# 6th grade books about baseball

**4** books commonly assigned to 6th grade students in US schools that explore baseball. Every title's grade range covers 6th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 6th grade  ·  **Theme:** baseball
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 6th grade baseball reading list

- [Heart of a Champion](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-a-champion) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1993)_
- [High Heat](https://readinglist.school/book/high-heat) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9 · pub 2003)_
- [Skinnybones](https://readinglist.school/book/skinnybones) by Barbara Park _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1982)_
- [The Goof that Won the Pennant](https://readinglist.school/book/the-goof-that-won-the-pennant) by Jonah Kalb _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1976)_

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