Literature Circles for 5th Grade


 * ‘‘The Outsiders’’, by Deckle Edge 
 * ‘‘Sinbad and Me’’, by Kin Platt 
 * ‘‘Slake’s Limbo’’, by Felice Holman 
 * ‘‘Minnow Vail’’, by Winifred E. Wise 
 * ‘‘Hot Rod’’, by Henry Gregory Felsen 
 * ‘‘Street Rod’’, by Henry Gregory Felsen 
 * ‘‘Swallows and Amazons’’, by Arthur Ransome 
 * ‘‘Pigeon Post’’, by Arthur Ransome 
 * ‘‘The Midwifes Apprentice’’, by Karen Cushman 
 * ‘‘Carry On’’, Mr. Bowditch!’’, by Jean Lee Latham 
 * ‘‘Dove’’, by Robin Lee Graham 
 * ‘‘Mr. Midshipman Hornblower’’, by C. S. Forester 
 * ‘‘Captain Caution’’, by Kenneth Roberts 
 * ‘‘Patterns on the Wall’’, by Elizabeth Yates 
 * ‘‘The Fields of Home’’, by Ralph Moody 
 * ‘‘Farmer Boy’’, by Laura Ingalls Wilder 
 * ‘‘Tom Sawyer’’, by Mark Twain <br\>
 * ‘‘Men of Iron’’, by Howard Pyle <br\>
 * ‘‘The White Company’’, by Arthur Conan Doyle <br\>
 * ‘‘Captains Courageous’’, by Rudyard Kipling <br\>
 * ‘‘The Call of the Wild’’, by Jack London <br\>
 * ‘‘The Yearling’’, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings <br\>
 * ‘‘The Big Sky’’, by A. B. Guthrie’’, Jr. <br\>
 * ‘‘This House of Sky’’, by Ivan Doig <br\>
 * ‘‘The Phantom Tollbooth’’, by Norton Juster <br\>
 * ‘‘Tuck Everlasting’’, by Natalie Babbitt <br\>
 * ‘‘Winabojo: Master of Life’’, by James Cloyd Bowman <br\>
 * ‘‘Smith of Wootton Major’’, by J. R. R. Tolkien <br\>
 * ‘‘Farmer Giles of Ham’’, by J. R. R. Tolkien <br\>
 * ‘‘The Moorchild’’, by Eloise McGraw <br\>
 * ‘‘The Book of Three’’, by Lloyd Alexander <br\>
 * ‘‘The Arm of the Starfish’’, by Madeleine LEngle <br\>
 * ‘‘The Rolling Stones’’, by Robert A. Heinlein <br\>
 * ‘‘Red Planet’’, by Robert A. Heinlein <br\>
 * ‘‘Farmer in the Sky’’, by Robert A. Heinlein <br\>
 * ‘‘Time for the Stars’’, by Robert A. Heinlein <br\>
 * ‘‘Star Surgeon’’, by Alan E. Nourse <br\>
 * ‘‘The Deep Range’’, by Arthur C. Clarke <br\>
 * ‘‘Nightfall’’, by Isaac Asimov <br\>
 * ‘‘Sword in Sheath’’, by Andre Norton <br\>
 * ‘‘Time Traders’’, by Andre Norton <br\>
 * ‘‘Runaway Prentice: The Story of Jeffrey’’, Susan’’, Tris’’, and Tibby in the Year 1800’’, by Ethel Parton

Colonization & Settlement, 1585-1763

 * The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare -- Kit Tyler, a 16-year old, travels from Barbados alone to live with her uncle's family in colonial Connecticut. She encounters the prejudice and superstitions of colonists who believe her friend, Hannah Tupper, is a witch.

American Revolution, 1763-1783

 * Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes -- Johnny finds work as a dispatch rider for the Committee of Public Safety, a job that brings him in touch with Boston patriots—and the excitement that will lead to the Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington <br\>

Civil War & Reconstruction, 1861-1877

 * Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt -- the story of Jethro Creighton — a boy who comes of age during the  Civil War <br\>