Fifth Grade
Fiction
JUV FIC Avi
Crispin: the Cross of Lead by Avi. 262 p.
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned
peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his
tiny village and meets a larger-than-life juggler
who holds a dangerous secret.
JUV FIC Byng
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia
Byng. 371 p.
Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary
orphanage in a small English town, discovers a
hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way
to stardom in New York City.
JUV FIC DiCamillo
The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo. 267 p.
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse
of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the
servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a
devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
JUV SER FIC Forrester
The Everyday Witch by Sandra Forrester. 185 p.
On the eve of her 12th birthday, Beatrice Bailey is
surprised to find that the decision about her
classification as a witch has not been made and that
she must first go on a magical quest. First book of
the Beatrice Bailey adventure series.
JUV FIC Hiaasen
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. 292 p.
Roy Eberhardt, who is new to the small Florida
community called Coconut Grove, becomes involved in
another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing
owls from a proposed construction site.
JUV FIC Hirsch
Bartlett and the Ice Voyage by Odo Hirsch. 168 p.
A young queen may rule over seven lands, but she
can't stop obsessing over tasting a delicious fruit
that grows far to the south of her realm. So she
sends the intrepid adventurer Bartlett and his
trusty friend Jacques le Grand to fetch her a
melidrop by any means possible.
JUV FIC Hunter
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter. 272 p.
Rusty, a house cat, yearns for adventure. When he's
offered the chance to join the ThunderClan, one of
the gangs of feral cats in the area, he and the
other Thunder-Clan members find themselves in the
middle of a turf war against a rival gang. This is
the first book in the Warriors series.
JUV FIC Ibbotson
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson. 298 p.
Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful
Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures
many hardships before fulfilling her dream of
exploring the Amazon River.
JUV FIC McKay
Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay. 152 P.
After learning that she was adopted,
thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her
eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help
her go back to Italy where she was born to find a
special memento of her past.
JUV FIC Murray
The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley, Who
Planned To Live An Unusual Life by Martine Murray.
233 p.
When twelve-year-old Cedar loses her dog, it sets
off a chain of events leading her to find a new
friend, become an acrobat, and learn some
bitter-sweet truths about family, community, and
herself.
JUV FIC Nix
Mister Monday by Garth Nix. 361 p.
Arthur is supposed to die at a young age, but is
saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand
of a clock. A man named Mister Monday will stop at
nothing to get the key back. This book is the first
in the Keys to the Kingdom series.
Science Fiction
JUV SF Colfer
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer.
309 p.
Discovering a way to build a super-computer using
stolen fairy technology, young criminal mastermind
Artemis sets out to blackmail a Chicago businessman
but runs into a trap that leaves his bodyguard and
friend Butler mortally injured. This is the third
book in the Artemis Fowl series.
JUV SF DiTerlizzi
The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi. 107 p.
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great
Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a
field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin
to have some unusual experiences. This is the first
book of the Spiderwick Chronicles series.
JUV SF DuPrau
The City Of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. 207 p.
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on
Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new
places in her decaying beloved city, perhaps even to
glimpse the Unknown Regions.
JUV SF Downer
Hatching Magic by Ann Downer. 242 p.
When a thirteenth-century wizard confronts
twenty-first century Boston while seeking his pet
dragon, he is followed by a rival wizard and a very
unhappy demon, but eleven-year-old Theodora
Oglethorpe may hold the secret to setting everything
right.
JUV SF Haddix
Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix. 182 p.
In a future world of false identities, government
lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the
younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has
taken. This is the fourth book of the Shadow
Children series.
JUV SF Stroud
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud. 462p.
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the
djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the
Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon
Lovelace. First book of the Bartimaeus Trilogy.
Mysteries
JUV M Hale
Red Card by Daniel Hale. 170 p.
When thirteen-year-old Zeke moves to Dallas and
joins the local soccer team, he finds himself
investigating a mystery when someone tries to kill
his coach.
JUV M Kehret
Spy Cat by Peg Kehret. 181 p.
A series of burglaries in their quiet community
upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger
brother Benjie, but the bad guys are no match for
the very protective family cat and Benjie's "spy"
skills.
JUV M Lawrence
The Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence. 161 p.
At a refugee camp following the eruption of Mt.
Vesuvius which buried Pompeii, Flavia and her
friends discover that children are disappearing and
a very powerful citizen might be involved. This is
the third book in the Roman mystery series.
JUV M Van Draanen
Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception by Wendelin Van
Draanen. 272 p.
Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates
mysterious happenings after preventing a robbery at
a local art gallery.
Non-Fiction
JUV 641.5123 L135E 2002
Emeril's There's A Chef In My Soup! Recipes for the
Kid In Everyone by Emeril Lagasse. 242 p.
World-famous chef Emeril Lagasse shares some of his
favorite recipes that children can make, as well as
tips for the whole family on how to have fun and be
safe in the kitchen.
JUV 745.5 SM58E 2002
Earth Friendly Crafts for Kids: Awesome Things to
Make With Recycled Stuff by Heather Smith. 144 p.
Provides instructions for using recycled materials
to create fifty different crafts and offers tips for
an earth-friendly lifestyle.
JUV 808.83873 B468S 2002
Beware!: R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories
by R. L. Stine. 214 p.
R.L. Stine has gathered a selection of all things
scary. Short stories, tales old and new, comics, and
poems. It's a spine-tingling collection of work by
dozens of writers and artists who are famous for
hair-raising fun.
JUV 910.453 H264B 2002
The Best Book of Pirates by Barnaby Harward. 31 p.
Kids fascinated by buccaneers, corsairs, treasure
maps, and pieces of eight, will find this a most
seaworthy introduction to the lives of these salty
scoundrels. From the legend of the gap-toothed Jolly
Roger to the gritty realities of pirate life,
children will discover pirate facts throughout
history.
MM, 1/04; Holdings checked 7/06 KRL
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