6th Grade Common Core – English Language Arts
304.8 MAE
Maestro, Betsy. Coming to America: the story of immigration.
Summary: Traces the history of immigration to the United States and examines the reasons why people
chose to move to America.
305.23 FRE
Freedman, Russell. Immigrant Kids.
Summary: Text and photographs chronicle the life of immigrant children at home, school, work, and
play during the late 1800's and early 1900's.
325 LEV
Levine, Ellen. --if your name was changed at Ellis Island.
Summary: Describes, in question and answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York's
Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914. Features quotes from children and adults who passed through the
station.
398.2 DEL
Delacre, Lulu. Golden Tales: myths, legends, and folktales from Latin America.
Summary: Collection of twelve myths, legends, and folktales reflecting the history of Latin America
before and after the arrival of the Spaniards in 1492, drawing from the traditions of thirteen countries
and four native cultures.
398.2 HAM
Hamilton, Virginia. The People Could Fly: American Black folktales.
Summary: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for
freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
398.21 SAN
San Souci, Robert D. Cut from the Same Cloth: American women of myth, legend, and tall tale.
Summary: A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women, drawing from folktales,
popular stories, and ballads.
510 SCH
Schwartz, David M. G IS FOR GOOGOL.
Summary: Explains the meaning of mathematical terms which begin with the different letters of the
alphabet from abacus, binary, and cubit to zillion.
510 TAN
Tang, Greg. Math-terpieces: the art of problem-solving.
Summary: A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and grouping numbers,
as well as such artistic styles as cubism.
629.133 PAL
Pallotta, Jerry. The Airplane Alphabet Book.
Summary: An alphabet book that presents interesting facts about different kinds of airplanes.
793.7 TAN
Tang, Greg. The Grapes of Math: mind stretching math riddles.
Summary: Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems by using
visual clues.
883 SUT
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Black ships before Troy: the story of the Iliad.
Summary: Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of
Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy.
919.8 ARM
Armstrong, Jennifer. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and
the Endurance.
Summary: Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition.
921 Dahl
Dahl, Roald. Boy: tales of childhood.
Summary: Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations
in Norway and an English boarding school.
973.7 HAM
Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from slavery to freedom.
Summary: Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, an
extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways.
FIC BAL
Balliett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer.
Summary: When seemingly unrelated and strange 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.
FIC BAR
Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan.
Summary: Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up, brings Wendy Darling and her brothers to
Neverland for the adventure of a lifetime.
FIC BAR
Barry, Dave. Peter and the Starcatchers.
Summary: Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the
secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin.
FIC BOS
Bosch, Pseudonymous. The Name of this Book is Secret.
Summary: Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil
Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.
FIC BUN
Bunting, Eve. SOS Titanic.
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Barry O'Neill, traveling from Ireland to America on the maiden voyage of
the Titanic, finds his life endangered when the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink.
FIC CAR
Carman, Patrick. The Black Circle.
Summary: A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep
into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the initials NRR, the
telegram launches a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth behind the murder of the
last Russian royal family. All too soon, the treasure hunt starts to smell like a Lucian trap. But the bait
might just be irresistible--what will Amy and Dan risk to find out what really happened on the night
their parents died?
FIC COL
Collier, James Lincoln. War Comes to Willy Freeman.
Summary: A free thirteen-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the
Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the
British and her mother disappears.
FIC DAH
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Summary: Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's
mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
FIC DAH
Dahl, Roald. James and the giant peach: a children's story.
Summary: After the untimely death of his parents, little James finds life with Aunts Sponge and Spiker
miserable until a magic potion produces an enormous peach which becomes his new and exciting home.
FIC HAD
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Into the Gauntlet.
Summary: Amy and Dan Cahill face their greatest challenge on their quest to find the thirty-nine clues,
but in order to discover the secrets of their lineage they will have to make a choice that could impact the
world's future.
FIC KAD
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira.
Summary: Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural
Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
FIC KAS
Kass, Mallory. The Black Book of Buried Secrets.
Summary: Explores the hidden facts, dangerous missions, top agents, and secret hideaways of the
Cahill family's desperate hunt for the thirty-nine clues that will lead them to the secret of world
domination.
FIC KIP
Kipling, Rudyard. Just so Stories.
Summary: An absolutely incredible collection of tales which explain how and why some things came
to be.
FIC KOR
Korman, Gordon. The Emperor's Code.
Summary: Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, on their hunt for the 39 clues but a shocking
discovery about their parents shatters everything Amy and Dan think they know, dividing the two
siblings for the first time ever.
FIC KOR
Korman, Gordon. One False Note.
Summary: Amy and Dan Cahill are in the lead to find thirty-nine clues that safeguard a great power,
and are in possession of a coded sheet of Mozart's music that will help them find the next clue while
their relatives follow in close pursuit.
FIC LER
Lerangis, Peter. The Viper's Nest.
Summary: Amy and Dan travel to a distant land to follow in the footsteps of their most formidable
ancestor yet, a military leader who teaches them the art of ancient warfare.
FIC LER
Lerangis, Peter. The Sword Thief.
Summary: Orphans Amy and Dan Cahill, continuing their worldwide quest to track down the thirtynine clues that will reveal the secret of the Cahill family's power, follow a link to one of the planet's
strongest fighters, and have a run-in with the unreliable Alistair.
FIC PAR
Park, Linda Sue. Storm warning.
Summary: Amy and Dan Cahill continue to hunt for clues while reeling from the knowledge of what
happened the night their parents died, and they wonder if the end is near as they try to learn the secret
behind Grace Cahill's alternate will.
FIC PAT
Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie.
Summary: Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence
by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
FIC RAS
Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.
Summary: The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of
heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
FIC RIO
Riordan, Rick. The Maze of Bones.
Summary: Amy and Dan, members of the powerful Cahill family, try to uncover the thirty-nine clues
which will reveal the secrets of their lineage and find out what really happened to their parents.
FIC SAL
Salisbury, Graham. Under the Blood-red Sun.
Summary: Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life
with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December
1941.
FIC STE
Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Summary: After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission
that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only
rule is that there are no rules.
FIC WAT
Watson, Jude. Beyond the Grave.
Summary: A clue takes Amy and Dan Cahill to Egypt, where they investigate the origins of the rivalry
between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of their family and try to figure out if they can trust a
message from their dead grandmother Grace.
FIC WAT
Watson, Jude. In Too Deep.
Summary: Amy and Dan continue their search for the clues and cross oceans amid ruthless enemies and
dangerous truths while following the trail of a famous aviator.
FIC YEP
Yep, Laurence. Dragonwings.
Summary: In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and
helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.