Getting Ready for Middle School: Books for 4th and 5th Graders and Beyond
Most titles on this list can be found in the children’s ( J ) collection on the ground floor.
Titles marked by * can be found in the teen ( Y ) collection on the first floor.
Titles marked by ** can be found in the adult non-fiction collection on the second floor.
Titles with BOD in the call number are books on disc.
For assistance locating any title on this booklist, stop by Children’s Services or Adult Services or call us at 367-4069 or 367-4405.
Little Women
J / ALCOTT / Louisa May
The Underneath
J / APPELT / Kathi
The True Confession of Charlotte Doyle
J / AVI
Tuck Everlasting
J / BABBITT / Natalie
The Search for Delicious
J / BABBITT / Natalie
Cicada Summer
J / BEATY / Andrea
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
J / BLUME / Judy
Charlie Pippin
J / BOYD / Candy Dawson
Sacajawea: The Story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
* Y / BRUCHAC / Joseph
Absolutely Normal Chaos
J / CREECH / Sharon
The Wanderer
J / CREECH / Sharon
Elijah of Buxton
J / CURTIS / Christopher Paul or J / BOD / CUR
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963
J / CURTIS / Christopher Paul
Because of Winn-Dixie
J / DICAMILLO / Kate or J / BOD / DIC
The London Eye Mystery
J / DOWD / Siobhan
Chicken Boy
J / DOWELL / Frances O’Roark Dowell
Into the Wild: A Novel
J / DURST / Sarah Beth
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
J / ENZENSBERGER / Hans Magnus
I, Jack
J / FINNEY / Patricia
Radiance Descending
J / FOX / Paula
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
J / 741.5 / GAI or J / BOD / GAI
The Graveyard Book
* Y / GAIMAN / Neil or BOD / Y / GAIMAN
Into the Woods
J / GARDNER / Lyn
Scat
J / HIAASEN / Carl
Running Out of Time
J / HADDIX / Margaret Paterson
The Misfits
J / HOWE / James Howe
The Pinhoe Egg : A Chrestomanci Book
J / JONES / Diana Wynne or J / BOD / JON
The Game
J / JONES / Diana Wynne
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler
J / KONIGSBURG / E. L.
The View from Saturday
J / KONIGSBURG / E. L.
The Giver
J / LOWRY / Lois
Gossamer
J / LOWRY / Lois or J / BOD / LOW
Heat
J / LUPICA / Mike
What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
J / MAGUIRE / Gregory
Airborn
* Y / OPPEL / Kenneth or BOD / Y / OPPEL
Skybreaker
* Y / OPPEL / Kenneth or BOD / Y / OPPEL
Project Mulberry
J / PARK / Linda Sue or J / BOD / PAR
A Single Shard
J / PARK / Linda Sue
Bridge to Terabithia
J / PATERSON / Katherine
Hatchet
J / PAULSEN / Gary
A Long Way from Chicago
J / PECK / Richard or J / BOD / PEC
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
J / PHIBRICK / Nathaniel or J / 910.452 / PHI
The Westing Game
J / RASKIN / Ellen
The Little Prince
J / SAINT-EXUPERY / Antoine or J / BOD / SAI
Baseball in April and Other Stories
J / SOTO / Gary
Crash
J / SPINELLI / Jerry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
J / TAYLOR / Mildred or J / BOD / TAY
Voyage of Ice: Chronicles of Courage
J / TORREY / Michele
The Mysterious Benedict Society
J / TRENTON / Trenton Lee or J / BOD / TRE
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
J / TRENTON / Trenton Lee
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
J / VERNE / Jules
100 Cupboards
J / WILSON / N. D.
