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