Sixth Grade
Crandall Public Library Children’s Department Staff Picks 2013
FICTION
Call Number/Author
Title
J Fict/YA Bauer, Joan
Hope Was Here and Rules of the Road
J Fict Beil, Michael
Red Blazer Girls
J Fict Bell, Cathleen
Little Blog on the Prairie
J Fict Buckley, Michael
Fairy-tale Detectives (Sisters Grimm series)
J Fict Colfer, Eoin
Artemis Fowl series
YA Fict Connor, Leslie
Waiting for Normal
J Fict Creech, Sharon
Walk Two Moons
J Fict Curtis, Christopher The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963
J Fict Dowd, Siobhan
The London Eye Mystery
J Fict Ferris, Jean
Love among the Walnuts
J Fict/YA Flanagan, John Ranger’s Apprentice series
J Fict Funke, Cornelia
Inkheart series
J Fict/YA Gaiman, Neil
The Graveyard Book
J Fict Gantos, Jack
Dead End in Norvelt
J Fict/YA Haddix, Margaret Among the Hidden series
J Fict/YA Hale, Shannon Rapunzel’s Revenge series (graphic novel)
J Fict/YA Hiaasen, Carl
Hoot and Scat
J Fict Kinney, Jeff
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
J Fict Konigsburg, EL
The View from Saturday
J Fict Law, Ingrid
Savvy
J Fict L’Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time series
J Fict L’Engle, Madeleine Meet the Austins series
J Fict/YA Lowry, Lois
The Giver
J Fict Lupica, Mike
Heat
J Fict Martin, Ann M.
A Corner of the Universe
J Fict Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
The Agony of Alice series
J Fict Oppel, Kenneth
Darkwings series
J Fict Paulson, Gary
Hatchet
J Fict Patterson, James
Middle School series
J Fict Patron, Katherine
The Higher Power of Lucky
YA Fict Preller, James
Bystander
J Fict/YA Pullman, Phillip The Golden Compass series
J Fict Raskin, Ellen
The Westing Game
J Fict Riordan, Rick
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
J Fict Rowling, JK
Harry Potter series
Lexile
710, 850
730
820
840
930
570
770
1000
640
890
800
780
820
920
800
500
760, 810
950
870
1070
740
1050
760
940
750
910
730
1020
680+
1010
600
930
750
740
880+
A note to parents: We have included the Lexile levels of books when available.
According to 2012 NYS Standards, the recommended Lexile text level range for sixth
grade is 925-1070. However, any reading is beneficial—let interest guide your child’s
reading, not just reading level.
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What do you like to read about?
Realistic
Sci Fi
History
J Fict Rylant, Cynthia
J Fict/YA Sachar, Louis
J Fict Sage, Angie
J Fict Schmidt, Gary
J Fict Smiley, Jane
YA Fict Smith, Jeff
J Fict Timberlake, Amy
J Fict Tolkien, J.R.R.
J Fict Vanderpool, Clare
J Fict Williams-Garcia, Rita
J Fict Wood, Maryrose
J Fict Yee, Lisa
Graphic
Novels
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Mystery
Humor
Missing May
Holes
Septimus Heap series
The Wednesday Wars
The Georges and the Jewels
Bone series (graphic novels)
One Came Home
The Hobbit
Moon over Manifest
One Crazy Summer
Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series
Millicent Min: Girl Genius series
Scary
Sports
980
660
640-1030
990
970
690
1000
800
750
980
800
Non-Fiction
J 363.11 Aronson, Marc
J 394.1 Schlosser, Eric
J 551.46 Burns, Loree Griffin
J 569.6709 Sloan, Christopher
J 598.07 Hoo se, Phillip
J 599.674 O’Connell, Caitlin
J 599.9 Deem, James
J 623.451 Sheinkin, Steve
J 640 Recycle
J 641 Zimmern, Andrew
J 796.5 Paulsen, Gary
J 796.6082 Macy, Sue
J 920 Rha
J 92 Colvin, Claudette
J 92 Sullivan, Annie
J 92 Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from
2000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert
1070
Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to
Know About Fast Food
1110
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the
Science of Ocean Motion
1200
Baby Mammoth Mummy: Frozen in Time
1120
Moonbird
1150
The Elephant Scientist
1260
Bodies from the Ice
1180
Bomb: the Race to Build and Steal the
World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
920
Recycle This Book
Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World of Food
1220
Woodsong
1090
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle
to Freedom (with a few flat tires along the way) 1280
White House Kids
1130
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
1000
Helen’s Eyes
1030
West From Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1140
Favorite Authors Include: Avi, Judy Blume, Sharon Creech, E.L. Konigsburg, Madeline L’Engle,
Mike Lupica, Gary Paulsen
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