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Youth Services Summer 2024 Reading Lists: 4th Grade-5th Grade

4th-5th grade reading lists

Realistic Fiction
Link to Because of the Rabbit by Lord in the catalog.
Link to Drawing Deena by Khan in the catalog.
Link to Fast Pitch by Nic Stone in the catalog.
Link to The Firefly Summer by Matson in the catalog.
Link to the Good Sports League by Tommy Greenwald in the catalog.
Link to Grounded by Saeed in the catalog.
Link to Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord in the catalog.
Link to Hoops by Tavares in the catalog.
Link to The Lost Language by Claudia Mills in the catalog.
Link to Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz
Link to Morning Sun in Wuhan by Ying Chang Compestine in the catalog.
Link to A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin in the catalog.
Link to We Still Belong by Day in the catalog.
Link to When Sea Becomes Sky by McDunn in the catalog.
Speculative Fiction
Link to The Anti-Book by Raphael Simon in the catalog.
Link to the Guardians of Ga'hoole series by Kathryn Lasky in the catalog.
Link to The International House of Dereliction by Davies in the catalog.
Link to the Conjureverse series by Dhonielle Clayton in the catalog.
Link to Mapmaker by Ramee in the catalog
Link to The Most Frightening Story Ever Told by Kerr in the catalog.
Link to Not Quite a Ghost by Ursu in the catalog
Link to A Reluctant Witch's Guide to Magic by Plozza in the catalog.
Link to Rewind by Graff in the catalog.
Link to The Sixty-Eight Rooms series by Marianne Malone in the catalog.
Link to A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer in the catalog.
Link to The Talent Thief by Thayer in the catalog.
Link to Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke in the catalog.
Mystery & Adventure
Link to The Fairfleet Affair by Saxton in the catalog.
Link to the Great Pet Heist series by Emily Ecton in the catalog.
Link to Max in the House of Spies by Gidwitz in the catalog.
Link to The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Currie in the catalog.
Link to The Pear Affair by Eagle in the catalog.
Link to Premeditated Myrtle by Bunce in the catalog.
Link to Sisterhood of Sleuths by Bertman in the catalog.
Link to The Sixty-Eight Rooms series by Marianne Malone in the catalog.
Link to The Swifts series by Lincoln in the Catalog.
Nonfiction
Link to Ancient Egypt for Kids by Ruzicka in the catalog.
Link to Around the World Vegan Cookbook by Webster in the catalog.
Link to Athletes who Changed the Game by James Buckley Jr. in the catalog.
Link to The Bedtime Book of Incredible Questions by Thomas in the catalog.
Link to Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica in the catalog.
Link to Children's Book of Art in the catalog.
Link to Goddess by Ramirez in the catalog.
Link to The Very Short, Entirely True History of Unicorns by Sarah Laskow in the catalog.
Link to The Junior Birder's Handbook by Danielle Belleny in the catalog.
Link to Kid Olympians: Summer by Robin Stevenson in the catalog.
Link to Loch Ness Uncovered by Rebecca Siegel in the catalog.
Link to The Mermaid Atlas: Merfolk of the World by Anna Claybourne in the catalog.
Link to My Antarctica by Neri in the catalog.
Link to Shipwrecked! by Martin W. Sandler in the catalog.
Link to Top Secret: Spies, Codes, Capers, Gadgets, and Classified Cases Revealed by Crispin Boyer in the catalog.
Link to The Way Things Work: Newly Revised Edition by David Macaulay in the catalog.
2025 Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees Grades 4-6
Link to Anybody Here Seen Frenchie by Connor in the catalog.
Link to The Canyon's Edge by Bowling
Link to Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Magoon
Link to Cookies & Milk by Amos in the catalog.
Link to Falling Short by Cisneros in the catalog.
Link to Invisible by Gonzalez in the catalog.
Link to Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Stowell in the catalog.
Link to A Rover's Story by Warga in the catalog.
Link to Tumble by Perez in the catalog.
Link to Wayward Creatures by Lorentz in the catalog.