6th Grade Summer Reading List

Vivian Field 6th Grade Summer Reading List

These books are either sorted by Lexile level (6th Grade beginning at 855L) or are TAYSHAS or Lone Star finalists and are paired with the appropriate grade level.  Please read a minimum of five. One book will be used for the summer reading assignment.

1. *The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
2. Refugee by Alan Gratz
3. The Van Gogh Deception by Deron R. Hicks
4. Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds
5. Time Bomb by Joelle Charbonneau
6. Restart by Gordon Korman
7. The First Rule Of Punk by  Celia Perez
8. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet
9. Escape from Aleppo by N. H. Senzai
10. The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss
11. Revenge of the Green Banana by Jim Murphy
12. The Star Thief by Lindsey Becker
13. Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick
14. 23 Minutes by Vivian Vande Velde (LaCaze favorite!)
15. Unbound by Ann E. Burg (Verse novel!)
16. Zane and the Hurricane : A Story of Katrina by W. R. Philbrick
17. Sky Jumpers by Pegg Eddleman
18. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Classic!)
19. Code Talker by  Joseph Bruchac
20. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick

Here are a few choices by genre:

FANTASY:

Imperium by Henry H. Neff
Snow Rose by Emily Winfield Martin
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Adventurers Guild by Zach Loran Clark & Nick Eliopulos
Iron Trial by Holly Black
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

REALISTIC:

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Beast Rider by Tony Johnston and Maria Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE:

The Van Gogh Deception by Deron Hicks
Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz
To Catch a Cheat by Varian Johnson
Ranger’s Apprentice series by John A. Flanagan

CREEPY:

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson
Lockwood & Co The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
A Tale of Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Doll Bones by Holly Black
The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie 

HISTORICAL FICTION:

Refugee by Alan Gratz
Sweep by Jonathan Auxier
Mad Wolf’s Daughter by Diane Magras
Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson
The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

FUNNY:

Strange Case of the Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
The Wishmakers by Tyler Whitesides
A Whole Nother Story by Cuthbert Soup
Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life by James Patterson & Chris Tebbetts
The Croc Ate My Homework by Stephan Pastis
The Tapper Twins Go to War (with each other) by Geoff Rodkey
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
Edge of Extinction The Ark Plan by Laura Martin