Summer Reading Entering 6th 2016

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6 th Grade Summer Reading List 2015

Individuality – Adolescence is a time for decision making

The Crossover byKwame Alexander

Fourteen-year-old twin basketballstars Josh and Jordan wrestle with

highs and lows on and of the courtas their ather ignores his declininghealth. (2 !" #ewbery Awardwinner$

The Summer ISaved the World…in 65 Da s by%ichele &urwit'

ns)ired by her late grandmother*

thirteen-year-old #ina s)ends asummer secretly doing good deeds

or her neighbors and en+oying thechanges she brings about* e,en asshe is dealing with changing

riendshi)s and amily issues.

Rules ! C nthiaLord Frustrated at li e with an autistic

brother* twel,e-year-old atherinelongs or a normal existence but herworld is urther com)licated by a

riendshi) with a young )ara)legic.#ewbery &onor.

S"indle by ordonKorman

A ter s)orts card collector /. 0endell1alamino cons him out o a ,aluablebaseball card* sixth-grader ri n

3ing )uts together a band o mis4tsto break into 1alomino5s hea,ilyguarded store and steal the cardback* )lanning to use the money to4nance his ather5s ailing in,ention*the /mart1ick ruit )icker.




Friendship – Friendship goes both ways

11 #irthda s by0endy %ass

A ter celebrating their 4rst ninesame-day birthdays together*Amanda and 6eo* ha,ing allen outon their tenth and not s)eaking toeach other or the last year* )re)areto celebrate their ele,enth birthdayse)arately but )eculiar things beginto ha))en as the day o theirbirthday begins to re)eat itsel o,erand o,er again.

Game Changers by%ike 6u)ica

0hen the coach5s son* /hawn753rien* is chosen to )lay

8uarterback* ele,en-year-old 3en%c3ain is not sur)rised 9 but whenhe tries to be a good teammate andhel) the inconsistent /hawn* he isstartled to learn that his new rienddoes not really want the )osition.

$ Li%e in Dog &ears by ary1aulsen

Autobiogra)hical tales by the authorwho describes some o the dogs that

ha,e had s)ecial )laces in his li e*including his 4rst dog* /nowball* inthe 1hili))ines: ;irk* who )rotectedhim rom bullies: and ookie* whosa,ed his li e.

Wonder by <.J.1alacio

you5,e e,er been the new kid* thenyou know how hard that can be. =hething is* Auggie5s +ust an ordinarykid* with an extraordinary ace.

3orn with extreme acialabnormalities* Auggie 1ullman wasnot ex)ected to sur,i,e.#ow he isgoing rom being home-schooled toentering )ublic middle school. anhe con,ince his new classmates thathe5s +ust like them* des)ite




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Knowledge is power

The Cit o% 'm!erby Jeanne ;u1rau

n the year 2?!* twel,e-year-old6ina trades +obs on Assignment ;ayto be a %essenger to run to new)laces in her decaying but belo,edcity* )erha)s e,en to glim)se@nknown <egions.

(o" to Cat)h a

#ogle by atherine Jinks

7r)han 3irdie %cAdam is tougher

than she looks. /he s )roud o her +ob as a))rentice to Al red the3ogler* a man who catchesmonsters or a li,ing. 3irdie luresthe bogles out o their lairs with hersweet songs* and Al red kills thembe ore they kill her. 7n the meanstreets o Bictorian Cngland* huntingbogles is actually less dangerouswork than mudlarking or scra)salong the ,ile ri,er =hames. 7r so itseemsDuntil the or)hans o 6ondonstart to disa))ear . . .

Wal* T"o $oonsby /haron reech

A ter her mother lea,es homesuddenly* thirteen-year-old /al andher grand)arents take a car tri)retracing her mother s route. Alongthe way* /al recounts the story oher riend 1hoebe* whose motheralso le t. #ewbery Award.




S)hooled by ordonKorman

a) li,es in isolation with hisgrandmother* a ormer hi))ie: butwhen she alls rom a tree andbreaks her hi)* a) is sent to a

oster home where he has his 4rst

ex)erience in a )ublic school.

Courage – Courage provides opportunities for personal growth

Into the Wild by Crin&unter

<usty* a bored house kitten* isa))renticed by the =hunder lan andmust struggle to 4t in when thegrou) o eral cats is threatened by/hadow lan* the enemy.

The Lost (ero by<ick <iordan

Jason* 1i)er* and 6eo* three studentsrom a school or Ebad kids*E 4nd

themsel,es at am) &al -3lood*where they learn that they aredemigods and begin a 8uest to ree&era* who has been im)risoned by%other Carth hersel . First book inthe &eroes o 7lym)us series.

+ Long Wal* toWater by 6inda /ue

1ark

0hen the /udanese ci,il warreaches his ,illage in ! G"* ele,en-

year-old /al,a becomes se)aratedrom his amily and must walk with

other ;inka tribe members throughsouthern /udan* Cthio)ia* andKenya in search o sa e ha,en.3ased on the li e o /al,a ;ut* who*a ter emigrating to America in ! H*




began a )ro+ect to dig water wells in/udan.

,i)tures o% (ollisWoods by 1atricia

<eilly if

A troublesome twel,e-year-oldor)han* staying with an elderly artist

who needs her* remembers the onlyother time she was ha))y in a osterhome* with a amily that trulyseemed to care about her. #ewbery&onor.

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Summer Reading Entering 6th 2016