Grade 6 Recommended Reading List

• Fiction • Fantasy/Sci Fi•
Historical Fiction • Non-fiction and Biography

 

Fiction

• Alcott, L. M. Little Women
• Almond, D. Kit's Wilderness, Skellig, Heaven Eyes, The Fire Eaters
• Anderson, J. D. Ms. Bixby's Last Day, Posted
• Bauer, J. Rules of the Road, Hope Was Here, Stand Tall
• Bloor, E. Tangerine
• Boyce, F. Cosmic
• Bowling, D. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, 24 Hours in Nowhere
• Bruchac, J. Code Talker
• Bunting, E. Blackwater
• Cabot, M. The Princess Diaries, Princess in the Spotlight
• Chase, M. The Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden
• Clement-Davies Firebringer, The Sight
• Cole, B. The Goats
• Connor, L. Waiting for Normal, All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
• Cooper, S. Seaward, The Grey King, Dawn of Fear, Green Boy
• Codell, E Sahara Special
• Creech, S. The Wanderer, Walk Two Moons, Ruby Holler, Heartbeat
• Curtis, C. P. The Watsons Go To Birmingham
• Danziger, P. P.S. Longer Letter Later, Snail Mail No More
• DeFelice, C. Death at Devil's Bridge
• Defoe, D. Robinson Crusoe
• Deuker, C. Painting the Black
• Dooley, S. Ashes to Asheville
• Dorris, M Window, Morning Girl
• Dowell, F. Dovey Coe, Chicken Boy
• Durrell, G. The Mockery Bird (and others...try his hilarious nonfiction!)
• Dygard, T.J. Tournament Upstart
• Ellis, D. The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey
• Engle, M. The Surrender Tree
• Farmer, N. A Girl Named Disaster
• Fleischman, P. Seedfolks; Whirligig; Seek
• Fox, P. The One-Eyed Cat; Blowfish Live in the Sea; Western Wind
• Freeman, S. The Cuckoo's Child
• Fuqua, J. The Reappearance of Sam Webber
• Garland, S. The Silent Storm
• Gee, M. The Champion; The Fat Man
• George, J. The Talking Earth; Water Sky; Julie's Wolf Pack
• Giff, P. Pictures of Hollis Woods
• Gino, A. George (Melissa)
• Gipson, F. Old Yeller; Savage Sam
• Godden, R. Thursday's Children
• Gratz, A.  Refugee, Ground Zero, Two Degrees (others)
• Greene, B. Summer of My German Soldier
• Grimes, N. Garvey's Choice 
• Hahn, M. Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story; Stepping on the Cracks
• Hamilton, V. The House of Dies Drear; M.C. Higgins, the Great
• Hanley, V. The Seer and the Sword
• Henkes, K. Olive's Ocean
• Hewett, L. Dancer
• Hesse, K. Music of Dolphins; Stowaway
• Hiaasen, C. Hoot, Flush, Chomp, Scat
• Hobbs, W. Downriver; The Maze
• Hoeye, M. Time Stops For No Mouse
• Horowitz, A. Ark Angel; Raven's Gate; Alex Rider Series
• Hunter, M. A Stranger Came Ashore; The Sound of Chariots
• Holt, K. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
• Joseph, L. The Color of My Words
• Kehret, P. I'm Not Who You Think I Am ; Don't Tell Anyone
• Kennedy, R. Collected Stories
• Kerr, M.E. Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack
• Konigsburg, E.L. The View From Saturday; Silent to the Bone, Outcast of 19 Schuyler Place
• Koss, A. The Ashwater Experiment; The Girls
• Levitin, S. Silver Days (series); Dream Freedom
