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GCS 6th grade summer reading list

Description: 6th grade reading list for Greenfield Center School, 2019 summer
Members: 4 participating members
lquilter, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

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Rank Title Author Added

1

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

37,124 members

914 reviews

4

4 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Number the Stars

17,247 members

629 reviews

4.2

4 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

by Gary Paulsen

16,386 members

563 reviews

3.8

4 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

14,992 members

270 reviews

4.2

4 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

13,159 members

536 reviews

4.1

4 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Andrew Clements

8,670 members

204 reviews

4

4 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Dear Mr. Henshaw

by Beverly Cleary

7,374 members

145 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The View from Saturday

by E. L. Konigsburg

5,742 members

123 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

125,181 members

1,992 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963

10

by Christopher Paolini

30,062 members

632 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963

11

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

28,117 members

1,202 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lquilter, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

11,428 members

98 reviews

4

3 Members: lquilter, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Brian Jacques

10,457 members

140 reviews

4

3 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,258 members

249 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lquilter, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Black Cauldron

by Lloyd Alexander

6,399 members

92 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

5,174 members

326 reviews

4

3 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963

17

The House of Dies Drear

by Virginia Hamilton

1,450 members

15 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

by E. L. Konigsburg

1,274 members

36 reviews

4

3 Members: lquilter, cej1027, ahef1963

19

18,735 members

404 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lquilter, ahef1963

20

by Gail Carson Levine

12,497 members

397 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by Cornelia Funke

8,589 members

183 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

22

Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt

by Esther Forbes

8,472 members

79 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

23

by Madeleine L'Engle

7,638 members

58 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Whipping Boy

by Sid Fleischman

7,189 members

119 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

25

Out of the Dust

7,016 members

343 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

26

The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

by Christopher Paul Curtis

6,880 members

393 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lquilter, ahef1963

27

by Brian Jacques

6,440 members

37 reviews

4

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Sharon Creech

5,556 members

332 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lquilter, ahef1963

29

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

by Jeanne Birdsall

5,016 members

182 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

30

A Long Way from Chicago

by Richard Peck

4,564 members

89 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

31

Martin the Warrior

by Brian Jacques

4,407 members

21 reviews

4

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Summer of the Swans

4,143 members

65 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lquilter, ahef1963

33

The Chocolate Touch

by Patrick Skene Catling

3,849 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Cynthia Kadohata

2,953 members

141 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

35

by Brian Jacques

2,931 members

7 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

36

The Golden Goblet

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

2,853 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

37

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

by Nancy Farmer

2,680 members

51 reviews

4

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Patricia Polacco

2,659 members

182 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

39

by William Steig

2,523 members

35 reviews

4

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Music of Dolphins

2,392 members

52 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Kenneth Oppel

2,369 members

107 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Letters from Rifka

2,277 members

59 reviews

4

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

43

by Marion Dane Bauer

2,274 members

43 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

44

The Cabin Faced West

2,150 members

14 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

45

The Shakespeare Stealer

by Gary Blackwood

2,126 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

46

Everything on a Waffle

by Polly Horvath

2,055 members

66 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

47

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure

by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

1,781 members

33 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

48

by Avi

1,610 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

49

My Teacher Is an Alien

by Bruce Coville

1,559 members

22 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

50

by Michael Dorris

1,348 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

51

The Kid Who Ran For President

1,004 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

52

Stepping on the Cracks

by Mary Downing Hahn

847 members

13 reviews

4

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

53

by Naomi Shihab Nye

843 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Gold Cadillac

by Mildred D. Taylor

798 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

55

by Mildred D. Taylor

749 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

56

The Curse of the Blue Figurine

by John Bellairs

732 members

16 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

57

by Jane Leslie Conly

554 members

6 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

58

Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story

by Mary Downing Hahn

522 members

13 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

59

Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear

by Lensey Namioka

521 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lquilter, cej1027

60

Someone Was Watching

by David Patneaude

115 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lquilter, ManWithAnAgenda

61

by Sharon Creech

9,115 members

300 reviews

4.1

Member: lquilter

62

by Carl Hiaasen

8,261 members

258 reviews

3.8

Member: lquilter

63

The Sign of the Beaver

by Elizabeth George Speare

7,292 members

79 reviews

3.8

Member: lquilter

64

Alanna: The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce

7,224 members

188 reviews

4.2

Member: lquilter

65

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

by Avi

6,377 members

143 reviews

4

Member: lquilter

66

by Laurie Halse Anderson

5,954 members

239 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

67

Peter and the Starcatchers

5,610 members

155 reviews

4

Member: lquilter

68

Gregor the Overlander

by Suzanne Collins

5,073 members

201 reviews

4

Member: lquilter

69

4,196 members

127 reviews

4.1

Member: lquilter

70

by Wendelin Van Draanen

3,785 members

149 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

71

Midnight for Charlie Bone

3,735 members

83 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lquilter

72

by Carl Hiaasen

3,690 members

100 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lquilter

73

by Sharon Creech

3,551 members

36 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

74

Things Not Seen

by Andrew Clements

2,722 members

83 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

75

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

2,602 members

47 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

76

by Sharon Creech

2,540 members

54 reviews

4

Member: lquilter

77

2,478 members

72 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

78

Lily's Crossing

by Patricia Reilly Giff

2,414 members

42 reviews

3.8

Member: lquilter

79

The Secret of Platform 13

by Eva Ibbotson

2,389 members

39 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

80

Only You Can Save Mankind

by Terry Pratchett

2,328 members

38 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lquilter

81

Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World

by Katherine Hannigan

2,166 members

72 reviews

4

Member: lquilter

82

Chasing Redbird

by Sharon Creech

2,081 members

30 reviews

4.1

Member: lquilter

83

The Knights of the Kitchen Table #1 (Time Warp Trio)

by Jon Scieszka

2,056 members

40 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: lquilter

84

Fourth Grade Rats

by Jerry Spinelli

2,027 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lquilter

85

by Sharon Creech

1,963 members

39 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

86

The Landry News

by Andrew Clements

1,887 members

27 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

87

by Andrew Clements

1,791 members

154 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

88

No More Dead Dogs

by Gordon Korman

1,759 members

53 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: lquilter

89

1,587 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: lquilter

90

by Sharon Creech

1,576 members

79 reviews

4.1

Member: lquilter

91

1,481 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: lquilter

92

Once Upon a Marigold

1,479 members

67 reviews

4

Member: lquilter

93

Shakespeare's Secret

by Elise Broach

1,478 members

50 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

94

Double Identity

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

1,464 members

45 reviews

4

Member: lquilter

95

The Janitor's Boy

by Andrew Clements

1,340 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lquilter

96

1,244 members

27 reviews

3.8

Member: lquilter

97

The Boy Who Saved Baseball

by John H. Ritter

1,204 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lquilter

98

The Schwa was Here

by Neal Shusterman

1,182 members

51 reviews

4

Member: lquilter

99

by Paul Fleischman

1,170 members

27 reviews

3.9

Member: lquilter

100

Kit's Wilderness

by David Almond

1,152 members

44 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lquilter

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