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Youth Services Summer Reading: Grade 4-5

Grades 4-5 Summer Reading Lists

2024 Books
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.
2023 Books
Realistic Fiction
Link to Anybody Here Seen Frenchie by Leslie Connor in the Catalog
Link to Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King in the catalog
Link to The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thompson in the catalog
Link to Dear Brother by Alison McGhee in the catalog
Link to Dear Sister by Allison McGhee in the catalog
Link to Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson in the catalog
Link to Frizzy by Claribel Ortega in the catalog
Link to Golden Ticket by Kate Egan in the catalog
Link to The Greatest Kid in the World by John David Anderson in the catalog
Link to the Marcus Stroman series in the catalog
Link to The Kids Under the Stairs series by K.A. Holt in the catalog
Link to Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb in the catalog
Link to Stealing Home by J. Torres in the catalog
Link to Time to Roll and Roll with It by Jamie Sumner in the catalog
Link to The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat in the catalog
Link to The Vanderbeekers series by Karina Glaser in the catalog
Link to The View from the Very Best House in Town by Meera Trehan in the catalog
Link to Whispering Alaska by Brendan Jones in the catalog
Speculative Fiction
Link to Duet by Elise Broach in the catalog
Link to The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt in the catalog
Link to The Girl in White by Lindsay Currie
Link to Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd in the catalog
Link to The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton in the catalog
Link to Nic Blake and the Remarkables: the Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas in the catalog
Link to A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga in the catalog
Link to The Sisters of Luna Island by Stacy Hackney in the catalog
Link to The Tragical Tale of Birdie Bloom by Temre Beltz in the catalog
Link to Unseen Magic by Emily Lloyd-Jones in the catalog
Mystery & Adventure
Link to City Spies series by James Ponti in the catalog
Link to A Few Bicycles More by Christina Uss in the catalog
Link to the Friday Barnes series in the catalog
Link to The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon
Link to Harriet series by Elana K. Arnold in the catalog
Link to The Hayley Mysteries by Hayley LeBlanc in the catalog
Link to Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker in the catalog
Link to The Secret Letters by Margaret Peterson Haddix in the Catalog
Link to The Sisters of Luna Island by Stacy Hackney in the catalog
Link to Superworld: Save Noah by Cheney in the catalog
Link to Tangled Mysteries series by Merrill Wyatt in the catalog
2022 Books
Fantasy
Link to Graystone Secrets series by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Link to Houdini and me by Dan Gutman in the Catalog
Link to How to Save a Superhero by Ruth Freeman in the Catalog
Link to Lost Tide Warriors by Catherine Doyle.
Link to The Midnight Brigade by Adam Borba in the catalog
Link to Spy School: a graphic novel by Stuart Gibbs in the Catalog
Link to Strangeworlds Travel Agency series by L.D. Lapinski in the Catalog
Realistic Fiction
Link to 365 Days to Alaska by Cathy Carr.
Link to Anne of West Philly : a modern graphic retelling of Anne of Green Gables by Ivy Noelle Weir in the Catalog
Link to Birdie's billions by Edith Cohn in the Catalog
Link to Living with Viola by Rosena Fung in the Catalog
Link to Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee in the Catalog
Link to a Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus in the catalog.
A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks in the catalog.
Link to Stuntboy, in the meantime by Jason Reynolds in the Catalog
...And Don't Miss These!
Link to The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo in the Catalog
Link to A Black Hole is not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano in the Catalog
Link to The Great Pet Heist by Emily Eckton in the Catalog
Link to Hide and Geek by T.P Jagger in the catalog.
Link to Anne Frank : witness to history! by Mark Shulman in the Catalog
Link to Babe Ruth : baseball's all-time best! by James Buckley, Jr. in the Catalog
Link to Neil Armstrong : first man on the moon! by James Buckley, Jr. in the Catalog
2021 Books
Link to Cog by Greg Van Eekhout in the catalog,
Link to Sal and Gabi Break the Universes by Carlos Hernadez in the catalog.
The RemarLink to the Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart in the catalog.
Link to Cleo Porter and the Body Electric by Jake Burt in the catalog.
Link to One Last Shot by John David Anderson in the catalog.,
Link to Wink by Rob Harrell in the catalog.
Link to The Tragical Tale of Birdie Bloom by Temre Beltz in the catalog.
Link to Journey of the Pale Bear by Susan Fletcher in the catalog.
Link to Begone the Raggedy Witches by Celine Kierman in the catalog.
The Silver Arrow by lev Grossman in the catalog.
The Colossus of Road by Christina Uss in the catalog.
Link to We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen in the catalog.
Link to the Lightfall series by Tim Probert in the catalog,
Link to Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte in the catalog.
Link to Fever Year :the Killer Flu of 1918 by Dan Brown in the catalog.
Link to Clean Getaway by Nic Stone in the catalog.
Link to Amelia Six: an Amelia Earhart by Kristin Gray in the catalog.
Survivors of the Holocaust: True stories of Six Extraordinary children in the catalog.
Link to Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange in the catalog.
View from Pagoda Hill by Michaela MacColl in the catalog,
Link to Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan in the catalog.
Link to the Multiplying Mysteries Mount Ten by Krista Van Doltzer in the catalog.
Link to Kat Wolfe Takes the Case by Lauren St John in the catalog.
Link to Milo Moss is Officially Un-amazing by Lauren Allbright in the catalog.
Link to All Thirteen: the Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys soccer team by Christina Soontonval in the catalog.
Link to the Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton in the catalog.
Link to the Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson in the catalog.
Link to the Last Last- Day -of -Summer by Lamar Giles in the catalog.
Link to Eva Evergreen series by Julie Abe in the catalog