​6th Grade AMS Bookopolis Summer Reading Challenge​
Student interests, maturity levels, and reading levels are vast and varied. Therefore, students have different needs and interests when it comes to reading. Please work with your child to find
appropriate books from this list to engage and challenge your child.
Click the titles to see a summary and kid reviews. Or, view all covers on the Bookopolis blog​ ​here​.
Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Black Panther, The Young Prince​ - Ronald L. Smith
Sophie Quire: A Peter Nimble Adventure​ - J. Auxier
Legend​ - Marie Lu
Renegades​ - Marissa Meyer
Mark of the Thief​ - Jennifer Nielsen
Unwanteds​ - Lisa McMann
The Uncommoners​ - Jennifer Bell
Beetle Boy​ - M.G. Leonard
Bob​ - Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead
Five Kingdoms​ - Brandon Mull
The Giver​ - Lois Lowry
The Stone Girl’s Story​ - Sarah Beth Durst
Realistic Fiction - Sad/Gripping Stories
Every Shiny Thing​ - Cordelia Jensen & Laurie Morrison
Hello Universe​ - Erin Entrada Kelly
The Girl with more than One Heart​ - Laura G. Bass
Posted​ - John David Anderson
Miscalculation of Lightning Girl​ - Stacy McAnulty
Courage for Beginners​ - Karen Harrington
Mayday​ - Karen Harrington
The Thing About Jellyfish​ - Ali Benjamin
Goodbye Stranger​ - Rebecca Stead
The Seventh Most Important Thing​ - Shelley Pearsall
Counting by 7s​ - Holly Goldberg Sloan
Mockingbird​ - Kathryn Erskine
Historical Fiction
The Night Diary​ - Veera Hiranandani
Full Cicada Moon​ - Marilyn Hilton
Refugee​ - Alan Gratz
Heart of the Samura​i - Margi Preus
The War I Finally Won​ - K. Brubaker Bradely
Wolf Hollow​ - Lauren Wolk
A Night Divided​ - Jennifer Nielsen
Echo​ - Pam Munoz Ryan
Inside Out and Back Again​ - Thanhha Lai
Outrun the Moon​- Stacey Lee
Boys Without Names​ - Kashmira Sheth
Chains-​ Laurie Halse Anderson
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Fairy Tales & Mythology
The Sisters Grimm #1​ - Michael Buckley
Aru Shah & the End of Time​ - Roshani Chokshi
Trials of Apollo, The Hidden Oracle​ - Rick Riordan
Magnus Chase​ - Rick Riordan
The School for Good and Evil​ - ​Soman Chainani
The Selection​ - Kiera Cass
Matched​ - Ally Condie
The Girl Who Drank The Moon​ - Kelly Barnhill
Kingdom Keepers​ - Ridley Pearson
The Inquisitor’s Tale​ - Adam Gidwitz
Story Thieves​ - James Riley
When the Sea Turned to Silver​ - Grace Lin
Realistic & Fantasy Fiction - Funny Stories
Sidetracked​ - Diana Asher
Mighty Odds​ - Amy Ignatow
Geek Girl​ - Holly Smale
Swindle​ - Gordon Korman
The Tapper Twins Go to War ​- Geoff Rodkey
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key​ - Jack Gantos
Ungifted​ - Gordon Korman
The Mortification of Fovea Munson​ - Mary Winn Heider
Dark Lord, School’s Out​ - Jamie Thomson
Welcome to Wonderland​ - Chris Grabenstein
Graphic Novels
Big Nate: Silent but Deadly​- Lincoln Peirce
Kid Beowulf: The Song of Roland​ - Alexis E. Fajardo
My Life in Smiley: It’s All Good ​- Anne Kalicky
All's Faire in Middle School​ - Victoria Jamieson
Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior​ - Cube Kid
Swing It Sunny ​- Jennifer L. Holm
Brave​ - Svetlana Chmakova, ​Hilo​ - Judd Winick
Archie Comics​ - Archie Superstars
Unicorn of Many Hats​ - Dana Simpson
Tom Gates​ - L. Pichon
Adventure & Mystery
Unicorn Power! (Lumberjanes)​ - Mariko Tamaki
Moving Target ​- Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Greetings from Witness Protection​ - Jake Burt
The Glass Sentence​ - S. E. Grove
Masterminds: Payback​ - Gordon Korman
Orphan Island​ - Laurel Snyder
When You Reach Me​ - Rebecca Stead
Doll Bones​ - Holly Black
Loot​ - Jude Watson
Mysterious Benedict Society​ - Trenton Lee Stewart
Book Scavenger #3: Alcatraz Escape​ ​- J. Chambliss Bertman
The Parker Inheritance​- Varian Johnson
Realistic Fiction - Sports Stories
Booked​ - Kwame Alexander
Rebound​ - Kwame Alexander
Ghost (Track series)​ - Jason Reynolds
Open Court​ - Carol Clippinger
Tangerine​ - Edward Bloor
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies​ - Mick Cochrane
The Extra Yard​- Mike Lupica
Nonfiction & Reference
Andrew Jackson: The Making of America​ - Teri Kanefield
Girls Who Code​ - Reshma Saujani
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass​ - Tonya Bolden
Raid of No Return: WWII Tale of the Doolittle Raid​ - Nathan Hale
Code It! Create It!​ - Sarah Hutt
Higher, Steeper, Faster​ - Lawrence Goldstone
No Summit Out of Sight​ - Jordan Romero
Rad American Women A-Z​ - Kate Schatz
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers​ - Steve Sheinkin
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom​ - Lynda Blackmon Lowery
Marti’s Song for Freedom​ - Emma Otheguy