James S. Hogg Middle School
Sixth Grade Summer Reading List
Come to our Summer Reading Pool Party in September by completing these steps!
1. Read 5 books from the list below that you have not read before.
2. Complete the summer reading log on the back.
3. Choose 1 of these books and complete a project of your choosing. A link to project ideas can be
found on the Hogg website front page or by going to
4. Turn in reading log and project to your 6th grade Language & Literature teacher by September 5.
Books That Make You Squirm
Get Real (Fiction)
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary D. Hahn
Sports Stories by Fred Bowen (Sports)
Grimm series by Adam Gidwitz
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Ripley’s Believe it Or Not! Unlock the Weird!
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Patterson
Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands (NTB)
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Graphic)
Bluish by Virginia Hamilton
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
LOL
Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
Books That Everyone Should Read
Astronaut Academy by Dave Roman (Graphic)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Jedi Academy series by Jeffrey Brown
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Middle School series by James Patterson
Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
A Series of Unfortunate Events series by L. Snicket
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Dork Diaries series by Rene Russell
Books That Make You Smarter
Dear Dumb Diaries series by Jim Benton
2015 or 2016 World Records
The Olympians series by Rick Riordan (Fantasy)
How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg
How They Choked by Georgia Bragg
Books
Phineas Gage by John Fleischman
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury (NTB)
Year in Sports 2017 (Sports)
Books That Inspire You to Change the World
Overcoming Obstacles
Wonder by RJ Palacio
Crossover by Kwame Alexander (Sports, Poetry)
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker
Maze Runner series by James Dashner
Books That Make You Think
Kalahari by Jessica Khoury (NTB)
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Holes by Louis Sachar
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Spanish
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
El Sonador by Pam Munoz Ryan (Spanish)
School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (Fantasy)
Maximilian by Xavier Garza (Bilingual)
Ghost Fever by Joe Hayes (Bilingual)
Go Girl
Rollergirl by Victoria Jamieson (Graphic)
Books Set in the Future
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Montgomery
Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
Hour of Bees by Lindsay Eagar (NTB)
Divergent series by Veronica Ross
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Poetry)