Grade 6 Suggested Reading List
JUVENILE FICTION
Dogtown by Katherine Applegate
Raymie nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL FICTION
A spoonful of time by Flora Ahn
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
The Pumpkin Princess and the forever night by Steven Banbury
Just keep walking by Erin Soderberg Downing
Louisa June and the Nazis in the waves by Laura Elliott
Max in the house of spies / : A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz
Two degrees by Alan Gratz
Scary stories for young foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker
The night diary by Veera Hiranandani
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
Song for a whale by Lynne Kelly
The superteacher project by Gordon Korman
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle
Medusa by Katherine Marsh
The first rule of punk by Celia C. Pérez
Look both ways : a tale told in ten blocks by Jason Reynolds
Holes by Louis Sachar
A rover's story by Jasmine Warga
Beyond the bright sea by Lauren Wolk
Harbor me by Jacqueline Woodson
 
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Dissenter on the bench : Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and work by Victoria Ortiz
All in a drop : how Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered an invisible world by Lori Alexander
Three summers : a memoir of sisterhood, summer crushes, and growing up on the eve of the war by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
The genius under the table : growing up behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin
Amazing immortals : a guide to gods and goddesses around the world by Dinah Williams
Full of life : exploring Earth's biodiversity by Isabel Thomas
A field guide to mermaids by Emily B. Martin
Hidden figures : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space by Margot Lee Shetterly
Amazing night sky atlas by Nancy Dickmann
Oceanarium by Loveday Trinick
Sick! : the twists and turns behind animal germs by Heather L. Montgomery
The dark! : wild life in the mysterious world of caves by Lindsey Leigh
Running with wolves : our story of life with the Sawtooth pack by Jim Dutcher
Kid-ventors : 35 real kids and their amazing inventions by Kailei Pew
Bomb : the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin
Game on! : video game history from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and more by Dustin Hansen
Titanic : voices from the disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
Lessons from our ancestors / : Uncovering Ancient World Wisdom by Rakshåabahena Pra. Dave
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL NONFICTION
This was our pact by Ryan Andrews
Swim team by Johnnie Christmas
Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Roller girl by Victoria Jamieson
Mighty Jack. Book one by Ben Hatke
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
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