Children's Recommendations - Grade 6

Grade 6 - Adventure

ISBN: 0385327900
Title: The wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken - Set in the countryside of Victorian England, this novel tells of two children, their helpful friend, Simon, a tyrannical governess, and her strict sister
Author: Aiken, Joan, 1924-
The wolves of Willoughby Chase
ISBN: 0531084930
Title: The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi - As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious
Author: Avi, 1937-
The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle Cover
ISBN: 0060219440
Title: Julie of the wolves by Jean Craighead George - While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack
Author: George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012-
Julie of the wolves Cover
ISBN: 9780689205866
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg - Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home
Author: Konigsburg, E. L.
From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
ISBN: 9780062686206
Title: The book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock - In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe
Author: Murdock, Catherine Gilbert, author.
The book of Boy
ISBN: 9780545027892
Title: Wonderstruck : a novel in words and pictures by Brian Selznick - Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City
Author: Selznick, Brian.
Wonderstruck Cover
ISBN: 1402714602
Title: The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain - The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century
Author: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
ISBN: 9780385742092
Title: Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool - Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary encounters
Author: Vanderpool, Clare.
Navigating Early

Grade 6 - Animals

ISBN: 9780553511246
Title: The nine lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby - The story of cat Jacob Tibbs, runt of the litter, and his exploits on the high seas as a ship's mouser
Author: Busby, Cylin, author.
The nine lives of Jacob Tibbs
ISBN: 0060115459
Title: Old Yeller by Fred Gipson - Young Travis faces a test of manhood when his heroic dog is bitten by a mad wolf
Author: Gipson, Fred, 1908-1973-
Old Yeller Cover
ISBN: 9780062377029
Title: Pax by Sara Pennypacker - After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back
Author: Pennypacker, Sara, 1951- author.
PAX Cover
ISBN: 9780399551239
Title: Where the red fern grows by Wilson Rawls - A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters
Author: Rawls, Wilson, author.
Where the red fern grows Cover
ISBN: 9780440416968
Title: The trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor - Helen and her dog, Friar Tuck, are inseparable for three years, but as Tuck begins going blind, Helen trains him to trust in his own seeing-eye dog
Author: Taylor, Theodore, 1922-
The trouble with Tuck Cover

Grade 6 - Realistic Fiction

ISBN: 0374336644
Title: Joey Pigza swallowed the key by Jack Gantos - To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts acting wired
Author: Gantos, Jack.
Joey Pigza swallowed the key
ISBN: 9780375969027
Title: Wonder by R.J. Palacio - Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan
Author: Palacio, R. J.
Wonder
ISBN: 1416901949
Title: The higher power of Lucky by Susan Patron - Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away
Author: Patron, Susan, 1948-
The higher power of Lucky
ISBN: 0060274727
Title: Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman - A number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed
Author: Fleischman, Paul.
Seedfolks
ISBN: 9780375936883
Title: Turtle in paradise by Jennifer L. Holm - In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida
Author: Holm, Jennifer L.
Turtle in paradise
ISBN: 9780374332662
Title: Holes by Louis Sachar - Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself
Author: Sachar, Louis, 1954-
Holes
ISBN: 0316807222
Title: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli - After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries
Author: Spinelli, Jerry.
Maniac Magee
ISBN: 9780544876392
Title: The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser - Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind
Author: Glaser, Karina Yan, author.
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Title: The view from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg - Four students develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition
Author: Konigsburg, E. L.
The view from Saturday
ISBN: 9780399557569
Title: The Losers Club by Andrew Clements - Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club and discovers that real life can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books
Author: Clements, Andrew, 1949- author.
The Losers Club

Grade 6 - Science Fiction and Fantasy

ISBN: 9781786750914
Title: The wonderful wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz
Author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919, author.
The wonderful wizard of Oz
ISBN: 0786808012
Title: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll
Author: Colfer, Eoin.
Artemis Fowl
ISBN: 0375822739
Title: The city of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau - In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions
Author: DuPrau, Jeanne.
The city of Ember
ISBN: 0689303173
Title: The dark is rising by Susan Cooper - On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark
Author: Cooper, Susan, 1935-
The dark is rising
ISBN: 0399214240
Title: Redwall by Brian Jacques - When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior
Author: Jacques, Brian.
Redwall
ISBN: 0374386137
Title: A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle - Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government
Author: L'Engle, Madeleine.
A wrinkle in time
ISBN: 0060275111
Title: Ella enchanted by Gail Carson Levine - Based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her
Author: Levine, Gail Carson.
Ella enchanted
ISBN: 9780062658760
Title: The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch
Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
ISBN: 0395645662
Title: The giver by Lois Lowry - Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives
Author: Lowry, Lois.
The giver
ISBN: 9781442407695
Title: The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann - In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths learn magic
Author: McMann, Lisa.
The Unwanteds
ISBN: 9781442445932
Title: Keeper of the lost cities by Shannon Messenger - At age twelve, Sophie is brought to Eternalia to hone her elf skills and discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill
Author: Messenger, Shannon.
Keeper of the lost cities
ISBN: 0316789070
Title: The dark side of nowhere by Neal Shusterman - Fourteen-year-old Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on earth following a botched invasion mission
Author: Shusterman, Neal.
Book cover for The dark side of nowhere by Neal Shusterman

