Middle School
2008 Summer Reading List for Entering Sixth Graders Sixth graders are encouraged to participate in the Nutmeg Children’s Book Award. The nominees for the 2008 award are:
A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer The 7 Professors of the Far North by John Fardell Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park Ravenmaster’s Secret by Elvira Woodruff Hatching Magic by Ann Downer The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen Jackie’s Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs
The 2007 Nutmeg Award winner is Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow The 2007 Newbery Medal winner is The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron Suggested Authors
Avi Blue Balliett Meg Cabot Kimberly Brubaker Bradley James Lincoln Collier Caroline Cooney Susan Cooper Sharon Creech Karen Cushman Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire Nancy Farmer Sid Fleischman Jean Fritz Cornelia Funke Jean Craighead George Amy Gordon Margaret Peterson Haddix Karen Hesse Will Hobbs Pat Hughes Brian Jacques Jim Kjelgaard E. L. Konigsburg Madeleine L’Engle Lois Lowry Hilary McKay L. M. Montgomery Walter Dean Myers Lensey Namioka Donna Jo Napoli Joan Lowery Nixon Scott O’Dell Christopher Paolini Katherine Paterson Gary Paulsen J. K. Rowling Rick Riordan Marisabina Russo Pam Muñoz Ryan Louis Sachar Zilpha Keatley Snyder Elizabeth George Speare Jerry Spinelli Diane Stanley Mildred D. Taylor Wendelin Van Draanen Bill Wallace Jacqueline Woodson Lisa Yee Laurence Yep Jane Yolen
Sixth Grade Subject Areas
Ancient Civilizations Middle Ages Mythology Food Chains & Food Webs Weather Water Natural Resources (Egypt, Greece, Rome) Elements and Simple Compounds Atoms and molecules Chemistry Ecosystems Solar Energy Heat Artists and Composers