Middle Grade Fiction Books for 6th Graders

56 middle grade fiction books have a grade range that covers 6th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.

Every title's grade range covers 6th grade. The typical 6th grade text-complexity band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A); of the 22 books here with a Lexile score, 2 are grade-level, 20 more accessible, and 0 a stretch. Match a book to your reader's measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.

This page lists 56 6th grade middle grade fiction titles, most-assigned first (ties alphabetical). The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.