- A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
- Eargon, Christopher Paolini
- Ida B, Katherine Hannigan
- The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien’
Alexander in 5th grade highly recommends Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
“A story about a boy who finds a dragon egg and has lots of adventures”.
Elliot in 5th grade highly recommends A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L’Engle.
“Great book has a lot of vocabulary. Includes some different phrases in other languages. Great plot but ends a little abruptly”.
Nathen in 5th grade highly recommends Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
“Gandalf and his warriors prepare for a confrontation with Sauron and his allies while Frodo and Sam go to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring”.
Alexa in 5th grade highly recommends Ida B by Katherine Hannigan
“Ida B. Applewood believes there is never enough time for fun. That’s why she’s so happy to be home-schooled and to spend every free second outside with the trees and the brook. Then some not-so-great things happen in her world. Ida B has to go back to that Place of Slow but Sure Body-Cramping, Mind-Numbing, Fun-Killing Torture—school. She feels her heart getting smaller and smaller and hardening into a sharp, black stone. How can things go from righter than right to a million miles beyond wrong? Can Ida B put together a plan to get things back to just-about perfect again?”
Olivia in 5th grade highly recommends The fire chronicle by John Stephens
“3 children trying to find the book of life.”
Elise in 5th grade highly recommends A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon
A Family Apart is a wonderful book about a family of six orphans living in 1856, that are sent away on an orphan train. They do not understand why their mother sent them away. Especially thirteen year old Frances.
Nara in 5th grade highly recommends A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
This book is about a girl that is not like everybody else. She doesn’t do well in school and half of the time she is just thinking about her lost father. She meets three old ladies and she goes on a quest with her brother and a friend to find her father.
Alex in 5th grade highly recommends Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
A girl named Meggie and her father Mo go on a journey to kill the evil Capricorn, an evil man who was accidentally read out of a book by Mo. They are accompanied by Mo’s longtime friend Dustfinger, the writer Fenoglio, and Meggie’s great aunt Elinor.
Ben in 5th grade highly recommends A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
This book is about 3 kids, Meg Murray, Charles Wallace Murray, and Calvin O’Keefe, who meet three witches, Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which. They travel to different worlds by tessering, a way to travel through the 4th dimension. They travel through many worlds trying to find Meg & Charles Wallace’s father