Time by Hena Khan; Safiya Zerrougui (Illustrator)
- Spark by Chris Baron
- Right Back at You by Carolyn Mackler
- Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year by Nina Hamza
- Another by Paul Tremblay
- The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
- Opal Watson: Private Eye by Brittany J. Thurman
In addition, I promise to read as much as I can and write a new blog post soon to tell you exactly what I think about them!
Meanwhile, what books are on your own 5th-grade summer reading list this year? Please share your favorites in the comments below so I can add them to my pile!
Here is my post about J vs. K: https://dara.lakd.net/4th-grade-summer-reading-list-j-vs-k/
And about We are big time: https://dara.lakd.net/we-are-big-time-hena-khan/
Have fun reading! Dara out!