LibGuides: 2025 FWCD Summer Reading: Grade 5

5th Grade Summer Reading 2025

The FWCD Libraries will be closed July 2nd and July 9th.

Summer Reading for Students Entering the 5^th Grade

All 5^th graders will read at least three books.
During the summer AR points do not count. Teachers take grades instead.
Points will begin on the first day of school.
All students will read the required book and take the AR quiz.
Students will have two more grades taken from the choice book list. Students may read as many books as they would like and take as many AR quizzes as they would like. The two highest grades will be entered into the grade book.
The Sora app will have most books from the summer reading list in ebook or audio book form.
Quizzes will be taken at school in the Moncrief Library. The Moncrief Library will be open most Wednesdays from 10:00 - 1:00.
All AR quizzes are due Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

Required Book

Number the Stars by Lowry Lois
ISBN: 9780440403272

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

Choice Books

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
ISBN: 9780679813439

First published in 1941, Walter Farley's best-selling novel for young readers is the triumphant tale of a boy and a wild horse. From Alec Ramsay and the Black's first meeting on an ill-fated ship to their adventures on a desert island and their eventual rescue, this beloved story will hold the rapt attention of readers new and old.
City Spies by James Ponti
ISBN: 1534414916

Sara Martinez is facing years in the juvenile detention system for hacking into the foster care computer system to prove that her foster parents are crooks. But then she gets a second chance when a mysterious man offers her a chance to join a group of MI6 affiliated spies
Frindle by Andrew Clements; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689818769

Publication Date: 1998-02-01

Realistic fiction
When he decides to turn his fifth-grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
ISBN: 9780062875853

Publication Date: 2020-01-14

Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime.
Glitch by Laura Martin
ISBN: 0062894366

Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have been enemies since they started training to become Glitchers--people who travel through time to preserve important historical events. But everything changes when they find a letter from Regan's future self, warning them about an impending disaster that threatens them and everyone they know
Hero by Jennifer Li Shotz
ISBN: 9780062560391

Hero, a retired search-and-rescue dog, is not prepared for a stray puppy to come into his life. But when he and twelve-year-old Ben find Scout injured and afraid, Hero is determined to give the puppy a home. Then one day disaster strikes: Scout is missing. As Hero and Ben head out to find him, they're led down a dangerous and unexpected path. Now it's up to Hero to use his search-and-rescue skills in order to save Scout and bring him home before it's too late.
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
ISBN: 0823447057

Publication Date: 2021-02-02

In World War II England, orphaned siblings William, Edmund, and Anna are evacuated from London to live in the countryside, where they bounce from home to home in search of someone willing to adopt them permanently.
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
ISBN: 1250233615

Publication Date: 2020-07-21

Twelve-year-old Coyote and her father rush to Poplin Springs, Washington, in their old school bus to save a memory box buried in a park that will soon be demolished.
Nancy Drew 01: the Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
ISBN: 9780448095011

Publication Date: 1930-05-01

Mystery
You may read any of the classic classic Nancy Drew novels OR the classic Hardy Boys novels.
The Tower Treasure by Franklin Dixon
ISBN: 9780486849850

Publication Date: 2022-06-15

Mystery
You read any of the classic Hardy Boys novels or the classic Nancy Drew novels.