2000s books assigned in 6th grade
US schools assign 251 books written in the 2000s to 6th grade students, across 43 states, spanning 610L–950L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2000s
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo · on 31 reading lists
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- Titles
- 251
- Written
- 2000–2009
- Lexile range
- 610L–950L
- States assigning
- 43
The list — 2000s, 6th grade
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11 BirthdaysWendy Mass
12 AgainSue Corbett
A Corner of the UniverseAnn M. Martin
A Dog's LifeAnn M. Martin
A Life in the WildPamela S. Turner
A Mango-Shaped SpaceWendy Mass
A Room on Lorelei StreetMary E. Pearson
A Season of GiftsRichard Peck
A Single ShardLinda Sue Park · 920L
A Week in the WoodsAndrew Clements
A Year Down YonderRichard Peck
AbductionPeg Kehret
Absolutely Positively NotDavid LaRochelle
Adopted by an OwlRobbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
Al Capone Does My ShirtsGennifer Choldenko
Alabama MoonWatt Key
All the Lovely Bad OnesMary Downing Hahn
Almost AstronautsTanya Lee Stone
An American PlagueJim Murphy
An American PlagueJim Murphy
And the Dish Ran Away with the SpoonJanet Stevens
Arnie, the DoughnutLaurie Keller
Artemis FowlEoin Colfer
As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!Donna Gephart
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- Ash
- Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song
- Bad News for Outlaws
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- Boxes for Katje
- Boy at War
- Breathe: A Ghost Story
- Bronx Masquerade
- Bucking the Sarge
- Chains
- Children of the Great Depression
- Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler
- Claudette Colvin
- Clementine
- Closed for the Season
- Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
- Copper Sun
- Cracker The Best Dog in Vietnam
- Crispin: The Cross of Lead
- Criss Cross
- Cryptid Hunters
- Darkness Over Denmark
- Day of Tears
- Deep and Dark and Dangerous
- Define "Normal"
- Devilish
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Dooby Dooby Moo
- Double Fudge
- Dovey Coe
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Dragon Rider
- Dust to Eat
- Each Little Bird That Sings
- Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
- Eragon
- Esperanza Rising
- Every Soul a Star
- Fablehaven
- Fever 1793
- FIREBOAT
- Firegirl
- Flipped
- Flora Segunda
- Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have
- Frankenstein Takes the Cake
- Girl in a Cage
- Good Masters Sweet Ladies
- Graceling
- Gregor the Overlander
- Hachiko
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Hattie Big Sky
- Heir Apparent
- Henry's Freedom Box
- High Heat
- Home of the Brave
- Hoot
- Hostage
- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
- Ice
- Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
- In the Belly of the Bloodhound
- Into the Wild
- Jenny of the Tetons
- John, Paul, George and Ben
- Kira-Kira
- Knocked Out by Nunga-Nungas
- Leon's Story
- Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer
- Letters from a Slave Girl
- Lewis and Clark and Me
- Life as We Knew It
- Lord of the Deep
- Loser
- Love That Dog
- Magyk
- Marching For Freedom
- Mary, Bloody Mary
- Midnighters #2: Touching Darkness
- Milkweed
- Million-Dollar Throw
- Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
- Miracle's Boys
- Mississippi Trial, 1955
- Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
- Mr. Lincoln's Way
- Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
- Mystery at the Club Sandwich
- Nation
- Night Hoops
- Nightmare at the Book Fair
- No More Dead Dogs
- No Talking
- One Potato, Two Potato
- Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch
- Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe
- Peace, Locomotion
- Peeps
- Perfect
- Peter and the Starcatchers
- Point Blank
- Powerless
- Project Mulberry
- Ralph S. Mouse
- Ramona Forever
- Rapunzel's Revenge
- Red Kayak
- Red Midnight
- Remember
- Rules
- Rules
- Savvy
- Say What?
- Scat
- Schooled
- Scranimals
- Sea of the Dead
- Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta
- Secrets of a Civil War Submarine
- Sheep
- Skeleton Creek
- Skeleton Man
- Small Steps
- So B. It
- So You Want to be President
- Some of the Kinder Planets
- Son of the Mob
- Space Station Science
- Star in the Storm
- Stargirl
- Stepping Up
- Stolen Children
- Stormbreaker
- Stormwitch
- Surviving the Applewhites
- Swindle
- Team Moon
- Tending to Grace
- The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox
- The Amethyst Road
- The Art of Keeping Cool
- The Babe and I
- The Boxer
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- The Boy Who Dared
- The Cats in Krasinski Square
- The City of Ember
- The Compound
- The Double Life of Pocahontas
- The End of the Beginning
- The Fire Eaters
- The First Part Last
- The Folk Keeper
- The Game of Silence
- The Ghost's Grave
- The Giant Slayer
- The Girl Who Could Fly
- The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring
- The Gollywhopper Games
- The Good Dog
- The Graveyard Book
- The Green Glass Sea
- The Higher Power of Lucky
- The Hotel Under the Sand
- The Hunger Games
- The Intruder
- The Jamie and Angus Stories
- The King of Attolia
- The Knife of Never Letting Go
- The Land
- The Lemonade War
- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
- The Lincolns
- The Longitude Prize
- The Maze of Bones
- The Million Dollar Kick
- The Million Dollar Shot
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- The Name of This Book Is Secret
- The Old Willis Place
- The Penderwicks
- The School Story
- The Schwa was Here
- The Sea of Monsters
- The Sea of Trolls
- The Stranger Next Door
- The Strongest Man in the World
- The Supernaturalist
- The Swamp Fox of the Revolution
- The Tale of Despereaux
- The Thief Lord
- The Trouble with Tuck
- The True Meaning of Smekday
- The Uglified Ducky
- The Voice That Challenged a Nation
- The Wall
- The Wall
- The World According to Humphrey
- There's a Bat in Bunk Five
- Things Not Seen
- Togo
- Touching Spirit Bear
- Trading Places with Tank Talbott
- Trouble Don't Last
- True Believer
- Twilight
- Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival
- Upon the Head of the Goat
- Vintage
- Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning
- Waiting for Normal
- We Are the Ship
- We Are the Ship
- Wenny Has Wings
- When the Wolves Returned
- When You Reach Me
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
- Word Eater
- Worth
- Yellow Star
- Zen and the Art of Faking It
- Zoe's Tale
- Zoobreak
- Zorgamazoo
Most-assigned 2000s authors in 6th grade
Gordon Korman (5) · Andrew Clements (4) · Peg Kehret (4) · Mary Downing Hahn (4) · Wendy Mass (3) · Kate DiCamillo (3)
Common questions
- How many 2000s books are assigned in 6th grade?
- 251 books written between 2000 and 2009 appear on 6th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 2000s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 2000s titles assigned in 6th grade run from 610L to 950L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 43 states assign at least one 2000s title at 6th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.