Suggested Reading List for 6th Grade
1. The Black Peal by Scott O’Dell
2. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
3. Call of the Wild by Jack London
4. The Canterbury Tales (adapted version) by Selina Hastings
5. Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep
6. Hoot by Carl Hiassen
7. A Distant Enemy by Deb Vanasse
8. Holes by Louis Sacher
9. Dragon’s Blood by Jane Yolen
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry
11. Pride and Predudice by Jane Austen
12. The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
13. Kira – Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
14. The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
15. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
16. The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
17. Sounder by William H. Armstrong
18. The Secret Garden by Francis Burnett
19. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
20. A Wrinkle in Time and sequels by Madeleine L’Engle
21. Stormbreaker and series by Anthony Horowitz
22. Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’ Dell
23. The Thief Lord and sequels by Cornelia Funke
24. Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
25. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
26. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
27. Tale of Desperaux by Kate Camillo
28. The Cay by Theodore Taylor
29. Hatchet and sequel by Gary Paulsen
30. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
31. Loser by Jerry Spinelli
32. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
33. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Genifer Choldenko
34. Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
35. Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
36. Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach
37. The Baseball Card Adventure Books by Dan Gutman
38. Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli
39. Diary of Anne Frank
40. The School Story by Andrew Clements
41. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevensen
42. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
43. Redwall Series by Brian Jacques
44. Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
45. Shilo by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
46. Frindle by Andrew Clements
47. Belle Prator’s Boy by Ruth White
48. Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
49. Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
50. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
51. Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
52. Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
53. The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
54. Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
55. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
56. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart and Caron Ellis
57. Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
58. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
59. A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
60. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
61. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
62. Ella Enchanted and series by Gail Carson Levine
63. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
64. Ever, Fairest, and The Wish by Gail Carson Levine
65. The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
66. The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
67. The Ear, The Eye and The Arm by Nancy Farmer
68. Golden Mountain Chronicles by Laurence Yep
69. Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly
70. Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
71. Esparanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
72. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
73. Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers
74. Nothing But the Truth by Avi
75. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
76. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
77. Thank You Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen
78. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
79. Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
80. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLochlan
81. The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley
82. Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
83. Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
84. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
85. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
86. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
87. The Grey King by Susan Cooper
88. The Travel Team and others by Mike Lupica
89. The Shadow Children Series by Margaret Paterson Haddix
90. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
91. Stone Fox by John Gardiner
92. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
93. Boy by Roald Dahl
94. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
95. Sadako and a Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
96. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
97. Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
98. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
99. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
100. Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
101. Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Vining
102. the Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
103. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
104. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
105. Homeless Bird by Gloria Wheland
106. The Hunger Game Series
107. The Mazerunner
108. Wonder
109. The Book Thief
110. Ender’s Game
111. Freak The Mighty
112. Milkweed
113. Speak
114. The One and Only Ivan
115. Out of My Mind
116. ECHO
117. The War That Saved My Life
118. When Friendship followed me Home
119. Ella Enchanted