Entering Grade 5
Science Fiction & Fantasy
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A Clatter of Jars by Lisa Graff
(companion book: A Tangle of Knots) Camp Atropos seems like a great summer camp for children with special Talents, but what could be causing some campers’ Talents to mutate or vanish? |
 
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Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer
Book 1: The Wishing Spell When twins Alex and Connor open a beloved book of stories, they are transported into a fairy tale land and must fulfill a series of hair-raising tasks to escape. |
 
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Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall
sequel: Space Hostages The war with the mysterious alien Morrors triggers an evacuation of some of the children of Earth to the supposed safety of Mars. When all the adults disappear, the children must set out over the barely terraformed surface to seek out help. |
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Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
Nine children live happily on an island with everything they need. But one day every year a boat arrives and removes the oldest child and delivers a new young child. |
 
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
Book 1: The Lightning Thief Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. |
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When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
(Also by this author: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and Starry River of the Sky) When Pinmei’s grandmother, the village storyteller, is kidnapped by the Emperor, Pinmei sets out a quest full of legendary places and creatures to find something called the Luminous Stone That Lights the Night as ransom. |
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The Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
People in the neighborhood of Red, an oak tree many rings old, write wishes on cloth and tie them to Red's branches. When one human uses the tree for hateful messages, Red and his animal friends try to repair the damage. |
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The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill
(also by this author: The Girl Who Drank the Moon) A boy who was not supposed to live and the daughter of the Bandit King must work together to cross a dangerous enchanted forest and stop a war. |