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Children's Recommendations - Grade 6

Grade 6 - Fiction

Savvy
ISBN: 9780803733060
Title: Savvy
Author: Law, Ingrid
Cover of Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate depicting a boy and a gigantic cat sitting on a bench.
ISBN: 9781250043238
Title: Crenshaw
Author: Applegate, Katherine
Cover of Racing the Clouds by Sydney Dunlap depicting a girl and a dog running beneath a sky full of orange clouds.
ISBN: 9781631639166
Author: Dunlap, Sydney
Cover of Hello, Universe by Erin Estrada Kelly depicting a boy in a hole underground looking up at three people and a dog walking in the forest above.
ISBN: 9781549027512
Title: Hello, Universe
Author: Kelly, Erin Entrada
Cover of Finding Lost by Holly Goldberg Sloan depicting a girl and a dog sitting on a pier overlooking a river with a bridge.
ISBN: 9780593530252
Title: Finding Lost
Author: Sloan, Holly Goldberg
Cover of The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie.
ISBN: 9781728259536
Title: The Mystery of Locked Rooms
Author: Currie, Lindsay
Cover of The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon
ISBN: 9780316554732
Title: The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Author: McKinnon, Kate
Cover of Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest by Chris Grabenstein.
ISBN: 9780593707982
Title: Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest
Author: Grabenstein, Chris
Cover of A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee depicting five kids and an orange cat standing in front of a wall with height markers on it.
ISBN: 9781984830296
Title: A Royal Conundrum
Author: Yee, Lisa
Cover of The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley depicting a girl in a red dress running away from a large, spooky house.
ISBN: 9780735228566
Author: Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
Book cover for The birchbark house by Louise Erdrich
ISBN: 9780786822416
Title: The Birchbark House
Author: Erdrich, Louise
Cover of Houdini and Me by Dan Gutman depicting a boy wearing a straight jacket, hanging upside down in front of a crowd of onlookers.
ISBN: 9780823445158
Title: Houdini and Me
Author: Gutman, Dan
Cover of Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland depicting a Black girl in a blue dress with a white apron and a olive green coat walking on a foggy street.
ISBN: 9780062915894
Title: Ophie's Ghosts
Author: Ireland, Justina
Cover of The Crossover by Kwame Alexander depicting the silhouette of a boy spinning a basketball on his finger.
ISBN: 9780544107717
Title: The Crossover
Author: Alexander, Kwame
Cover of Scaring and Daring depicting a glowing skull being held by hands with long, pointy fingernails.
ISBN: 9780063372474
Title: Scaring and Daring
Author: Guignard, Eric J

Grade 6 - Fantasy, Mystery, & Sci-Fi

Cover of The Rhythm of Time depicting a Black girl and a Black boy. Underneath them is the boy going through a portal.
ISBN: 9780593354063
Title: The Rhythm of Time
Author: Questlove
Cover of Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell depicting a boy and a tiny dragon perched on the edge of a ship looking up at a gigantic orange dragon flying overhead.
ISBN: 9780593809860
Title: Impossible Creatures
Author: Rundell, Katherine
Cover of A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga depicting two kids walking towards a museum. There is a glowing light emanating from the museum and a turtle on a rock in the foreground.
ISBN: 9780062956705
Title: A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
Author: Warga, Jasmine
Cover of Lightningborn by Julie Kagawa depicting a dragon with horns and a white mane flying in front of a balloon ship.
ISBN: 9781368090308
Title: Lightningborn
Author: Kagawa, Julie
Cover of Medusa by Katherine Marsh depicting three kids looking down into water.
ISBN: 9780063303744
Title: Medusa
Author: Marsh, Katherine
Cover of Greenglass House by Kate Milford depicting a large house covered in snow.
ISBN: 9780544052703
Title: Greenglass House
Author: Milford, Kate
Cover of Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier depicting the silhouette of a barefoot boy wearing a blindfold and carrying a large sack, walking across a rooftop.
ISBN: 9781419700255
Title: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes
Author: Auxier, Jonathan
Cover of The Experiment by Rebecca Stead depicting two kids looking out over skyscrapers. One of the kids has a striped tail.
ISBN: 9781250374769
Author: Stead, Rebecca
Cover of Moonleapers by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
ISBN: 9780063392564
Title: Moonleapers
Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Cover of Fowl Play by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb.
ISBN: 9780063274037
Title: Fowl Play
Author: Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell

