Suggested for 6th Grade
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Anderson, Janet S.. Going Through the Gate. Novel.
Avi. Barn, The. Novel.
Avi. Devil's Race. Novel.
Avi. Nothing But the Truth. Novel.
Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting. Novel.
Baillie, Allan. Rebel. Picture Book.
Barron, T. A.. Heartlight. Novel.
Bauer, Marion. On My Honor. Novel.
Bauer, Marion Dane. Writer's Story, A. Nonfiction.
Baylor, Byrd. I'm in Charge of Celebrations. Illustrated by Peter Parnall. Picture Book.
Baylor, Byrd. Table Where Rich People Sit, The. Picture Book.
Beatty, Patricia. Charley Skedaddle. Novel.
Bober, Natalie S.. Restless Spirit, A: The Story of Robert Frost. Nonfiction.
Bond, Nancy. Truth to Tell. Novel.
Brooks, Bruce. Everywhere. Novel.
Brooks, Bruce. Midnight Hour Encores. Novel.
Brooks, Bruce. Moves Make the Man, The. Novel.
Buehner, Mark and Caralyn. Fanny's Dream. Picture Book.
Bunting, Eve. Train to Somewhere. Illustrated by Ron Himler. Picture Book.
Burch, Robert. Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain. Novel.
Burgess, Melvin. Cry of the Wolf, The. Novel.
Byars, Betsy. Keeper of the Doves. Novel.
Byars, Betsy. Moon and I. Nonfiction.
Byars, Betsy. Pinballs, The. Novel.
Campbell, Eric. Place of Lions, The. Novel.
Cherry, Lynne. River Ran Wild, A. Picture Book.
Childcraft. Inventors and Inventions. Nonfiction.
Christelow, Eileen. What Do Authors Do?. Picture Book.
Christopher Paul Curtis. Bud, Not Buddy. Novel.
Cohen, Barbara. Thank You, Jackie Robinson. Novel.
Coman, Carolyn. What Jamie Saw. Novel.
Connor, Leslie. Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel. Illustrated by Mary Azarian. Picture Book.
Conrad, Pam. My Daniel. Novel.
Conrad, Pam. Prairie Songs. Novel.
Conrad, Pam. Prairie Visions. Nonfiction.
Cormier, Robert. I Am the Cheese. Novel.
Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons. Novel.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, The. Novel.
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. Novel.
Cushman, Karen. Midwife's Apprentice, The. Novel.
Deem, James M.. 3 NB's of Julian Drew. Novel.
DeFelice, Cynthia. Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter, The. Novel.
DeFelice, Cynthia. Weasel. Novel.
Dorris, Michael. Morning Girl. Novel.
Erdrich, Louise. Birchbark House, The. novel.
Estes, Eleanor. Rufus M.. Novel.
Fleischman, Paul. Borning Room, The. Novel.
Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run. Novel.
Fleischman, Paul. Dateline: Troy. Novel.
Fox, Paula. Monkey Island. Novel.
Fox, Paula. Village by the Sea, The. Novel.
Friedman, Carl. Nightfather. Novel.
Fritz, Jean. Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold. Nonfiction.
George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves. Novel.
George, Jean Craighead. On the Far Side of the Mountain. Novel.
Gerstein, Mordicai. Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The. Picture Book Nonfiction.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Nory Ryan's Song. Novel.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Daphne's Book. Novel.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Stepping on the Cracks. Novel.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story. Novel.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Wait Till Helen Comes. Novel.
Hamilton, Virginia. Wille Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. Novel.
Harris, Robie H.. It's Perfectly Normal. Nonfiction.
Hathorn, Libby. Way Home. Picture Book.
Heide, Florence Parry. Sami and the Time of the Troubles. Illustrated by Ted Lewin. Picture Book.
Hobbs, Will. Kokopelli's Flute. Novel.
Holman, Felice. Slake's Limbo. Novel.
Hoose, Phillip. It's Our World Too. Nonfiction.
Hughes, Pat. The Breaker Boys. Novel.
Hunter, Mollie. Mermaid Summer. Novel.
