Grades
5 - 6
Diverse Books for Guided Reading Level W
Engage students in grades 5-6 with these Guided Reading Level W books that feature diverse protagonists in times both real and imagined; historical and contemporary.
Fill your Guided Reading library with these Level W titles, packed with complex characters and thought-provoking themes perfect for higher-level readers. From an imaginary Civil War era, through the tumultuous 20th century and into the present day Middle East, the diverse protagonists of this collection are united in their drives to find peace, acceptance, family, and friendship.
In this brilliant reimagining of the Civil War, dinosaurs coexist with humans, and Magdalys and her friends must save themselves from men who are more monstrous than the dinosaurs.
A stunning graphic novel chronicling Allen Say's journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist.
Free-born Elijah joins his friend on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of a disreputable preacher, where he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled.
A brilliant, emotionally charged novel about two boys who pair up to create one formidable human force known as "Freak the Mighty".
Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father in this warm, loving biography of the man who broke the color barrier in baseball.
A Jewish Chinese American teen preps for his bar mitzvah as he balances cultures, friendships, and Cold War anxiety.
Bestselling and award-winning author, Sharon G. Flake, delivers a mystery set in the 1950s that eerily blends history, race, culture, and family.
From the illustrator of the web comic Strong Female Protagonist comes a debut middle-grade graphic novel about family, identity, courage, and magic.
Set fifty years apart, two independent stories—Ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures—weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry as the children search for what their lives are missing.
The story of Cassie Logan, an independent girl growing up relatively protected in the segregated South, stands as an important addition to the cumulative record of the African American experience.
Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, this is a heartbreaking and funny tale of three girls in search of the mother who abandoned them.
Inspired by the account of a Chinese immigrant who made a flying machine in 1909, this historical novel beautifully portrays the rich traditions of the Chinese community in a hostile new world.
