Books for 5th - 6th Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2008

J/F/BECK
Beck, Ian - The Secret History of Tom Trueheart
Tom goes to the Land of Stories to find his six brothers, who have vanished during their fairy tale adventures. If Tom can outsmart a hungry giant and a scheming fiend, he might just be able to save them. 341p.

J/F/BRADLEY
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker - The Lacemaker and the Princess
When Isabelle makes friends with Marie Antoinette's daughter, she spends her mornings laboring to make lace to support her poor family and her afternoons entertaining the princess at the palace. However, France is a very dangerous place in 1788, and Isabelle may be in more danger at the palace than in the slums of Paris. 199p.

J/F/COX
Cox, Judy - Mystery of the Burmese Bandicoot
Two classroom rats escape from their school and embark on a wild adventure in search of a mysterious jewel. 246p.

J/F/CREECH
Creech, Sharon - The Castle Corona
Pia and Enzio, two peasant children, find an odd bundle near a castle. They are whisked away to the palace to become tasters for the king, who is convinced of a plot against his family. 320p.

J/F/CURTIS
Curtis, Christopher Paul - Elijah of Buxton
Elijah does his best to help others in his home of Buxton, a free black community in Canada. But Elijah may be in over his head when he tries to help slaves illegally cross over from the states. 341p.

J/F/DOWD
Dowd, Siobhan - The London Eye Mystery
Salim goes for a ride on the London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel. When the ride is over, Salim isn't there. Has he vanished into thin air, been kidnapped, or run away? His cousins Ted and Kat frantically try to find him. 322p.

J/F/EASON
Eason, Alethea - Hungry
Deborah and her family look perfectly normal but they are really aliens, on Earth to search out a new food source for their home planet. Feeding time is fast approaching and Deborah's parents insist that she eat her neighbor, and possible boyfriend, Willie. 197p.

J/F/FRENCH
French, Jackie - Rover
Hekja's village is raided by Vikings and she is captured and taken to Greenland. There, she must begin a new life as a slave. 283p.

J/F/GREEN
Green, Tim - Football Genius
Troy discovers that he has the ability to predict what plays will be run during football games. He wants to share his gift with his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he can't get anyone to believe him. 244p.

J/F/KINNEY
Kinney, Jeff - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal
Greg relates the trials and tribulations of his life in middle school through funny stories and drawings. 217p.

J/F/Korman
Korman, Gordon - Swindle
Griffin finds an old Babe Ruth baseball card and takes it to a hobby shop where he's told that the card isn't very valuable. When Griffin discovers that he has been swindled, he schemes to get the card back. 252p.

J/F/LEVIN
Levin, Betty - The Unmaking of Duncan Veerick
Duncan helps an ailing neighbor hide her valuables from her greedy nephew, but when she dies unexpectedly no one believes that Duncan was just trying to help. 212p.

J/F/MOLONEY
Moloney, James - The Book of Lies
When Robert wakes up in a strange orphanage, all he is sure of is that his name is not Robert. For some unknown reason, his memories have been erased and replaced with new ones from the powerful and dangerous Book of Lies. 360p.

J/F/NEWBERY
Newbery, Linda - At the Firefly Gate
Henry moves to an English village and sees a mysterious stranger who seems to be from another time. He becomes convinced this stranger is the ghost of a navigator lost during an air battle in World War II. 152p.

J/F/NIMMO
Nimmo, Jenny - The Snow Spider
Gwyn's grandmother suspects that he has inherited magical powers from his Welsh ancestors. She gives him five mysterious gifts that will help him break the family's curse. 146p.

J/F/PREVOST
Prevost, Guillaume - The Book of Time
Ten days ago Sam's dad disappeared. Ten minutes ago Sam found a secret room. Five minutes ago he found a book about Dracula's Castle. Two minutes ago Sam found a way to travel through time…to find his dad. 213p.

J/F/SALISBURY
Salisbury, Graham - Night of the Howling Dogs
Dylan leads his Boy Scout troop on an overnight backpacking trip into a remote area in Hawaii, unaware that a powerful earthquake and tsunami are about to strike. 191p.

J/F/SHEARER
Shearer, Alex - Canned
While collecting tin cans Fergal is astonished to find a human finger. When he finds a note asking for help in a second can, he and his friend Charlotte investigate. 237p.

J/F/SPRINGER
Springer, Nancy - The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
Sherlock Holmes' much-younger sister Enola dons various disguises to solve the case of a missing socialite. Enola isn't afraid to risk the dangerous nighttime streets of Victorian London as she searches for the missing teen. 234p.

J/F/STEWART
Stewart, Trenton Lee - The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance reconvene the Mysterious Benedict Society when Mr. Benedict disappears. 430p.

J/F/TARSHIS
Tarshis, Lauren - Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
For Emma-Jean, science is easy but friendships aren't. She's spent most of her time in school observing her classmates. Everything changes when she walks into the bathroom and sees Colleen crying. 199p.

J/F/THOMSON
Thomson, Sarah L. - Dragon's Egg
Mella discovers a dragon's egg and sets out on a dangerous journey to return it to the dragons' faraway homeland. 267p.

J/F/VERRILLO
Verrillo, Erica F. - Elissa's Quest
Elissa's father whisks her away to the desert to trade her for soldiers that will help him win a war. In order to avoid this fate, Elissa uses her talent as an animal-speaker to help her escape. 336p.

J/F/URBAN
Urban, Linda - A Crooked Kind of Perfect
Zoe's dream to play piano at Carnegie Hall is complicated when her dad buys her an old electric organ instead of a baby grand piano. 213p.

J/F/WILSON
Wilson, N.D. - 100 Cupboards
Henry is awoken by a strange thumping in his new bedroom. After chipping away the plaster, he finds a wall full of cupboards, able to take him to take him to new, magical places. But he'd better watch out for that dark, evil cupboard over in the corner… 289p.

Prepared by Diane Jakosz, Suzanne Thomas, Sharon Hrycewicz, May 2008