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6th Grade (Age 11)

All books suitable for children in 6th grade.

Knights of the kitchen table
By: Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Viking Children's Books

Everyones favorite time-travelers are changing their style! "The Time Warp Trio" series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszkas wacky brand of humor.

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Climb Or Die, A Test of Survival
By: Edward Myers
Publisher: Hyperion

After a car accident in a snowy Colorado pass seriously injures their parents, athletic fourteen-year-old Danielle and her brainy younger brother, Jake, must scale a mountain to find help.

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Bud, Not Buddy
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
Publisher: Yearling Books

Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father–the renowned bandleader, H. E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.

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The Bad Beginning
By: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: HarperCollins

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get …

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Artemis Fowl
By: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, heir to the Fowl family empire and centuries-old legacy of scams and underworld machinations, decides to uncover the secret treasure of the Fairy People by stealing one of their magical …

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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

As the only passenger, and the only female, on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself caught between a murderous captain and a mutinous crew.

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The Anchor, P. Moore Proprietor

Polly Moore is wise beyond her years when, in 1764 North Carolina, she runs her father's tavern, cares for the family, develops strong political opinions, and witnesses a pre-Revolution rebellion.

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The Goose Girl
By: Shannon Hale
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books

On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.

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At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
By: Mary Hooper
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books

As the Plague takes hold of seventeenth-century London and people flee the city, Hannah and her sister Sarah try to maintain Sarah's candy shop even with the possibility of their own demise growing ever closer.

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Olive's Ocean
By: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: HarperCollins

On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha Boyle gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a …

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