Sixth Grade Reading List 2004-05
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Sixth Grade Reading List 2004-05 Introduction An important goal of the reading program within the Glencoe schools, is to develop lifelong readers who read for enjoyment, understanding, and information. To accomplish this goal, students must have ample opportunity to read food literature both in school and at home. In the intermediate grades, acquiring essential reading skills is important but is only part of the total reading program. The other part involves the enjoyable application of these skills through independent reading. In order to guide students in selecting books, an independent reading list was compiled by a faculty committee. The aim of this list is to identify classic and outstanding literary selections to be read independently. The following list of books is broken into two categories. The first is a list of books taught by the reading teachers during sixth grade. We request that students do not read books from these lists before they enter sixth grade. The second is a list of the independent reading books. These books are excellent choices for students when they are looking for a good book to read. Revised 2004 Board of Education, Glencoe School District #35 All rights Reserved Titles of books taught in 6th grade Author Title Easy George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves O’Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins Sperry, Armstrong Call it Courage Intermediate Gibson, William Miracle Worker Holman, Felice Slake’s Limbo L’Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time Millstead, Thomas Cave of the Moving Shadows Paulsen, Gary Hatchet Challenging Evslin, Bernard Heroes, Gods, and Monsters... Fox, Paula Monkey Island Lowry, Lois The Giver Rawls, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, hear My Cry The sixth grade teachers use the Accelerated Reader Reading Management Software as the basis for their independent reading program. This program allows teachers to monitor the students’ outside reading requirements. At the core of the program is an extensive list of books at a wide range of reading and interest levels, allowing students to choose good literature which is appropriate for their own reading abilities. Each book is worth points based on its level of difficulty. Throughout the school year, students are expected to earn points by reading books from the Accelerated Reading list and then taking computer generated tests based upon those books. Classroom teachers set up the goals for each marking period and allow students access to computers to take the tests. Each year additional books and tests are purchased. The most current list is attached. Reading Book Title Author Level Points 100 Questions and Answers about... Michael Thomas Ford 7.0 8.0 The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story Sid Fleischman 4.5 5.0 The 18th Emergency Betsy Byars 4.1 3.0 1984 George Orwell 8.9 17.0 20,000 Leagues under the Sea Jules Verne 7.6 20.0 26 Fairmount Avenue Tomie DePaola 3.8 1.0 4B Goes Wild Jamie Gilson 4.6 4.0 The 6th Grade Nickname Game Gordon Korman 4.3 3.0 The A.B.C. Murders Agatha Christie 6.1 9.0 Abel's Island William Steig 6.2 3.0 Absolutely Normal Chaos Sharon Creech 5.2 8.0 An Acceptable Time Madeleine L'Engle 7.5 15.0 Achingly Alice Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 4.9 4.0 Acorna's People McCaffrey/Scarboro 7.5 18.0 Acorna's Quest McCaffrey/Ball 7.9 17.0 Acorna's Search McCaffrey/Scarboro 7.0 14.0 Acorna's World McCaffrey/Scarboro 7.1 14.0 Acorna: The Unicorn Girl McCaffrey/Ball 7.1 17.0 Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt 8.9 11.0 The Adventures of Ali Baba Berns Johanna Hurwitz 4.9 1.0 The Adventures of Huckleberry Fi Mark Twain 8.0 20.0 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 8.3 12.0 After the First Death Robert Cormier 6.1 11.0 After the Goat Man Betsy Byars 4.5 3.0 After the Rain Norma Fox Mazer 5.4 9.0 Afternoon of the Elves Janet Taylor Lisle 6.3 5.0 The Agony of Alice Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.3 5.0 Alan and Naomi Myron Levoy 6.0 6.0 Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce 4.5 7.0 Alice Alone Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.1 7.0 Alice in April Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 4.5 5.0 Alice In-Between Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.0 5.0 Alice in Lace Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 4.8 5.0 Alice in Rapture, Sort Of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 4.9 6.0 Alice in Wonderland and Through ... Lewis Carroll 8.3 12.0 Alice on the Outside Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 4.9 5.0 Alice the Brave Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.1 5.0 Aliens Ate My Homework Bruce Coville 