YS Staff Picks Grades 5 & 6
Our Favorite Reads
Suggested grades 5 & 6 titles
- The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
- The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
- The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers
- The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier (graphic novel)
- New Kid by Jerry Craft (graphic novel)
- Blended by Sharon Draper
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia
- Refugee by Alan Gratz
- The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm
- Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Listen Slowly by Thanhha Lai
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle and Hope Larson (graphic novel)
- A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
- Bob by Wendy Mass
- A Night Divided by Jennifer A Nielsen
- Ghost by Jason Reynolds
- Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier (graphic novel)
- Three Times Lucky by Shelia Turnage