Reading goal:
Students enrolled in Spanish as a Native Speaker, should read at least one English and at least one Spanish novel or book from the grade level list.
Students enrolled in Spanish as a Foreign Language, should read at least two English novels or books from the grade level list.
Students may purchase their own copy of the book or check it out at a local library. There is no written assignment or project to complete. In September, the teachers at each grade level will place the students into reading discussion groups based on their book selection. Students should be prepared to discuss the book’s plot, setting, characters, and important themes during the group discussions. Of course, students are encouraged to read lots of books during the summer months. Students who want more book ideas can visit ASM’s Library website for more book ideas!
Grade 6 Summer Reading Book List
The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stuart Fiction
"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" ad attracts dozens for mind-bending tests readers may try. Only two boys and two girls succeed for a secret mission, undercover and underground into hidden tunnels. At the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, the only rule is - there are no rules.
Brown Girl Dreaming, Jaqueline Woodson Memoir/History/Poetry
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson’s eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become.
Hoot, Carl Hiaasen Realistic Fiction
Everybody loves Mother Paula’s pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls’ fate cemented in pancake batter?
The Girl Who Drank The Moon, Kelly Barnhill Fantasy
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna’s thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge--with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth’s surface. And the woman with the Tiger’s heart is on the prowl . . .
Knucklehead, Joe Scieszka Realistic Fiction
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny, anyway? Growing up as one of six brothers was a good start, but that was just the beginning. Throw in Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, jokes told at family dinner, and the result is Knucklehead. Part memoir, part scrapbook, this hilarious trip down memory lane provides a unique glimpse into the formation of a creative mind and a free spirit.
Booked, Kwame Alexander Realistic Fiction/ Poetry
In this follow-up to THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship, take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read. This electric and heartfelt novel-in-verse by poet Kwame Alexander bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks, action and emotion of a World Cup match!
Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper Realistic Fiction
Eleven-year-old Melody is not like most people. She can’t walk. She can’t talk. She can’t write. All because she has cerebral palsy. But she also has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She’s the smartest kid in her whole school, but NO ONE knows it. Most people—her teachers, her doctors, her classmates—dismiss her as mentally challenged because she can’t tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by her disability. And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow.
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiller Realistic Fiction
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere—to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant. Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away...so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped -- right into a mystery that made headlines!
Cuentos para entender el mundo, Eloy Moreno Cuentos
Un libro que contiene 38 cuentos para todas las edades. Cuentos que nos harán replantearnos el mundo, que nos aportarán valores en sus moralejas. ¿Y si son las ramas las que mueven el viento? Este libro está orientado para todos aquellos que siguen siendo niños aunque los adultos les obliguen a disimularlo.
El chico de la última fila, Onjali Q. Raúf Novela realista / educación en valores
Una novela basada en hechos reales que muestra que la amistad no tiene fronteras.
“Ahmet acaba de llegar nuevo al colegio y no puede comunicarse con nadie. Después de regalarle muchos caramelos, él y yo nos hemos hecho muy amigos. Es un buen chico. Me ha contado que viene de Siria y que sus padres se han quedado atrás.”
Los superpreguntones. La ciencia del día a día Ciencia
¿Por qué calienta el microondas? ¿De dónde viene la electricidad? ¿Pueden pensar los ordenadores? ¿Hay bombillas que no se calienten? ¿Por qué explotan las palomitas?¿Por qué nos vemos en los espejos? ¿Qué es la gravedad?¿Por qué no se hunden los barcos? ¿A dónde van los globos que se nos escapan?
El gran viaje de las familias extraordinarias, Susana Isern Misterio/ Educación en valores
La inspectora Cruz y su hija Alba han embarcado en el Goelán dispuestas a disfrutar de unas merecidas vacaciones. Sin embargo, la primera noche a bordo, un extraño suceso agita a todo el barco: ¡la valiosa esmeralda de la duquesa de la Florinata ha desaparecido! Alba y su nuevo amigo Oliver se estrenarán como detectives investigando a las diferentes familias de pasajeros. Con material dirigido a padres y educadores para trabajar la empatía y la diversidad.
Poesía para niños, Gloria Fuertes Poesía
Esta antología, preparada con dedicación, algunas dudas y mucho cariño, ofrece al lector de cualquier edad un poco de juego, de reinvención, de disparate, de ingenio, de sorpresa, de humor..., pero también contenidos profundamente humanos, morales: amor, soledad, pobreza, dolor, justicia, paz, Dios. Este volumen esconde, en sus 170 páginas deliciosamente ilustradas, la ternura y el cariño de la escritora más amiga de los niños y la mujer que revolucionó la poesía infantil en la segunda mitad del siglo xx.
La chica que coleccionaba sellos y un chico que esperaba el tren, Daniel Hernandez Chambers Novela realista
Isabel acude a menudo a la estación de tren con su padre, el cartero del pueblo, para recoger la saca del correo. Un día ve allí a Guillermo, un compañero de clase, que parece estar esperando un tren que no llega nunca.