District 65 Summer Reading List: Grades 4 and 5Like this list

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• The Amazing Generation

  Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-filled World

  Haidt, Jonathan,

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  With practical strategies, and first-person accounts from young adults, this book aims to help young readers develop habits that support well-being, independence, and personal growth in a digitally connected world.

• The Experiment

  Stead, Rebecca,

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  Although he appears to be a typical sixth-grader (with parents, homework, and a best friend, Victor), Nathan learned at an early age that his family is from another planet.

• The Invisible Parade

  Bardugo, Leigh,

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  A young girl examines fear and death and discovers bravery against the backdrop of Daia de Muertos.

• The Last Last-day-of-summer

  Giles, Lamar, 1979-

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  When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected.

• The Lemonade War

  Davies, Jacqueline, 1962-

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  With just five days left of summer vacation, Evan and Jessie launch an all-out war to see who can sell the most lemonade before school starts.

• Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel

  a Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller

  Garza, Xavier

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  Eleven-year-old Maximilian, a big fan of the form of wrestling known as lucha libre, begins to suspect that he has a close connection with his favorite luchador, El Angel de La Guardia, the Guardian Angel.

• Miss Camper

  Fajardo, Kat, 1991-

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  Sue is heading to Camp Willow this summer! She's looking forward to hiking, archery, and making comics in the fresh air. She's especially excited about LARPing (live-action role-playing).

• Srta. Campista

  Fajardo, Kat, 1991-

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  ¡Este verano Sue va al campamento El Sauce! Quiere practicar senderismo, tiro con arco y dibujar cómics al aire libre. Pero sobre todo le gustaría jugar rol en vivo.

• Mixed-up

  Garcia, Kami,

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  When the classwork starts piling up, Stella struggles to stay on top of it. Why does it take her so long to read? And when she can't deal with the text-heavy Witchlins guidebook, she can't keep up with her friends in the game.

• A Sea of Lemon Trees

  the Corrido of Roberto Alvarez

  Águila, María Dolores,

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  Twelve-year-old Roberto Alvarez becomes the lead plaintiff in a 1931 lawsuit challenging school segregation in Lemon Grove, California, and stands up for justice with the support of his Mexican American community.

• The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur

  a Graphic Novel Based on a True Story

  Wolf, Allan,

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  Home to catfish and crawdads, shrimp and spoonbills, and even a gator or two Lake Peigneur bustles also with human life. November 20, 1980, begins as just another day on the lake. It will turn out to be anything but.

• Where Butterflies Fill the Sky

  a Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home

  Marwan, Zahra, 1989-

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  An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States.