Rising Sixth Grade Summer Reading List



Rising Sixth Grade

Summer Reading List

Summer reading is an invitation to explore other worlds and experiences, to discover good authors and good writing and to enjoy the meaningful act of reading.  Students are encouraged to read a minimum of two books during the summer. A list of titles representing a variety of authors and titles has been developed for each grade level. 

 

Billingsley, Franny – Folk Keeper - Corinna is a Folk Keeper. Her job is to keep the mysterious Folk who live beneath the ground at bay. But Corinna has a secret that even she doesn't fully comprehend, until she agrees to serve as Folk Keeper at Marblehaugh Park, a wealthy family's seaside manor. There her hidden powers burst into full force, and Corinna's life changes forever...

Clements, Andrew – Frindle – When he decides to turn his fifth-grade teacher’s love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

Danziger, Paula – P. S. Longer Letter Later – Best friends Elizabeth and Tara-Starr continue their friendship through letter writing after Tara-Starr’s family moves to another state.

Konigsburg, E. L. – View From Saturday – Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond that attracts the attention of their teacher who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the academic bowl competition.

Ryan, Pam Munoz – Esperanza Rising – Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

DiCamillo, Kate – The Tale of Despereaux – The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

Gaiman, Neil – Coraline – Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.

O’Dell, Scott – Island of the Blue Dolphins – Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind.

Paulsen, Gary – Harris and Me – Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year old city boy meet his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.

Peck, Richard – A Long Way From Chicago - A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger than life grandmother.

Korman, Gordon - No More Dead Dogs - Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.

Coerr, Eleanor - Sadako and the 100 Paper Cranes - Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.

Sachar, Louis – Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes - Twelve-year-old jokester Gary Boone knows he was born to be a comedian, it's the kids in his class who think he's just a goon. Winning the school talent show would be Gary's dream come true, but on the big night his dream nearly backfires--with hilarious results. "With its strong, realistic characterization, Sachar's gracefully told story will please his longtime fans and gain him new followers as well".

LOGANVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Summer Reading List

For Rising 6th Grade Students

“It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can’t do anything else, read all you can.”

Jane Hamilton

The Book of Ruth

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