Dear Incoming Sixth Graders, For your summer reading pleasure, we are sharing a list of some favorite books and authors suggested by teachers and students. Reviewed by librarians at Chenery Middle School and Belmont Public Library, these titles and authors are recommendations, not requirements. You are expected to read 3 books over the summer and to keep a list of the titles. The choice of reading material is up to you and your parents. Talk with your parents, teachers, friends, and school librarian about these and other books when looking for suggestions. We encourage you to read over the summer.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Flush or Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech The Great Fire by Jim Murphy Flip-Flop Girl or Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohota Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine The Friendship by Mildred Taylor The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo Hoops or Slam by Walter Dean Myers Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Run Boy Run by Uri Orlev The Lightning Thief and Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan by Betsy Byars The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley by Paula Fox Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques Eragon by Christopher Paolini Blizzard! The Storm that Changed America by Jim Murphy Phineas Gage by John Fleishman Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko We Were There Too by Philip Hoose Gone-A-Whaling by Jim Murphy The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud The Ghost’s Grave by Peg Kehret The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatly Snyder Good Brother, Bad Brother by James Cross Giblin by Neil Gaiman The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Philip Hoose Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins Voice that Challenged a Nation by Russel Freedman The Invention of Hugo Cabret (a novel in words and pictures) by Brian Selznick Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison by Marfe Ferguson In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America’s Bill of Rights by Russell Freedman An American Plague: True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy The Extraordinary Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong

These and other books are available from the public library and local bookstores. Have a great summer!

Language Arts Teachers Lindsey Rinder Grade 6 Director of English

Reading Log Summer 2012 (List 3 titles you have read)

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Please return this sheet to your grade 6 English Language Arts teacher in September 2012.