Social Awareness Books for 5th Grade

Fifth graders are ready for genuine perspective-taking across lines of difference — race, class, ability, culture. These books develop that capacity with complexity and nuance.

1,178 books

Cover of Celebrating Families
Celebrating Families
Rosmarie Hausherr
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book #1
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
Ages 4–11
Cover of Who Was Anne Frank?
Who Was? #1
Who Was Anne Frank?
Ann Abramson
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Rooster Prince of Breslov
The Rooster Prince #1
The Rooster Prince of Breslov
Ann Redisch Stampler
Ages 4–11
Cover of Prince and the Pauper
Prince and the Pauper
Susanna Davidson, Mark Twain
Ages 4–11
Cover of Mr. Lincoln's Way
Mr. Lincoln's Way
Patricia Polacco
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Gold Cadillac
Logan Family Saga
The Gold Cadillac
Mildred D. Taylor
Ages 4–11
Cover of Green
Green
Alex Gino
Ages 4–11
Cover of Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
Ages 9–12
Cover of Stealing Home
Stealing Home
Matt Christopher
Ages 7–11
Cover of Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944
Newbery
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944
Unknown
Ages 10–14
Cover of In the Shadow of the Pali: A Story of the Hawaiian Leper Colony
In the Shadow of the Pali: A Story of the Hawaiian Leper Colony
Lisa Cindrich
Ages 9–12
Cover of The Last Book in the Universe
The Last Book in the Universe
W. Rodman Philbrick
Ages 10–14
Cover of Witness
Witness
Karen Hesse
Ages 9–12
Cover of The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home
The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home
Thomas Harding
Ages 4–11
Cover of Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables #1
Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Ages 9–13
Cover of Lumberjanes: The Moon Is Up
Lumberjanes #2
Lumberjanes: The Moon Is Up
Mariko Tamaki
Ages 8–12
Cover of ParaNorman A Novel
ParaNorman A Novel
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Ages 8–11
Cover of Willa of the Wood
Willa of the Wood #1
Willa of the Wood
Robert Beatty
Ages 4–11
Cover of Take Me with You
Take Me with You
Carolyn Marsden
Ages 4–11
Cover of Windrush Child: The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon
Windrush Child: The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon
John Agard
Ages 4–11
Cover of Halmoni's Day
Halmoni's Day
Edna Coe Bercaw
Ages 4–11
Cover of Julie
Julie of the Wolves #2
Julie
Jean Craighead George
Ages 10–14
Cover of Golemcrafters
Golemcrafters
Emi Watanabe Cohen
Ages 8–11