Sixth Grade Summer Reading List
Many of the following texts can be found on-line for free. If not, they are available at local
libraries and/or bookstores, however we do not expect anyone to purchase copies unless you
choose to do so. We do not expect that every item listed below will be read, however we
give a suggestion on the amount of each. Obviously, the more you choose to read, the more
background you will have going into 6th grade.
Some common On-line Resources for free texts are:
Classicreader.com (Reading/LA/World History)
Chestofbooks.com (Reading/LA/World History)
Please choose at least three of the following Informational Texts to read:
J.M. Barrie: The Magic Behind Peter Pan (Susan Bivin Aller)
The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy (Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd)
You Wouldn’t Want to be a Slave in Ancient Greece!: A Life You’d Rather Not Have (You
Wouldn’t Want to…Series) (Fiona MacDonald, David Salariya, and David Antram)
First Americans: Story of Where They Came From and Who They Became (Anthony F. Aveni and
S.D. Nelson)
One More River to Cross: The Stories of Twelve Black Americans (Jim Haskins)
First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants (Donald R. Gallo)
Kids with Courage: True Stories About Young People Making a Difference (Barbara A. Lewis)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself (Frederick
Douglass)
A Night to Remember: A Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic (Walter Lord)
Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost- Was Found (Robert D. Ballard)
Please choose at least two of the following Literary Texts
Peter and the Starcatchers (Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, and Greg Call)
When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories about Growing up (Amy Ehrlich, ed.)
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book 1 (Rick Riordan)
Little House on the Prairie Series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
SOS Titanic (Eve Bunting)
Lyddie (Katherine Paterson)
The Mysterious Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
39 Clues series (Rick Riordan)
Dragonwings (Lawrence Yep)
Read as many of these Science Texts as possible:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/newtons-laws-of-motion.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/how-does-light-travel.html
http:/www.buzzle.com/articles/how-to-find-the-density-of-an-object.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/law-of-inertia.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/physical-properties-of-matter.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/difference-between-mass-and-weight.html
http://www.shmoop.com/acids-bases/
http://www.shmoop.com/solids-liquids-gases/
http://www.shmoop.com/periodic-table/
Read as many of these History texts as possible:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/chinese-inventions-famous-inventions-of-ancient-china.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ancient-china.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/democracy-in-ancient-greece.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/short-summary-of-the-odyssey.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ancient-egyptian-culture.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ancient-egypt-facts.html