• Lynch, C. Extremely Elvin; Shadow Boxer
• Lin, G. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Starry River of the Sky
• London, J. The Call of the Wild (and others)
• Lowry, L. A Summer to Die
• MacLachlan, P. Unclaimed Treasures; The Facts and Fictions of Mina Pratt
• Magorian, M. Good Night, Mr. Tom
• Mah, A. The Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
• Mahy, M. Dangerous Spaces; The Other Side of Silence
• Martin, A. A Corner of the Universe
• Mass, W. 11 Birthdays (series)
• McGraw, E The Moorchild
• Merrill, J. The Pushcart War
• Meyer, C. White Lilacs; Jubilee Journey
• Mikaelsen, B. Petey
• Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables (series)
• Morris, W. My Cat Spit McGee
• Myers, W. D. The Glory Field; Scorpions; Fallen Angels (others)
• Naidoo, B. No Turning Back; The Other Side of Truth
• Naylor, P. Alice (Series)
• O'Dell, S. Island of the Blue Dolphins; Zia
• Palacio, R. J. Wonder
• Paterson, K. Jip; The Sign of the Chrysanthemum (others)
• Paulsen, G Nightjohn; Sarny; Harris and Me; Alida's Song
• Peck, R.N. A Long Way From Chicago, A Year Down Yonder, The Best Man
• People, M. The Other Side of the Family
• Perkins Criss Cross
• Philbrick, R. Freak the Mighty
• Phipson, J. Hit and Run; The Haunted Night
• Pierce, T. Wild Magic; Squire
• Rabinowitz, A. Knight on Horseback
• Raskin, E. The Westing Game (and others)
• Reynolds, J. Ghost (series)
• Rhodes, J. P. Ninth Ward, Towers Falling
• Ross, R. Harper and Moon
• Rostkowski, M. Moon Dancer
• Roos, S. The Gypsies Never Came
• Russell, B. The Taker's Stone
• Sachar, L. Holes
• Salisbury, G. Blue Skin of the Sea; Jungle Dogs
• Schnur, Steven Beyond Providence
• Schmidt, G. The Wednesday Wars, Trouble
• Sheldon, D. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
• Sloan, H. G. Counting by 7's, Short, To Night Owl from Dogfish
• Sebestyen, O. Words by Heart (others)
• Senzai, N. H. Shooting Kabul
• Smith, S. Flygirl
• Snyder, Z. Cat Running, Gib Rides Home (and others)
• Spinelli, J. Milkweed, Maniac Magee, Crash, Wringer, Stargirl
• Stanley, D. A Time Apart
• Staples, S.F. Dangerous Skies, Under the Persimmon Tree
• Stead, R. When You Reach Me, Liar and Spy
• Stevenson, R. L. Kidnapped; Treasure Island
• Tate, S. Secret of Gumbo Grove, Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King
• Taylor, T. The Weirdo (others)
• Telgemeier, R. Drama
• Temple, F. Grab Hands and Run; The Taste of Sea
• Tolan, S. Surviving the Applewhites
• Ullman, J. R. Banner in the Sky
• Vanderpool, C.  Navigating Early
• Voigt, C. The Homecoming, Dicey's Song (others)
• Weis, M. The Darksword Trilogy (and others)
• Westall, R. The Kingdom by the Sea
• Whelan, G. Angel on the Square, Homeless Bird
• White, R. Belle Prater's Boy, Memories of Summer
• Williams-Garcia, R. One Crazy Summer  (series)
• Woodson, J. Miracle's Boys
• Wynne-Jones, T. The Maestro
• Yep, P. The Star Giver (and others)
• Yolen, J. The Devil's Arithmetic
• Yolen, J.and Coville, B. Armageddon Summer
• Yumoto, K. The Friends, The Spring Tone