Hunter, Mollie. Wicked One, The: A Story of Suspense. Novel.
Hurst, Carol Otis. Torchlight. novel.
Jacques, Brian. Redwall. Novel.
Johnson, James Weldon. Creation. Illustrated by Carla Golembe. Picture Book.
Johnson, P.D. Henry Hikes to Fitchburg. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. Novel.
Keehn, Sally M.. I Am Regina. Novel.
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. Night the Bells Rang, The. Novel.
Lasky, Kathryn. Beyond the Divide. Novel.
Lasky, Kathryn. Night Journey, The. Novel.
Lawrence, R. D.. Wolves. Nonfiction.
Lechner, Jack. Mary Had a Little Lamp. Illustrated by Bob Staake. Picture Book.
Leeuwen, Jean Van. Dear Mom, You're Ruining My Life. Novel.
Levoy, Myron. Alan and Naomi. Novel.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. Afternoon of the Elves. Novel.
Lowry, Lois. Autumn Street. Novel.
Lowry, Lois. Giver, The. Novel.
Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. Novel.
Lowry, Lois. Rabble Starkey. Novel.
Lunn, Janet. Root Cellar, The. Novel.
Macaulay, David. Black and White. Picture Book.
Macaulay, David. Way We Work, The: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body. Nonfiction.
MacLachlan, Patricia. Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, The. Novel.
MacLachlan, Patricia. Journey. Novel.
Morpurgo, Michael. War of Jenkins' Ear, The. Novel.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh. Novel.
Park, Barbar. Mick Harte Was Here. Novel.
Park, Linda Sue. Single Shard, A. Novel.
Park, Ruth. Things in Corners. Novel.
Paterson, Katherine. Come Sing, Jimmy Jo. Novel.
Paterson, Katherine. Jacob Have I Loved. Novel.
Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. Novel.
Paul, Ann Whitford. All By Herself. Illustrated by Michael Steimagle. Picture Book Nonfiction.
Paulsen, Gary. Alida's Song. Novel.
Paulsen, Gary. Call Me Francis Tucket. Novel.
Paulsen, Gary. Foxman, The. Novel.
Paulsen, Gary. Haymeadow, The. Novel.
Paulsen, Gary. Monument, The. Novel.
Paulsen, Gary. Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights. Novel.
Paulsen, Gary. Winter Room, The. Novel.
Paulsen, Gary. Woodsong. Novel.
Pearce, Philippa. Tom's Midnight Garden. Novel.
Peck, Richard. Anonymously Yours. Nonfiction.
Peck, Richard. Ghost Belonged to Me, The. Novel.
Peck, Richard. Long Way from Chicago, A. Novel.
Philbrick, Rodman. Freak the Mighty. Novel.
Poe, Edgar Allan. In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe. Short Stories.
Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Picture Book.
Ray, Deborah Kogan. To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda. Picture Book.
Reeder, Carolyn. Shades of Gray. Novel.
Richter, Conrad. Light in the Forest, The. Novel.
Rylant, Cynthia. Children of Christmas. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler. Novel.
Rylant, Cynthia. Fine White Dust, A. Novel.
Sachs, Marilyn. At the Sound of the Beep. Novel.
Sis, Peter. Three Golden Keys, The. Picture Book.
Smith, Jane Denitz. Mary By Myself. novel.
Speare, Elizabeth George. Sign of the Beaver, The. Novel.
Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee. Novel.
Stevenson, James. Bones in the Cliff, The. Novel.
Stevermer, Caroline. River Rats. Novel.
Temple, Frances. Taste of Salt. Novel.
Van Allsburg, Chris. Widow's Broom, The. Picture Book.
Voigt, Cynthia. Homecoming. Novel.
Ward, Lynd. Silver Pony. Picture Book.
White, E. B.. Charlotte's Web. Illustrated by Garth Williams. Novel.
Wiesner, David. Tuesday. Picture Book.
Winthrop, Elizabeth. Castle in the Attic. Novel.
Wrightson, Patricia. Balyet. Novel.
Yolen, Jane. Letting Swift River Go. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. Picture Book Nonfiction.
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