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Books for 5th & 6th Graders Spring 2025 |
Door of No Return: Black Star
by Kwame Alexander
A Black girl in the American South, 12-year-old Charley Cuffey is determined to become the first female pitcher to play professional ball and challenges a neighborhood bully to a game that leads to a fateful decision with far-reaching consequences. Simultaneous eBook.
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It's All or Nothing, Vale
by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Valentina Camacho was the top athlete at her fencing gym until a life-changing accident, but now her body doesn't move the same and there's a new number one, in a story about a girl finding her way back to her passion.
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Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood
by Robert Beatty
Twelve-year-old Sylvia Doe keeps running away from foster homes to return to the mountains of North Carolina, until a 100-year flood, a strange boy, and a cave that is a portal to other times and places, bring her back where she truly belongs.
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Danilo Was Here
by Tamika Burgess
Danilo's baseball talent lands him the opportunity to train in the States and find his absentee father, who may be the key to saving the family he abandoned as they deal with the devastating effects of the US's military invasion of Panamá.
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The Ripple Effect
by Rebecca Caprara
Sixth grader Zella's class prank flops and the entire class is punished, but when Zella is given a second chance, her small, subtle acts of thoughtfulness begin to grow, in a story about redemption, friendship and kindness.
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Team Chu and the Wild Ghost Chase
by Julie C. Dao
When his cat, Tuba, becomes a social media sensation, scoring him an invite to a star-studded pet fashion show at Spooky World, Iggy and his friends find themselves on a mysterious, action-packed scavenger hunt to uncover the truth behind this haunted Halloween carnival.
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Racing the Clouds
by Sydney Dunlap
Blaming herself for the accident that lead to her mother's opioid addiction, 13-year-old Sage visits her estranged grandparents, hoping to fix what's gone wrong, in a story about the complexity of family relationships and the value of forgiveness, resilience and hope.
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The Flicker
by H. E. Edgmon
Leaving home with their infant half-brother in search of Millie's Seminole elder grandma, step-sisters Mille and Rose get some unexpected help braving the hostile wasteland to make it to her safely, but the Hive, a villainous group hoarding supplies and living in luxury, stand in their way.
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Inkworld: The Color of Revenge
by Cornelia Funke
Five years after the events of Inkdeath, peace reigns in Ombra, where Meggie, Mo, Dustfinger and others are happy, but Orpheus, who fled north, lives a deprived existence fueled by his thirst for revenge against those who betrayed him.
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Spy School Goes Wild
by Stuart Gibbs
When his attempt to take down his nemesis goes horribly wrong, stranding them together in an extremely dangerous wilderness, Ben Ripley is faced with a new enemy while trying to figure out how to survive with his old one.
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My So-Called Family
by Gia Gordon
Sixth-grader artist Ash, who has been in foster care most of her life, struggles with an ancestral tree assignment, but soon discovers the true meaning of family.
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Futureland: The Architect Games
by H. D. Hunter
A group called the Architects challenge Cam Walker and his family to a series of challenges with the winner taking Futureland, a flying theme park, and if Cam can lead his team to victory, his family and friends will be free.
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Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo
by Philippa Leathley
On her 10th birthday, Meticulous Jones, or Metty, receives a magical tattoo that indicates she will become a murderer, so she is hidden away until her father disappears, then travels to New London and hears about a mysterious organization.
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Keeper of the Lost Cities: Unraveled
by Shannon Messenger
Please be careful. Please be happy. And PLEASE forget all about me. It'll be better for everyone that way. Those were the last words Keefe Sencen wrote to Sophie Foster before he ran away to the Forbidden Cities. He didn't want to leave, but it was the only way to keep his friends safe while he figured out how to control his scary new powers and searched for answers about his past. What he found was so much more than adventures in Humanland. Where did he go? What did he do? And who did he meet while therest of his friends worked to solve the mystery of Stellarlune? The answers go far beyond anything anyone could have ever imagined and give Keefe the power to change his destiny.
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Let It Glow
by Marissa Meyer
Aviva Davis and Holly Martin, identical twin sisters separated at birth, meet by chance at tryouts for a holiday pageant and set out to make a love match for their single grandparents.
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Find Her
by Ginger Reno
Twelve-year-old Wren fights to find her missing Cherokee mother, while also navigating a chilling town mystery, a new friendship, and a family in need of healing.
