Wondering what to read this summer? The following titles are recommended by sixth graders of Lincoln Elementary as the best books they read this school year. Keep this list in a handy place then remember to take it to the library.
 
Abduction! by Peg Kehret
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Babe and Me by Dan Gutman
Behind the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. Williams
The Big Lie: A True Story by Isabella Leither
Bluestar’s Prophecy by Erin Hunter
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Brian’s Hunt by Gary Paulsen
Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Charlie Bone and the Red King by Jenny Nimmo
Cold in Summer by Tracy Barret
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Danger on Panther Peak by Bill Wallace
Daniel’s Story by Carol Matos
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Escape: Children of the Holocaust by Allan Zullo
Flight #116 Is Down! by Caroline B. Cooney
The Green Dog by Suzanne Fisher
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Jack’s Run by Roland Smith
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Minerva Clark Goes to the Dogs by Karen Karbo
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
On the Line by Fred Bowen
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Pick of the Litter by Bill Wallace
Playing with Fire by Derek Landy
Quinceanera Means Sweet 15 by Veronica Chambers
The Rescue by Nicholas Edwards
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Scholastic Almanac for Kids by Scholastic
The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Sixth Grade Secrets by Louis Sachar
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
Stolen Children by Peg Kehret
The Stranger Next Door by Peg Kehret
Swindle by Gordon Korman
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Zach’s Lie by Roland Smith |