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6th Grade Complete List (pdf) | Pick of the Decade Complete List (pdf)
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Pick of the Decade 1995-2005: Best Fiction Park, Linda Sue. The Single Shard , 2001. Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea , lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. (See also: The Kite Fighters .) Paterson, Katherine. The Same Stuff as Stars , 2002. When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars. (See also: Jacob Have I Loved and Lyddie .) Paulsen, Gary. Brian's Hunt , 2003. Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear. (Previous titles: Hatchet ; Brian's Winter and Brian's Return .) Paulsen, Gary. The Schernoff Discoveries , 1997. Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and social misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school. (See also: Harris and Me .) Paulsen, Gary. Soldier's Heart , 1998. Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat. Peck, Richard. The River Between Us , 2001. During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois . (See also: A Long Way from Chicago ; A Year Down Yonder and The Teacher's Funeral .)
Prachett, Terry. Wee Free Men , 2003. In Diskworld (where the world is a flat disk, rather than a sphere), nine-year-old Tiffany sets off to Fairyland to rescue her brother armed with only a frying pan. (Sequel: Hat Full of Sky .) Reeder, Carolyn. Across the Lines , 1997. Edward, the son of a white plantation owner, and his black house servant and friend Simon witness the siege of Petersburg during the Civil War. Roberts, Willo Davis. Twisted Summer , 1996. Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year. Salisbury, Graham. Lord of the Deep, 2001. Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches thirteen-year-old Mikey about fishing, and about taking risks, making sacrifices, and facing some of life's difficult choices. (See also: Jungle Dogs .) Shaik, Fatima. Melitte , 1997, o.p. In 1772, years of mistreatment force thirteen-year-old Melitte to decide whether or not to run away from the Frenchman who has kept her as a slave on his poor Louisiana farm and leave the young girl who is the only person who ever loved her. Slade, Arthur. Dust , 2003. Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s. Sleator, William. Rewind , 1999. Not long after learning that he was adopted, eleven-year-old Peter is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events that could lead to his death. Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl , 2000. In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever. (See also: Maniac Magee ; Wringer and Milkweed .) Stolz, Joelle. The Shadows of Ghadames , 2004. At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya , eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things. Stone, David Lee. The Ratastrophe , 2004. Like the Pied Piper with an evil twist, Diek, the shepherd boy, has a flute that can charm children and animals.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped , 2001. In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years. Van Velde, Vivian. Heir Apparent , 2002. While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself. (See also: Never Trust a Dead Man .) Warner, Sally. How to Be a Real Person (in Just One Day) , 2001. Kara tries to conceal from her friends, her absent father and the authorities, that her mother is sliding deeper and deeper into mental illness. Weeks, Sarah. So B. It , 2004. After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno , Nevada , to New York to find out who she is. White, Ruth. Belle Prater's Boy , 1996. When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives. (Sequel: The Search for Belle Prater .) Wilson, Jacqueline. The Lottie Project , 1999. Starting a new school year, everything is "easy-peasy, simple-pimple" for Charlie until her strict teacher assigns a tough school project and Charlie's mother loses her job. Woodson, Jacqueline . Locomotion , 2003. In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school. (See also: Miracle's Boys .) Yolen, Jane. The Sword of the Rightful King , 2003. Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England--pulling a sword from a stone--but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first. |
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