Realistic Fiction Books for 6th Graders

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• Togo · Robert J. Blake
• Ungifted · Gordon Korman
• Weslandia · Paul Fleischman
• Dear Mr. Henshaw · Beverly Cleary
• Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You · Barthe DeClements
• The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise · Dan Gemeinhart
• All About Sam · Lois Lowry
• Black Brother, Black Brother · Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Fudge · Charlotte Towner Graeber
• Ghosts · Raina Telgemeier
• Invisible Isabel · Sally J. Pla
• Jelly Belly · Robert Kimmel Smith
• Scranimals · Jack Prelutsky
• Stargirl · Jerry Spinelli
• Surviving the Applewhites · Stephanie S. Tolan
• The Compound · S. A. Bodeen
• Zach's Lie · Roland Smith
• Pie in the Sky · Remy Lai
• The Boys Start the War · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Blubber · Judy Blume
• Attaboy, Sam! · Lois Lowry
• Ban This Book · Alan Gratz
• Boy at War · Harry Mazer
• Counting by 7s · Holly Goldberg Sloan
• Danger Zone · David Klass
• Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey · Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Dragon Rider · Cornelia Funke
• Ellie's Story · W. Bruce Cameron
• Fourth Grade Rats · Jerry Spinelli
• Harris and Me · Gary Paulsen
• Heart of a Champion · Carl Deuker
• Henry Reed's Babysitting Service · Keith Robertson
• Henry's Freedom Box · Ellen Levine
• How to Stay Invisible · Maggie C. Rudd
• Hummingbird · Natalie Lloyd
• Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key · Jack Gantos
• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All · Chanel Miller
• Math Curse · Jon Scieszka
• Mr. Lincoln's Way · Patricia Polacco
• Night of the Twisters · Ivy Ruckman
• One Potato, Two Potato · Cynthia DeFelice
• Saving Winslow · Sharon Creech
• Say What? · Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Shoeshine Girl · Clyde Robert Bulla
• Snot Stew · Bill Wallace
• Stung · Bethany Wiggins
• The Boy at the Back of the Class · Onjali Q. Raúf
• The Cat Ate My Gymsuit · Paula Danziger
• The Fourteenth Goldfish · Jennifer L. Holm
• The Honest Truth · Dan Gemeinhart
• The Lemonade War · Davies, Jacqueline
• Tornado · Betsy Cromer Byars
• Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival · Kirby Larson
• Wedgie & Gizmo · Suzanne Selfors
• When the Wolves Returned · Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
• You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye · Patricia Hermes
• 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents · Lee Wardlaw
• A Boy Named Queen · Sara Cassidy
• A Family Apart · Joan Lowery Nixon
• Across the Desert · Dusti Bowling
• Airball: My Life in Briefs · L.D. Harkrader
• Aliens Are Coming! · Megan McCarthy
• All the Impossible Things · Lindsay Lackey
• All the Money in the World · Bill Brittain
• Amal Unbound · Aisha Saeed
• And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon · Janet Stevens
• Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity · Dave Roman
• Attack of the Black Rectangles · A. S. King
• Ava and Pip · Carol Weston
• Backlash · Sarah Darer Littman
• Becoming Muhammad Ali · James Patterson
• Best Friends · Shannon Hale
• Better with Butter · Victoria Piontek
• Big Ben · David Harry Walker
• Blackwater · Eve Bunting
• Bob and Jack: A Boy and His Yak · Jeffrey Moss
• Boxes for Katje · Candace Fleming
• Breakout · Kate Messner
• Breathe: A Ghost Story · Cliff McNish
• Brighty of the Grand Canyon · Marguerite Henry
• Bristle Face · Zachary Ball
• Cardboard · Doug TenNapel
• Chomp · Carl Hiaasen
• Christopher Changes His Name · Itah Sadu
• Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler · William Wise
• City of Thieves · Alex London
• Cliff-Hanger · Alane Ferguson
• Daphne's Book · Mary Downing Hahn
• December Stillness · Mary Downing Hahn
• Do Bananas Chew Gum? · Jamie Gilson
• Dogtag Summer · Elizabeth Partridge
• Don't Hurt Laurie · Willo Davis Roberts
• Donut Feed the Squirrels · Mika Song
• Dovey Coe · Frances O'Roark Dowell
• Drive-By · Lynne Ewing
• Each Kindness · Jacqueline Woodson
• Each Little Bird That Sings · Deborah Wiles
• Eerie Tales from the School of Screams · Graham Annable
• Eight Keys · Suzanne M. LaFleur
• El Chupacabras · Adam Rubin
• Flaming Arrows · William O. Steele
• Flying Solo · Ralph J. Fletcher
• Four Eyes · Rex Ogle
• Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma · Joe Hayes
• Ghost Soldier · Elaine Marie Alphin
• Ghost in My Soup · Judi Miller
• Gracie Under the Waves · Linda Sue Park
• Greetings from Witness Protection! · Jake Burt
• Harry Cat's Pet Puppy · George Selden
• Harry's Mad · Dick King-Smith
• Hattie Big Sky · Kirby Larson
• Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure · Megan Wagner Lloyd
• Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller · Doreen Rappaport
• Help Me, Mr. Mutt! · Susan Stevens Crummel
• Here Comes the Garbage Barge · Jonah Winter
• High Heat · Carl Deuker
