Dear Incoming Sixth Graders,
For your summer reading pleasure, we are sharing a list of some favorite books and authors suggested by teachers and students. Reviewed by librarians at CheneryMiddle School and Belmont Public Library, these titles and authors are recommendations, not requirements. You are expected to read 3 books over the summer and to keep a list of the titles. The choice of reading material is up to you and your parents. We hope you will enjoy the time you spend reading over the summer.
Inkheart or Dave at Night by Cornelia FunkeFlush or Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
The Boy on the Porch bySharon CreechThe Great Fire by Jim Murphy
Flip-Flop Girl or Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonKira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohota
Freak the Mighty by Rodman PhilbrickThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
Far, Far Awayby Tom McNealThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Revenge of the Witch by Joseph DelaneyKensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Heat by Mike LupicaLily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly
The Harry Potter series by J.K. RowlingRun Boy Run by Uri Orlev
The Lightning Thief and Titan’s Curse by Rick RiordanDead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
The Thief by Megan Whalen TurnerThe Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Slave Dancer by Paula FoxBelle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
The Redwall series by Brian JacquesEragon by Christopher Paolini
Blizzard! The Storm that Changed America by Jim Murphy Phineas Gage by John Fleishman
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer CholdenkoWe Were There Too by Philip Hoose
Navigating Early by Clare VanderpoolThe Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Hold Fast by Blue BallietThe Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatly Snyder
Good Brother, Bad Brother by James Cross GiblinCoraline by Neil Gaiman
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Philip HooseBamboo People by Mitali Perkins
90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-GalbisThe Red Umbrella by Christina Dias Gonzalez
Voice that Challenged a Nation by Russel Freedman Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn LaskyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Seraphina by Rachel HartmanAmaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
The Cherub series by Robert MuchamoreThe Guys Read series edited by Jon Scieszka
Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison by Marfe Ferguson
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson
The Mighty Mars Rover: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity by Elizabeth Rusch
The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue byMichael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman
These and other books are available from the public library and local bookstores. Have a great summer!
Language Arts TeachersLindsey Rinder
Grade 6 Director of English
Reading LogSummer 2014 (List 3 titles you have read)
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Student's SignatureParent's Signature
Please return this sheet to your grade 6 English Language Arts teacher in September 2014.