Historical Fiction

• Adler, E. The King's Shadow
• Anderson, L.H. Chains
• Armstrong, W.H. Sounder
• Avi Crispin, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
• Bagdasarian, A. Forgotten Fire
• Barrett, T. Anne of Bysantium, King of Ithaka 
• Beach, E. Run Silent, Run Deep
• Beatty, P. Jayhawker, Who Comes With Cannons (others)
• Blos, J. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girls Journal 1830-1832
• Bradbury, R. Dandelion Wine
• Bruchac, J. Code Talker
• Cadnum, M. In a Dark Wood, The Leopard Sword
• Cheaney, J.B. The Playmaker
• Collier, J.and C. My Brother Sam is Dead (and others)
• Conrad, P. Prairie Song
• Cooper, S. Dawn of Fear; King of Shadows
• Crossley-Holland, K. The Seeing Stone (Arthur trilogy)
• Curtis, C.P. The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963, Bud not Buddy
• Cushman, K. The Midwife's Apprentice, Catherine Called Birdy, Matilda Bone
• De Angeli The Door in the Wall, Black Fox of Lorne
• Doyle, D. Knight's Wyrd
• Fletcher, S. Shadow Spinners
• Forbes, E. Johnny Tremain
• Fox, P. The Slave Dancer
• Garfield, L. The December Rose, The Empty Sleeve
• Garrigue, S. The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito
• Goodman, J. The Winter Hare, Peregrine
• Gray, E. Adam of the Road
• Greene, B. Summer of My German Soldier
• Hahn, M.D. Hear the Wind Blow
• Hartline, Peter Crutches
• Hautzig, E. The Endless Steppe
• Hearn, J. The Minister's Daughter
• Hesse, K. Out of the Dust, Letters from Rifka, Stowaway, Witness
• Holm, J. Our Only May Amelia
• Hoobler, D. Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (historical mystery)
• Hopkinson, D. The Great Trouble
• Hunt, I. No Promises in the Wind
• Jordan, S. The Raging Quiet
• Kerr, M.E. Slap Your Sides
• Kelly, J. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 
• Lasky, K. Pageant
• Lawrence, I. The Wreckers, The Smugglers (others)
• Levine, G. Dave at Night
• Levitin, S. The Return
• Lyons, E. The Poison Place
• McCaffrey, A. Black Horses for the King
• McCaughrean, G. The Kite Rider, Stop the Train!
• McKinley, R. The Outlaws of Sherwood
• Meigs, E. The Crusader and the Cup
• Melinkoff, P. The Star and the Sword
• Meyer, Carolyn Doomed Queen Anne
• Morris, Gerald The Squire's Tale, Squire His Knight and His Lady, Savage Damsel
• Napoli, D.J. Stones in the Water; Daughter of Venice
• Orlev, U. Island on Bird Street, The Lady with the Hat, Lydia, Run Boy Run
• Paterson, K. Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight
• Park, L. A Single Shard, When My Name Was Keoko, The Kite Fighters
• Paulsen, G. Sarny: A Life Remembered, The Rifle, Soldier's Heart
• Peck, R. River Betweeen Us
• Penman, S. The Queen's Man: A Medieval Mystery
• Petry, A. Tituba of Salem Village
• Philbrick, R. The Mostly True Adventures of  Homer P. Figg
• Pyle, H. Otto of the Silver Hand (and others)
• Reiss, J. The Upstairs Room
• Rhodes, J. P. Sugar, Ghost Boys
• Rinaldi, A The Last Silk Dress, The Staircase
• Rostkowski, M. After the Dancing Days
• Salassi, O.R. And Nobody Knew They Were There
• Schlitz, L. A. Splendors and Glooms
• Siegal, A. Upon the Head of a Goat
• Speare, E. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• Springer, N. Rowan Hood, Lionclaw
• Stevenson, R. L. Black Arrow; Treasure Island
• Sutcliff, R. The Sword in the Circle: The Light Beyond the Forest (others)
• Taylor, M. The Land (others)
• Taylor, T. The Cay (others)
• Temple, F. The Ramsay Scallop, The Beduins' Gazelle (others)
• Turnage, S. Three Times Lucky
• Uchida, Y. Journey to Topaz
• Vanderpool, C. Moon Over Manifest
• Vawter, V. Paperboy
• Watkins, Y.K. So Far From the Bamboo Grove, My Brother, My Sister, and I
• White, T. The Once and Future King
• Wiles, D. Countdown, Revolution
• Williams, L. The Executioner's Daughter
• Wold, L. Beyond the Bright Sea
• Wolf, L. Wolf Hollow
• Wolff, V. E. Bat 6
• Yep, L. The Star Fisher, Hiroshima, Dragon's Gate
• Yolen, J. Queen's Own Fool: a Novel of Mary Queen of Scots, Sword of the Rightful King

