Favorite Sixth Grade Books
READ 25 BOOKS THIS YEAR AND EARN YOUR READING AWARD!
Geography Unit:

The Crossing Gary Paulsen
The Call of the Wild Jack London
White Fang Jack London
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot
Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George
Dogsong Gary Paulsen
The Maze Will Hobbs
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The Roaring Twenties and The Great Depression Unit:

White Lilacs Carolyn Meyer
Smuggler's Island Avi
No Promises in the Wind Irene Hunt
Not Without Laughter Langston Hughes
Circle of Fire William Hooks
Let the Circle Be Unbroken Mildred D. Taylor
King of the Hill A. E. Hotchner
Franklin D. Roosevelt Russell Freedman
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift Kathryn Lasky
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards Katelyn Janke

Mini-unit of sports books

In Lane Three, Alex Archer Tessa Duder
Forward Pass Thomas Dygard
There's a Girl in My Hammerlock Jerry Spinelli
The Rookie Arrives Thomas Dygard
The Brave Robert Lypstye
The Contender Rober Lypstye
My Underrated Year Randy Powell
World War II Unit:

Daniel's Story Carol Matas
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins Walter Dean Myers
The Journal of Ben Uchida Barry Denenberg
Who Was That Masked Man? Avi
Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston
Blitzcat Robert Westall
The Avion My Uncle Flew Cyrus Fisher
Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene
A Place to Hide Jayne Pettit
Maus I Art Spiegelman
Maus II Art Spiegelman
Voices from the Camps Larry Dane Brimner
My Secret War Mary Pope Osborne
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor Harry Mazer
The Good Fight: How World War II was Won Stephen E. Ambrose
The Devil's Arithmetic Jane Yolen
Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows Barry Denenberg

Civil Rights Unit:

Witness to Freedom Belinda Rochelle
Warriors Don't Cry Melba Pattillo Beals
One Fat Summer Robert Lipsyte
Forbidden City William Bell
Belonging Virginia M. Scott
Ryan White: My Own Story Ryan White and Ann Marie Cunningham
Waiting for the Rain Sheila Gordon
Lupita Manana Patricia Beatty
Children of the River Linda Crew
The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis
On the Road to Memphis Mildred D. Taylor
Jubilee Journey Carolyn Meyer
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary Walter Dean Myers
Rosa Parks: My Story Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins
Cold War and Science Fiction Unit:

The Wave Todd Strasser
The Bridges at Toko-Ri James Michener
Voices from Vietnam Barry Deneberg
December Stillness Mary Downing Hahn
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty US Marine Corps Ellen Emerson White
The Giver Lois Lowry
The Girl Who Owned a City O.T. Nelson
Alas, Babylon Pat Frank
The Caves of Steel Issac Asimov
Singularity William Sleator
Podkayne of Mars Robert Heinlein
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