# 6th grade books about education

**3** books commonly assigned to 6th grade students in US schools that explore education. 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.

**Reading difficulty:** the typical 6th grade band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 2 titles here with a Lexile score, 1 is grade-level, 1 more accessible, and 0 a stretch.

**Grade:** 6th grade  ·  **Theme:** education
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/grade/6/education
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## 6th grade education reading list

- [Amal Unbound](https://readinglist.school/book/amal-unbound) by Aisha Saeed _(Grades 5–8 · pub 2018)_
- [I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)](https://readinglist.school/book/i-am-malala-young-readers) by Malala Yousafzai _(830L · Grades 6–10 · pub 2014)_
- [The Phantom Tollbooth](https://readinglist.school/book/the-phantom-tollbooth) by Norton Juster _(1000L · Grades 4–7 · pub 1961)_

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