READING SUGGESTIONS FOR SIXTH GRADERS
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A boy goes to live with his uncle, a magician, in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the wall which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday. Bellairs, John. THE FIGURE IN THE SHADOWS. Lewis though his grandpa’s 1859 lucky coin was magic. With its power, he could do anything he wanted. But as soon as he starts wearing the coin, strange things begin to happen. |
Bellairs, John. THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS.Boston, L.M. TREASURE OF GREEN KNOWE.
Tolly visits his grandmother at her old house in England and tries to discover a long-lost treasure.
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Zoe and Zoe Louise are best friends – living in both the past and the present. Connected by a back staircase in a house where Zoe Louise once lived and Zoe now lives, the two girls are ghosts in each other’s lives. Time is running out for Zoe Louise in the 1870’s. |
Conrad, Pam. STONEWORDS: A GHOST STORY.Follett, Ken. MYSTERY HIDEOUT.
Exploring an old abandoned film studio, two boys run across clues to a series of unsolved bank robberies.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. LORETTA P, SWEENY, WHERE ARE YOU?
Determined crime-solver Abby finds a purple and orange wallet that she thinks may belong to a murderer.
Hahn, Mary Downing. THE DEAD MAN IN INDIAN CREEK.
Matt and his friend Parker have found a body floating in the creek. The man has been murdered and Parker thinks he knows who the killer is.
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Molly finds danger at a llama ranch in Washington. |
Kehret, Peg. NIGHTMARE MOUNTAIN.
Nixon, Joan Lowrey. A DEADLY GAME OF MAGIC.
Caught in a violent storm, Lisa and her three friends take refuge in a deserted house. Inside, the props of a magician are strewn about. Doors slam shut. The phones go dead. A ghostly hand creeps across the fireplace mantel. One by one, the tricks are becoming more sinister, luring the group closer and closer to the terrible secret at the end of the corridor.
Raskin, Ellen. THE WESTING GAME.
The very dead and very rich Samuel Westing gathered 16 strangers to slove his murder! Theone who does, inherits Westing’s millions. Can you figure it out?
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In 1687, in the New England colony of Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a withc by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft. |
Wright, Betty Ren. THE GHOST OF ERNIE P.
Ernie P chooses Jeff for his best friend and tells him of his Top Secret Project. Then Ernie suddenly dies in an accident and his ghost haunts Jeff to complete the Top Secret Project.
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Driven from their impoverished Irish village, Maura, her brother, and a friend make the journey to America. Also read Avi’s THE ESCAPE FROM HOME and LORD KIRKLE’S MONEY. |
Avi. BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA.Fleischman, Sid. BY THE GREAT HORN SPOON!
An orphan and his butler stow away on a ship hoping to earn a fortune in the California gold rush.
Sperry, Armstrong. CALL IT COURAGE.
A Polynesian boy gathers his courage to face the sea he fears.
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Dominic, the dog, discovers adventures and danger when he sets off to see the world. |
Houston, James A. FROZEN FIRE.
Determined to find his father, Matthew and his Eskimo friend Kayak set off on a dangerous rescue mission.
Burnford, Sheila Every. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.
Three pets travel 250 miles together through the Canadian wilderness to find their family.
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