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Centerville City SchoolsIncoming Sixth Grade Reading List 2022 |
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The Beatryce Prophecy
by Kate DiCamillo
Beatryce, the key to a prophecy, ventures into a dark wood in search of the castle of the one who wants her dead, knowing that if she loses her way, those who love her will never stop searching for her.
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Wild River
by Rodman Philbrick
Awakened by a scream on the first night of a whitewater rafting trip, Daniel discovers that a nearby dam has failed and that his camp is on the brink of flooding, forcing him and his young teammates to escape and make their way to safety without adult help.
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Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds
by Samira Ahmed
When her little brother Hamza opens the forbidden Box of the Moon, 12-year-old Amira must journey to a mystical land to prevent the moon, the barrier between realms, from unleashing a nightmare on Earth.
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City of the Plague God
by Sarwat Chadda
Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology.
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Healer of the Water Monster
by Brian Young
'sA debut novel inspired by Native-American culture follows the experiences of a boy whose summer at his grandmother’s reservation home is shaped by his uncle's addictions and an encounter with a sacred being from the Navajo Creation Story.
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Allergic
by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Hoping to adopt a pet to find a sense of belonging in her busy family, Maggie is disappointed to discover she is severely allergic to anything with fur and tries to find a pet to love anyway.
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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice
by Debbie Levy
The award-winning author of I Dissent presents a portrait of the Supreme Court Justice and modern feminist icon that reveals the personal experiences that shaped her philosophy about how lasting change can be accomplished one step at a time.
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Smile
by Raina Telgemeier
In this coming-of-age true story, Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader, but one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth, and what follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear and even a retainer with fake teeth attached--on top of all that, there's a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.
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Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz
A dual tale published to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks finds a young boy struggling to find his father and escape the World Trade Center in 2001, before a girl in battle-torn 2020 Afghanistan risks her life to help a wounded soldier.
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How to Find What You're Not Looking For
by Veera Hiranandani
Middle schooler Ariel Goldberg must find her own voice and define her own beliefs after her big sister elopes with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage.
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Prisoner B-3087
by Alan Gratz
A book based on the life of Jack Gruener relates the story of his survival during the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was 11 years old, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
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Rescue
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Rescuing an injured British spy found hiding in her grandmother's barn, Meg agrees to guide a family of German refugees across occupied France to Spain in exchange for her father's freedom from a Nazi prison.
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Traitors Among Us: A Novel
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
When sisters Krystie and Maria are accused of being Nazi collaborators, they are interrogated for crimes they never committed and must look to each other for strength and perseverance as they try to convince their captors of their innocence.
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Linked
by Gordon Korman
When swastikas begin appearing all over town, Link, Michael, and Dana, the only Jewish girl in town, must face crimes both past and present to find the truth.
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A Bird Will Soar
by Alison Green Myers
After a tornado, Axel, who loves birds, finds an injured eaglet, and helps to rescue it--and also helps to resolve the problems in his broken family, and draw his father back home.
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Amina's Song
by Hena Khan
A companion to the award-winning Amina's Voice finds Amina discouraged by the lack of interest her Greendale friends show in her visit to Pakistan before giving a class presentation about Malala Yousafzai.
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An Occasionally Happy Family
by Cliff Burke
Enduring a disastrous camping vacation of blistering heat, wild bears, and annoying fellow vacationers, a boy still mourning the death of his mother is devastated by his father's introduction of a new girlfriend.
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Born Behind Bars
by Padma Venkatraman
In Chennai, india, after spending his whole life in jail with his mother, who is serving time for a crime she did not commit, nine-year-old Kabir is suddenly released and has to figure out how to survive on his own in the outside world.
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Red, White, and Whole
by Rajani LaRocca
Feeling disconnected from her heritage as the only Indian-American student in her community, young Reha commits herself to a future different from her dreams when her mother becomes dangerously ill.
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Starfish
by Lisa Fipps
A debut novel-in-verse follows the experiences of a girl who tries to change her habits after she is bullied for her weight. Help through a swimming hobby, a kind therapist, and an accepting new neighbor assists her to embrace her true self.
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Daughter of the Deep
by Rick Riordan
Attending a high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, Ana Dakkar must put her leadership skills to the test when she and her classmates face deadly enemies during their weekend trial at sea.
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Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
by Carlos Hernandez
A teen troublemaker with a talent for sleight of hand clashes with his school's student council president when the latter accuses him of putting a raw chicken inside a friend's locker.
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The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
There lived a girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children--among them Petra and her family--have been chosen to journey to a new planet. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet--and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth.
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Defending Champ
by Mike Lupica
To save the girls soccer team, Alex Carlisle and her teammates hatch a plan--a battle against the sexes--to raise money for the school's athletic program so that no one is left on the sidelines.
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Final Season
by Tim Green
When his NFL dad is diagnosed with ALS, middle school quarterback Ben Redd is determined to have a winning season, which may be his final as he watches the heavy toll the incurable disease is taking on his dad.
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The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
by Cynthia Levinson
A lyrical picture book introduction to the life and achievements of the influential Jewish artist and activist touches on Ben Shahn's remarkable skills of observation, his witness to his protester father's banishment, and his commitment to promoting justice through art.
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We Got Game! 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World
by Aileen Weintraub
Inspiring profiles of 35 women athletes who broke barriers, set records, and promoted important social change includes entries for stars ranging from Serena Williams and Billie Jean King to Manon Rheaume and Kristi Yamaguchi.
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Freak the Mighty
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Rodman Philbrick
At the beginning of eighth grade, Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
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Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
After emigrating from China, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel. Despite the nasty owner, Mr. Yao, who exploits them, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with fitting in at her school.
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Hatchet
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Gary Paulsen
Headed for Canada to visit his father for the first time since his parents' divorce, thirteen-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of a plane crash, with only the clothes he has on and a hatchet to help him live in the wilderness.
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Julie of the Wolves
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Jean Craighead George
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
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Track Series
by Jason Reynolds
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.
Book 1: Ghost
Book 2: Patina
Book 3: Sunny
Book 4: Lu
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Touching Spirit Bear
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Ben Mikaelsen
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole avoids going to prison by agreeing to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice. He is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
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