Here's a round-up of all the books Neph read for his 5th grade year. His favorite book of the year was Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson.
Mara, Daughter of the Nile, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (Kindle)
Hittite Warrior, by Joanne Williamson (Kindle)
Greek Myths, by Olivia Coolidge
Flame Over Tara, by Madeleine Polland
Black Horses for the King, by Anne McCaffrey
Son of Charlemagne, by Barbara Willard (Kindle)
Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Janet Gray
The Beduins' Gazelle, by Frances Temple
The Samurai's Tale, by Erik C. Haugaard
Turn Homeward, Hannalee, by Patricia Beatty
Shades of Gray, by Carolyn Reeder
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson
Thimble Summer, by Elizabeth Enright
Gone-Away Lake, by Elizabeth Enright