Approved Novels for Wicomico County Grade 6 All novels included in the Houghton Mifflin and Holt Series are approved. ISBN Theme 1:0-618-22542-0; Theme 2: 0-618-22543- 9 : Theme 3: 0-618-22544-7: Theme 4: 0-618-22545-5 Theme 50-618-22546-3 Grade 6 Theme 6 0-618-22547-1 Availability varies by school Book Title Author Lexile* Text Type 5,000 Year Old Puzzle, Claudia Logan 900 Historical Fiction The Accident, The Diane Hoh 650 Realistic Fiction Adventure in Space: The Elaine Scott 1020 Informational Flight to Fix the Hubble James African Beginnings 1210 Informational Haskins Leontyne Aida 820 Historical Fiction Price Al Capone Does My Gennifer 600 Historical Fiction Shirts Choldenko Anasazi: Exploring the not Mysteries of Chaco Peter Lourie available Informational Canyon Anastasia's Album: The Last Tsar's Youngest Hugh 1010 Biography Daughter Tells Her Own Brewster Story Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Caroline 1100 Informational Mesa Verde, The Arnold Michele Maria Angel Child, Dragon Surat and Vo 420 Realistic Fiction Child Dinh Mai Lucy Maud Anne of Green Gables 990 Historical Fiction Montgomery Baby Grand, the Moon in Joyce Annette 620 Historical Fiction July, and Me, The Barnes Ken Baseball Saved Us Mochizuki and 550 Historical Fiction Dom Lee Pam Munoz Becoming Naomi Leon 830 Realisitic Fiction Ryan Yoshiko Best Bad Thing 870 Realistic Fiction Uchida Between the Dragon and Mical 670 Historical Fiction the Eagle Schneider Beyond the Western Sea, Avi 690 Historical Fiction Books 1 and 2 Birchbark House, The Louise Erdich 970 Historical Fiction Khephra Black Stars in Orbit Burns and 1310 Biography William Miles Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Burleigh 650 Informational Antarctic Simon Kwame Booked 660 Poetry Alexander

