Recommended Novels From our Grades 5 and 6 Students
Presented by the Grades 5 and 6 Students of Deloraine School
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The Grade 5 and 6 students of Deloraine School have put a list together of the books they would highly recommend for Middle Years students to read. The students have rated each of these books as "FIVE out of FIVE STARS!"  

Watch the list grow through the year!  

2006-2010

                   Title
     Author
My Friend Walter
Michael Morpurgo
Waiting for Anya
Michael Morpurgo
A Long Way From Home
Michael Morpurgo
Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo
Butterfly Lion
Michael Morpurgo
Beowulf
Michael Morpurgo
War Horse
Michael Morpurgo
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Michael Morpurgo
Cool
Michael Morpurgo
Billy the Kid
Michael Morpurgo
The Wreck of the Zanzibar
Michael Morpurgo
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Born to Run
Michael Morpurgo
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
Michael Morpurgo
Toro! Toro!
Michael Morpurgo
Dear Olly
Michael Morpurgo
Out of the Ashes
Michael Morpurgo
The Dancing Bear
Michael Morpurgo
The Mozart Question
Michael Morpurgo
Farm Boy
Michael Morpurgo
King of the Cloud Forests
Michael Morpurgo
The Sleeping Sword
Michael Morpurgo
Kaspar Prince of Cats
Michael Morpurgo
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
Matilda
Roald Dahl
The Twits
Roald Dahl
The BFG
Roald Dahl
George's Marvellous Medicine
Roald Dahl
The Witches
Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Roald Dahl
The Giraffe, the Pelly, and Me
Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl
A Boy No More
Harry Mazer
A Boy at War
Harry Mazer
Heroes Don't Run
Harry Mazer
Dog
Daniel Pennac
Escape to Freedom
Vancy Kasper
Hana's Suitcase
Karen Levine
Artemis Fowl (series)
Eoin Colfer
The Supernaturalist
Eoin Colfer
Wish List
Eoin Colfer
Spud Murphy
Eoin Colfer
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
Wayside School (series)
Louis Sachar
Holes
Louis Sachar
Small Steps
Louis Sachar
Paw and Order (Can Max Solve the Mystery?)
Jenny Dale
A Place Not Home
Eva Wiseman
Mummy With No Name
Geronimo Stitlon
Among the Hidden (series)
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Waiting for Sarah
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Turnabout
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Harry Potter (series)
J.K. Rowling
Arthur and the Seeing Stone
J.K. Rowling
A Prairie as Wide as the Sea
Sara Ellis
Canadian Ghost Stories
Barbara Smith
Manitoba Ghost Stories
Barbara Smith
Season of Sandstorms
Mary Osborne
Treehouse
Mary Pope Osborne
Tales of the Odyssey
Mary Pope Osborne
Guardians of Ga'Hoole (series)
Kathryn Lasky
Battle of Britain
Chris Priestley
Flying Ace
Jim Eldridge
Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson
The Haunted Mask
R.L. Stine
To Kill a Monster
R.L. Stine
Horror Land: The Scream of the Haunted Mask
R.L. Stine
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate Dicamillo
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate Dicamillo
A Dream Come True
Elizabeth Lindsay
The Good People
Steve Cockayne
Song of the Sparrow
Lisa Ann Sandell
Skellig
Dave Almond
The Littles
John Peterson
Cowboys Don't Cry
Marilyn Halverson
Bull Rider
Marilyn Halverson
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ann Brashares
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
Pick of the Litter
Bill Wallace
Tagus the Night Horse
Adam Blade
Mary Bloody Mary
Carolyn Meyer
Beware Princess Elizabeth
Carolyn Meyer
Doomed Queen Anne
Carolyn Meyer
The One Left Behind
Willo Davis Roberts
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell
The Water Horse
Dick King-Smith
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards
Everest
Gordon Korman
Dive
Gordon Korman
Island
Gordon Korman
I Want to Go Home
Gordon Korman
Schooled
Gordon Korman
Swindle
Gordon Korman
Catching Waves
Matt Christopher
Destined to Live
Ruth Gruener
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler
The Pinballs
Betsy Byars
Screech Owls (series)
Roy MacGregor
Silverwing Saga
Kenneth Oppel
Darkwing
Kenneth Oppel
Skybreaker
Kenneth Oppel
Tell No One Who You Are
Walter Buchignani
Hiding Edith
Kathy Kacer
Ruby Holler
Sharon Creech
Chocolate Fever
Robert Kimmel Smith
The Queen's Own Fool: A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots
Jane Yolen
Hard Luck Horse
Fern G. Brown
Ida B
Katherine Haggington
Chicken Soup for the Kids Soul
Assorted Authors
Indiana Jones (series)
Ryder Windham
Loser
Jerry Spinelli
The Fire Within
Chris D'Lacey
Ice Fire
Chris D'Lacey
Fire Star
Chris D'Lacey
The Fire Eternal
Chris D'Lacey
The Arrival
Shaun Tan
Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire
Derek Landy
Hank The Cowdog: The Case of the Raging Rottweiler
John R. Erickson
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
Septimus Heap series:
Angie Sage
Magyk
Angie Sage
Flyte
Angie Sage
Physik
Angie Sage
Queste
Angie Sage
My Haunted House
Angie Sage
Brian's Winter
Gary Paulsen
It Only Looks Easy
Pamela Curtis Swallow
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Michael Scott
Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
The Hobbit
JRR Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring
JRR Tolkien
The Two Towers
JRR Tolkien
The Return of the King
JRR Tolkien
The Hardy Boys: Wreck and Roll
Franklin W. Dixon
The Missing Chums
Franklin W. Dixon
Hunting for Hidden Gold
Franklin W. Dixon
The Secret of the Old Mill
Franklin W. Dixon
Alex Rider: Eagle Strike
Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider: Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider: Scorpia
Anthony Horowitz
The Hidden Girl
Lola Kaufman
The Giggler Treatment
Rodey Doyle
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
John Boyne
Elly, My True Story of the Holocaust
Billy Berkovits Gross
The Boy Who Dared
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun
Destined to Live
Ruth Gruener
Tunnels
Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams
Deeper
Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams
The Dragonback Series
Timothy Zahn
Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body
Todd Strasser
The 39 Clues
Rick Riordan
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam
Cynthia Kadohata

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"THE STORY GARDEN" in BRANDON (716-18th STREET in the THOMAS MALL) IS A TERRIFIC STORE THAT SELLS BOOKS ADDRESSING THE INTERESTS OF ALL STUDENTS. YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK IT OUT WHEN YOU'RE IN BRANDON.