Upper Elementary: UE Summer Reading 2025

For the 2025 UE Summer Reading Program,
rising 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will read:
- the One School, One Book title to be announced at June 5th Community Time!
+ 2 more titles from the list below
= 3 books

This summer all UE students & faculty will read Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

2016 Schneider Family Book Award Winner.

Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions.  She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher, Mr. Daniels, sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of. As her confidence grows, Ally feels free to be herself and the world starts opening up with possibilities. She discovers that there’s a lot more to her—and to everyone—than a label, and that great minds don’t always think alike.

Borrow a digital copy - eBook or audiobook - from Greenwich Library here. GCDS families can obtain a card using this form.

We look forward to welcoming the UE community back in September with activities around this inspiring read.

Below are book titles for rising UE students to choose from for their summer reading.
Read the One School, One Book title and choose 2 more from the list below.

Picture Books

Chapter Books:

The list below spans 3rd through 5th grade reading interests and abilities and is listed in approximate order of increasing difficulty and maturity.