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Battle of the Books: 5th & 6th Grade Book List 2024 25

Book List Grades 5–6 

• Barnhill, Kelly – The Girl Who Drank the Moon
• Creech, Sharon – Ruby Holler
• Curtis, Christopher P. – Bud, Not Buddy
• DuPrau, Jeanne – City of Ember: The First Book of Ember
• Elliott, Zetta – Dragons in a Bag
• Haddix, Margaret P. – Found
• Hale, Nathan – One Dead Spy: Hazardous Tales #1
• Hannigan, Katherine – Ida B… and Her Plans to Maximize Fun…
• Klise, K. & Klise, M. Sarah – Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters…
• LaFaye, A. – Worth
• Law, Ingrid – Savvy
• Lord, Cynthia – Rules
• McSwigan, Marie – Snow Treasure
• Morpurgo, Michael – War Horse
• Nielsen, Jennifer A. – The False Prince
• Paterson, Katherine – Bridge to Terabithia
• Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• Ruckman, Ivy – Night of the Twisters
• Shurtliff, Liesl – Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin
• Stewart, Whitney – Who Was Walt Disney