Non-Fiction and Biography

• Abirached, Z. A Game for Swallows (graphic memoir)
• Alexander, K. The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot and Score  
• Bartoletti, S. Black Potatoes: Story of the Great Irish Famine, Terrible Typhoid Mary
• Bausum, A. Stubby the War Dog (WWI dog story)
• Bolden, T. Pathfinders: The Journey of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
• Brooks, B. Boys Will Be (Essays for Boys)
• Bruchac, J, Tell Me a Tale (Storytelling)
• Capuzzo, M. Close to Shore (shark attacks)
• Carson, B. Gifted Hands (Autobiography)
• Cleary, B A Girl from Yamhill (Autobiography)
• Close, C. Chuck Close: Face Book
• Dahl, R. Boy, Going Solo (Autobiography)
• Deem, J. Bodies from the Ash
• Duggleby, J. Grant Wood: Story Painter, Jacob Lawrence (Biography)
• Durrell, G. The New Noah (others) (Animals)
• Dyer, D. Jack London: A Biography
• Earle, S. Window on the Deep (Oceanography)
• Farrell, J. Invisible Allies: Microbes
• Finkelstein, N. The Other 1492: Jewish Settlement in the New World
• Fradin, D. Samuel Adams: The Planet Hunters (Biography)
• Frank, A Diary of a Young Girl (WWII)
• Fritz, J. The Great Little Madison, Stonewall, The World in 1492
• Fradon, D. B. The Planet Hunters: The Search for Other Worlds (Astronomy)
• Freedman, R. Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life, Confucius (biographies), Children of the Great Depression, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
• Gherman, B. Ansel Adams: American's Photographer (biography)
• Giblin, J. The Life and Death of Adolph Hitler (biography)
• Gilbreth, F Cheaper by the Dozen (Family Biography)
• Greenberg, J. Frank O. Gehry: Outside In, Romare Bearden: Collage of Memories
• Greenfield, E Childtimes (Autobiography)
• Greenfield, H. The Hidden Children (Jewish Children, WWII)
• Hamilton, V. W.E.B. DuBois, Many Thousand Gone (biography)
• Hoffman, M. Women of Camelot (collected biography)
• Hoose, P. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
• Hopkinson, D. Titanic: Voices from the Disaster 
• Huxley, E. The Flame Trees of Thika; Memories of an African Childhood
• Jarrow, G. Red Madness, Bubonic Plague, Spooked, Fatal Fever
• Jiang, Ji-li Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution (biography)
• Kidd, C. Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design
• Krull. K. Lives of the Musicians, Lives of the Writers
• Lauber, P. Lost Star: the Story of Amelia Earhart (Biography)
• Lawlor, L. Daniel Boone (Biography)
• Lawson, T. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (WWII)
• Levinson, C. We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March (civil rights) 
• Macaulay, David Mosque, Cathedral (others)
• McCaughrean,G. The Golden Hoard: Myths and Legends of the World
• McKissack, P. Sojourner Truth, The Long Hard Journey (Pullman Porters)
• Murphy, J. An American Plague, Blizzard, The Great Fire (true disasters)
• Myers, W.D. At Her Majesty's Request (African Princess - Victorian England); The Greatest (biography of Muhammad Ali)
• Nelson, S.D. Sitting Bull: lakota Warrior and Defender of His People 
• Opdyke, I. In My Hands (Holocaust -- autobiography)
• Partridge The Land Was Made for You and Me (biography of Woody Guthrie)
• Paulsen, G. My Life in Dog Years (autobiography)
• Reef,C. Sigmund Freud (biography)
• Rogasky, B. Smoke and Ashes (Holocaust)
• Rusch, E. The Mighty Mars Rovers
• Severance, J. Skyscrapers: How America Grew Up
• Sheinkin, S. The Notorious Benedict Arnold, Bomb: The Race to Build -and Steal- the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
• Spinelli, J. Knots in my Yo-Yo String (Autobiobraphy)
• Stanley, D. Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam (biography)
• Sweet, M. Some Writer: The Story of E. B. White
• Telgemeier, R. Smile (graphic memoir)
• Winter, J. The Librarian of Basra
• Woodson, J. Brown Girl Dreaming (memoir)
• Yep, L. The Lost Garden (Autobiography)

Science Fiction/Fantasy

• Adams, R. Watership Down
• Auxier, J. The Night Gardener
• Blackwood, S. Jinx (series)
• Card, O. Ender's Game
• Cass, K. The Selection (series)
• Collins, S. The Hunger Games (series)
• Corder, Z. Lion Boy (series)
• Coville, B. Song of the Wanderer
• Dashner, J. The Maze Runner (series)
• Dickinson, P. Merlin Dreams (others)
• Dirakaruni, C.B. The Conch Bearer
• Flanagan, J. The Ranger's Apprentice (series)
• Furlong, Monica Wise Child, Coleman Juniper
• Funke, Cornelia Thief Lord, Inkheart, Inkspell
• Gibbs, S. Moon Base Alpha (series)
• Haddix, M.P. Among the Hidden, Among the Imposters, Among the Betrayed
• Hoffman, M. Stravaganza (series)
• King, S. The Eyes of the Dragon
• La Ferers, R.L. The Falconmaster
• L'Engle, M. A Wrinkle in Time (series)
• Le Guin, U. The Wizard of Earthsea (series)
• Lowry, L. The Giver, Son
• Nix, G . Sabriel (trilogy)
• Oppel, K. Airborn, Skybreaker, The Boundless
• Pattou, E East
• Paolini Eragon (series)
• Pierce, M.A. Treasures from the Heart of Tanglewood
• Pullman, P. The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, Lyra's Oxford
• Reeve, P. ( Hungry City Chronicles) Mortal Engines, Predator's Gold, Fever Crumb
• Riordan, R. The Lightning Thief and others (series)
• Roth, V. Divergent (series)
• Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (series)
• Shusterman, N. Tesla's Attic, Scythe 
• Sleator, W. Boy Who Reversed Himself; The Beasties
• Stroud, J. The Amulet of Samarkand; Golem's Eye; Ptolemy's Gate
• Shan, D. Cirque Du Freak (series)
• Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings (series)
• Verne, J. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (others)
• Weis, M. The Darksword Trilogy (series)
• Westall, R. The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral
• Wrede, P. Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
• Yolen, J. Dragon's Blood
• Zindel, P. Night of the Bat