6th Grade Recommended Reading List

Fiction Hot Hands, Mike Lupica !I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This, Jaqueline Woodson ! Freak the Mighty, Rodham Philibrick !Surviving the Applewhites, Stephanie Tolan! The Egypt Game, Snyder !Holes, Louis Sachar! So Be It, Sarah Weeks! The Westing Game,!Flush, Carl Hiaasen! Millions, Frank Boyce Cottrell! The Secret Language of Girls, Frances O’Roark Dowell ! Busted, Betty Hick s!A View from Saturday, E.L. Konigsburg ! Pieces of Georgia, Jen Bryant ! One Handed Catch, M.J. Auch! The Underneath, Kathi Appelt ! When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead! The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread, Di Camillo ! Becoming Naomi Leon, Pam Muñoz Ryan

Katherine Patterson Park’s Quest Bread and Roses, Too Lyddie

Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton Bucking the Sarge

Historical Fiction Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor

Classics The Incredible Journey, Burnford Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis A Wrinkle in Time, M. L’Engle

Non Fiction Marley, Dog Like No Other, John Grogan Soul Surfer, Bethany Hamilton The Boys Book: How to Be the Best at Everything, G. MacDonald The Girls' Book: How to Be the Best at Everything, Juliana Foster A Smart Girl's Guide to Money: How to Make It, Save It, and Spend It, Nancy Holyoke Get It Together: How to Organize Everything in Your Life, Julia Marsden

Poetry Langston Hughes: Poetry for Young People, Langston Hughes Heartbeat, Sharon Creech Love That Dog: A Novel, Sharon Creech Carver: A Life in Poems, Marilyn Nelson What is Goodbye? Nikki Grimes