Suggested Books for Grade 6
Adventure
Hatchet- Gary
Paulsen (any Gary Paulsen novel)
My Side of the Mountain- Jean Craighead George
The Winter Room- Gary Paulsen
Stowaway- Karen
Hesse
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle- Avi
Classics
Anne of Greene Gables- L. M. Montgomery
Old Yeller- Fred
Gipson
The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexander Dumas
The Wind in the Willows- Kenneth Graham
Treasure Island- R.L. Stevenson
Where the Red Fern Grows- Wilson Rawls
Fantasy
Artemis Fowl- Eoin Colfer
BFG- Roald
Dahl
The Castle in the Attic- Elizabeth Winthrop
Ella Enchanted- Gail Carson Levine
The Fellowship of the Ring- J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter- J.K. Rowling (any one from the series)
Lord of the Rings- J.R.R. Tolkien
The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles-
Julie Andrews Edwards
The Magic Paintbrush- Lawrence Yep
Redwall- Brian
Jacques
The Secret Garden- Francis Hodgson Burnett
The Two Towers- J.R.R. Tolkien
Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and Six
More- Roald Dahl
Fiction
Because of Winn Dixie- Kate Camillo
Dear
Holes- Louis
Sachar
The
Maggie Marmelstein for
President- Marjorie Sharmot
The Music of Dolphins- Karen Hesse
Pushcart War- Jean Merrill
Stargirl- Jerry Spinelli
Historical Fiction
The Cabin Faced West- Jean Fritz
Catherine Called Birdy- Karen Cushman
Children of the Dust Bowl- Jerry Stanley
Crispin: The Cross of Lead- Avi
Dragon’s Gate- Lawrence Yep
Thank you, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.- Eleanore E. Tate
The Cay- Theodore
Taylor
Timothy of the Cay- Theodore Taylor
Titantic Crossing- Barbara
Williams
The Watsons Go to
Birmingham- Christopher Paul Curtis
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town- Kimberly Holt
Humor
A Year Down Yonder- Richard Peck
The Bad Beginning- Lemony Snicket
Saffy’s Angel- Hilary
Mckay
Don’t Pat the Wompat- Elizabeth Honey
Multi-Cultural
The Clay Marble- Minfong
Ho
Homeless Bird- Gloria Whelan
The House on Mango Street- Sandra Cisneros
Maniac Magee- Jerry Spinelli
Mystery
The Golden Goblet- Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The House of Dies Drear- Virginia Hamilton
Face on the Milk Carton- Caroline Cooney
Loch- Paul
Zindel
The Westing Game- Ellen Raskin
Tangerine- Edward
Bloor