Above Grade Level Books
What can we give advanced 5th or 6th graders to read?
Submitted by: Marcia Motley
The Great Gilly Hopkins, Missing
May (Cynthia Rylant whom I
love!), Shades of Gray, A Soldier's Heart (Gary Paulsen) (This is a little
advanced however and graphic
about battles in the Civil War, but an excellent piece of lit), A View From
Saturday (E.L. Konigsburg--WONDERFUL!), Nothing but the Truth (Avi)
Submitted by:
Kelly Baker
Johnny Tremain - Revolutionary War
*Number the Stars - Holcaust
*Sign of the Beaver - Indians in 18th century
Charlotte Doyle - exploration from a female perspective
A light in the Forest - Indians
The journal of Christopher Columbus
I just ordered:
The biography of Mr. Bowditch - a biography of an explorer of the 18th century
Silent Tears - the Trail of tears
Other suggestions:
The Giver
Diamond in the Window
The Riddle of Penncroft Farm
Sign of the Beaver