Assigned reading list, 5th grade

We're studying American History, and following is a list of the books I assigned to Ella for the year.  Turns out she's finished all but three of them, so I may have to do a little more hunting to round out the year, since it's barely February and we school through May.  

It's always a challenge for me to find good books for her to read.  I like to post the books we've read so that: 1)I have a list for future reference for our younger kids, and 2)so that those of you who read here have some book recommendations!

{for History}

o choose a book on Benjamin Franklin, read it, and then tell us about it!
o The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents (Wyatt Blassingame), read about our 2nd, 3rd and 4th Presidents!
o Dolly Madison (Jane Mayer)
o Flag Maker (Susan Bartoletti)
o A Little Maid of New Orleans (Alice Turner Curtis)
o Great Inventors and Their Inventions (Frank Bachman) > choose 2 inventions to read about, then do a written narration, with drawings
o Jessica’s First Prayer (Hesba Stretton)
o Johnny Appleseed (David R. Collins)
o The Story of Davy Crockett (Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft)
o The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents (Wyatt Blassingame), read about James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson
o Dorothea Dix, pg. 72 of And Long Remember (Dorothy Canfield Fisher)
o Martha of California (James Otis)
o Personal Correspondence of Hannah Brown and Sarah Smith (Nancy LeSourd), library has it
o Brady (Jean Fritz)
o Tad Lincoln: Abe’s Son (LaVere Anderson)
o Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer (G. Clifton Wisler)
o Turn Homeward, Hannalee (Patricia Beatty)
o Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee (Patricia Beatty)
o The Children Who Stayed Alone (Bonnie Bess Worline)
o Custer’s Last Stand (Quentin Reynolds)
o The Nickel-Plated Beauty (Patricia Beatty)

{other just for fun books}

o Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 4
o Ruby Throat: The Story of a Hummingbird (Robert M. McClung)
o The Borrowers Afield (Mary Norton)
o Saturday Cousins (Rebecca Caudill)
o The Good Master (Kate Seredy) *we also have the sequel, The Singing Tree
o Mary Elizabeth (Eleanor Clark)

I'll also post Isaac's Assigned reading list.