Grade 5 Book List

NYC Reads 365

• As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds

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• Dara Palmer's Major Drama by Emma Shevah

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• El Deafo by Cece Bell

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• George by Alex Gino

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• Half-Truths and Brazen Lies: An Honest Look at Lying by Kira Vermond, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer

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• House Arrest by K. A. Holt

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• Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks

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• I Survived True Stories (series) by Lauren Tarshis

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• 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

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• Monster Science: Could Monsters Survive (and Thrive!) in the Real World? by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Phil McAndrew

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• Rip and Red (series) by Phil Bildner, illustrated by Tim Probert

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• Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh

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• Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper

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• The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon

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• The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm

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• The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart

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• The Island of Beyond by Elizabeth Atkinson

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• Towers Falling by Jewell Parker

Rhodes

• Twerp by Mark Goldblatt