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IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE - ONLY THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH

Grade 5 Book List
NYC Reads 365
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Dara Palmer's Major Drama by Emma Shevah
El Deafo by Cece Bell
George by Alex Gino
Half-Truths and Brazen Lies: An Honest Look at Lying by Kira Vermond, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer
House Arrest by K. A. Holt
Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks
I Survived True Stories (series) by Lauren Tarshis
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Mesmerized: How Benjamin Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno
Monster Science: Could Monsters Survive (and Thrive!) in the Real World? by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Phil McAndrew
Rip and Red (series) by Phil Bildner, illustrated by Tim Probert
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
The Island of Beyond by Elizabeth Atkinson
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker
Rhodes
Twerp by Mark Goldblatt