Fairfax County Public Schools Reading List: Rising 6th Graders

1.
The View from Saturday
The View from Saturday 3.76 avg rating — 46,425 ratings
2.
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup 3.84 avg rating — 6,626 ratings
3.
11 Birthdays (Willow Falls, #1)
11 Birthdays (Willow Falls, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 33,210 ratings
4.
Abel's Island
Abel's Island 3.95 avg rating — 5,315 ratings
5.
Whittington
Whittington 3.62 avg rating — 2,668 ratings
6.
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 63,277 ratings
7.
The World According to Humphrey (According to Humphrey #1)
The World According to Humphrey (According to Humphrey #1) 4.16 avg rating — 7,948 ratings
8.
The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)
The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 7,311 ratings
9.
No Talking
No Talking 3.98 avg rating — 19,930 ratings
10.
Love That Dog (Jack, #1)
Love That Dog (Jack, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 47,526 ratings
11.
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart 3.82 avg rating — 8,131 ratings
12.
Lives: Poems About Famous Americans
Lives: Poems About Famous Americans 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings
13.
The Star of Kazan
The Star of Kazan 4.04 avg rating — 8,989 ratings
14.
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States 3.79 avg rating — 145 ratings
15.
The Doll with the Yellow Star
The Doll with the Yellow Star 3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings
16.
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis 3.91 avg rating — 2,048 ratings
17.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret 4.22 avg rating — 188,171 ratings
17.
Wonderstruck
Wonderstruck 4.17 avg rating — 59,311 ratings
19.
Every Thing on It
Every Thing on It 4.37 avg rating — 14,580 ratings
20.
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay 3.74 avg rating — 1,965 ratings
21.
The Naked Mole-Rat Letters
The Naked Mole-Rat Letters 3.84 avg rating — 1,807 ratings
22.
Darth Paper Strikes Back (Origami Yoda #2)
Darth Paper Strikes Back (Origami Yoda #2) 4.12 avg rating — 14,857 ratings
23.
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda, #1)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 31,241 ratings
24.
The Wright 3 (Chasing Vermeer, #2)
The Wright 3 (Chasing Vermeer, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 9,978 ratings
25.
The 100-Year-Old Secret (The Sherlock Files #1)
The 100-Year-Old Secret (The Sherlock Files #1) 3.67 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
26.
Annie Glover Is NOT a Tree Lover
Annie Glover Is NOT a Tree Lover 3.74 avg rating — 89 ratings
27.
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (The Puzzling World of Winston Breen #1)
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (The Puzzling World of Winston Breen #1) 3.87 avg rating — 2,809 ratings
28.
Virginia Bound
Virginia Bound 3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings
29.
Room One: A Mystery or Two
Room One: A Mystery or Two 3.75 avg rating — 3,475 ratings
30.
Extra Credit
Extra Credit 3.79 avg rating — 9,248 ratings
31.
Free Baseball
Free Baseball 3.79 avg rating — 474 ratings
32.
Undying Glory: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment
Undying Glory: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment 3.76 avg rating — 70 ratings
33.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 4.39 avg rating — 118,752 ratings
34.
Chicken Boy
Chicken Boy 3.67 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
35.
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 295,213 ratings
36.
The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 12,413 ratings
37.
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery (The Sports Beat, #1)
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery (The Sports Beat, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 5,324 ratings
38.
Vinnie and Abraham
Vinnie and Abraham 4.14 avg rating — 65 ratings
39.
The White Elephant
The White Elephant 3.67 avg rating — 103 ratings
40.
Give Me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence
Give Me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence 3.87 avg rating — 108 ratings
41.
Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan
Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan 3.87 avg rating — 362 ratings
42.
Show Me the Money: How to Make Cents of Economics
Show Me the Money: How to Make Cents of Economics 3.88 avg rating — 50 ratings
43.
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be 4.06 avg rating — 856 ratings
44.
The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes
The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes 3.84 avg rating — 403 ratings
45.
Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road, #1)
Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 8,461 ratings
46.
Worth
Worth
by: A. LaFaye
3.68 avg rating — 1,202 ratings
47.
Drita, My Homegirl
Drita, My Homegirl 3.91 avg rating — 1,265 ratings
48.
Punished!
Punished! 3.62 avg rating — 1,938 ratings
49.
Dog Days
Dog Days 3.42 avg rating — 67 ratings
50.
Heat
Heat really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23,480 ratings
51.
How Oliver Olson Changed the World
How Oliver Olson Changed the World 3.73 avg rating — 745 ratings
52.
Project Mulberry
Project Mulberry 3.71 avg rating — 4,055 ratings
53.
Archer's Quest
Archer's Quest 3.58 avg rating — 695 ratings
54.
Secrets at Sea
Secrets at Sea 3.67 avg rating — 2,415 ratings
55.
Captain Nobody
Captain Nobody 3.92 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
56.
National Geographic Investigates: Animals on the Edge: Science Races to Save Species Threatened With Extinction
National Geographic Investigates: Animals on the Edge: Science Races to Save Species Threatened With Extinction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
57.
The Scarecrow and His Servant
The Scarecrow and His Servant 3.66 avg rating — 2,532 ratings
58.
Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story
Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story
by: Delia Ray
3.85 avg rating — 242 ratings
59.
The Real Lucky Charm
The Real Lucky Charm 3.84 avg rating — 43 ratings
60.
Sarah's Ground
Sarah's Ground 3.56 avg rating — 699 ratings
61.
Becoming Naomi León
Becoming Naomi León 4.07 avg rating — 13,072 ratings
62.
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 3.92 avg rating — 10,797 ratings
63.
Bella at Midnight
Bella at Midnight 3.80 avg rating — 6,734 ratings
64.
The Emerald Atlas (The Books of Beginning, #1)
The Emerald Atlas (The Books of Beginning, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 23,342 ratings
65.
The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 171,886 ratings
66.
The Romeo and Juliet Code (Felicity Bathburn, #1)
The Romeo and Juliet Code (Felicity Bathburn, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 3,497 ratings
67.
Secret Identity (Shredderman, #1)
Secret Identity (Shredderman, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
68.
Three Good Deeds
Three Good Deeds 3.52 avg rating — 589 ratings
69.
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley 3.83 avg rating — 656 ratings
70.
The Search for Belle Prater
The Search for Belle Prater 3.75 avg rating — 618 ratings
71.
Each Little Bird that Sings
Each Little Bird that Sings 4.11 avg rating — 7,826 ratings
72.
When the Circus Came to Town
When the Circus Came to Town 3.81 avg rating — 128 ratings