October Book Report

Genre: Fantasy

Directions:

1. Choose a book that is at your reading level. A variety of average fifth grade reading level books are listed at the bottom of this page. If you are reading above the fifth grade reading level, try a book from the Challenge list. If you are reading below the fifth grade reading level, try a book from the Easy list.
2. Read the book on your own.
3. Complete the Spider Web form and present it to someone else, or to a group of people.

Average Book List

• Alanna: The First Adventure, Tamora Pierce
• Beauty: a retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, Robin McKinley *
• Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine *
• Artemis Fowl (series), Eoin Colfer
• Charlie Bone (series), Jenny Nimmo
• Eragon, Christopher Paolini
• Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke
• The Enormous Egg, Oliver Butterworth
• Castle in the Attic (series), Elizabeth Winthrop
• Dial-a-Ghost, Eva Ibbotson
• The Indian in the Cupboard (series), Lynne Reid Banks

• The Boggart, Susan Cooper
• The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
• The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
• Dragon's Blood, Jane Yolen *
• The Scions of Shannara, Terry Brooks
• A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
• Dragonsinger, Anne McCaffrey
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain
• Harry Potter (series), J. K. Rowling *
• Eldest, Christopher Paolini
• In the Hall of the Dragon King, Stephen Lawhead *

• Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Louis Sachar - humorous
• Mermaids Don't Run Track (The Adventures of the Baily School Kids), Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones
• The Ordinary Princess, M. M. Kaye
• The Girl, the Dragon, and the Wild Magic, Dave Luckett
• Jeffery's Ghost and the Fifth Grade Dragon, David A. Adler
• The Magic Paintbrush, Lawrence Yep
• Christina's Ghost, Betty Ren Wright
• Pleasing the Ghost, Sharon Creech
• There's a Ghost in the Boys' Bathroom, Tom B. Stone
• Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story, Mary Downing Hahn

* indicates a book Mrs. Barragree highly recommends!