Dear Students and Parents,
This year, in our reading class, 6th grade students will be required to read several books. We would like to provide you with a list of these books to make sure you have plenty of time to obtain them. The books can be purchased at your local book store, at the school library, online, or can be checked out from a local library.
Students will be required to read a total of three books each quarter and complete a project for each book.
The books that will be read in class throughout the year are:
TITLE AUTHOR
The Danger Box Blue Balliett
The Upstairs Room Johanna Reiss
The Redheaded Princess: A Novel Ann Rinaldi (due in class by 1st week of September)
The Shakespeare Stealer Gary Blackwood
Students must choose 2 of these books from the following list to read at home each quarter (9 weeks) and must also complete a project for each book:
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbit
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O’Dell
Taking Sides Gary Soto
Call it Courage Armstrong Sperry
My Side of the mountain Jean Craighead George
The Heart of a Chief Joseph Bruchac
Incredible Journey Sheila Burnford
Journey Home Yoshiko Uchida
King of the Wind Marguerite Henry
M.C. Higgins the Great Virginia Hamilton
Shark Beneath the Reef Jean Craighead George
Sing Down the Moon Scott O’Dell
My Brother Sam is Dead James Lincoln Collier
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
Cheaper by the Dozen Frank Gilbreth
Freedom’s Crossing Margaret Goff Clark
Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
My signature below indicates that I am aware of the books required for all 6th grade reading students and I understand that my child must either purchase or check out a copy of each of these books. Not having the required books will severely affect my child’s academic success in the class.
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