6th Grade Reading | Overton High

1) The other half of happy

Author

Balcárcel, Rebecca

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...

2) The war that saved my life

Author

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

Formats:

Book, CD audio book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

3) Charlie Hernández & the league of shadows

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Series

Charlie Hernandez volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world"--Provided by publisher.

4) King and the dragonflies

Author

Callender, Kacen

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Description

"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--

5) Lety out loud

Author

Cervantes, Angela

Series

Furry Friends Animal Shelter volume 2

Description

Can Lety find her voice before it's too late? Lety Muñoz's first language is Spanish, and she likes to take her time putting her words together. She loves volunteering at the Furry Friends Animal Shelter because the dogs and cats there don't care if she can't always find the right word. When the shelter needs a volunteer to write animal profiles, Lety jumps at the chance. But grumpy classmate Hunter also wants to write profiles--so now they have...

6) Aru Shah and the end of time

Author

Chokshi, Roshani

Series

Pandava volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Description

Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.

7) Efrén divided: a novel

Author

Cisneros, Ernesto

Series

Thorndike Press large print middle reader

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Description

"Efrén Nava's Amá is his Superwoman--or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both Amá and Apá work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén and his younger siblings Max and Mia feel safe and loved. But Efrén worries about his parents; although he's American-born, his parents are undocumented. His worst nightmare comes true one day when Amá doesn't return from work and is deported...

8) The only black girls in town

Author

Colbert, Brandy

Description

Surfer Alberta has been the only black girl in her small California beach town for years. When she finds out that the new owners of the bed-and-breakfast across the street are black and that they have a daughter her age, Alberta is convinced that she and Edie will be best friends. But Edie misses her life in Brooklyn and is finding it hard to adapt to California life. When the girls find a box of old journals in Edie's attic, they team up to find...

9) The total eclipse of Nestor Lopez

Author

Cuevas, Adrianna

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

A Cuban-American boy must use his ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a witch that transforms into animals.

10) The serpent's secret

Author

DasGupta, Sayantani

Series

Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond volume 1

Formats:

Book, CD audio book, eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway

Description

Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds (very annoying), and cute princes--and somehow Kiranmala needs to sort it all out, find her parents, and basically save the world.

11) Lifting as we climb: black women's battle for the ballot box

Author

Series

Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-opening book that tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage movement--when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle."--Publisher's description.

12) It ain't so awful, falafel

Author

Dumas, Firoozeh

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s"--

13) The Sea-Ringed World: sacred stories of the Americas

Author

García Esperón, María

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Contains a collection of short stories of Native American myths and legends from tribes and cultures throughout all of the Americas. Includes a transcription of Indigenous terms, a pronunciation guide, a map, and a glossary.

14) Zenobia July

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Description

"The critically acclaimed author of Felix Yz crafts a bold, heartfelt story about a trans girl solving a cyber mystery and coming into her own. Zenobia July is starting a new life. She used to live in Arizona with her father; now she's in Maine with her aunts. She used to spend most of her time behind a computer screen, improving her impressive coding and hacking skills; now she's coming out of her shell and discovering a community of friends at Monarch...

15) A thousand questions

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Description

Told in two voices, eleven-year-olds Mimi, who is visiting her wealthy grandparents in Karachi, Pakistan, for the first time and Sakina, daughter of the grandparents' cook, form an unexpected friendship.

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Description

Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--

17) 90 miles to Havana

Author

Flores-Galbis, Enrique

Description

When unrest hits the streets of Havana, Cuba, Julian's parents must make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation. But when the boys get to Miami, they are thrust into a world where bullies seem to run rampant and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves.

18) Take back the block

Author

Giles, Chrystal D

Description

"Sixth-grader Wes Henderson sets out to save the Oaks, the neighborhood where he's lived his whole life, from being sold to a real estate developer"--

19) One dead spy: the life, times, and last words of Nathan Hale, America's most famous spy

Author

Series

Nathan Hale's hazardous tales

Description

Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, author Nathan Hale channels his namesake to present history's roughest, toughest, and craziest stories in the graphic novel format.

20) Real friends

Author

Series

Friends (Hale) volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

When her best friend Adrienne starts hanging out with the most popular girl in class, Shannon questions with whether she and Adrienne will stay friends, and if she is part of the clique.