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

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,...

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,...