4 Responses to “What is a good short story/book to read to 5th graders?”

1. By Katie H on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   I think “Holes” by Louis Sachar is a great book to read to 5th graders.
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2. By laugh on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar
   Marvin Redpost Series by Louis Sachar
   Holes by Louis Sachar
   6th Grade Secrets by Louis Sachar

   Click Clack Moo (don’t know the author)

   Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (idk the author)

   Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
   Lost and Found by Andrew Clements
   Janitor’s Boy by Andrew Clements

   Stuff by Ann M. Martin– although her stuff is mainly for girls. . .
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3. By KatFromPlanetKirienne on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   try “Only You Can Save Mankind” by Terry Pratchett. It’s absolutely hilarious and not very long. You’ll like it too. Plot summary-

   Twelve-year-old Johnny receives a pirate edition of the new video game Only You Can Save Mankind from his friend Wobbler. However, he hasn’t been playing for long when the ScreeWee Empire surrenders to him. After accepting the surrender he finds himself inside the game in his dreams, where he must deal with the suspicious Gunnery Officer as well as the understanding Captain, and work out exactly what they’re all supposed to do now. This might all be the result of an over-active imagination except that the ScreeWee have disappeared altogether from everyone else’s copy of the game. With the help of another player, Kirsty, who calls herself “Sigourney” (as in Weaver), Johnny must try to get the ScreeWee home.
   The book contrasts the apparent reality of the computer game with Johnny’s difficult home life and the television coverage of the Gulf War which, from Johnny’s viewpoint, is just as displaced from reality as the ScreeWee Empire. It plays with the effects of perception. For instance, since Kirsty refuses to see the ScreeWee as anything other than alien monsters who exist to be shot at they are much less human-like in her presence than when only dealing with Johnny.

   It’s a lot simpler when you actually read it, has some good morals, and is entirely appropiate for fifth-graders.
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   Reading. A lot.

4. By Solution Provider on Feb 1, 2009 | Reply

   This is a good one on Amazon:

   http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=wwwthesolut06-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0440496039&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr
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