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6th Grade Books

The dragon turn by Shane Peacock

The false prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

The alchemyst by Michael Scott

Wildwood by Colin Meloy; illustrations by Carson Ellis

Inside out & back again by Thanhha Lai

Dead end in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Heart of a samurai: based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro by Margi Preus

Saving Zasha by Randi Barrow

Murder at midnight by Avi

Satch & me by Dan Gutman

The demon in the teahouse by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

Flip by David Lubar

Maniac Magee: a novel by Jerry Spinelli

Cold cereal by Adam Rex

Thirteenth child by Patricia C. Wrede

The search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi; with illustrations by the author

A world without heroes by Brandon Mull

The emerald atlas by John Stephens

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

The mysterious Benedict Society by written by Trent Lee Stewart; illustrations by Carson Ellis

Where the red fern grows: the story of two dogs and a boy by Wilson Rawls

Here lies the librarian by Richard Peck

Mister Monday by Garth Nix

The million-dollar throw by Mike Lupica

The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander

Gilda Joyce, psychic investigator by Jennifer Allison

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

Stowaway by Karen Hesse; with illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker

Everything on a waffle by Polly Horvath

The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques; illustrated by Ian Schoenherr

Howl's moving castle by Diana Wynne Jones

The merchant of death by D.J. MacHale

Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff

The thief by Megan Whalen Turner

Museum of thieves by Lian Tanner

The mysterious howling by Maryrose Wood; illustrated by Jon Klassen

City of masks by Mary Hoffman

Double identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix

A corner of the universe by Ann M. Martin

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer