2009 Summer Reading List for
Students Entering 6th Grade
Read three books from this list and fill out
graphic organizers. Choose one nonfiction and one fiction book. The third book
can be your choice from the list below.
FICTION
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
In 1942, Robert
and his cousin Elliot uncover long-hidden family secrets while staying in their
grandparents' Rhode Island town, where they also become involved with a German
artist who is suspected of being a spy.
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but
when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an
aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her
question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Percy, expelled
from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from
his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half
Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who
join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and
prevent a catastrophic war.
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.
NONFICTION
Blizzard! : The Storm That Changed America by Jim
Murphy
Presents a
history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow
storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.
Hidden Worlds : Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope
by Stephen P. Kramer
Describes the work of Dennis Kunkel, a
microscopist from Hawaii, and provides illustrations of microscopic worlds of
plants, bugs, and mites.
Surviving Hitler : A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
by Andrea Warren
A biography of
Jack Mandelbaum, who survived Nazi concentration camps when he was a teenager.