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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Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Min is tired of doing chores on her dusty home world of Jinju and longs to join the Space Forces like her brother Jun. When word comes that Jun has deserted his post to search for the mystical Dragon Pearl, Min sets out into a dangerous universe to clear his name. |
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The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
A chilling ghost story, steeped in Malaysian folklore. When Suraya's grandmother gifts her with a pelesit, she and this ghostly companion, which she names Pink, become fast friends. But when Suraya makes a human friend, Pink becomes dangerously jealous. |
 
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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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Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Max longs to join the fútbol team of Santa Maria, just as his father and grandfather did when they were young. While waiting for his father to decide he's old enough to travel to the next town to train, Max discovers a family secret involving a mysterious tower and his absent mother. |
 
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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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Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (and other books by this author)
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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This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
A group of boys make a pact to follow the lighted paper lanterns of the Autumn Equinox to the sea. Things start to go awry when pesty Nathaniel joins them, but talking bears, wrong turns, and mysterious fogs are adding up to a very peculiar night. (graphic novel) |
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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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When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
A tiger straight out of one of Lily's grandmother's Korean folktales appears to demand Lily return something her grandmother stole from the tiger people long ago. In exchange the tigers will restore her grandmother's failing health. But the tigers in the stories were never very trustworthy and Lily needs all the help she can get to achieve a happy ending. |
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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. |