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Following is the list of adopted titles used for the sixth grade reading program. Although certain titles are assigned to specific grades, when necessary, teachers may use a list of titles above or below their grade. It is desired that at least 10 adopted books are read each year. Some books will be assigned and read in class, and others will be assigned for outside reading. Every effort has been made to pick the best available literature. As with everything, each book must be read with Scripture as our final standard.  All Landmark books are acceptable on the literature list.

 

Adams, Richard                         Watership Down

Alexander, Lloyd                        The Prydain Chronicles +

Barrie, James                            Peter Pan

Baum, Frank L.                          The Wizard of Oz

Bishop, Claire                            Twenty and Ten

Bradbury, Ray                           Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray                           The Martian Chronicles

Dickens, Charles                       A Christmas Carol

Eareckson, Joni                         Joni

Fisher, Dorothy                          Understood Betsy

Fritz, Jean                                 The Cabin Faced West

George, Jean                             My Side of the Mountain

Hanes, Mari                               Two Mighty Rivers

Irving, Washington                      Rip Van Winkle

Irving, Washington                      The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Jacques, Brian                           Tales from Red Wall Series +

Kipling, Rudyard                        The Jungle Book

Kjelgaard, James                       Big Red

Lester, Julius                             The Tales of Uncle Remus

Lewis, C.S.                               The Magician’s Nephew

Lewis, C.S.                               The Last Battle

London, Jack                             The Call of the Wild – L

London, Jack                             White Fang

MacLean, Alistair                       The Guns of Navarone    - L

Marshall, Catherine                    Christy

O’Hara, Mary                             My Friend Flicka

Orwell, George                           Animal Farm

Rawlings, Marjorie                      The Yearling

Sharp, Margery                          The Rescuers

Sharp, Margery                          Miss Bianca at the Saltmines

Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped

Stratton-Porter, Gene                 Freckles

Stratton-Porter, Gene                 A Girl of the Limberlost

Taylor, Mildred                           Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Tolkien, J.R.R.                          The Hobbit

Tolkien, J.R.R.                           The Lord of the Rings +

Twain, Mark                               Adventures of Tom Sawyer +

Twain, Mark                               The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn    - L

Twain, Mark                               The Prince and the Pauper    - L

Verne, Jules                              Around the World in Eighty Days

Verne, Jules                              20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Wells, H.G.                               War of the Worlds

 

Editor’s note: “+” = any title in that series would be acceptable.

Parent’s note: L - Language, V - Violence, C - Coarse actions, M - Mature theme


 

SIXTH GRADE

HISTORY LIST

 

This year in history the students will be studying 1815 to Present.  Students will be reading numerous books from this time period in class.  Outside reading is also encouraged, especially historical fiction which engages the imagination and makes the time period come alive.  We encourage you to read aloud with your children from books that may be above their reading level.  Suggestions for reading are offered below.  We are endeavoring to purchase as many of these titles as possible for the classroom.

 

Abernathy, Alta                          Bud & Me: The True Adventure of the Abernathy Boys

Ambrose, Stephen                     The Good Fight: How WWII Was Won – H, YC

Bailer, Darice                             The Last Rail

Bliven, Bruce                             The Story of D-Day – H

Bowman, James Cloyd               Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time – H

Carr, Mary Jane                         Children of the Covered Wagon – H

Cousins, Margaret                      The Boy in the Alamo

Cornelissen, Cornelia                 Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears – NN, YC

Crane, Stephen                          The Red Badge of CourageCCS, H, NN, YC

Crockett, Davy                           Davy Crockett: His Own Story

Davis, Robert                             The Girl of Pierre’s

De Vries, Anne                          Journey Through the Night

Doswell, Paul                            War Stories: True Stories from the First and Second World Wars

Driscoll, Laura                           George Washington Carver: The Peanut Wizard – NN

Du Bois, William                        Twenty and TenCCS, H

Erickson, Paul                           Daily Life in a Covered Wagon – H, YC

Farenhorst, Christine                  A Cup of Cold Water

Frank, Anne                              Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl – H, NN, YC

Freedman, Russell                     Cowboys of the Wild West – H, NN, YC

Grant, George                            Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of T. Roosevelt – CRPC

Harness, Cheryl                         The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal

Hautzig, Esther Rudomin            The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia – H, YC

Henty, G.A.                               With Lee in Virginia -- CRPC

Hersey, John                             Hiroshima – H, NN, YC

Hess, Donna Lynn                     A Father’s Promise

Hunt, Irene                                Across Five Aprils – H, NN, YC

Ingold, Jeanette                         Hitch – NN, YC

Irwin, James                              Destination: Moon

Kantor, MacKinlay                     Gettysburg – H

Levitin, Sonia                             Journey to America – H, YC

Linnea, Sharon                          Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Stopped Death – NN

Lutz, Norma Jean                       War’s End (American Adventures Series) + -- CCS, NN

MacLeod, Elizabeth                   Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life – NN, YC

Marrin, Albert                             Stalin: Russia’s Man of Steel – NN

Marrin, Albert                             The Yanks Are Coming – H, YC

Marrin, Albert                             America and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger – H, NN

Marsh, Carole                            The Mystery of the Underground Railroad – YC

McMurdie, Jean McAnlis            Land of the Morning

McMurdie, William                     Hey, Mac!

McSwigan, Marie                       Snow Treasure – H, NN

Nolan, Peggy                             The Spy Who Came in from the Sea

North, Sterling                           Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House (Landmark)

O’Grady, Captain Scott              Basher Five-Two – NN, YC

Prins, Piet                                 The Shadow Series (The Lonely Sentinel)

Raven, Margot Theis                   Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot – H, NN, YC

Reynolds, Quentin                     The Wright Brothers – H, NN

Serraillier, Ian                            Escape From Warsaw

Steele, William                          We Were There on the Oregon Trail – NN

Steele, William                          We Were There with the Pony Express

Taylor, Theodore                        Air Raid—Pearl Harbor! – H, NN

ten Boom, Corrie                        The Hiding Place – H, NN, YC

Van Leeuwen, Jean                    Bound for Oregon – YC

Velde, Vivian                             A Coming Evil

Wilkins, J. Stephen                    Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee

York, Alvin                                 Sergeant York and the Great War -- CCS

 

If our own CCS library does not carry the above books, they can be found in these library systems:

CRPC – Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church Library                 H – Hampton Public Library       

NN – Newport News Library                                                        YC – York County Public Library