For students entering 6th grade:
Alone in the Woods. Behrens.
The Eleventh Trade. Hollingsworth.
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. Gemeinhart.
Small as an Elephant. Jacobson.
From the Desk of Zoe Washington. Marks.
Blackbird Girls. Blankman.
It Ain’t so Awful, Falafel. Dumas.
Nazi Prison Camp Escape. M. Burgan.
The War That Saved My Life. Bradley.
Fantasy / Science Fiction
Girl and the Ghost. Alkaf.
No Place for Monsters. Merritt
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Scary Stories for Young Foxes. Heidecker.
This Was Our Pact. Andrews.
The Alchemyst: Secrets of Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Scott.
Ascendance Trilogy (False Prince). Nielsen.
His Dark Materials. Pullman.
Keeper of the Lost Cities. Messenger.
Land of Stories. C. Colfer.
Last Kids on Earth. Brallier.
Neptune Project. Holyoke.
Wings of Fire. Sutherland.
All Thirteen. Soontornvat.
Heroes of Baseball. Lipsyte
How to Survive in Antarctica. Bledsoe.
Monstrous: The Lore, Gore And Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters. Beccia.
Phineas Gage : a Gruesome But True Story. Fleischman.
Titanic Sinks. Denenberg.
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stop Fighting. Murphy.
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall. Silvey.
For Laughing Out Loud. Prelutsky.
Forgive Me, I Meant To Do It. Levine.
A Poke in the I. Janeczko.