ROBERT E. ELLIS
6th GRADE 2010 SUMMER READING LIST
Choose THREE books from any category to read over the summer.
Be prepared to take an Accelerated Reader Test or write a one page summary.
Any AR book (4.0 and above) can be read in place of the suggested books.
| BOOK TITLE | AUTHOR | READING LEVEL |
| HUMOR | ||
| 1. Harris and Me | Gary Paulsen |
6.9 |
| 2. A Long Way From Chicago | Richard Peck |
5.0 |
| 3. The Bad Beginning | Lemony Snicket |
6.4 |
| 4. Freaky Friday | Mary Rodgers |
5.4 |
| HISTORICAL FICTION | ||
| 1. Midnight Magic | AVI | 4.7 |
| 2. The Slave Dancer | Paula Fox | 7.0 |
| 3. A Single Shard | Linda Sue Park | 6.0 |
| 4. A Dangerous Promise | Joan Lowry Nixon | 5.4 |
| 5. Jacob's Rescue | Malka Drucker | 5.0 |
| MYSTERY & SUSPENSE | ||
| 1. Wait Till Helen Comes | Mary D. Hahn | 6.0 |
| 2. The House on Hound Hill | Maggie Prince | 5.4 |
| 3. Ghost Abbey | Robert Westall | 6.1 |
| 4. The Vandemark Mummy | Cynthia Voight | 7.1 |
| 5. The Ghost of Fossil Glen | Cynthia Defelice | 4.9 |
| 6. The Mummy, The Will, and the Crypt | John Bellairs | 6.2 |
| SCIENCE FICTION | ||
| 1. Switching Well | Peni R. Griffin | 6.2 |
| 2. Invitation to the Game | Monica Hughes | 5.9 |
| 3. Time Bike | Jane Langton | 5.8 |
| 4. The Thief | Megan Whalen Turner | 6.6 |
| 5. Lizard Music | Daniel M. Pinkwater | 6.0 |
| 6. Westmark | Lloyd Alexander | 5.6 |
| MULTICULTURAL FICTION | ||
| 1. The Real Plato Jones (Greece) | Nina Baldwin | 5.2 |
| 2. Crazy Weekend | Gary Soto | 4.9 |
| 3. Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt | Julius Lester | 5.0 |
| CONTEMPORARY FICTION | ||
| 1. Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli | 4.2 |
| 2. Steal Away | Jennifer Armstrong | 5.9 |
| 3. Gathering Blue | Lois Lowry | 5.0 |
| 4. Anastasia Krupnik | Lois Lowry | 6.3 |
| 5. Anastasia Again | Lois Lowry | 4.5 |
| 6. Anastasia at this Address | Lois Lowry | 6.0 |
| 7. The Mouse Rap | Walter Dean Myers | 6.0 |
| 8. The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown | Betsy Byars | 4.5 |
| 9. M.C. Higgins the Great | Virginia Hamilton | 5.7 |
| 10. Belle Prate's Boy | Ruth White | 5.7 |
| ADVENTURE | ||
| 1. Jumping the Nail | Eve Bunting | 6.0 |
| 2. Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island | Eve Bunting | 4.0 |
| 3. Babysitting is a Dangerous Job | Willo Davis Roberts | 6.8 |
| 4. Windcatcher | AVI | 5.3 |
| 5. Bearstone | Will Hobbs | 5.6 |
| 6. Charlie's Run | Valerie Hobbs | 4.5 |
| SPORTS | ||
| 1. The Rookie Arrives | Thomas J. Dygard | 5.2 |
| 2. Devil's Bridge | Cynthia DeFelice | 4.5 |
| NONFICTION | ||
| 1. Mummy (Eyewitness) | James Putnam | 5.7 |
| 2. Mummies and their Mysteries | Charlotte Wilcox | 6.3 |
| 3. Homesick: My Own Story | Betsy Byars | 5.9 |