AR List 2006, 6th grade books

This is a list of the acceptable Accelerated Reading books shown on the Marathon Middle/High School website. These books are for 6th grade Elementary School youngsters.

The books are grouped by “type” of book. Adventure stories are together, history stories are together, mysteries are together, & so on. If the book title has a line under it, a hyperlink, you can click on it & “Request” it from our website. So, get your library card ready (you’ll need your card number to request books) & decide which books you want to have sent to you.

Remember, when the book shows up at our library, we’ll call you at home & tell you it arrived. Be sure we have your correct telephone number so we can get in touch with you. If you want to, you can call us at 743-5156 to make sure we have your correct phone number in our computer. Otherwise, how we call you when your book comes?

Pick out a bunch of books & start reading. ENJOY!!

We have	DDC	Type	Author	Title
		Adventure	Korman, Gordon	Dive: The Danger
Yes	J KOR	Adventure	Korman, Gordon	Dive: The Deep
	J KOR	Adventure	Korman, Gordon	Dive: The Discovery
Yes	J 741. 5973 SMI	Adventure	Smith, Jeff	Bone: Out from Boneville
		Biography	Christopher, Matt	On the halfpipe with…Tony Hawk
	J Biography ROBINSON		Denenberg, Barry	Stealing home: the story of Jackie Robinson
	J 975.501 FRI	Biography	Fritz, Jean	Double life of Pocahontas
		Biography	Graff, Stewart	Helen Keller
		Biography	Haskins, James	Colin Powell
Yes	J Biography EARHART		Lauber, Patricia	Lost star: the story of Amelia Earhart
		Biography	Louis, Nancy	Osama bin Laden
		Biography	Monsell, Helen	Robert E. Lee
		Biography	Monsell, Helen	Susan B. Anthony
Yes	J Biography CROCKETT		Parks, Aileen	Davy Crockett
		Biography	Paulsen, Gary	Guts: the true stories behind Hatchet and the Brian books
Yes	J Biography PAULSEN		Paulsen, Gary	My life in dog years
	J 629.454 RID	Biography	Ride, Sally	To space and back
	J 629.13 SOB	Biography	Sobol, Donald	The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
		Biography	Stevenson, Augusta	Abraham Lincoln
		Biography	Stevenson, Augusta	Benjamin Franklin
		Biography	Stevenson, Augusta	Clara Barton
		Biography	Stevenson, Augusta	Daniel Boone
		Biography	Stevenson, Augusta	George Washington
		Biography	Stevenson, Augusta	Molly Pitcher
		Biography	Stevenson, Augusta	Paul Revere
		Biography	Stevenson, Augusta	Wilbur and Orville Wright
		Biography	Van Riper, Guernsey	Babe Ruth
		Biography	Van Riper, Guernsey	Jim Thorpe
		Biography	Van Riper, Guernsey	Knute Rockne
		Biography	Van Riper, Guernsey	Lou Gehrig
		Careers	Brown, Marty	Webmaster (Coolcareers.com)
	J HEN	Classic	Henry, Marguerite	Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Yes	J IRV	Classic	Irving, Washington	Legend of Sleepy Hollow
	J BAU	Contemp	Bauer, Marion Dane	On my honor
	J BYA	Contemp	Byars, Betsy	The animal, the vegetable, and John D. Jones
Yes	J BYA	Contemp	Byars, Betsy	The Cybil war
	J BYA	Contemp	Byars, Betsy	The Midnight fox
	J BYA	Contemp	Byars, Betsy	The night swimmers
Yes	J CLE	Contemp	Clemets, Andrew	The Landry News
Yes	J COD	Contemp	Codell, Esme	Sahara special
Yes	J CRE	Contemp	Creech, Sharon	Granny Torrelli makes soup
		Contemp	Cullen, Lynn	Regina Calhoun eats dog food
	YA DAN	Contemp	Danziger, Paula	There's a bat in bunk five
		Contemp	Dewey, Jennifer	Family ties: raising wild babies
		Contemp	Engel, Diana	Holding on
	J FIT	Contemp	Fitzhugh, Louise	Harriet the spy
Yes	J GEO	Contemp	George, Jean Craighead	There's an owl in the shower
Yes	J GIL	Contemp	Gilson, Jamie	Can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man
	J HER	Contemp	Hermes, Patricia	Nothing but trouble, trouble, trouble
		Contemp	Koss, Amy	Smoke screen
	J LOW	Contemp	Lowry, Lois	Anastasia again!
Yes	J LOW	Contemp	Lowry, Lois	Anastasia, ask your analyst
	J MAC	Contemp	MacLachlan, Patricia	Journey
		Contemp	Martin, Ann	Logan likes Mary Anne!
