Suggested Summer Reading List
and
Required Reading Log
For Students entering 6th Grade
Name: ______________________________
Required:
2 Books and 2 Magazines or Newspaper Articles
The required readings will go toward your English grade in the fall.
After reading each book or article, students must fill out the Willow Creek Reading Log on the
back of this list. The comment should be specific to the reading. For example: I liked reading
this because the main character, Omar, reminds me of my father because he was such a loyal
man. Credit may not be earned or the log may be returned to the reader if the comment is too
general. For example, It was a good story. (or) It was an exciting book.
Each entry requires a parent signature.
Historical Fiction:
Minnesota Authors:
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Choldenko)
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker (DeFelice)
Blackwater Ben (Durbin)
Behind the Bedroom Wall (Williams)
Black Duck (Lisle)
Bud, Not Buddy (Curtis)
Dear America (series, various authors)
Fever (Anderson)
Flygirl (Smith)
Legend of Bass Reeves (Paulsen)
Milkweed (Spinelli)
Number the Stars (Lowry)
Orphan Train (series, Nixon)
Stepping on the Cracks (Hahn)
Under the Blood Red Sun (Salisbury)
War Comes to Willy Freeman (Collier)
Woods Runner (Paulsen)
Gary Paulsen’s books
Memory Boy (Weaver)
Realistic Fiction:
11 Birthdays (Maas)
100 Days and 99 Nights (Madison)
Crash (Spinelli)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series, Kinney)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (Paterson)
The Outside of a Horse (Ginny)
Piper Reed (Holt)
Shiloh (Naylor)
Walk Two Moons (Creech)
Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls)
Science Fiction:
Dark Life (Falls)
Go Big or Go Home (Hobbs)
Running Out of Time (Haddix)
White Mountains (Christopher)
Fantasy:
Charlie Bone (Nimmo)
Ella Enchanted (Levine)
Fablehaven (Mull)Matched (Condie)
Redwall (series, Jacques)
Mystery:
Closed for the Season (Hahn)
House with the Clock in its Walls (Bellairs)
Kidnappers (Roberts)
Mysterious Benedict Society (Stewart)
Westing Game (Raskin)
What Could Go Wrong? (Roberts)
Multicultural:
The Breadwinner (Elliot)
Home of the Brave (Applegate)
Maniac Magee (Spinelli)
Maze (Hobbs)
Biography:
Boy (Dahl)
Miracle Worker (Gibson)
Small Steps (Kehret)
Survival:
Canyon Winter (Morey)
Fear Place (Naylor)
Thunder Cave (Smith)
A list of Classics is available
for Higher Level Readers
W ILLOW C REEK M IDDLE S CHOOL R EADING L OG
N AME :
The reaction comment shou ld be specific to the reading. For example, I liked reading this because the main
character, Omar, reminds me of my father be cause he was a loyal man. etc. Credit may not be earned or the log
may be returned to the reader if the comment is too general. For example, It was a good story. (or) It was an
exciting book.
Title
Author
#Pages
Parent's Signature
Title
Author
#Pages
Parent's Signature
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Author
#Pages
Parent's Signature
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Author
#Pages
Parent's Signature
My reaction to the book and why: (3 -5 sentence responses)
My reaction to the book an why: (3 -5 sentence responses)
My reaction to the magazine/newspaper article and why: (3 -5 sentence responses)
My reaction to the magazine/newspaper article and why: (3 -5 sentence responses)