Ted Wood and Boy Becomes a Man at Wanbli 840 Realistic Fiction Wounded Knee, A Numpa Afraid of Hawk Boy in the Striped John Boyne 1000 Historical Fiction Pajamas Phillis Boys Start the War Reynolds 740 Realistic Fiction Naylor Buried City of Pompeii, Shelley 880 Informational The Tanaka Buried in Ice Owen Beattie 1010 Informational Bystander James Preller 600 Realistic Fiction Capture: Guardians of Kathryn Lasky 730 Fantasy Ga'Hoole Carry on, Mr. Bowditch Jean Latham 570 Historical Fiction Case of the Mummified Susan 1000 Informational Pigs, The Quinlan Elizabeth Castle in the Attic 750 Fantasy Winthrop Theodore Cay, The 860 Historical Fiction Taylor Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett 770 Mystery Ch'I-Lin Purse, The Linda Fang 790 Folktale Jeanne City of Ember 680 Science Fiction Duprau Caroline City of the Gods 1110 Informational Arnold Cleopatra Diane Stanley 1000 Biography Climb, The (Everest Book Gordon 770 Realistic Fiction 2) Korman Comets, Asteroids, and Cynthia Pratt 800 Informational Meteorites Nixon Contest, The (Everest Gordon 750 Realistic Fiction Book 1) Korman Jane Resh Courage at Indian Deep 930 Historical Fiction Thomas Crocodiles, Camels, and Bo Zaunders 1110 Informational Dugout Canoes Kwame Crossover, The 750 Poetry Alexander Cryptid Hunters Roland Smith 750 Science Fiction not Dead Sea Scrolls, The Ilene Cooper available Informational Rosa Parks Dear Mrs. Parks and Gregory 850 Autobiography Reed Deep Sea Explorer 860 Biography Sneed B. Deep Sea Floor, The 1070 Informational Collard III Seymour Destination: Jupiter 960 Informational Simon Seymour Destination: Mars 1090 Informational Simon Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt 710 Realistic Fiction Disappearing Lake Debbie Miller 810 Informational Dolphins: What They Can Mary M. 1150 Informational Teach Us Cerullo Down, Down, Down in the Sandra Markle 990 Informational Ocean Dual of the Ironclads: The Patrick 970 Informational Monitor vs. The Virginia O'Brian Caroline Easter Island 1140 Informational Arnold Zilpha Keatley Egypt Game, The Snyder and 1010 Mystery Alton Raible Emperor's Silent Army: Jane the Terra Cotta Warriors 1040 Informational O'Connor of Ancient China, The : Adventures of a Ellen Butts 1030 Informational Scientist Everything on a Waffle Polly Horvath 950 Realistic Fiction Exploring the Deep, Dark, Gail Gibbons 860 Informational Sea Robert D. Exploring the Ballard and 980 Informational Ken Marschall Facts and Fictions of Patricia 650 Realistic Fiction Minna Pratt, The McLachlan Nicholasa Felita 580 Realistic Fiction Mohr Robert D. Finding the Titanic 650 Informational Ballard Jean Fire Bug Connection: An Craighead 710 Mystery Ecological Mystery George Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Maira Kalman 600 Informational Harvey Barbara First on the Moon 1040 Informational Hehner Five Pages a Day: A Peg Kehret 960 Autobiography Writer's Journey Sally M. Fossil Fish Found Alive 1000 Informational Walker David Getz Frozen Man and Peter 860 Informational McCarty Galen: My Life in Imperial not Marissa Moss Historical Fiction Rome available Gathering Blue Lois Lowry 680 Science Fiction Ghost Liners Robert Ballard 1100 Informational Susan Vande Gift for Ampato, A 840 Historical Fiction Griek Giver, The Lois Lowry 760 Science Fiction Gods and Goddesses of Leonard 960 Mythology Ancient China, The Everett Fisher Gospel According to Janet 800 Realistic Fiction Larry, The Tashjian Graveyards of the Shelley 1050 Informational Dinosaurs Tanaka Katherine Great Gilly Hopkins, The 800 Realistic Fiction Patterson Great Green Notebook of Amy Hest 670 Realistic Fiction Katie , The Growing Up in Coal Susan 1110 Memoir Country Bartoletti Hannah, Divided Adele Griffin 790 Realistic Fiction Hatchet Gary Paulsen 1020 Realistic Fiction Robert Hercules Burleigh 580 Mythology Simon Rudyard Kipling and not Heros and Villains Fantasy Kenneth available Grahame Hidden Talents David Lubar 630 Science Fiction Holes Louis Sachar 660 Realistic Fiction Home by the Sea: Kenneth Protecting Coastal 1270 Informational Mallory Wildlife, A Homecoming Cynthia Voigt 630 Realistic Fiction Hoot Carl Hiaasen 760 Mystery Virginia House of Dies Drear, The 670 Mystery Hamilton How Whales Walked into Faith McNulty 620 Informational the Sea I am Lavina Cumming Susan Lowell 750 Historical Fiction Stephanie I Want to be an Astronaut 1070 Informational Maze Ice Story: Shackleton's Elizabeth 1130 Informational Lost Expedition Kimmel Island of the Blue Scott O'Dell 1000 Historical Fiction Dolphins Katherine Jacob Have I Loved 880 Historical Fiction Patterson Jaime Escalante: Ann Byers 980 Biography Sensational Teacher Joey Pigza Swallowed Jack Gantos 890 Realistic Fiction the Key Yoshiko Journey Home 890 Historical Fiction Uchida Later Gator Laurence Yep 590 Realistic Fiction C. Coco De Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt 750 Historical Fiction Young Librarian Who Measured Kathryn Lasky 940 Biography the Earth Lightning Thief, The Rick Riordan 740 Fantasy Like Jake and Me Mavis Jukes 400 Realistic Fiction Patricia Rielly Lily's Crossing 720 Historical Fiction Giff Lincoln: A Russell 1040 Biography Photobiography Freedman Cristina Bjork, Lena Linnea in Monet's Garden 710 Historical Fiction Anderson and Joan Sandin

