6th Grade
Please select your books from the below 6th grade list to read before classes begin in August. Unless you have had your upcoming English teacher approve a personal selection (see Alternate Selection Form below), all selections must come from the pre-approved list. You must print and sign the pledge form below and submit this to your English teacher upon request the first week of school. There will be a quiz and/or a project stemming from your summer reading selections.
**Disclaimer: Not all titles on this list are considered “Christian literature." The reading list contains classics, Newberry Award winners, and contemporary pieces that are recommended for middle school-aged readers. We ask that parents partner with their students in selecting titles that are appropriate for them. Some books may contain violence, language, or sensitive subject matter.
**You MUST read at least one book from the 6th-grade list. For your second selection, you may pick books from the lists that are higher than your grade. (i.e. a sixth-grader may select a book from the eighth-grade list...just not vice versa.)
Choices:
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Holes by Louis Sachar
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Summer Reading Forms: