Books Every Sixth Grader Should Know
Annotation:As a 16-year-old pursues her two goals–growing the biggest pumpkin in Iowa and losing 20 pounds herself–she strengthens her relationship with her father and meets a young man with interests similar to her own.
Place a Hold
Annotation:Three spunky youngsters join forces with two lively ghosts to save a historic mansion from being destroyed by a crooked antique dealer.
Annotation:Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin’s London school, is left in poverty when her father dies, but then rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
Annotation:A boy is puzzled by the comic and confusing questions of youth and worried by disturbing insights into adult conflicts.
Annotation:On his 11th birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
Annotation:In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his 12 years in isolation and fear on his family’s farm, until another “third” convinces him that the government is wrong.
Annotation:A black family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Annotation:Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, 12-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse.
Annotation:When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall’s inhabitants destroy the enemy.
Annotation:Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
Annotation:In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order that she’s given.
Annotation:Feeling that she is neither fully human nor “Folk,” a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.
Annotation:Alice is in eighth grade, and, while she wants her life to be exciting and outrageous, she also wants to feel protected and safe.
Annotation:Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
Annotation:Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.
Annotation:The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
Annotation:In the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country, Billy trains his two dogs to be the finest hunting team in the valley, proving their loyalty and bravery in the face of danger.
Annotation:Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him—except the murderer.
Annotation:Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Annotation:As further evidence of his family’s bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Annotation:Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, 12-year-old white boy Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.
Annotation:Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.
Annotation:In small town, post-World War II Oregon, 21 sixth grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl’s bigotry comes to the surface.
Annotation:Thirteen-year-old Delrita, whose unhappy life has caused her to hide from the world, loves her uncle Punky but sometimes feels ashamed of his behavior because he has Down syndrome.
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Books recommended by Daniel Boone Regional Library staff for sixth graders.
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