Little Ships: The Heroic Louise Rescue at Dunkirk in 780 Historical Fiction Borden WWII not Jacqueline available Locomotion Poetry Woodson (non- prose) Long Claws: An Arctic James M. 900 Realistic Fiction Adventure Houston Looking for Life in the Universe: The Search for Ellen Jackson 1060 Informational Extraterrestial Intelligence Lost Hero Rick Riordan 660 Fantasy Lost Treasure of the Inca Peter Lourie 1010 Informational Sharon Love that Dog 1010 Poetry Creech Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 820 Realistic Fiction Maniac Monkeys on Angela 650 Realistic Fiction Magnolia Street Johnson Mary Celeste, The Jane Yolen 840 Informational Mystery Patricia and Mary McLeod Bethune: A Frederick 580 Biography Great Teacher McKissack Matched Allie Condie 680 Science Fiction Mop, Moondance and Walter Dean 640 Realistic Fiction Nagasaki Knights Myers Mummies and Their Charlotte 990 Informational Mysteries Wilcox Mummies Made in Egypt Aliki 810 Informational Mummies, Tombs, and Lila Pearl 1090 Informational Treasures Agatha Christie Dorothy not Mystery Mystery Sayers available Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sally Ride and Tam Mystery of Mars, The 1020 Informational O'Shaughnes sy Mystery of the Mammoth James Cross 1120 Informational Bones, The Mythological Monsters of not Sara Fanelli Mythology Ancient Greece available Michael NERDS 760 Science Fiction Buckley Mary Pope 's Bravest 590 Informational Osborne Night Journeys Avi 730 Historical Fiction Night Swimmers, The Betsy Byars 790 Realistic Fiction Morris Now 610 Realistic Fiction Gleitzman Number the Stars Lois Lowry 670 Historical Fiction On Board the Titanic Shelly Tanaka 800 Informational On the Trail of the Jack Myers 920 Informational Komodo Dragon Morris Once 640 Historical Fiction Gleitzman Mary Ann One Giant Leap 950 Informational Fraser Oracle Bones, Stars, and Frank Ross 1110 Informational Wheelbarrows Orphan of Ellis Island, Elvira 810 Historical Fiction The Woodruff Over the Edge: Flying K.C. 1150 Informational with Arctic Heroes Tessendorf Patricia Painters of the Caves 920 Informational Lauber Katherine Park's Quest 710 Historical Fiction Patterson David A. Adler Picture Book of Anne and Karen 800 Biography Frank, A Ritz Patricia Reilly Pictures of Hollis Woods 650 Realistic Fiction Giff Pompeii: Nightmare at Kathryn Long 830 Informational Midday Humphrey Pushcart War Jean Merrill 1020 Realistic Fiction David Pyramid 1110 Informational Macaulay Red-Dirt Jesse Anna Myers 720 Historical Fiction Rediscovering Easter not Kathy Pelta Informational Island available Patricia and Red-Tail Angels Frederick 1170 Informational McKissack Regular Guy Sarah Weeks 860 Realistic fiction Remember the Lusitania Diana Preston 1030 Informational

Mary O'Hara Dorothy not Responsibilities Historical Fiction Canfield available Jesse Stewart Roanoke, the Lost Jane Yolen 850 Informational Mystery Colony Andrew Roman News, The Stanley, Philip 940 Informational de Souza Cassandra Run with Me, Nike! 700 Historical Fiction Case Gordon Schooled 740 Realistic Fiction Korman Sea Turtles: Ocean Mary Cerullo 1270 Informational Nomads Secret Life of Amanda K. Ann Cameron 790 Realistic Fiction Woods, The April Pulley Secrets of Sounds 1060 Informational Sayre Seeker of Knowledge: James The Man Who Deciphered 830 Informational Rumford Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Seven Seas, The: not Exploring the World Linda Vieira available Informational Ocean Shannon Lucid: Space Carmen 1000 Biography Ambassador Bredeson Shannon: An Ojibway Sandra King 880 Informational Dancer : Challengers of Mary M. 1150 Informational the Deep Cerullo Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Jennifer Extraordinary True Story 1090 Informational Armstrong Shackleton and the Endurance Shipwreck Season Donna Hill 670 Realistic Fiction Sirens and Sea Monsters: Mary Pope 760 Mythology Tales from the Odyssey Osborne Sixth Grade Can Really Barthe 700 Realistic Fiction Kill You DeClements Small Steps: The Year I Peg Kehret 830 Biography Got Polio Heather Encylopedia of Space Couper and 1120 Informational Nigel Henbest

not Spirit of the Maya Guy Garcia available Realistic Fiction Stars, The: A New Way to H.A. Rey 1140 Informational See Them Stone Age Farmers Caroline 1130 Informational Beside the Sea Arnold Laurence Stone Girl, Bone Girl 760 Informational Anholt Stowaway Karen Hesse 830 Historical Fiction Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars 830 Realistic Fiction Sundiata: Lion King of David 890 Historical Fiction Mali Wisniewski Surtsey: The Newest Kathryn Lasky 1110 Informational Place on Earth Jack London, Arthur not Survival Realisitic Fiction Gordon, Carl available Stephenson : Guardian of Beth Baker 1040 Biography the Sea Taking Sides Gary Soto 750 Realistic Fiction

W. W. Jacobs, not Tales of Terror Fantasy Rod Serling available Talkin' About Bessie Nikki Grimes 1030 Histor