Bellingham Middle School 5th Grade Summer Reading 2008

	Amber Brown is Green With Envy - Paula Danziger. Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.
	Boys Against Girls - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. The Hartford brothers cannot imagine spending Thanksgiving dinner with the Malloy sisters as the practical jokes and rivalries between the two families continue.
	Danger on Midnight River - Gary Paulsen. Daniel Martin is being sent to summer camp with three boys from school who always tease him. As the camp van is crossing a rickety bridge the wooden planks break plunging the van into the river. Will Daniel be able to save himself and his classmates with his outdoor training? Audio.
	Earthquake Terror - Peg Kehret. When an earthquake hits the isolated island in northern California where his family had been camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan Palmer must find a way to keep himself, his partially paralyzed younger sister, and their dog alive until help arrives.
	Escape From Fire Mountain - Gary Paulsen. Thirteen-year-old Nikki Roberts tries to help two children trapped by a forest fire but finds her efforts blocked by poachers who want her to become one of the fire's victims. Audio
	Face Off - Matt Christopher. Although he loves the game, a young hockey player discovers he is handicapped while playing by his fear of the puck.
	Half Magic - Edward Eager. Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.
	Hundred Dresses, The - Eleanor Estes. None of her classmates pay much attention to Wanda Petronski until she announces she has 100 dresses in her closet. Everyone laughs and teases her so much that she stops coming to school. Then, her classmates discover she really does have 100 dresses and discover something about teasing and themselves. Audio
	*Jake Drake, Bully Buster - Andrew Clements. When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Danity Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast--too fast! Why? Because Jake is kind of smart, and he's not a tattletale, and he doesn't have a big brother to protect him..."
	Jackie and Me - Dan Gutman. With his ability to travel through time by using baseball cards, Joe goes back to 1947 to meet Jackie Robinson, turning into a black boy in the process.
	Jake Drake, Teacher's Pet - Andrew Clements. Jake remembers the terrible days in third grade when everybody thought he was the teachers' pet.
	Viking It and Liking It (Time Warp Trio) - Jon Scieszka. Saying "Thursday" over and over near a certain magic book transports Joe, Sam, and Fred to the Viking era.