Suggested titles for incoming and outgoing 5th Graders:
Mark Twain nominees 2020-2021
Book Award is given by students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.
Realistic fiction:
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Blended by Sharon Draper
Captain Superlative! by J.S. Puller
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Squint by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown
The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz
The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller
The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
Adventure fiction:
24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling
Mystery:
The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair by Amy Makechnie
The Ambrose Deception by Emily Ecton
Historical fiction:
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Truman nominees 2020-2021
Book Award is given by students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.
Ghost/Supernatural:
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Adventure:
Deep Water by Watt Key
Not if I Save You First by Ally Carter
Fantasy/Science fiction:
Fire & Heist by Sarah Beth Durst
Impostors by Scott Westerfeld
Nightbooks by J.A. White
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
Historical fiction:
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
Realistic fiction:
Mascot by Anthony John
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
Other Great Fiction Reads
Realistic fiction:
Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord
Focused by Alyson Gerber
For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama Lockington
Not if I Can Help It by Carolyn Mackler
Friendship War by Andrew Clements
The Reckless Club by Beth Vrabel
Mystery:
Tyrannosaurus Wrecks (6th in FunJungle series) by Stuart Gibbs
The Body Under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn
Ali Cross by James Patterson
Case of Windy Lake by Michael Hutchinson
Adventure:
Running Wild by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
City Spies by James Ponti
Historical fiction:
Under the Broken Sky by Mariko Nagai
How High the Moon by Karyn Parsons
It Rained Warm Bread: Moishe Moskowitz’s Story of Hope by Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet
Words on Fire by Jennifer Nielson
Fantasy/Science fiction:
Aru Shah and the End of Time/ Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Nonfiction Titles Not to Ignore!
Biography/Memoir:
All in a Drop: How Antony VanLeeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World by Lori Alexander
They Call Us Enemy by George Takei
A Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight For School Equality (Sibert Honor Book) by Jo
Ann Allen Boyce
Two Brothers, Four Hands: Alberto and Diego Giacometti by Jan Greenberg
567.913 Titanosaur: Discovering the World’s Largest Dinosaur by Diego Pol
591.56 Magnificent Migration: On Safari with Africa’s Last Great Herds (narrative nonfiction) by Sy Montgomery
615.9 Poison: Deadly Deeds, Perilous Professions, and Murderous Medicines by Sarah Albee 811 The Undefeated (poetry celebrating African American heritage) by Kwame Alexander
811 The Day the Universe Exploded in My Head (humorous poems and facts about space) by
Allan Wolf
975.3 1,000 Facts About the White House by Sarah Wassner Flynn
