Genie Merchant

Cool Summer Reading Lists 2010

4th grade going into to 5th Grade

Warriors Into the Wild Book One (Erin Hunter) Ever think your kitty cats could be warriors? Feline saga covering generations of adventure and intrigue-many spinoffs.

Stormbreaker (Anthony Horowitz) Fourteen year old Alex rider is a real spy for a top secret intelligence agency. Kind of a water downed version of James Bond for kids .Volumes and volumes of his thrill seeking adventures are available

Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City ( Kirsten Miller) A mysterious Kiki Strike and a giant sinkhole under New York City brings together some girls for mystery and adventure.

Hatchet (Gary Paulsen) Brian spends fifty four days in the wilderness after a plane crash-he learns to survive with a hatchet.

The Penderwicks A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Jeanne Birdsall) A summer holiday that takes them all by surprise-lovely writing with old fashioned charm.

A Wrinkle in Time ( Madeline L’Engle) Meg, her friend Calvin and Charles Wallace must rescue Meg’s father after he mysteriously disappears after experimenting with the fifth dimension of time.

Hunger Games (Suzzanne Collins) In the near future the United States collapses and young people fight each other to death in a reality show.

Heck Where the Back Kids Go (Dale Basye) Siblings die in a marshmallow-bear explosion and are sent straight to Heck the otherworldly reform school-can they escape?

Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan) Meet Percy Jackson, the hero in all five books as he continuous on his quest to unravel the treachery of the Greek Gods.