Suggested Summer Reading - Entering Grade 6
Suggested Summer Reading - Entering Grade 6
Russell Sage Book & E-book Catalog
https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/39727Russell Sage Book & E-book Catalog
E-books available from SORA
https://soraapp.comE-books available from SORA
Blank, Eva, et. al. Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever! (Non-Fiction)A collection of over 1,700 jokes for every occasion including sixty-one elephant jokes, tongue twisters, practical jokes, joke-telling tips, and more.
Blume, Judy. Blubber. (Realistic Fiction)Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she, too, becomes a target.
Buckley, Michael. The Fairy Tale Detectives. (Mystery / Fantasy)The Sisters Grimm Series, Book 1. Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. (Realistic / Animal Story)Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
Hale, Nathan. The Donner Dinner Party. (Non-fiction / Graphic Novel)Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Series, Book 3. Presents in graphic novel format the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of eighty-seven individuals that headed West from Illinois in 1846, became trapped in a snowstorm, and was forced to take desperate measures to stay alive.
Hale, Shannon & Dean. The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem. (Action-Adventure)The Princess in Black is ready for her snowy playdate with the Goat Avenger and the Princess in Blankets. It's a perfect day to build snow monsters and battle them for practice.
Kelly, Erin Entrada. Hello, Universe. (Realistic Fiction)In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil, Valencia, Kaori and Chet aren't friends, at least not until Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well.
Krosoczka, Jarrett. Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown. (Mystery / Graphic Novel)Lunch Lady series, #4. When the crime-fighting school lunch lady works as the cook at summer camp, she investigates the mystery of the legendary swamp monster.
Labreque, Who HQ. Who Was Kobe Bryant? (Biography)Details NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's legendary career and the impact of his legacy on the sports world and beyond.
Miller, Kayla. Camp. (Graphic Novel)Olive is sure she'll have the best time at summer camp with her friend Willow--but while Olive makes quick friends with the other campers, Willow struggles, and latches on to Olive. The stress of being Willow's security blanket wears on Olive and, soon, the girls aren't just fighting, they may not even be friends when camp is over. Will the two be able to patch things up?
O'Neill, Katie. The Tea Dragon Society. (Fantasy)After discovering a lost Tea Dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of Tea Dragon caretaking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik.
Ramee, Lisa Moore. A Good Kind of Trouble. (Realistic Fiction)Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. But in junior high, it's like all the rules have changed. Now she's suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she's not black enough. Wait... what?! After experiencing a powerful Black Lives Matter protest, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking.
Reynolds, Jason. Ghost. (Realistic Fiction / Sports)When basketball player Castle Cranshaw--nicknamed Ghost--challenges an elite sprinter to a race and wins, he finds himself on the radar of an Olympic medalist track coach. But Ghost's anger and determination to outrun his past could stand in the way.
Sachar, Louis. Dogs Don't Tell Jokes. (Realistic Fiction)Twelve-year-old Gary, known as Goon because of his constant clowning and joke-telling, tries to change his image and make new friends at school.
Sutherland, Tui T. The Lost Heir. (Fantasy)Tsunami, heir to the SeaWing throne, is returning home for the first time since she was stolen as an egg, her mother, Queen Coral, welcomes her, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off her heirs for years.
E-books available from Open Library
https://openlibrary.org/collections/k-12 With permission from your parents, set up a personal account for free access. Balliett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer. (Mystery)When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here. (Realistic)16-year-old Hope and her aunt move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work in the Welcome Stairways diner, and become involved with the diner owner’s campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor. Broach, Elise. Shakespeare’s Secret. (Realistic)A misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. (Realistic)Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie. Halem, Ann. Siberia. (Adventure)After spending two years at a prison school, 13-year-old Sloe treks across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret "seeds" of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to reach a new life for all of them. Dowell, Frances O’Roark. Dovey Coe. (Historical)When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a strong-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother. Lester, Julius. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue. (Historical)Using multiple voices, those of slaves, free blacks, slaveowners and abolitionists, a little-known event in American history is transformed into a heartbreaking and powerfully dramatic epic on slavery. Napoli, Donna Jo. Breath. (Fantasy)Based on "The Pied Piper," a boy who is too ill to keep up tells of a piper who spirits away the healthy children of a plague-ridden town after being cheated out of payment for ridding Hameln of rats. Salisbury, Graham. Eyes of the Emperor. (Historical)Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Even as the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers. Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the Persimmon Tree. (Historical)During the 2001 War in Afghanistan, the lives of Najmal, a refugee from Kunduz, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher awaiting her husband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect. Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird. (Realistic)Like many girls her age in India, thirteen–year–old Koly facing her arranged marriage with hope and courage, discovers she's been horribly misled; her life has been sold for a dowry.E-books available from Open Library
NYC Public Libraries (Queens, Brooklyn, NYPL) Summer Reading Web Site
Booklists, Events, Reading Challengewww.summerreading.org NYC Public Libraries (Queens, Brooklyn, NYPL) Summer Reading Web Site