Level 5.0-5.9
| BOOK TITLE | AUTHOR | BOOK LEVEL | POINTS |
| Afternoon of the Elves | Janet Taylor Lisle | 5 | 4 |
| Angel's Mother's Wedding | Judy Delton | 5 | 4 |
| Apatosaurus (A True Book) | Elaine Landau | 5 | 0.5 |
| The Art of Keeping Cool | Janet Taylor Lisle | 5 | 7 |
| Backyard Rescue | Hope Ryden | 5 | 4 |
| Baseball Fever | Johanna Hurwitz | 5 | 2 |
| Blue Whales (Whales and Dolphins) | Gentle/Perry | 5 | 0.5 |
| Boys against Girls | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | 5 | 4 |
| The Bronze Bow | Elizabeth George Speare | 5 | 10 |
| Bud, Not Buddy | Christopher Paul Curtis | 5 | 8 |
| Catching Up with Lewis and Clark (MH Edition) | Time-for-Kids-Editors | 5 | 0.5 |
| Caught in the Act | Joan Lowery Nixon | 5 | 6 |
| Childtimes | Eloise Greenfield | 5 | 4 |
| Constellations (A True Book) | Paul/Diane Sipiera | 5 | 0.5 |
| The Cookcamp | Gary Paulsen | 5 | 3 |
| Dicey's Song | Cynthia Voigt | 5 | 11 |
| The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawk | Barbara Kerley | 5 | 0.5 |
| Dinotopia: Hatchling | Midori Snyder | 5 | 5 |
| Don't Throw That Plastic Bottle (MH Edition) | Stef Donev | 5 | 0.5 |
| Duke Ellington | Andrea Davis Pinkn | 5 | 0.5 |
| Dynamite Dinah | Claudia Mills | 5 | 4 |
| Ellen Anders on Her Own | Karen Hirsch | 5 | 3 |
| Encounter at Easton | Avi | 5 | 4 |
| The Enormous Egg | Oliver Butterworth | 5 | 6 |
| The Eyes of the Amaryllis | Natalie Babbitt | 5 | 3 |
| The Fledgling | Jane Langton | 5 | 6 |
| The Flickering Torch Mystery | Franklin W. Dixon | 5 | 5 |
| For the Love of Basketball | Rennay Craats | 5 | 0.5 |
| Franklin in Paris (MH Edition) | Ellie Mae Hudson | 5 | 0.5 |
| Gathering Blue | Lois Lowry | 5 | 7 |
| Gift Horse | Bonnie Bryant | 5 | 5 |
| The Gift of the Pirate Queen | Patricia Reilly Giff | 5 | 4 |
| The Great Model Train Robbery (MH Edition) | Stef Donev | 5 | 0.5 |
| Half Magic | Edward Eager | 5 | 5 |
| Henry David Thoreau | Elizabeth Ring | 5 | 1 |
| Home on the Range (MH Edition) | Janet Cassidy | 5 | 0.5 |
| The Houdini Box | Brian Selznick | 5 | 0.5 |
| Humpback Whales (Whales and Dolp | Gentle/Perry | 5 | 0.5 |
| Hurry Home, Candy | Meindert deJong | 5 | 7 |
| Illinois | Dennis B. Fradin | 5 | 1 |
| John Muir | Corinne Naden | 5 | 1 |
| Journey Against All Odds (MH Edition) | Beth Terrill | 5 | 0.5 |
| Julie | Jean Craighead George | 5 | 6 |
| Katarina | Kathryn Winter | 5 | 8 |
| Keisha Leads the Way | Teresa Reed | 5 | 2 |
| The Kidnapping of Courtney Van Allen & What's Her Name | Joyce Cool | 5 | 6 |
| The Land | Mildred D. Taylor | 5 | 18 |
| A Long Way from Chicago | Richard Peck | 5 | 5 |
| The Mansion in the Mist | John Bellairs | 5 | 5 |
| Maria Tallchief | Heidi Erdrich | 5 | 0.5 |
| Matilda | Roald Dahl | 5 | 6 |
| McGrowl Beware of Dog | Bob Balaban | 5 | 4 |
| Megan's Island | Willo Davis Robert | 5 | 7 |
| Michigan | Dennis B. Fradin | 5 | 1 |
| Mighty Close to Heaven | Faye Gibbons | 5 | 8 |
| Mountain Stream (Webs of Life) | Paul Fleisher | 5 | 0.5 |
| My War with Goggle-Eyes | Anne Fine | 5 | 6 |
| Nellie Bly | Martha E. Kendall | 5 | 1 |
| North Carolina | Dennis B. Fradin | 5 | 1 |
| Old Yeller | Fred Gipson | 5 | 5 |
| Owls in the Family | Farley Mowat | 5 | 3 |
| Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. | Bette Greene | 5 | 4 |
| Racso and the Rats of NIMH | Jane Leslie Conly | 5 | 8 |
| The Rajah's Rice (MH Edition) | David Barry | 5 | 0.5 |
| Ribsy | Beverly Cleary | 5 | 4 |
| Rookie of the Year | John R. Tunis | 5 | 6 |
| Ruby Mae Has Something to Say | David Small | 5 | 0.5 |
| Runaway to Freedom | Barbara Smucker | 5 | 5 |
| Saddlebreds | Gentle/Perry | 5 | 0.5 |
| The Search for Grissi | Mary Francis Shura | 5 | 4 |
| The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods | Ann Cameron | 5 | 5 |
| Sir Galahad, Mr. Longfellow, and | Betty Horvath | 5 | 4 |
| Sound the Jubilee | Sandra Forrester | 5 | 6 |
| The Story of Cesar Chavez (MH Edition) | Janet Cassidy | 5 | 0.5 |
| The Story of Mount Rushmore | Marilyn Prolman | 5 | 1 |
| Sugar (A True Book) | Elaine Landau | 5 | 0.5 |
| Summer (Nature Projects for Every Season) | Phyllis S. Busch | 5 | 1 |
| The Toothpaste Millionaire | Jean Merrill | 5 | 3 |
| Tuck Everlasting | Natalie Babbitt | 5 | 4 |
| The Turnabout Shop | Colby Rodowsky | 5 | 4 |
| Velociraptor (A True Book) | Elaine Landau | 5 | 0.5 |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (MH Edition) | C.S. Lewis | 5 | 0.5 |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | Christopher Curtis | 5 | 8 |
| What on Earth is a Skink? | Edward Ricciuti | 5 | 0.5 |
| Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? | Jean Fritz | 5 | 0.5 |
| The Wind Is Not a River | Arnold A. Griese | 5 | 3 |
| The Winter Room | Gary Paulsen | 5 | 3 |
| Wrapped in a Riddle | Sharon E. Heisel | 5 | 5 |
| The Zucchini Warriors | Gordon Korman | 5 | 7 |
| 101 Facts About Iguanas | Sarah Williams | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Amazon Alert! (MH Edition) | Time-for-Kids-Editors | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| Banana Twist | Florence Parry Hei | 5.1 | 3 |
| Banner in the Sky | James Ramsey Ullman | 5.1 | 11 |
| Bat Six | Virginia Euwer Wol | 5.1 | 8 |
| The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Barbara Robinson | 5.1 | 2 |
| The Borderline Case | Franklin W. Dixon | 5.1 | 4 |
| The Cabin Faced West | Jean Fritz |