Books written for Grades 5-8 (Ages 10 – 13 years)

Name of Book: The Thing About Luck Author: Cynthia Kadohata Publisher: Atheneum ISBN: 978-1416918820 Audience: Grades 5-9 Summary: When her parents go to Japan to care for ill relatives, Summer and her brother Jaz must help their grandparents. For most that would not be bad luck,...

Title:   Anna Was Here Author:  Jane Kurtz Publisher:  Greenwillow Books, 2013 ISBN:  978-0060564933 Audience: Ages 8 – 12 Summary: Anna and her baby sitter/Sunday school teacher, Jericho, began the Safety Club after a series of forest fires swept across Colorado becau...

Name of Book: The Glass Puzzle Author: Christine Brodien-Jones Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers ISBN: 978-0385742979 Audience: Grades 5-7 Summary: 11-year-old Zoé and her cousin Ian love spending the summer with Granddad in the Welsh town of Tenby. Tenby has a history...

Title: The Year of Billy Miller Author: Kevin Henkes Illustrator: Kevin Henkes Publisher: Greenwillow Books Publication Date: September, 2013 ISBN: 9780062268129 Audience: Reading level, Grades 3-6. Summary: Ms. Miller, Billy’s 2nd grade teacher, informs her class that this year,...

Title: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. Author: Judy Blume Publisher: Dell Yearling Book Publication Date: 1970 ISBN: 0-440-40419-3 Audience: Grades 3-7 Summary: Margaret Simon has moved from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey, anxious about a new home and a new school....

Name of Book: The Cruisers: Oh Snap! Author: Walter Dean Myers Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780439916295 Audience: Grades 5-7 Summary:  This is the fourth installment of the Cruiser series about Zander Scott, his friends and their budding urban middle school paper, The Cruiser...

Title:  The Little Leftover Witch Author:  Florence Laughlin Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (Reissue Edition) Publication Date: 1960, Reissued in August 2013 ISBN: 978-1-4424-8672-0 Audience: 8 and up Summary: As Lucinda Doon goes to bed on Halloween night...

Title: The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas Author: David Almond Publisher: Candlewick Publication Date: August 2013 ISBN: 978-0763661694 Audience: Grades 5-8 Summary: Stanley Potts’s uncle and guardian, Ernie, is obsessed with canning fish, but when Uncle Ernie’s obsession takes...

Title:  Hold Fast Author:  Blue Balliett Publisher:  Scholastic Press Publication Date:  March 1, 2013 ISBN:  9780545299886 Audience:  Ages 8 and up Summary: The Pearl family-Dashel, Summer, Early, and Jubilation-live in a one room apartment and dream and save for the day when...