Reading
Suggestions for Grades 5 and Up
FICTION
The
Berlin Boxing Club. Sharenow, Robert. HarperTeen, 2011.
Historical Fiction. (8+)
Booked.
Alexander, Kwame. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2016. Realistic Fiction. (5+)
Calamity
(The Reckoners: Book 3).
Sanderson, Brian. Delacorte Press, 2016. Fantasy. Series. (7+)
The
Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle. Fox, Janet. Viking Books
for Young Readers, 2016. Historical Fiction/Horror. (6+)
A
Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses: Book 2).
Maas, Sarah J. Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2016. Fantasy. Series. (9+)
Dumplin’.
Murphy, Julie. Balzer + Bray, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (9+)
The
Fate of Ten. Lore, Pittacus. Harpercollins, 2015.
Fantasy/Science Fiction. Series. (7+)
Free
Verse. Dooley, Sarah. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for
Young Readers, 2016. Realistic Fiction. (5+)
The
Ghostfaces: The Brotherband Chronicles. Flanagan, John A. Philomel
Books, 2016. Historic Fiction. Series. (5+)
Library
of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.
Riggs, Ransom. Quirk Books, 2015. Historical Fiction/Fantasy. Series. (7+)
The
Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4). Stiefvater, Lauren. Scholastic
Press, 2016. Fantasy/Science Fiction. Series. (8+)
Raymie
Nightingale. DiCamillo, Kate. Candlewick, 2016. Realistic
Fiction. (5+)
Salt
to the Sea. Sepetys, Ruta. Philomel Books, 2016.
Historical Fiction. (7+)
Six
of Crows. Bardugo, Leigh. Henry Holt and Co., 2015.
Fantasy. Sequel coming out Fall 2016. (7+)
Skink-No
Surrender. Hiaasen, Carl. Knopf Books for Young Readers,
2014. Realistic Fiction/Humor. (7+)
Tangerine.
Bloor, Edward. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2006. Realistic Fiction. (5+)
Theodore Boone: The Scandal. Grisham, John. Dutton Books for
Young Readers, 2016. Realistic Fiction. Series. (5+)
The Trials of Apollo, Book One: The Hidden Oracle. Riordan, Rick.
Disney-Hyperion, 2016. Fantasy. (5+)
Winter.
Meyer, Marissa. Feiwel & Friends, 2015. Fantasy/Science Fiction. Series.
(7+)
Woods
Runner. Paulson, Gary. Wendy Lamb Books, 2011. Realistic
Fiction. (6+)
NON-FICTION
The
Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club.
Hoose, Philip. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. (7+)
Eruption!:
Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives (Scientists in the Field Series).
Rusch, Elizabeth and Tom Uhlman. HMH
Books for Young Readers, 2013. (5+)
Fearsome
Creatures of the Lumberwoods: 20 Chilling Tales from the Wilderness.
Johnson, Hal and Tom Mead. Workman Publishing Company, 2015. Horror. (5+)
The
Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery.
Sheinkin, Steve. Flashpoint, 2010. (7+)
Titanic:
Voices From the Disaster. Hopkinson, Deborah. Scholastic Press, 2012.
(6+)
Unbroken
(The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive.
Hillenbrand, Laura. Delacorte Press, 2014. (6+)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Anne
Frank : The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography.
Jacobson, Sidney. Hill and Wang. 2010. Biography. (7+)
The
Arrival. Tan, Shaun. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007.
Realistic Fiction. (6+)
Awkward.
Chmakova, Svetlana. Yen Press, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (5+)
Battling
Boy. Pope, Paul. First Second, 2013. Fantasy.
(5+)
Calamity
Jack. Hale, Shannon, Dean Hale and Nathan Hale. Bloomsbury
USA Childrens, 2010. Fantasy. (7+)
Cardboard.
TenNapel, Doug. GRAPHIX, 2012. Fantasy. (7+)
The
Graveyard Book. Gaiman, Neil, P. Craig Russell and Kevin Nowlan. HarperCollins, 2015. Fantasy. (5+)
Lumberjanes
Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy. Stevenson, Noelle, Shannon
Watters and Brooke A. Allen. BOOM! Box,
2015. Fantasy. (5+)
The
Nameless City. Hicks, Faith Erin and Jordie Bellaire. First
Second, 2016. Fantasy. (5+)
Nimona.
Stevenson, Noelle. HarperTeen, 2015. Fantasy. (7+)
Nothing
Can Possibly Go Wrong. Shen, Prudence. First Second, 2013. Realistic
Fiction. (8+)
Shackleton
: Antarctic Odyssey. Bertozzi, Nick. First Second, 2014.
Nonfiction. (6+)
Unbeatable
Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power. North, Ryan and Erica
Henderson. Marvel Now!, 2015. Fantasy. (6+)
RHODE ISLAND TEEN BOOK AWARD NOMINEES
All American Boys
by Reynolds, Jason and Brendan Kiely. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2015.
Realistic Fiction. (8+)
All the Bright Places.
Niven, Jennifer. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (9+)
Beyond Magenta:
Transgender Teens Speak Out by Kuklin, Susan. Candlewick, 2014. Nonfiction.
(9+)
Bone Gap. Ruby,
Laura. Balzer + Bray, 2015. Fantasy. (10+)
The Boys Who
Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. Hoose, Phillip. Farrar,
Straus and Giroux, 2015. Nonfiction. (7+)
The Crossover. Alexander, Kwame. HMH Books for Young Readers,
2014. Realistic Fiction. (5+)
An Ember in the Ashes.
Tahir, Sabaa. Razorbill, 2015. Fantasy.
(8+)
Everything,
Everything. Yoon, Nicola. Delacorte Press, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (7+)
Finding Audrey.
Kinsella, Sophie. Delacorte Press, 2015. Realistic Fiction/Humor. (7+)
Gabi, A Girl in
Pieces. Quintero, Isabel. Cinco Puntos Press, 2014. Realistic Fiction. (9+)
House Arrest. Holt, K.A. Chronicle Books, 2015. Realistic
Fiction. (6+)
I Am Princess X. Priest,
Cheri. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015. Fantasy. (7+)
Illuminae.
Kaufman, Amie. Knopf Books for Young
Readers, 2015. Science Fiction/Fantasy. (8+)
A Night Divided .
Nielsen, Jennifer A. Scholastic Press,
2015. Realistic Fiction. (5+)
Nimona. Stevenson,
Noelle. HarperTeen, 2015. Fantasy/Humor/Graphic Novel. (7+)
Noggin. Whaley,
John Corey. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014. Science Fiction/Humor. (9+)
Port Chicago 50:
Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights. Sheinkin, Steve. Roaring
Brook Press, 2014. Nonfiction. (7+)
The Rest of Us Just
Live Here. Ness, Patrick. HarperTeen, 2015. Realistic Fiction/Humor. (9+)
The Sacred Lies of
Minnow Bly. Oakes, Stephanie. Dial Books, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (9+)
The Thing About
Jellyfish. Benjamin, Ali. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015.
Realistic Fiction. (5+)
Through the Woods.
Carroll, Emily. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2014. Horror/Graphic Novel. (7+)
What We Saw.
Hartzler, Aaron. HarperTeen, 2015. Realistic Fiction. (9+)
