2020s books assigned in 6th grade
US schools assign 299 books written in the 2020s to 6th grade students, across 46 states. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2020s
When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson · on 13 reading lists
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- Titles
- 299
- Written
- 2020–2029
- States assigning
- 46
The list — 2020s, 6th grade
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¡Vamos! Let's Go EatRaúl the Third III
96 MilesJ. L. Esplin
A Bird Will SoarAlison Green Myers
A Face for PicassoAriel Henley
A First Time for EverythingDan Santat
A Game of Fox & SquirrelsJenn Reese
A Game of NoctisDeva Fagan
A Plate of HopeErin Frankel
A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central KitchenErin Frankel
A Scar like a RiverLisa Graff
A Sea of Lemon TreesMaría Dolores Águila
A Sitting in St. JamesRita Williams-Garcia
A Snake Falls to EarthDarcie Little Badger
A Work in ProgressJarrett Lerner
A World Without SummerNicholas Day
Absurd WordsTara Lazar
Across the DesertDusti Bowling
All He KnewHelen Frost
All the Blues in the SkyRenée Watson
All the Ways to GoJessie Janowitz
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer TeamChristina Soontornvat
AllergicMegan Wagner Lloyd
AloneMegan E. Freeman
Amari and the Night BrothersB. B. Alston
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- Amir and the Jinn Princess
- Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art
- Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity
- Attack of the Black Rectangles
- Bea and the New Deal Horse
- Becoming Muhammad Ali
- Before the Ever After
- Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed
- Better with Butter
- Between Two Brothers
- Black Brother, Black Brother
- Black Girl You Are Atlas
- Booked
- Boy 2.0
- Braided
- Breaking into Sunlight
- Brick Dust and Bones
- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery and Howliday Inn EBOOK
- Chance
- Chinese Menu
- Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
- City of Thieves
- City Spies
- Clap When You Land
- Class Act
- Code Name Kingfisher
- Confessions of a Class Clown
- Confetti Girl
- Control Freaks
- Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel)
- Curse of the Night Witch
- Curveball
- Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner [Dyslexic Edition]
- Daydreamer
- Death in the Jungle
- Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel
- Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to Be Wild
- Dogtown
- Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight
- Donut Feed the Squirrels
- Du Iz Tak?
- Duel
- Eerie Tales from the School of Screams
- Efren Divided
- Elatsoe
- Ernö Rubik and His Magic Cube
- Every Bird a Prince
- Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera
- Falling Up
- Farther Than the Moon
- Ferris
- Fighting Words
- Finding Langston
- Flora and Ulysses
- Four Eyes
- Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel
- Fowl Play
- Freddie vs. the Family Curse
- Freewater
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
- Gemini Rising
- Girls Like Her
- Global
- Goblin Girl
- Good Different
- Gracie Under the Waves
- Ground Zero
- Grounded
- Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature
- Hands
- Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective
- Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure
- Healer of the Water Monster
- Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, Book 2)
- Heroes
- Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy
- Hoops
- Hope in the Valley
- How I Became A Ghost
- How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
- How to Stay Invisible
- Hummingbird
- Impossible Creatures
- In the Beautiful Country
- Indian No More
- Inheritance
- Into the Wild Magic
- Invisible
- Invisible Isabel
- It Came from the Trees
- It Found Us
- It Watches in the Dark
- Jackie and Me
- Jawbreaker
- Juniper Mae
- Just a Pinch of Magic
- Just Gus
- Kareem Between
- Keeper of the Lost Cities
- Kent State
- Kin
- King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)
- Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God
- Legendary Frybread Drive-In
- Lei and the Fire Goddess
- Lion Dancers
- Lola
- Lost & Found: Based on a True Story
- Lupe Wong Won't Dance
- Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All
- Memoirs of a Tortoise
- Mexikid
- Mexikid
- Mid-Air
- Millionaires for the Month
- Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars
- Mockingjay (Deluxe Edition) (Hunger Games, Book Three)
- Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos
- Moonstorm
- Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic
- Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane
- New Dragon City
- New From Here
- Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
- Nigeria Jones
- Nimbus
- No Crystal Stair
- No Matter the Distance
- Not an Easy Win
- Not Nothing
- Nubby’s Story
- Odder
- Once for Yes
- Once There Was
- Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock
- Operation Final Notice
- Ophie's Ghosts
- Parachute Kids
- Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys
- Perfectly Parvin
- Photographic
- Popcorn
- Popcorn: A hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety
- Primer
- Promise Boys
- Puzzleheart
- Raybearer
- Red, White, and Whole
- Redemptor (Raybearer Book 2)
- Remember Us
- Rewind
- Riverland
- Roll for Initiative
- Root Magic
- Ruby Finley Vs. the Interstellar Invasion
- Ruby Lost and Found
- Samira Surfs
- Saving Sunshine
- Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School
- Seen and Unseen
- Shark Summer
- Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl
- Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign, Book 1)
- Simon Sort of Says
- Sisters of the Lost Marsh
- Six Feet Below Zero
- Skyriders
- Something Like Home
- Song of a Blackbird
- Soundtrack: A Novel
- Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet
- Squished
- Star Daughter
- Stateless
- Stuntboy, In-Between Time
- Stuntboy, In-Between Time
- Summer Vamp
- Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
- Swim Team
- Swing
- Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex
- The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens
- The Aquanaut
- The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
- The Cursed Moon
- The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves
- The Dead of Summer (Book 1)
- The Door of No Return
- The Elephants Come Home
- The Eyes and the Impossible
- The Fire of Stars
- The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
- The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2)
- The First State of Being
- The Fort
- The Ghost Job
- The Girl in the Lake
- The Girl Who Figured It Out
- The Golden Hour
- The Great Stink
- The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1)
- The Honeys
- The Inheritance Games
- The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern
- The Labors of Hercules Beal
- The Last Bloodcarver
- The Last Cuentista
- The Last Dragon on Mars
- The Last Hope in Hopetown
- The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale
- The Liars Society
- The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey
- The Lost Library
- The Lost Year
- The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines
- The Magic Fish
- The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
- The Mirrorwood
- The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes
- The Mystery of the Monarchs
- The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Night Train
- The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
- The Partition Project
- The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich
- The Scratch Daughters
- The Sherlock Society
- The Superteacher Project
- The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle
- The Twenty-One
- The War I Finally Won
- The War with Grandpa
- The Witching Wind
- The Wrong Way Home
- The Young Necromancer's Guide to Ghosts
- Things in the Basement
- Thornwood
- To Shape a Dragon's Breath
- Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
- Treasure Island
- Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .
- Twins
- Two Degrees
- Two Tribes
- Unplugged
- Unspeakable
- Victories Greater Than Death
- Volcanoes
- Warrior Girl Unearthed
- Wat Takes His Shot
- Ways to Make Sunshine
- We Own the Sky
- We Still Belong
- Whale Eyes
- What Happened to Rachel Riley?
- When Stars Are Scattered
- When You Trap a Tiger
- White Falcon
- White Lies
- Who Got Game? Basketball
- Wild Brunch: Poems About How Creatures Eat
- Wildful
- Wildoak
- Will's Race for Home
- Wink
- You Are Brave: A Book About Trying New Things
- You Are Here: Connecting Flights
- Your Place in the Universe
- Zeus, Dog of Chaos
- Zia Erases the World
Most-assigned 2020s authors in 6th grade
Jason Reynolds (4) · Jenn Reese (3) · Nicholas Day (3) · Renée Watson (3) · Megan Wagner Lloyd (3) · Alan Gratz (3)
Common questions
- How many 2020s books are assigned in 6th grade?
- 299 books written between 2020 and 2029 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.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 46 states assign at least one 2020s 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.