ISD Summer Reading: Grade 6 Suggested Titles 2016
MS Summer Reading Guidelines:
• Read ANY TWO books on this list.
• Complete the evidence of thinking and learning graphic organizer.
For a list of the books with a description and reading level, please visit the Summer Reading Tab on the InterboroWeb page.
Author / Title / GenreAnderson, Laurie Halse / Fight for Life #1 (Vet Volunteers; aka Wild at Heart #1) / Realistic Fiction
Avi / Poppy and Rye / Suspense
Babbitt, Natalie / Jack Plank Tells Tales / Adventure
Black, Holly / The Iron Trial / Fantasy
Blume, Judy / Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing / Realistic Fiction
Bridges, Ruby / Through My Eyes / Biography
Choldenko, Gennifer / Chasing Secrets / Suspense
Cleary, Beverly / Ramona’s World / Realistic Fiction
Clements, Andrew / The Landry News / Realistic Fiction
Cuevas, Michelle / Confessions of an Imaginary Friend: A Memoir by Jacques Papier / Historical Fiction
Curtis, Christopher Paul / Bud Not Buddy / Realistic Fiction
Gardiner, John Reynolds / Stone Fox / Realistic Fiction
Giff, Patricia Reilly / Pictures of Hollis Wood / Realistic Fiction
Gutman, Dan / Honus & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure / Historical Fiction
Hale, Bruce / The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse / Suspense
Hatke, Ben / The Return of Zita the Spacegirl / Science Fiction
Holm, Jennifer L. / The Fourteenth Goldfish / Fantasy
Hunter, Erin / Into the Wild (Warriors #1) / Fantasy
Jamieson, Victoria / Roller Girl / Realistic Fiction
Kidd, Ronald / Night on Fire / Historical Fiction
Author / Title / Genre
Krull, Kathleen / Women Who Broke the Rules: Sonia Sotomayor / Nonfiction
Law, Ingrid / Scumble / Fantasy
Lupica, Mike / Two Minute Drill (Comeback Kids series) / Realistic Fiction
Mattick, Lindsay / Finding Winnie: The True Story of World’s most Famous Bear / Nonfiction
McKissack, Patirica / A Friendship for Today / Historical Fiction
Miller, William / Richard Wright and the Library Card / Autobiography
Myers, Laurie / Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale / Historical Fiction
Namioka, Lensey / Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear / Realistic Fiction
Peck, Richard / The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail / Fantasy
Pennypacker, Sara / Pax / Fantasy
Roberts, Willo Davis / Babysitting Is a Dangerous Job / Suspense
Sachar, Louis / Fuzzy Mud / Suspense
Scieszka, Jon / Viking It and Liking It / Science Fiction
Selznick, Brian / Invention of Hugo Cabret / Adventure
Speare, Elizabeth George / The Sign of the Beaver / Historical Fiction
Tarshis, Lauren / I Survived the Joplin Tornado / Realistic Fiction
Tashjian, Janet / My Life as a Book / Realistic Fiction
Taylor, Mildred / Gold Cadillac / Historical Fiction
Taylor, Theodore / Trouble with Tuck / Realistic Fiction
Tuxbury, Larry David & McElligott, Matthew / Benjamin Franklinstein Lives / Science Fiction
Van Draanen, Wendelin / Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief / Suspense
Walker, Sally / Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H.L. Hunley / Nonfiction