Grade 6 - Graphic Novels

Cover of Mexikid by Pedro Martin depicting a motor home underneath the title and a smiling boy above.
ISBN: 9780593462287
Title: Mexikid
Author: Martin, Pedro
Cover of White Bird by R.J. Palacio depicting a girl with short, red hair standing in a field.
ISBN: 9780525645535
Title: White Bird
Author: Palacio, R. J
Cover of Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith depicting a girl wearing a bear cloak standing in a pile of gold and surrounded by teddy bears.
ISBN: 9781250776297
Title: Bea Wolf
Author: Weinersmith, Zach
Cover of The Aquanaut by Dan Santat depicting a girl with her arm around a body wearing a suit and a diving helmet. The inside of the helmet reveals tiny sea creatures at the controls.
ISBN: 9780545497602
Title: The Aquanaut
Author: Santat, Dan
Cover of Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology by Angela Hsieh depicting a boy and a girl running though a field of flowers. There are two axolotls in the background.
ISBN: 9780063207899
Title: Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology
Author: Hsieh, Angela
Cover of How to Draw a Secret by Cindy Chang depicting a girl with black hair wearing a light blue sweater with a white stripe and blue jeans. She is sitting cross legged on a pink circular rug on the floor.
ISBN: 9780358659662
Title: How to Draw a Secret
Author: Chang, Cindy
Cover of Freestyle by Gale Galligan depicting a boy and a girl playing with yo-yos. The girl is wearing an orange long sleeve shirt, burgundy pants, and a yellow hijab. The boy is wearing a red hoodie and jeans.
ISBN: 9781338045819
Title: Freestyle
Author: Galligan, Gale
Cover of The Ghoul Next Door by Cullen Bunn depicting a boy shining a flashlight in the dark. Behind him several creepy shadows are watching.
ISBN: 9780062896100
Title: The Ghoul Next Door
Author: Bunn, Cullen
Cover of Robot Dreams by Sara Varon depicting a robot and a gray dog in a rowboat.
ISBN: 9781596431089
Title: Robot Dreams
Author: Varon, Sara
Cover of Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang.
ISBN: 9781338832693
Title: Parachute Kids
Author: Tang, Betty C.
Cover of Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable depicting a boy and a girl looking scared. Behind them a woman in a red dress with an upside down head holds a red apple.
ISBN: 9781250195043
Title: Eerie Tales from the School of Screams
Author: Annable, Graham
Cover of How to Talk to Your Succulent by Zoe Persico depicting a girl with short, brown hair and a gray striped sweater holding a pink, potted plant.
ISBN: 9781774883129
Title: How to Talk to Your Succulent
Author: Persico, Zoe
Cover of The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur by Allan Wolf depicting buildings and trees being swept away in a whirlpool.
ISBN: 9781536217438
Title: The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur
Author: Wolf, Allan
Cover of Hooves of Death by Sam Bragg depicting a blonde girl holding a bat and a white unicorn with a pink and blue mane.
ISBN: 9780063448254
Title: Hooves of Death
Author: Bragg, Sam

Grade 6 - Non-fiction

Cover of Torpedoed by Deborah Heiligman depicting a boy in a red jacket looking at a sinking warship.
ISBN: 9781627795548
Title: Torpedoed
Author: Heiligman, Deborah
Cover of An American Plague by Jim Murphy depicting a man lying in a bed while a woman looks at him with concern.
ISBN: 9780395776087
Title: An American Plague
Author: Murphy, Jim
Cover of Bomb by Steve Sheinkin depicting an airplane flying in front of the title.
ISBN: 9781596434875
Title: Bomb
Author: Sheinkin, Steve
Cover of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba depicting a windmill.
ISBN: 9780803740808
Title: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Author: Kamkwamba, William
Cover of Amelia Lost by Candace Fleming depicting Amelia Earhart getting in her airplane.
ISBN: 9780375945984
Title: Amelia Lost
Author: Fleming, Candace
Cover of Escape! by Sid Fleischman depicting Harry Houdini upside down in a glass box filled with water.
ISBN: 9780060850951
Title: Escape!
Author: Fleischman, Sid
Cover of Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson depicting the lower half of a man's face above the title and an old timey gun underneath.
ISBN: 9780439903547
Title: Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Author: Swanson, James L.
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day depicting a close up of the Mona Lisa above the title and a man putting the painting in his jacket below.
ISBN: 9780593643846
Title: The Mona Lisa Vanishes
Author: Day, Nick
Cover of Mountain of Fire by Rebecca E. F. Barone depicting two boys running away from an erupting volcano.
ISBN: 9781250881656
Title: Mountain of Fire
Author: Barone, Rebecca E. F.
Cover of March Forward, Girl by Melba Pattillo Beals depicting a Black girl in front of a school with a sign that partially says, "white only by order of the police department."
ISBN: 9781328882127
Title: March Forward, Girl
Author: Beals, Melba Pattillo
Cover of Fallout by Steve Sheinkin depicting a plane flying over a person running.
ISBN: 9781250149015
Title: Sheinkin, Steve
Author: Sheinkin, Steve
Cover of Blood and Germs depicting a smear of blood and surgical tools.
ISBN: 9781684371761
Title: Blood and Germs
Author: Jarrow, Gail
Cover of The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming depicting a girl with 1940s era hair looking at a wall of cyphers.
ISBN: 9781338749571
Title: The Enigma Girls
Author: 940.548 FLE
Cover of The Bard and the Book by Ann Bausum depicting William Shakespeare holding a large, red book surrounded by animals.
ISBN: 9781682634950
Title: The Bard and the Book
Author: Bausum, Ann