Welcome to sixth grade!

This list is a collection of realistic,

historical, graphic, action, adventure,
nonfiction, and much more!
Your Summer Reading Assignment is
on the bottom of the next page.

The End of the the Wild by Nicole Helget
Eleven-year-old Fern has too much responsibility
for someone her age, but knows she can always
take refuge in the woods. When her frackers come
to town and threaten to destory her woods, Fern
needs to stop them, even if it woud mean a job for
her stepfather and food on the table.
First Rule of Punk by Cecelia C Perez
Malu loves rock music, skateboarding, zines, and
Soyrizo, but she is having a hard time fitting in at
her new school (and not disappointing her mother
along the way). She assembles a group of like-
minded misfits at school and starts a band, and
finally begins to feel at home. She'll do anything
to preserve this, which includes standing up to an
anti-punk school administration to fight for her
right to express herself!
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran,
tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern
California during the Iranian Revolution and
hostage crisis of the late 1970s.
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Considered by many to be unable to participate
and not worth communicating with, a brilliant,
impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers
a technological device that will allow her to speak
for the first time.
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog,
Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family
on a road trip and he records it all on a golden
iPod he intends to launch into space.
Baba Yaga’s Assistant by Marika McCoola
Blue Birds by Caroline Starr Rose
Most children think twice before braving a
As tensions rise between the English settlers and
haunted wood filled with terrifying beasties to
the Native peoples on Roanoke Island, twelve-
match wits with a witch, but not Masha. The
year-old Alis forms an impossible friendship with a
fearsome witch of folklore needs an assistant, and
native girl named Kimi.
Masha needs an adventure.
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy
The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill
Springer
After discovering a lost Tea Dragon in the
When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective
marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form
Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has
of Tea Dragon caretaking from the kind tea shop
disappeared, she goes to London in search of her.
owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them
But when she arrives, she finds herself involved in
and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the
the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing
craft enriches their lives--and eventually her own.
murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd
older brothers. Amid all the mayhem, will Enola be
able to decode the necessary clues and find her
The Time Museum by Matthew Loux
mother? It looks like science-loving Delia Bean's summer is
going to be pretty boring, but then she's offered
a coveted internship at the Earth Time Museum.
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
To get the coolest job ever, she'll have to travel
Eleven-year-old Harriet keeps notes on her
back and forth in time--and compete against five
classmates and neighbors in a secret notebook,
other candidates from all over time.
but when some of the students read the notebook,
they seek revenge.
Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale
Tells the story of Araminta Ross, who was born a
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
slave in Delaware but eventually escaped north to
In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-
freedom. Changing her name to Harriet Tubman,
Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her
she became an "abductor" on the Underground
family, and friends in her multicultural
Railroad, risking her life to help other slaves reach
neighborhood when an accident puts her in a
freedom.
body cast.
A Wrinkle in Time by Hope Larson
Zora and Me by Victoria Bond
Meg Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend
A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's
Calvin, embark on a journey through space and
childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville,
time, assisted by three otherworldly women, when
Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the
they set out to find Meg's father, a physicist who
differences between truth, lies, and pretending.
disappeared while experimenting with time travel.
Adaptation

Space Case by Stuart Gibbs

The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey
Twelve-year-old Shane Woods is just a regular boy. But Shane is
keeping something private, something that might make a
difference to his friends and teammates. When a classmate
threatens to reveal his secret, Shane's whole world comes crashing
down. It will take a lot of courage for Shane to ignore the hate and
show the world that he's still the same boy he was before.
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow
Goddess by Shari Green
Dealing with her mother remarrying a man
with twin daughters and her family moving,
deaf sixth-grader Macy is told that she must
help her elderly neighbor Iris Gillan, who is
also getting ready to move to a nursing home.
Dashiell Gibson is incredibly bored
living on Moon Base Alpha, since he’s
never allowed to do anything fun or go
anywhere interesting. But when one of
the moon's most prominent doctors is
found dead, Dash calls foul on it being
an accident and takes on the
investigation.
StarCrossed by Barbara Dee
When Mattie is cast as Romeo in an
eighth-grade play, she is confused to
find herself increasingly attracted to
Gemma, a new classmate who is
playing Juliet.
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning The War that
Saved My Life: Ada, Jaime and Susan move into a small
cottage and make their way through daily life as war
Exploring Space: From Galileo to the Mars Rover
rages on around them. Read about how Ada figures
and Beyond by Martin Jenkins
out who she is now that her club foot is fixed and her
A brief history of space exploration, covering such
mother and disability are no longer hovering over her. topics as the first human missions, life on the
International Space Station, and settling on Mars

