3rd-5th Grade Reading List ’24-’25

This is the list for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders participating in Battle of the Books. There are 20 books total and students must read at least 8 of these books by Feb. 1, 2025 to qualify to be on a team.

• Good Different – Meg Eden Kuyatt (novel in verse) – Beehive Book nominee
• Mirror to Mirror – Rajani LaRocco (novel in verse)
• White Bird – R. J. Palacio (graphic novel)
• Saving Sunshine – Saadia Farugi (graphic novel) – Beehive Book nominee
• Freestyle – Gale Galligan (graphic novel)
• Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille – Ken Bryant (info picture book)
• Sisters in Science – Linda Elovitz Marshall (info picture book) – Beehive Book nominee
• Jubilee: The First Therapy Horse – K.T. Johnston (info picture book)
• City Spies – James Ponti
• Half Magic – Edward Eager
• The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom – Christopher Healy
• The Kite Fighters – Linda Sue Park
• The Last Beekeeper – Pablo Cartaya
• The Liar’s Society – Alyson Gerber
• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel – Fleur Bradley
• Mustaches for Maddie – Chad Morris
• Nic Blake and the Remarkables – Angie Thomas
• The One and Only Ivan – Katherine Applegate
• The Sign of the Beaver – Elizabeth George Speare
• Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer – Kelly Jones