Nice list, I would add Fabelhaven and Carl Hiaasen's books.

On the ones I've read I'd have to disagree with you on The Hunger Games. They're just too violent and romantic. And I don't even mean that it's too violent for them to handle as much as I think they'd get bored or be confused. I think you've got a great list here, otherwise. I really want to read the Al Capone books. And I'd add the Antsy books by Shusterman and The Wednesday Wars.

These are great and I agree that most 6th graders are going to already know about The Hunger Games. Plus, Harry Potter definitely gets darker and older based. What about Tamora Pierce's books? Several quartets of stories.

When I finished reading the HP series to Ivan, it was really hard to find something he liked. Really hard! So we read the series, they are packed right now so I don't remember exact names, but it was the Case of Oragami Yoda. Darth Paper Returns etc. He also, even though he got lost a few times, was "All the Wrong Questions " series by Lemony Snicket. Harmony highly recommends the Warriors books.

I really like this list idea, and the books are all wonderful!

I totally agree with these. I loved The Gallagher Girls series when I was in middle school and the Alex Rider series! Great picks!

I would definitely want to be in a sixth grade class that you bought the books for, Susan! Thanks for stopping by my blog.

My daughter loved the novels by Haddix. Thanks for sharing your list!

Percy Jackson is a great middle grade series (which I didn't read until after that...) and I know there was at least one Margaret Peterson Haddix book read in my sixth grade class.

Great list! I especially love Al Capone Does My Shirts. Have you ever read "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt? That's another of my middle grade favorites.

I think I'm going to have to check out the Marissa Meyer books - they sound great!

I love the topic of this but I feel so disconnected with the idea of a 6th grader. I can't remember what that age is like and my kids are still super young. But either way those are some great books!

This is a great start! I know that my students (5th and 6th) have also loved A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, the Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo, and Beauty by Robin McKinley.
I would also throw in the Circle of Magic books by Tamora Pierce and some of the Once Upon a Time fairy tale retellings (authors for this series include Cameron Dokey, Tracy Lynn, Suzanne Weyn, and Nancy Holder).
Amanda

Great list! I would definitely take a 6th grade class, even if I'm way too old, to read all of those books, haha! :)

Really like your topic this week. Some great picks in there! x

Great list! I had to Google 6th grade, but I totally agree with you on these selections for kids of that age. I'd perhaps include Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and Philip Pullman's Dark Materials.

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Great list. The Lunar Chronicles isa great choice that I would not have thought of. Love those books!

Great list. I would add The Eighth Day by Dianne Salerni. I recommended it o my friends 8th grade son and he loved it

This is a great list! What about Artemis Fowl, Ranger's Apprentice, Young Samurai, Young Bond and the Declaration series by Gemma Malley?

Great topic and choices! Choosing books for 6th graders is always hard. I think you came up with some awesome choices. I especially love The Lunar Chronicles and The Hunger Games. I definitely need to read the Unwind Series.

I really enjoyed Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain when I was in 6th grade.

My son's 2nd/3rd grade classroom has a copy of Pride and Prejudice in it. They're an advanced bunch of kids, but I wonder if any of them have even tried to read it . . .

I read Al Capone in sixth grade for school and absolutely loved it. I also remember reading A Wrinkle in Time in fifth grade. The whole class loved it so much, that the teacher had to get the rest of the series so we could borrow them to read for our pleasure!

And Harry Potter remains a favorite, of course! Great suggestions!

Ally @ The Scribbling Sprite

I read the Al Capone series when I was in middle school and had NO idea it was a trilogy! I'll be checking it out now, thanks for the heads up!

Cristina @ Girl in the Pages

Awesome list!! I would read all of these in middle school :) I love HP and it's a perfect one to start at that age as is Percy Jackson.

Totally agree with all of these! I read Unwind last year, and devoured the rest of the series pretty damn fast! I can't wait to read more Shusterman books. Harry Potter of course, I would recommend them to anyone. The Hunger Games are great too and of course Percy Jackson, I started reading them when I was 14, but i would have still be interested if I heard about them when I was younger, they're perfect for that age (any age really!).
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I had never heard of the Lunar Chronicles but I think I'd actually find them quite interesting myself!