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Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell
When Mal barges into his life, along with a baby griffin, demanding his help, Christopher embarks on an adventure of a lifetime with this fierce girl to save the Archipelago, a hidden world where magical creatures have thrived for thousands of years.
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Skandar and the Skeleton Curse
by A. F. Steadman
As Skandar and his friends begin their fourth year at the Eyrie, the Island's unicorns are struck by a terrible curse that threatens to change everything.
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The Secrets of Underhill
by Kali Wallace
Eleven-year-old Nick Sixsmith and her mother, a traveling arborist, must travel to Mistwood, her mother's hometown, when a blight takes hold of its magical ironwood groves, but dark secrets simmer beneath the surface as people disappear and tensions rise.
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The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension
by Max Brallier
To get the answers he seeks about his powerful Cosmic Hand, which might be able to stop the inevitable from happening, Jack must travel farther than he's ever been - he must go to the monster dimension.
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Charlie Hernândez & the Phantom of Time
by Ryan Calejo
Traveling back in time to 1950s Cuba to stop a mysterious incident that will eventually destroy the Land of the Living, Charlie, Violet and Raúl are pursued by an unspeakable evil as they scour the mountain rainforests of Havana for clues to untangle the past, present and future.
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Park Row Magic Academy: A Whisper of Curses
by J. Elle
When the Availables collapse the portal to their retreat, trapping them all, Ash, with Kyana acting weird and Russ live-casting everything to the Magick World, must make a difficult decision, in this adventure-filled sequel to A Taste of Magic.
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Spy School Goes North
by Stuart Gibbs
When Cyrus Hale is kidnapped by his old Russian nemesis from a remote Alaskan training facility, Ben, Erica and the others find their rescue mission complicated by the secret history of US-Russian relations, a young KGB agent and a lot of bears.
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The Vanderbeekers Ever After
by Karina Yan Glaser
When one of the Vanderbeeker siblings becomes seriously ill, the family spends their days at the hospital where they help a newly made friend even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down.
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The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found
by Jordan Lees
When 11-year-old Benjamin, who doesn't believe in magic, receives a mysterious doll that transforms into a bird, he is led into an impossible realm - Wreathenwold - where he is drawn into a dangerous adventure as he tries to find his way out of the labyrinth and return home.
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Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn
by Tola Okogwu
Bringing a young Solari - children with superpowers - named Tobi back to the Academy of the Sun, Onyeka discovers the truth about Tobi's identity and superpower and realizes there are those who don't have Tobi's best interests at heart.
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Songs of Magic: A Thundering of Monsters
by S. A. Patrick
With the Piper of Hamelyn hunting for a mythical amulet to achieve true immortality, Patch and his dracogriff friend Barver must find a way to reunite with their friends to vanquish the evil Piper after being transported to a mysterious island where they are trapped by monstrous beasts.
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Cece Rios and the Queen of Brujas
by Kaela Rivera
When her vicious tía, Catrina, seizes the throne of Devil's Alley and sets her sights on the living world, Cece Rios must do everything in her power to stop the bruja queen from taking control of the four elements.
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Skandar and the Chaos Trials
by A. F. Steadman
For their third year of training, Skandar and his friends must complete a series of terrifying trials that pushes them to the limit, while Skandar's sister, Kenna, puts the island of Eyrie in danger, forcing Skandar to decide where his loyalties lie.
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Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun
by Misa Sugiura
When a group of popular kids disappears, Momo must steal the legendary Mirror of the Sun to defeat Tamamo-no-mae, the ultimate mean-girl of the Kami-verse, while grappling with the growing power connecting her with her storm god grandfather and her greatest foe.
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Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
by Angie Thomas
It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool - like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much - like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch Nic and two friends on a hunt for a powerful magic tool she's never heard of...to save her father from imprisonment for a crime she refuses to believe he committed.
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Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea
by Pari Thomson
Eager to rescue her mother and the missing Botanists, Daisy's next adventure finds her at sea in search of the lost city of Iffenwild, where green magic runs deep.
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Finally Heard
by Kelly Yang
When her mom's video on social media takes off, 10-year-old Lina Gao sets out to go viral herself but discovers there's a lot more to social media than she ever imagined and must find the courage to be her authentic self in this fast-paced world.
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