Books for Grade 6

Action

• Eggers, Dave. The Eyes & The Impossible
• Grant, Holly. The League of Beastly Dreadfuls *
• Haddix, Margaret Peterson. The Strangers *
• Johnston, Tony. Beast Rider
• Key, Watt. Hideout
• Lien, Henry. Peasprout Chen *
• Love, Damien. Monstrous Devices
• O'Brien, Anne Sibley. In the Shadow of the Sun
• Welford, Ross. The Dog Who Saved the World

Fantasy

• Alston, B.B. Amari and the Night Brothers
• Barnhill, Kelly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
• Brown, Eli. Oddity
• Calonita, Jen. Flunked *
• Cervantes, J.C. Storm Runner *
• Healy, Christopher. The Hero's Guide to... *
• Kim, Graci. The Last Fallen Star
• Lapinski, L.D. Strangeworlds Travel Agency
• Rivera, Kaela. Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
• Robertson, David A. The Barren Grounds *
• Soontornvat, Christina. A Wish in the Dark
• Subity, Sam. The Last Shadow Warrior

History

• Currie, Rob. Hunger Winter
• DuBois, Caroline Brooks. The Places We Sleep
• Elliott, Zetta. Moonwalking
• Hiranandani, Veera. The Night Diary
• Holczer, Tracy. Everything Else in the Universe
• Hopkinson, Deborah. How I Became a Spy
• LaRocca, Rajani. Red, White, and Whole
• Levine, Gail Carson. A Ceiling Made of Eggshells
• Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck
• Park, Linda Sue. Prairie Lotus
• Paterson, Katherine. Bread and Roses, Too
• Pixley, Marcella. Trowbridge Road
• Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising
• Walsh, Jennie L. I Am Defiance
• Wolk, Lauren. Echo Mountain

Mystery

• de los Santos, Marisa. Saving Lucas Biggs
• Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. Concealed
• Jocelyn, Marthe. The Body Under the Piano
• Lawrence, Iain. Deadman's Castle
• Levine, Kristin. The Jigsaw Jungle
• Magaziner, Lauren. Stolen from the Studio *
• Tarpley, Natasha. The Harlem Charade
• Vaught, Susan. Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse
• West, Jacqueline. Long Lost

Realistic Fiction

• Callender, Kacen. King and the Dragon Flies
• Dee, Barbara. My Life in the Fish Tank
• Gerber, Alyson. Taking Up Space
• Harley, Bill. Now You Say Yes
• Hitchcock, Shannon. Flying over Water
• Jung, Mike. Unidentified Suburban Object
• Kelly, Lynne. Song for a Whale
• Khan, Hena. Amina's Voice
• Korman, Gordon. Linked
• Moore, David Barclay. Holler of the Fireflies
• Nayeri, Daniel. Everything Sad Is Untrue
• Oh, Ellen. Finding Junie Kim
• Ramée, Lisa Moore. A Good Kind of Trouble
• Sherwood, Monica. The Ice House
• Sloan, Holly Goldberg. The Elephant in the Room
• Kelkar, Supirya. American as Paneer Pie
• Stroker, Ali. The Chance to Fly
• Warga, Jasmine. The Shape of Thunder
• Waters, Charles. Mascot
• Woodson, Jacqueline. Harbor Me

Scary

• Beatty, Robert. Serafina *
• Brown, India Hill. The Forgotten Girl
• Delaney, Joseph. Revenge of the Witch *
• Funaro, Gregory. Watch Hollow
• Hermon, Daka. Hide and Seeker
• Ireland, Justina. Ophie's Ghosts
• Lukoff, Kyle. Too Bright to See
• Oppel, Kenneth. The Nest
• Rosenbaum, Adam. The Ghost Rules
• Smibert, Angie. Ghosts of Ordinary Objects *
• Steiger, A.J. Cathedral of Bones
• Taylor, Thomas. Malamander *

Sci-Fi

• Bunker, Lisa. Felix Yz
• Burt, Jake. Cleo Porter and the Body Electric
• Klisanin, Dana. Future Hack *
• Korman, Gordon. Operation Do-Over
• Lee, Yoon Ha. Dragon Pearl
• L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time
• McCulloch, Amy. Jinxed *
• Older, Daniel José. Flood City
• Stone, Nic. Shuri

Sports

• Alexander, Kwame. Rebound
• Kadohata, Cynthia. Checked
• Lupica, Mike. The Turnover
• Roberts, Barbara Carroll. Nikki on the Line
• Spicer-Donnelly, Doreen. Love Double Dutch!
• Stone, Nic. Fast Pitch

Graphic Novels

• Alice, Alex. Castle in the Stars *
• Bagley, Jessica. Duel
• Hale, Nathan. Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales *
• Lloyd, Megan Wagner. Allergic
• Marcks, Ira. Shark Summer
• Palacio, R.J. White Bird
• Petty, Kate Reed. The Leak
• Platt, Jason. Middle School Misadventures
• Sattin, Samuel. Buzzing
• Terciero, Rey. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
• Thummler, Brenna. Delicates
• Todd, Jonathan. Timid
• Xu, Ray. Alterations

Paperback Shelves – By Author's Last Name

• Bachmann, Stefan. Cinders & Sparrows
• Forde, Patricia Reilly. The List
• Giff, Patricia. Nory Ryan's Song
• Gratz, Alan. Ban This Book
• Heath, Jack. 300 Minutes of Danger
• Heffernan, John. Naveed
• Hollman, Kelly. This Opening Sky
• Pearsall, Shelley. Things Seen from Above
• Spradlin, Michael P. Pararescue Corps

Paperback Shelves – By Series Name

• The Dark Is Rising
• The School for Good and Evil
• Sinister Summer
• Sisters Grimm
• Wings of Fire

Non-Fiction

• Fleming, Candace. Crash from Outer Space: Unraveling the Mystery of Flying Saucers, Alien Beings, and Roswell – TL/789.5/N6/F54/2022
• Klein, Naomi. How to Change Everything – GE/195.5/K54/2021
• Day, Nicholas. The Mona Lisa Vanishes – ND/623/L5/A7/2023
• Fried, Hédi. Questions I Am Asked About the Holocaust – DS/135/R72/F75/2023
• Grush, Loren. The Six: the Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts – TL/789.8/U5/G78/2025
• Boughton, Simon. The Wild River and the Great Dam – TC/557.5/H6/B68/2024
• Browne, Mahogany L. Woke: a Young Poet's Call to Justice – PS/595/S75/W65/2020

Biographies

• Williams, Andrea. Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues – GV/865/M325/W55/2021
• Kamkwamba, William. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – TJ/140/K36/A3/2015
• Bruchac, Joseph. One Real American: the Life of Ely S. Parker: Seneca Sachem and Civil War General – E/99/S3/B767/2020
• Moss, Marissa. Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis' Secret Codes – D/639/C75/F757/2024
• Kanefield, Teri. Thurgood Marshall: the Making of America – KF/8745/M34/K37/2020