• Hope in the Valley · Mitali Perkins
• Hostage · Willo Davis Roberts
• House Arrest · K. A. Holt
• I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You · Ally Carter
• Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World · Katherine Hannigan
• Jake and Lily · Jerry Spinelli
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull · Richard Bach
• Just Gus · McCall Hoyle
• Lawn Boy · Gary Paulsen
• Lei and the Fire Goddess · Malia Maunakea
• Lily and Dunkin · Donna Gephart
• Little Vic · Doris Gates
• Loch · Paul Zindel
• Lost & Found: Based on a True Story · Mei Yu
• Lulu's Mysterious Mission · Judith Viorst
• Memoirs of a Tortoise · Devin Scillian
• Mississippi Trial, 1955 · Chris Crowe
• Mr. Maxwell's Mouse · Frank Asch
• My Explosive Diary · Emily Gale
• New Dragon City · Mari Mancusi
• New From Here · Kelly Yang
• Night Hoops · Carl Deuker
• Nubby’s Story · Aubre Andrus
• On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave · Candace Fleming
• Operation: Dump the Chump · Barbara Park
• Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch · Mona Kerby
• Perfect · Natasha Friend
• Planet Earth Is Blue · Nicole Panteleakos
• Point Blank · Anthony Horowitz
• Postcards from Camp · Simms Taback
• Posted · John David Anderson
• Project Mulberry · Linda Sue Park
• Ramona's World · Beverly Cleary
• Red Kayak · Priscilla Cummings
• Ruby Lost and Found · Christina Li
• Sasha, My Friend · Barbara Corcoran
• Saving Sunshine · Saadia Faruqi
• Saving Zasha · Randi G. Barrow
• Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta · Lisa Wheeler
• Sharing Susan · Eve Bunting
• Shark Summer · Ira Marcks
• Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe · Jo Watson Hackl
• Socks · Beverly Cleary
• Spying on Miss Müller · Eve Bunting
• Stand Up, Yumi Chung · Jessica Kim
• Star in the Storm · Joan Hiatt Harlow
• Stepping Up · Mark Fink
• Stonewords: A Ghost Story · Pam Conrad
• Striped Ice Cream · Joan M. Lexau
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
• Summer Vamp · Violet Chan Karim
• Swing · Audrey Meeker
• Taking Terri Mueller · Norma Fox Mazer
• Tangerine · Edward Bloor
• The Aquanaut · Dan Santat
• The Blackbird Girls · Anne Blankman
• The Butterfly · Patricia Polacco
• The Computer Nut · Betsy Cromer Byars
• The Cybil War · Betsy Byars
• The Ghost Inside the Monitor · Margaret Jean Anderson
• The Giant Slayer · Iain Lawrence
• The Girl Who Could Fly · Victoria Forester
• The Golden Hour · Niki Smith
• The Gollywhopper Games · Jody Feldman
• The Good Dog · Avi
• The Goof that Won the Pennant · Jonah Kalb
• The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper · Jean Van Leeuwen
• The Grizzly · Annabel and Edgar Johnson
• The Hero of Bremen · Margaret Hodges
• The Hot and Cold Summer · Johanna Hurwitz
• The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale · Charly Palmer
• The Library of Ever · Zeno Alexander
• The Magic Fish · Trung Le Nguyen
• The Magic of the Glits · Carole S. Adler
• The Perfect Score · Rob Buyea
• The Root Cellar · Janet Lunn
• The School Story · Andrew Clements
• The Scrambled States of America · Laurie Keller
• The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake · Elvira Woodruff
• The Stranger Next Door · Peg Kehret
• The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman · Gennifer Choldenko
• The Thing About Leftovers · C.C. Payne
• The Trouble with Tuck · Theodore Taylor
• The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson · Carol Lynch Williams
• The Two Princesses of Bamarre · Gail Carson Levine
• The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street · Karina Yan Glaser
• There's a Bat in Bunk Five · Paula Danziger
• Trading Places with Tank Talbott · Dori Hillestad Butler
• Unbreakable · Kami Garcia
• Unplugged · Gordon Korman
• Variant · Robison Wells
• Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning · Danette Haworth
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town · Kimberly Willis Holt
• When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop · Laban Carrick Hill
• White Falcon · Elliott Arnold
• Wild Wings · Gill Lewis
• Wink · Rob Harrell
• Yellow Star · Jennifer Roy
• You Are Here: Connecting Flights · Ellen Oh
• Zen and the Art of Faking It · Jordan Sonnenblick
• Zeus, Dog of Chaos · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Zia Erases the World · Bree Barton
• ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat · Raúl the Third III
• A Time of Troubles · Pieter Van Raven
• Dobry · Monica Shannon
• Genesis Begins Again · Alicia D. Williams
• Heaven · Angela Johnson
• Roller Skates · Ruth Sawyer
• The Diary of Anne Frank · Frances Goodrich
• The Honorable Prison · Lyll Becerra de Jenkins
• Two Suns in the Sky · Miriam Bat-Ami
• Worth · A. LaFaye
• Crenshaw · Katherine Applegate
• Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life · Rachel Renée Russell
• Look Both Ways · Jason Reynolds
• Save Me a Seat · Sarah Weeks