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Sixth Grade: Recommended Reading List:

Absolutely Normal Chaos, Sharon Creech
Among The Hidden, Margaret Peterson Haddix Illustrated By Cliff Nielsen
Brian's Winter, Gary Paulsen

Belle Prater's Boy, Ruth White
Bloomability, Sharon Creech
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson

By The Great Horn Spoon, Sid Fleischman
Chasing Redbird, Sharon Creech
Down A Dark Hall, Lois Duncan
Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine

Gathering Blue, Lowry L
Getting Near To Baby, Couloumbis A
Good Night, Mr. Tom, Michelle Magorian
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher Bruce Coville
Hatchet,
Gary Paulsen

Julie Of The Wolves, Jean Craighead George Pictures By John Schoenherr
Lone Wolf
, Kristine L. Franklin
Mean Margaret,
Tor Seidler

Missing May, Cynthia Rylant

Redwall Brian Jacques
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry, Taylor M
Skellig, David Almond
Soldier's Heart, Gary Paulsen
The Amber Cat
, Hilary McKay

The Diary Of A Young Girl, Anne Frank With An Introduction By Eleanor Roosevelt
The Egypt Game, Zilpha K. Snyder
The Ghost Cadet, Elaine Marie Alphin

The House Of Dies Drear, Virginia Hamilton Illustrated By Eros Keith
The Library Card
, Jerry Spinelli

The Phantom
The Shakespeare Stealer, Blackwood G
The Slave Dancer, Paula Fox
The Wanderer, Sharon Creech
The Westing Game, Raskin E
The White Mountains, John Christopher
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, Cameron E
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom ,
Louis Sachar

Tiger Eyes, Judy Blume
Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
Well Wished
, Franny Billingsley

Where The Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls
Wringer,
Jerry Spinelli
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents,
Lee Wardlaw

Sixth Grade

Read-Aloud, v., adj. 1. read outloud to someone else 2. a book that can be read with animation and dramatics to capture the attention of a group of children

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Frindle by Andrew Clements Illustrated
By Brian Selznick
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre Illustrator
Gentle Ben by Morey W
Indian in the Cupboard
by Banks L
Martin's Mice
by Dick King-Smith
The 13th Floor : A Ghost Story by Sid Fleischman
Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla Pictures By Michele Chessare
Just Juice
by Hesse K
Knights of the Kitchen Table
by Scieszka/Smith
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Dicamillo K
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Animal Family
by Randall Jarrell Decorations By Maurice Sendak
The River by Gary Paulsen
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
by Nat Hentoff
The Half-A-Moon Inn
by Paul Fleischman Pictures By Kathy Jacobi
Letters From Camp
by Kate Klise
The Ear, The Eye, And The Arm
by Nancy Farmer
The Great Good Thing
by Roderick Townley Illustrated by Stephanie Anderson

Read-Alone, v., adj. 1. read by yourself 2. a book that is best enjoyed in a quiet room, sitting in your favorite chair, and no one around to disturb you


Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Pictures By Donna Diamond
Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
On My Honor
by Marion Dane Bauer
Poppy
by Avi
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Among The Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix Illustrated By Cliff Nielsen
Artemis Fowl by Colfer E
Babe: The Gallant Pig
by Dick King-Smith Illustrated By Mary Rayner
Birchbark House
by Edrich L
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Blubber
by Judy Blume
Boxcar Children #1
by Warner G
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe And James Howe Illustrated By Alan Daniel
Book of Enchantments
by Patricia Wrede
By The Great Horn Spoon
by Sid Fleischman
Holes
by Louis Sachar