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

Title:  Odd and the Frost Giants Author:  Neil Gaiman Illustrator:  Brett Helquist Publisher:  Harper ISBN:  978-0-06-167173-9 Audience:  Ages 8-12 years (Really, it is good for all ages!) Summary:  Odd is a young boy in a Norse village.  His name means Tip of a blade and it was...

Name of Book: Shelter Folks Author: Virginia L. Kroll Illustrator: Jan Naimo Jones Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996 ISBN: 9780802851314 Audience: Ages 9 and up Summary:  This is the story of nine year old Joelle and her family, who have to move into a...

Title: The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough Author: Katie Smith Milway Illustrator: Sylvie Daigneault Publisher: Kids Can Press (September 1, 2010) ISBN: 978-1554534883 Audience: Ages 8-12 (grades 3-7) Summary: Maria Luz and her family are poor...

Title:  Anna’s Heaven Author:  Stian Hole Illustrator:  Stian Hole Publisher:  Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2014 ISBN:  978-0802854414 Audience: Ages 7 – 10, particularly those dealing with loss of parent. Summary: “And Anna,” Dad says, “Hurry up now or we’ll be late.”...

Title: The Lunch Thief Author: Anne C. Bromley Illustrator: Robert Casilla Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers; First hardcover edition (June 15, 2010) ISBN: 978-0884483113 Audience: ages 8 and up Summary:  “Hey Rafael, how come you’re not eating?” asks my best friend Alfredo...

Title: The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day Author: Scott O’Dell Illustrator: There are illustrations; the illustrator isn’t named that I can see Publisher: Journeyforth Publication Date: 1975 ISBN: 9780890843680 Audience: 12 years and up Summary: In the early 15th C the port of...

Title: John Knox Author: Simonetta Carr Illustrator: Matt Abraxas Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books Publication Date: 2014 ISBN: 9781601782892 Audience: 7-12 years (I would modify this to 8 years-middle school.) Summary: John Knox was born in a century shaken by change and...

Title: Jane, the fox & me Author: Fannie Britt Illustrator: Isabelle Arsenault Publisher:  Groundwood Books Publication Date:  September 1, 2013 (English translation) ISBN: 9781554983605 Audience:  Grades 5 and up Summary: This coming of age graphic novel tells the story o...

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,...