4.2 5.0 Aliens in the Sky Christopher Pike 4.4 3.0 All-American Girl Meg Cabot 5.9 11.0 All but Alice Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.0 5.0 All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot 8.9 32.0 Alphabet City Ballet Erika Tamar 4.0 5.0 Alvin Journeyman Orson Scott Card 6.3 22.0 Amandine Adele Griffin 4.7 5.0 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 6.7 26.0 Reading Book Title Author Level Points Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom Walter Dean Myers 7.4 3.0 Among the Barons Margaret Peterson Haddix 4.8 6.0 Among the Brave Margaret Peterson Haddix 5.1 7.0 Among the Betrayed Margaret Peterson Haddix 4.9 5.0 Among the Hidden Margaret Peterson Haddix 4.8 5.0 Among the Impostors Margaret Peterson Haddix 4.9 5.0 Amos Fortune, Free Man Elizabeth Yates 6.5 5.0 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 5.9 19.0 Anastasia, Absolutely Lois Lowry 4.7 4.0 Anastasia on Her Own Lois Lowry 4.4 4.0 Anastasia: The Last Grand Duches Carolyn Meyer 5.8 5.0 The Ancient One T.A. Barron 6.9 17.0 And Then There Were None Agatha Christie 7.1 11.0 The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton 7.1 13.0 Angela and Diabola Lynne Reid-Banks 5.0 6.0 Animal Farm George Orwell 8.8 6.0 The Animal, the Vegetable and Jo Betsy Byars 5.6 3.0 Anna of Byzantium Tracy Barrett 6.4 8.0 Anne of Avonlea (Bloomsbury) L.M. Montgomery 7.7 15.0 Anne of Green Gables (Unabridged L.M. Montgomery 7.3 17.0 Appointment with Death Agatha Christie 6.1 9.0 Are You in the House Alone? Richard Peck 5.2 7.0 Are You There God? It's Me, Margret Judy Blume 3.6 4.0 The Art of Keeping Cool Janet Taylor Lisle 5.0 7.0 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer 5.0 9.0 Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Inciden Eoin Colfer 5.0 9.0 Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code Eoin Colfer 5.0 10.0 As Long as There Are Mountains Natalie Kinsey-Warnock 5.5 6.0 Ashes of Roses Mary Auch 4.4 8.0 Ashleigh's Christmas Miracle Joanna Campbell 5.6 8.0 Ashleigh's Diary Joanna Campbell 4.7 8.0 Ashleigh's Dream Joanna Campbell 4.8 6.0 The Ashwater Experiment Amy Goldman Koss 4.6 5.0 At Her Majesty's Request Walter Dean Myers 7.1 3.0 Athletic Shorts Chris Crutcher 6.0 6.0 Attack of the Killer Crabs Christopher Pike 4.3 2.0 The Austere Academy Lemony Snicket 6.7 6.0 Babe & Me Dan Gutman 4.3 4.0 Backstage Fright Peg Kehret 4.6 3.0 Backwater Joan Bauer 5.1 6.0 The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket 6.4 4.0 Bad Boy: A Memoir Walter Dean Myers 6.5 8.0 The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Karen Cushman 5.3 7.0 The Ballad of the Pirate Queens Jane Yolen 5.0 0.5 Band of Brothers Stephen E. Ambrose 7.7 20.0 Bandit's Moon Sid Fleischman 4.2 3.0 The Barn Avi 4.5 3.0 Reading Book Title Author Level Points Baseball Fever Johanna Hurwitz 4.9 2.0 Battlecry Forever! Joanna Campbell 4.9 6.0 Beardance Will Hobbs 6.3 9.0 Beardream Will Hobbs 3.6 0.5 Bearstone Will Hobbs 5.0 6.0 Beauty and the Beast Madame D'Aulnoy 6.8 3.0 Because of Anya Margaret Peterson Haddix 4.6 3.0 Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo 3.9 3.0 Beetles, Lightly Toasted Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.7 5.0 Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary 4.8 3.0 The Beggar Queen Lloyd Alexander 7.2 9.0 Behind the Bedroom Wall Laura E. Williams 4.4 4.0 Belle Prater's Boy Ruth White 4.4 5.0 Belle Teal Ann M. Martin 4.8 6.0 The Bellmaker Brian Jacques 6.3 16.0 Beneath the Ghost Moon Jane Yolen 4.0 0.5 The Best Little Girl in the World Steven Levenkron 5.7 9.0 Beware, Princess Elizabeth Carolyn Meyer 7.2 8.0 Beware the Fish! Gordon Korman 4.8 5.0 Beyond the Burning Time Kathryn Lasky 7.0 11.0 Beyond the Western Sea: The Escape Avi 4.7 13.0 The BFG Roald Dahl 5.6 6.0 Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Joyce Carol Oates 5.1 8.0 The Big Wander Will Hobbs 5.1 8.0 The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich 6.1 7.0 Black Beauty (Unabridged) Anna Sewell 7.7 11.0 The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander 6.0 7.0 Black Horses for the King Anne McCaffrey 6.9 8.0 The Black Pearl Scott O'Dell 6.5 4.0 The Black Stallion Walter Farley 5.1 8.0 Black Star, Bright Dawn Scott O'Dell 6.0 4.0 Blister Susan Shreve 5.4 4.0 The Blizzard Disaster Peg Kehret 4.6 4.0 Bloomability Sharon Creech 5.2 7.0 A Blossom Promise Betsy Byars 4.0 5.0 The Blossoms and the Green Phantom Betsy Byars 5.5 5.0 Blue Eyes Better Ruth Wallace-Brodeur 3.8 3.0 Blue Heron Avi 5.9 6.0 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 7.6 18.0 A Boat to Nowhere Maureen Crane Wartski 4.5 6.0 The Bodies in the Bessledorf Hotel Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 5.5 4.0 The Body in the Library Agatha Christie 6.0 8.0 The Boggart Susan Cooper 5.1 8.0 The Bomb in the Bessledorf Bus ..