Books for 5th - 6th Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2005

J/F/BARTEK
Bartek, Mary - Funerals and Fly Fishing
Brad's mother sends him to visit the grandfather that he's never met, and he finds himself living on the second floor of the Stanislawski Funeral Home, learning a lot about funerals, fly fishing and his own family. 148p.

J/F/BATH
Bath, K.P. - The Secret of Castle Cant: Being an Account of the Remarkable Adventures of Lucy Wickwright, Maidservant and Spy
Lucy, an orphaned maid for the Baron of Cant, is drawn into a castle conspiracy involving chewing gum, rebellion and the secret of her own past. 291p.

J/F/CAREY
Carey, Janet Lee - The Double Life of Zoe Flynn
Zoe Flynn has a secret: Dad's out of work and her family is living in their van. Zoe struggles to keep the secret from her classmates, teacher and the authorities. 233p.

J/F/COLLIER
Collier, James Lincoln - The Empty Mirror
Nick has a reputation as a troublemaker, but he's being blamed for a series of crimes he didn't do. He is stunned to realize that he can't see his own reflection in the mirror, and suspects that something ghostly is going on. 192p.

J/F/CONSTABLE
Constable, Kate - The Singer of All Songs
Calwyn is a novice priestess who possesses the Ice Call, a singing power over cold and ice. When rumors reach her that an evil sorcerer is trying to become the powerful Singer of all Songs she joins a small band of friends who are determined to stop him. 297p.

J/F/CRILLEY
Crilley, Mark - Billy Clikk: Creatch Battler
Billy is shocked to learn that his parents don't really run a bug extermination business. They're actually secret agents for an international organization that wipes out the nasty alien monsters that inhabit Earth. 246p.

J/F/DERBY
Derby, Kenneth - The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade
Tony Baloney tries every stunt he can think of to make it onto David Letterman's Late Show. Usually his stunts just land him in the principal's office, but you never know what might happen. 165p.

J/F/DUPRAU/CAUDILL CART
DuPrau, Jeanne - The City of Ember
Lina and Doon live in the city of Ember, where the only light comes from huge electric bulbs that burn for just 12 hours a day. As the city's generator begins to fail, they search for clues that will lead them out of Ember before it falls into total darkness. 270p.

J/F/FLEISCHMAN
Fleischman, Sid - The Giant Rat of Sumatra: Or Pirates Galore
Captain Gallows, the dashing pirate, saves a shipwrecked cabin boy and the two of them begin an adventure full of stolen treasure, narrow escapes, old enemies and revenge. 194p.

J/F/HICKS
Hicks, Betty - Busted!
Stuart's mom has a rule for everything, and if he's busted one more time she's going to make him quit soccer. He decides to find her a boyfriend to get her off his back, but nothing goes according to his plan. 168p.

J/F/KESSLER
Kessler, Liz - The Tail of Emily Windsnap
When Emily takes her first swimming class, she discovers that her legs transform into a tail under the water. She's part mermaid! 209p.

J/F/LAMSTEIN
Lamstein, Sarah - Hunger Moon
Ruthie clowns around at school to hide her frustration with her life at home. Her parents are overwhelmed, caring for her disabled brother and their struggling business, and things just keep getting worse and worse. 109p.

J/F/LANGRISH
Langrish, Katherine - Troll Fell
After his father's death, Peer is taken in by his disgusting and greedy uncles. He uncovers their plan to sell him to the local troll king, along with the neighbor's children. With the help of his new friend Hilde and a mischievous house spirit, Peer sets out to stop them. 264p.

J/F/MATTHEWS
Matthews, L.S. - FISH
Tiger's family are aid workers, helping in an isolated, war-torn village. When the fighting moves near, the family must evacuate the area. Tiger insists on taking along a fish they have saved from an evaporating pond, no matter how dangerous the journey may be. 183p.

J/F/PECK
Peck, Richard - The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
When the teacher at their one-room country school house "hauls off and dies," Russell and Lloyd are thrilled! Maybe the school board will just close down the school. But their bossy older sister is hired as the new teacher and they know it's going to be a long, hard year. 190p.

J/F/PINKWATER
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus - Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story
Nick spends his first summer in the city of Hoboken chasing after a mysterious phantom, his stolen bike and a 266 pound chicken, with the help of his new best friends. 200p.

J/F/REISS
Reiss, Kathryn - Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge: A Ghost Story
Zibby feels compelled to spend all of her money on an antique dollhouse that seems to have a life of its own. She discovers that one of the dolls is haunted by an evil governess, and Miss Honeywell wants her revenge! 435p.

J/F/REPKA
Repka, Janice - The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco
Phillip decides to live with his aunt and uncle rather than travel with his parents in the circus. Now he's stuck in the unofficial Dodgeball Capital of the World, and he's on the wrong side of a dodgeball, the school bully and the law. 181p.

J/F/SAN SOUCI
San Souci, Robert D. - Double-Dare to Be Scared: Another Thirteen Chilling Tales
We double-dare you to read these spine-tingling tales of nightmares, hauntings and urban legends! 170p.

J/F/SHEARER
Shearer, Alex - Sea Legs
Eric and Clive's father is the Senior Steward of a luxury cruise ship. Tired of being left behind, the two stow away before the ship sails, and spend the cruise hiding out, fitting in with the paying passengers and avoiding their father. 309p.

J/F/SHREVE
Shreve, Susan Richards - Under the Watsons' Porch
Ellie Tremont is bored… B-O-R-E-D. But her summer starts to look more promising when Tommy, a charming foster kid with a bad-boy reputation, moves in next door. 199p.

J/F/WEEKS
Weeks, Sarah - So B. It: A Novel
Heidi has lived her whole life with her mentally retarded mother and a caring but agoraphobic neighbor. Heidi wonders where they came from but her mother is unable to tell her. After finding a clue to the past, Heidi sets out on a cross-country bus trip to discover her mother's story. 245p.

Prepared by Jeni Robinson, Sharon Lawrence, Julie Runge, May 2005