 | Challenging Reads for 4th & 5th Graders |
| Recommended books from the J (Juvenile) and Y (Junior High) Fiction collections. Most Y Fiction titles are suitable for grades 6-8, but the Y books listed here are appropriate for many 4th and 5th graders. Find more suggestions for avid 4th and 5th grade readers on our list of Classics.
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Children’s Fiction (J)
| Alexander | The Book of Three (Also in Y Fiction) |
| Babbitt | The Search for Delicious |
| Babbitt | Tuck Everlasting (Also in Y Fiction) |
| Balliett | Chasing Vermeer (Also in Y Fiction) |
| Brink | Caddie Woodlawn |
| Cheng | Honeysuckle House |
| Collins | Gregor the Overlander |
| Curtis | The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Also in Y Fiction) |
| Enright | Gone-Away Lake |
| Farley | The Black Stallion |
| Fitzhugh | Harriet the Spy |
| Henkes | Protecting Marie (Also in Y Paperback) |
| Hoban | The Mouse and His Child |
| Holm | Our Only May Amelia |
| Ibbotson | Island of the Aunts |
| Kennedy | Amy's Eyes |
| Konigsburg | (George) |
| L'Engle | A Wrinkle in Time (Also in Y Fiction) |
| Lisle | Forest |
| Little | Look Through My Window |
| Lively | The Voyage of QV66 |
| MacDonald | The Princess and the Goblin |
| McEwan | The Daydreamer |
| McGraw | The Moorchild |
| Merrill | The Pushcart War |
| Oppel | Silverwing (Also in Y Fiction) |
| Ormondroyd | Time at the Top |
| Paterson | Jip |
| Pearce | Tom's Midnight Garden |
| Pearson | Awake and Dreaming |
| Peck | A Long Way From Chicago |
| Raskin | The Westing Game |
| Smith | 101 Dalmatians |
| Snyder | Cat Running |
| Taylor | The Cay |
| White | The Trumpet of the Swan |
| Yee | Millicent Min, Girl Genius |
Junior High Fiction (Y)
| Allison | Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator |
| Anderson | The Last Treasure |
| Baker | The Frog Princess |
| Choldenko | Al Capone Does My Shirts |
| Cleary | Sister of the Bride |
| Creech | Ruby Holler |
| Durst | Into the Wild |
| Erdrich | Birchbark House |
| Ferris | Once Upon a Marigold |
| Fogelin | Crossing Jordan |
| Funke | Inkheart |
| George | Julie of the Wolves |
| Haddix | Among the Hidden |
| Hale | Princess Academy |
| Hesse | The Music of Dolphins |
| Howe | Totally Joe |
| Jennings | The Great Whale of Kansas |
| Kerr | The Akhenhaten Adventure |
| Konigsburg | The View From Saturday (Also in J Fiction) |
| Levine | Dave at Night |
| Lord | Rules |
| Napoli | North |
| Nix | Mister Monday |
| O'Dell | Island of the Blue Dolphins (Also in J Paperback) |
| Park | A Single Shard |
| Ryan | Esperanza Rising |
| Rylant | Missing May |
| Snicket | The Bad Beginning |
| Spinelli | Maniac Magee |
| Springer | The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery |
| Tolkien | The Hobbit (Also in J Fiction) |
| White | Belle Prater's Boy |
| Williams | Amalee |
Last Updated: 6/08