Girls Who Code by Reshma Saujani

The Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell
In late nineteenth-century Maine, isolated,
eleven-year-old Clara Dooley gains a friend and
uncovers a magical secret that changes her life
when she learns to care for the once-feared birds
in the aviary attached to the Glendoveer
mansion where she lives.
The Countdown Conspiracy by Kate
Slivensky
Miranda Regent can't believe she was just
chosen as one of six kids from around the world
to train for the first ever mission to Mars. But as
soon as the official announcement is made, she
begins receiving threatening messages. Now the
mission, and everyone's lives, are at risk. And
Miranda may be the only one who can save
them.
Float by Laura Martin
Emerson’s uncontrollable floating is his RISK factor,
which means that he deals with Reoccurring
Incidents of the Strange Kind. Emerson is sent to a
government summer camp for RISK, and actually
starts having fun, but things go horribly awry when
it is discovered that one of their own is hiding a
deadly secret that puts all of their lives in danger.
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage
and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save
her island home.
The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani Dasgupta
Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered
herself an ordinary sixth-grader, but then her
parents disappear and a drooling demon shows up
in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another
dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking
birds, and cute princes. Somehow Kiranmala needs
to sort it all out, find her parents, and basically save
the world.
Bursting with dynamic artwork, down-to-earth
explanations of coding principles, and real-life stories
of girls and women working at places like Pixar and
NASA, this graphically animated book shows what a
huge role computer science plays in our lives and how
much fun it can be. Whether you're a girl who's never
coded before or a girl who codes (or a boy!), this
entertaining book will have you itching to create your
own apps, games, and robots to make the world a
better place.
Higher, Steeper, Faster: The Daredevils Who
Conquered the Sky by Lawrence Goldstone
The pioneers of early flight performed death-defying
feats and broke new technological ground as they took
to the skies to thrill crowds and advance the
boundaries of human innovation.
Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by Andrea
Davis Pinkey
Presents a collection of poems that looks at the final
months of Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin
Luther King Jr.
Zoobots: Wild Robots Inspired by Real Animals
by Helaine Becher
In an attempt to design robots that can solve problems
or perform tasks that humans can't, roboticists have
been looking at the unique skills animals have. Using
something called mechatronics, they are finding ways
to mirror those skills in robot form.

Game Over, Pete Watson by Joe Schreiber
When videogame obsessed Pete Watson
discovers his dad is not only a super-spy but has
been kidnapped and is now trapped inside a
video game, he has to use his super gaming skills
and enter the game to rescue him.
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their
plane crashes on their way back to England from
Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive
for days until one of them finds a map that leads
them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among
the vines.
Murder is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens
At an English boarding school in the 1930s,
crime-solving friends Hazel Wong and Daisy
Wells struggle to find an exciting mystery to
investigate until Hazel discovers the dead body
of Miss Bell, the science teacher.
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the
summer in the house that belonged to her
grandmother, who died after being dismissed as
city manager in scandal, but when Candice finds
the letter that could clear her grandmother’s
name, she finds herself caught up in the mystery.
• For summer reading, please read TWO
STORM: The Infinity Code by E.L. Young books of your choice.
In London, the teenaged geniuses of STORM, a • Fill out the Sixth Grade Summer Reading
secret organization dedicated to eliminating the
Assignment (on the next page) and bring it
world's misery through science and technology,
uncover plans for a deadly weapon and race to to school with you on the first day.
find and dismantle it, then confront the corrupt
scientist behind the scheme.
Name:_______________________________ HR: ____________
Summer Reading Grade 6

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