Fifth Grade Top Dogs (Rule the School #3) by Jerry Spinelli and Jennifer A Bell - ADVISABLE

Fifth Grade Top Dogs (Rule the School #3) by Jerry Spinelli and Jennifer A Bell. 179 pages. Scholastic Press, 2026. $1

Content: G (girl pushed off swing)

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE

APPEALS TO: SOME

Suds has been a Third Grade Angel and a Fourth Grade Rat but finally he is a Fifth Grade Top Dog!  Suds and his friend Joey have been waiting for years to rule their elementary school.  They are finally in the oldest grade. But how do Top Dogs act?  Suds learns many lessons in this coming of age story. 

Spinelli captures the angst of growing up and trying to figure out your place in the world. I enjoyed the plot but I am not sure it would appeal to fifth graders, maybe 4th or 3rd. 

Suds and Joey are presumably white.

Tracie, Elementary School Librarian