Suggested Summer Reading for 6th grade Recommended by Mrs. Ullrich Realistic Fiction Dante Del Gato. Clements, Andrew. Lunch Money Sixth grader, Greg Kenton has decided that school is an excellent market for making money. He starts his own one-man operation, writing, illustrating, producing and selling his own comic books. A competitor and a principal’s ban put him out of business. Mystery Frost, Helen. Hidden. Years after Darra Monson's father stole a minivan with Wren Abbott hiding in the back, the girls come face to face at summer camp and together they try to work through what happened to them and the impact it had on their lives. Mass, Wendy, Every Soul a Star. At Moon Shadow Campground, thousands have gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare and extraordinary total eclipse of the sun. It’s also where three lives are about to be changed forever: sheltered Ally, beauty queen Bree, and Jack. A compelling story about strangers coming together, unlikely friendships, and finding one’s place in the universe. Sports Lupica, Mike. Miracle on 49th Street. After her mother's death, twelveyear-old Molly learns that her father is a basketball star for the Boston Celtics. Ritter, John. The Boy Who Saved Baseball. The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets of the now disgraced player, Beil, Michael, The Red Blazer Girls Series Sophie and her friends embark on solving a case involving mistaken identities, switch paintings and pricelsss family heirlooms. Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society. When Reynis Muldoon, an 11 year – old orphan, responds to an advertisement in the newspaper for a “gifted child looking for Special Opportunities”, he finds himself part of a four – member team of child secret agents. Trained and supervised by a mysterious benefactor Mr. Benedict, the children embark on a mysterious adventure at a school runby a criminal mastermind bent on taking over the world. Fantasy Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander. When Gregor’s twoyear-old sister, Boots, tumbles down an air duct in the laundry room of their apartment building, he leaps after her. The two wind up in Underland, a place inhabited by humans who have not been “Overland” in centuries, as well as giant-sized rat, bats and cockroaches. Gregor just wants to find a way home until he discovers that his father is a prisoner of the rats. As he searches for a way to free him and keep his sister safe, he finds he may indeed be the Overlander of prophecy Nielsen, Jennifer. The False Prince. Suggested Summer Reading for 6th grade Recommended by Mrs. Ullrich In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son. Patterson, James. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X Meet wisecracking, hard-fighting alien hunter Daniel X, age 15, as he hunts and is hunted by his most powerful and lethal opponent yet: movie mogul Ergent Seth, #6 on Daniel’s List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma. Adventure Paulsen, Gary. Woodsong, For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. This autobiography includes an account of the author’s first Iditarod, a dog sled race across Alaska. Wilson, Paul F. Jack: Secret Histories. Jack begins to uncover some unsuspected talents in himself after he and his friends discover a corpse deep in the mysterious Pine Barrens. Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts. In 1935, Moose Flanagan's father gets a job at Alcatraz prison, and the family moves to the twelve-acre rock island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. Horror Black, Holly. Doll Bones Zach, Poppy and Alice have been friends forever. They love playing with their action figure toys, imagining a magical world of adventure and heroism. Just when it looks like the three might be growing up and leaving the game behind, Poppy reveals she is being haunted. Reality and make-believe begin to blend, and the three head out on an adventure they will never forget. Narrative Non-Fiction Borden, Louise. The Journey That Saved Curious George : The True Wartime Escape of Margaret and H.A. Rey This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of the Reys and their escape from Paris during World War II. Historical Fiction Couloumbis, Audrey. The Misadventures of Maude March. After the death of the stern aunt who raised them since they were orphaned, eleven-year old Sallie and her fifteen-year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read Wojtyla, Karen. Shark Life: True Stories about Sharks and the Sea Contains fifteen stories, adapted for young people, in which Peter Benchley describes his encounters with sharks, and discusses what he has learned about the sea. Yolen, Jane. Roanoke: The Lost Colony Chronicles the history of the Roanoke colony and offers possible Suggested Summer Reading for 6th grade Recommended by Mrs. Ullrich explanations for their mysterious disappearance.