Back Animal Fiction (Grades 4-6) | Book List

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Animal Fiction (Grades 4-6)  
Shiloh

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Atheneum
Format: Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Marty Preston loves to spend time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia. Sometimes he takes his .22 rifle to see what he can shoot, like some cans lined up on a rail fence. Other times he goes up early in the morning just to sit and watch the fox and deer....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Home of the Brave

Katherine Applegate - Square Fish
Format: Print book

A man I helped to settle heretaught me a saying from Africa.I'll bet you would like it:A cow is God with a wet nose.Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived. Now she's missing, and Kek has been...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Sounder

William H Armstrong

A new series of companions to well loved and often read middle-grade novels.Sounder by William H. Armstrong is a favorite middle grade novel. This companion gives background on the author, questions to guide reading, clues to themes, plot, characters, and setting of the bo
Read More check catalog
 
 
Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library, The

LINDA BAILEY - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

Eddie, a passionate reader and a shiny green bug, saves the school library in this funny, heartwarming tale that fans of Flora & Ulysses and Charlotte's Web will love. Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout from Newbery Honor Medalist and New York Times-bestselling author-artist...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Boy's Best Friend

Kate Banks - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Eleven-year-old George has a dog, Bart, who seems to know everything about him-from when he is feeling sad to when he will arrive home from school. George's new neighbor and classmate, Lester, also has a dog, Bill Gates, and Lester thinks he is the smartest animal in the world. When...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Malcolm At Midnight

W H Beck - Clarion Books
Format: Paperback

When Malcolm the rat arrives as the pet at McKenna School, he revels in the attention. He also meets the Midnight Academy, a secret society of classroom pets that keeps the nutters (kids) safe. Theres just one problem: Rats have a terrible reputation! So when the Academys iguana leader...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Wolf Keepers

Elise Broach - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

A high-stakes middle grade historical adventure through Yosemite National Park by the New York Times-bestselling author of Masterpiece.Twelve-year-old Lizzie Durango and her dad have always had a zoo to call their home. Lizzie spends her days watching the animals and taking...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Strider

Beverly Cleary

Strider has a new habit. Whenever we stop, he places his paw on my foot. It isn't an accident because he always does it. I like to think he doesn't want to leave me. Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run; because of Strider,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Moo

Sharon Creech - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

This uplifting New York Times bestseller reminds us that if we're open to new experiences, life is full of surprises.Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Cat will love her newest tween novel, Moo. Following one family's momentous move from the city to rural...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Saving Winslow

SHARON CREECH - HarperCollins
Format: Library Binding

Perfect for fans of Charlotte's Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving Winslow is an uplifting modern classic in the making about a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health, from New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech.Louie...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

An unforgettable first novel about coming of age one sweet summer - and learning to love what you have.The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket - and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2014 Newbery Medal Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo.It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Black Stallion

Walter Farley
Format: Print book

First published in 1941, Walter Farley's best-selling novel for young readers is the triumphant tale of a boy and a wild horse. From Alec Ramsay and the Black's first meeting on an ill-fated ship to their adventures on a desert island and their eventual rescue, this beloved story will...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen

Candace Fleming - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Balto and other real-life dog stories, here's a heavily illustrated middle-grade novel about a canine movie star of the 1920s, dramatically told in both words and pictures by an acclaimed author and a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator.When movie director Larry Trimble...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Julie of the Wolves

Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George's Newbery Medal-winning classic about an Eskimo girl lost on the Alaskan tundra now features bonus content. This edition, perfect for classroom or home use, includes John Schoenherr's original scratchboard illustrations throughout, as well as extra materia
Read More check catalog
 
 
Old Yeller

Fred Gipson - Harper
Format: Hardcover

When a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloIquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Rescue

JESSIE HAAS - Boyds Mills Press
Format: Hardcover

In this coming-of-age story perfect for horse fans, twelve-year-old animal lover Joni clashes with her new neighbor and animal rights activist Chess. Their bumpy friendship reaches a crisis when Chess stages an impulsive animal rescue, and Joni must act fast to save the animals' lives.Shy...
Read More check catalog
 
 
One Amazing Elephant

Linda Oatman High - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

A poignant middle grade animal story from talented author Linda Oatman High that will appeal to fans of Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan. In this heartwarming novel, a girl and an elephant face the same devastating loss - and slowly realize that they share the same powerful love....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Dash

Kirby Larson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsi never expects to lose her home -- or her beloved dog, Dash. But, as World War II rages and people of Japanese descent are forced into incarceration camps,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Gorilla Dawn

Gill Lewis - Atheneum Children'S Books
Format: Print book

Two children captured by a band of rebel soldiers in the Congo vow to protect an orphaned gorilla baby in this powerful, thought-provoking, and vividly compelling novel from award-winning storyteller Gill Lewis.Deep in the heart of the Congo, a baby gorilla is captured by a group of rebel...
Read More check catalog
 
 
A Handful of Stars

Cynthia Lord - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers.When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Chester and Gus

Cammie Mcgovern - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

Critically acclaimed author Cammie McGovern presents a heartwarming and humorous middle grade novel about the remarkable bond that forms between an aspiring service dog and an autistic boy in need of a friend. "Joyful, inspiring, and completely winning, Chester and Gus is unforgettable,"...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Rain Reign

Ann M Martin - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller!Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She's thrilled that her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein) , which, according to Rose's rules of homonyms, is very special. Not everyone understands...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Boy Who Spoke Dog

Clay Morgan - Dutton Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Jack, a storm-snatched cabin boy, washes up on a mysterious island. He finds sheep, sheep dogs, and wild dogs called fangos, but strangely, no people. Jack struggles to survive, to understand the dogs, and to befriend a little Border collie named Moxie. She and the other sheep dogs are mystified...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Wish

Barbara O'Connor - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A touching story about a girl and her dog, perfect for young animal loversEleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Dog Trouble!

Galia Oz - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Readers who have graduated from Junie B. Jones and Ivy & Bean will fall head over heels for feisty Julie and her troublesome new dog. Julie has only had her dog for two weeks, but she is already causing all sorts of problems. For starters, she is missing! Julie suspects the school...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Dog Steals Home, A

Kathleen Schrenk - Pelican Publishing Company
Format: Print book

Step up to the plate for an unforgettable adventure! Zach Stewart's life has never been more complicated. Between preparing for the arrival of his baby brother ("the little lizard") and keeping up with the baseball team, Zach can hardly catch his breath. All he really wants...
Read More check catalog