Series Titles:
Crispin
J / AVI or J / BOD / AVI
Crispin: The Cross of Lead (also Y / AVI)
Crispin: At the Edge of the World
Chasing Vermeer
J / BALLIETT / Blue or J / BOD / BAL
Chasing Vermeer
The Wright 3
The Calder Game
Peter and the Starcatchers
J / BARRY / Dave
Peter and the Starcatchers (also J /BOD / BAR)
Peter and the Shadow Thieves (also J / BOD / BAR)
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (also Y / Barry)
Peter and the Sword of Mercy
The Sisters Grimm
J / BUCKLEY / Michael
The Fairy-Tale Detectives (also J / BOD / BUC)
The Unusual Suspects (also J / BOD / BUC)
The Problem Child (also J / BOD / BUC)
Once Upon a Crime
Magic and Other Misdemeanors
Tales from the Hood
The Everafter War (also Y / BUCKLEY)
Lady Grace Mysteries
J / CAVENDISH / Grace
Assassin
Betrayal
Conspiracy
Deception
Exile
Feud
Gold!
Artemis Fowl
J / COLFER / Eoin or J / BOD / COL
* Y / COLFER / Eoin or BOD / Y / COLFER
Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
The Underland Chronicles
J / COLLINS / Suzanne or J / BOD / COL
Gregor the Overlander
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Gregor and the Marks of Secret
Gregor and the Code of Claw
Shadow Children
J / HADDIX / Margaret Paterson
Among the Hidden
Among the Imposters
Among the Betrayed
Among the Barons
Among the Brave
Among the Enemy
Among the Free
Seekers
J / HUNTER / Erin
The Quest Begins
Great Bear Lake
Smoke Mountain
The Last Wilderness (available February 2010)
Warriors Series
J / HUNTER / Erin
Into the Wild
Fire and Ice
Forest of Secrets
Rising Storm
A Dangerous Path
The Darkest Hour
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
J / KINNEY / Jeff or * Y / KINNEY / Jeff
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal (also BOD / Y / Kinney)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (also BOD / Y / Kinney)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Pendragon
* Y / MACHALE / D. J.
The Merchant of Death
The Lost City of Faar
The Never War
The Reality Bug
Black Water
The Rivers of Zadaa
The Quillan Games
The Pilgrims of Rayne
Raven Rise
The Soldiers of Halla
His Dark Materials Trilogy
* Y / PULLMAN / Philip or BOD / Y / PULLMAN
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
J / RIORDAN / Rick or * Y / RIORDAN / Rick or * BOD / Y / RIORDAN
The Lightning Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titan’s Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Last Olympian
Septimus Heap
J / SAGE / Angie or * Y / SAGE / Angie
Magyk (also J / BOD / SAG)
Flyte (also J / BOD / SAG)
Physik
Queste
A Series of Unfortunate Events
J / SNICKET / Lemony or J / BOD / SNI
The Bad Beginning
The Reptile Room
The Wide Window
The Miserable Mill
The Austere Academy
The Ersatz Elevator
The Vile Village
The Hostile Hospital
The Carnivorous Carnival
The Slippery Slope
The Grim Grotto
The Penultimate Peril
The End
Nonfiction Titles:
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
Ann Bausum
J / 323.092 / BIO / BAU or J / BOD / 323
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America’s Bill of Rights
Russell Freedman
J / 342.73 / FRE
Smart Girl’s Guide to Starting Middle School
Julie Williams
J / 373.1822 / WIL
Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine
Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring
** 509.22 / DEN
When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth, and Bugs Began to Swarm
Hannah Bonner
J / 560 /BON
The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Survival and Obsession among America’s Great White Sharks
Susan Casey
** 597.33 / CAS
Fossil Fish Found Alive: Discovering the Coelacanth
Sally M. Walker
J / 597.39 / WAL
Phineas Cage: A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science
John Fleischman
** 617.481 / FLE
Food for Thought: The Stories Behind the Things We Eat
Ken Robbins
J / 641.3 / ROB
Building Big
David Macaulay
J / 720 / MAC
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
Sid Fleischman
J / 793.8 / BIO / HOUDINI
Fortune’s Bones: the Manumission Requiem
Marilyn Nelson
** 811.54 / NEL
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
James Rumford
J / 910.92 / BIO / BATTUTA
Hitler Youth : Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
** 943.086 / BAR or BOD / 943.086 / BAR
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Ji-Li Jiang
J / 951.056 / JIA or J / BOD / JIA
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas
Russell Freedman
J / 970.01 / FRE or J / BOD / 970.01
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
James Giblin
J / 973 / BIO / BOOTH
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
J / 973 / BIO / LINCOLN
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