These are the novels that are approved for the 6th grade curriculum. We will not read all of them. Generally, we read one novel per genre, or we do literature circles where different groups of students read different novels depending on their interest.
Key:
c: Core Classes
E: Explore CLasses
Q: Quest Classes
ALL: All Classes
Realistic Fiction
Where The Red Fern Grows (C)
Walk Two Moons (C)
Call of the Wild (E/Q)
Historical Fiction & Memoirs (linked with Social Studies)
Middle East & Southwest Asia
Sometimes this unit is done in literature circles.
The Breadwinner (All)
Anna of Byzantium (E/Q)
Masada (E/Q)
Kiss the Dust (E/Q)
SouthEast Asia
Sometimes this unit is done in literature circles.
Bound (C)
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break (C)
The Kite Rider (C)
Red Scarf Girl (E/Q)
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Mystery
Chasing Vermeer (C)
The Westing Game (C)
Death On The Nile (E/Q)
Murder on the Orient Express (E/Q)
Fantasy
Tuck Everlasting (c)
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (c)
The Hobbit (E)
The Little Prince (Q)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Q)
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