Grade 6 - Historical Fiction

ISBN: 0786826479
Title: Crispin : the cross of lead by Avi - Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret
Author: Avi, 1937-
Crispin
ISBN: 9780803740815
Title: The war that saved my life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley - A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother
Author: Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.
The war that saved my life
ISBN: 0385321759
Title: The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis - The ordinary routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963
Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul. author.
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
ISBN: 9780439874021
Title: Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan - Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny
Author: Ryan, Pam Muñoz, author.
Echo Cover
ISBN: 9780823444946
Title: Brother's keeper by Julie Lee - Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950
Author: Lee, Julie (Children's fiction writer), author.
Brother's keeper Cover
ISBN: 9780439023443
Title: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis - In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring justice for his family
Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Elijah of Buxton Cover
ISBN: 0525458638
Title: The Shakespeare stealer by Gary Blackwood - A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty
Author: Blackwood, Gary L.
The Shakespeare stealer Cover
ISBN: 9780810989818
Title: Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro by Margi Preus - In 1841, rescued by an American whaler, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States
Author: Preus, Margi.
Heart of a samurai Cover

Grade 6 - Humorous

ISBN: 9781419715174
Title: The strange case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger - Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight
Author: Angleberger, Tom.
The strange case of Origami Yoda
ISBN: 9780316737371
Title: How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell - Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon
Author: Cowell, Cressida.
How to train your dragon
ISBN: 9780374427986
Title: The great turkey walk by Kathleen Karr - In 1860, a somewhat simple-minded fifteen-year-old boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver, Colorado, in hopes of selling them at a profit
Author: Karr, Kathleen.
The great turkey walk
ISBN: 0786805315
Title: No more dead dogs by Gordon Korman - Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production
Author: Korman, Gordon.
No more dead dogs
ISBN: 0670377295
Title: Homer Price by Robert McCloskey - Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage
Author: McCloskey, Robert, 1914-2003.
Homer Price
ISBN: 9780316101875
Title: Middle school. The worst years of my life by James Patterson - When Rafe Khatchadorian enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct
Author: Patterson, James, 1947-
Middle school
ISBN: 9780547152639
Title: Max Quigley : technically not a bully by James Roy - After playing a prank on one of his "geeky" classmates, sixth-grader Max Quigley's punishment is to be tutored by him
Author: Roy, James, 1968-
Max Quigley
ISBN: 9781442421820
Title: Spy school by Stuart Gibbs - Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school
Author: Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-
Spy school
ISBN: 9780061742668
Title: Ungifted by Gordon Korman - Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school
Author: Korman, Gordon.
Ungifted

Grade 6 - Mystery

ISBN: 9780316113663
Title: The name of this book is secret by Pseudonymous Bosch - Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality
Author: Bosch, Pseudonymous.
The name of this book is secret
ISBN: 0385901895
Title: Assassin by Grace Cavendish - Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, must solve a murder mystery and clear the name of her betrothed
Author: Cavendish, Grace.
Assassin
ISBN: 9780062110503
Title: The wig in the window by Kristen Kittscher - When their game of neighborhood spying takes a dark turn one night, pre-teen sleuths Sophie Young and Grace Yang find themselves caught in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with their bizarre guidance counselor
Author: Kittscher, Kristen, author.
The wig in the window
ISBN: 0808593064
Title: The view from the cherry tree by Willo Davis Roberts - Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him—except the murderer
Author: Roberts, Willo Davis.
The view from the cherry tree
ISBN: 0525471375
Title: The Westing game by Ellen Raskin - The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance
Author: Raskin, Ellen.
The Westing game
ISBN: 9780316057776
Title: The mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart - After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened
Author: Stewart, Trenton Lee.
The mysterious Benedict Society
ISBN: 9781416960652
Title: The Egypt game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder - A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor of the local junk shop
Author: Snyder, Zilpha Keatley.
The Egypt game

New Fullerton Public Library hours due to Elevator Enhancement

Beginning Tuesday, March 4th, the library will be operating under adjusted hours while the building's elevators are under construction. We anticipate the noise levels due to the construction to be very disruptive and have adjusted our hours to the following: Sunday - Monday: Closed | Tuesday - Thursday: 2:30pm-7pm | Friday: 2:30pm-5pm | Saturday: 11am-5pm