		Contemp	McElfresh, Lynn	Can you feel the thunder?
		Contemp	McNamee, Graham	Nothing wrong with a three-legged dog
Yes	J MYE	Contemp	Myers, Walter Dean	The mouse rap
	J NAY	Contemp	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	The agony of Alice
Yes	J NAY	Contemp	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Beetles, lighty toasted
Yes	J NAY	Contemp	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Saving Shiloh
	J PAR	Contemp	Park, Barbara	Kid in the red jacket
		Contemp	Park, Barbara	Mick Harte Was Here
Yes	J PAT	Contemp	Paterson, Katherine	Bridge to Terabithia
Yes	J PAT	Contemp	Paterson, Katherine	The Great Gilly Hopkins
		Contemp	Paulsen, Gary	Boy who owned the school
		Contemp	Paulsen, Gary	Monument
	J RYD	Contemp	Ryden, Hope	Backyard rescue
Yes	J SAC	Contemp	Sachar, Louis	There's a boy in the girls' bathroom
		Contemp	Siegelson, Kim	The Terrible, Wonderful Tellin' at Hog Hammock
		Contemp	Spinelli, Jerry	Report to the Principal's Office
	J STR	Contemp	Strasser, Todd	Help! I'm trapped in a professional wrestler's body
		Contemp	Strasser, Todd	Help! I'm trapped in a supermodel's body
		Contemp	Strasser, Todd	Help! I'm trapped in a vampire's body
		Contemp	Strasser, Todd	Help! I'm trapped in my teacher's body
		Contemp	Wallace, Bill	Ferret in the bedroom, lizards in the fridge
	J CRE	Contemporary	Creech, Sharon	Heartbeat
		Contemporary	Gutman, Dan	The get rich quick club
Yes	J MAC	Easy	MacLachlan, Patricia	Skylark
Yes	J AVI	Fantasy	Avi	Poppy
Yes	J BAN	Fantasy	Banks, Lynne Reid	Indian in the cupboard
		Fantasy	Banks, Lynne Reid	Key to the Indian
Yes	J BAN	Fantasy	Banks, Lynne Reid	The mystery of the cupboard
Yes	J BAN	Fantasy	Banks, Lynne Reid	The return of the Indian
	J BAN	Fantasy	Banks, Lynne Reid	The secret of the Indian
	J BAN	Fantasy	Conly, Jane	R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH
	J HUN	Fantasy	Hunter, Mollie	The mermaid summer
Yes	J JUS	Fantasy	Juster, Norton	The Phantom Tollbooth
Yes	J LIS	Fantasy	Lisle, Janet	Afternoon of the elves
Yes	J OBR	Fantasy	O'Brien, Robert C	Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH
Yes	J ARM	Hist Fic	Armstrong, William	Sounder
		Hist Fic	Conrad, Pam	Pedro's Journal
	YA PAM	Hist Fic	Conrad, Pam	Prairie Songs
Yes	J DEF	Hist Fic	DeFelice, Cynthia	Weasel
		Hist Fic	Fisher, Leonard	Jetty chronicles
	YA HES	Hist Fic	Hesse, Karen	Witness
Yes	J HOL	Hist Fic	Holm, Anne	North to freedom
		Hist Fic	Kudlinski, Kathleen	Pearl Harbor is Burning! A story
Yes	J LEN	Hist Fic	Lenski, Lois	Strawberry girl
		Hist Fic	Lord, Bette Bao	In the year of the boar and Jackie Robinson
Yes	J LOW	Hist Fic	Lowry, Lois	Number the Stars
Yes	J NAY	Hist Fic	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Shiloh
	YA PAU	Hist Fic	Paulsen, Gary	Soldier's heart
	J RYA	Hist Fic	Ryan, Pam	Esperanza rising
Yes	J SPE	Hist Fic	Speare, Elizabeth George	The sign of the beaver
Yes	J TAY	Hist Fic	Taylor, Mildred	The Friendship
Yes	J UCH	Hist Fic	Uchida, Yoshiko	Journey home
		Hist Fic	Vande Velde, Vivian	Ghost of a hanged man
Yes	J BEL	Mystery	Bellair, John	The curse of the blue figurine
	J BYA	Mystery	Byars, Betsy	The blossoms and the green phantom
		Mystery	Hall, Lynn	Murder in a pig's eye
		Mystery	Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Bomb in the Bessledorf bus depot
		Mystery	Wallace, Barbara	Peppermints in the Parlor
		Nonfiction	Booley, Theresa	Alcohol and your liver
		Nonfiction	Capstone Press	Florida
		Nonfiction	Carter, Alden	American Revolution
		Nonfiction	Chaiet, Donna	Staying safe at school
		Nonfiction	Chaiet, Donna	Staying safe at work
		Nonfiction	Chaiet, Donna	Staying safe on dates
		Nonfiction	Chaiet, Donna	Staying safe on public transportation
		Nonfiction	Chaiet, Donna	Staying safe while shopping
		Nonfiction	Chaiet, Donna	Staying safe while traveling
		Nonfiction	Cumming, David	Coasts
		Nonfiction	Cumming, David	Mountains
		Nonfiction	Cumming, David	Mountains
Yes	J 569.9 DEE	Nonfiction	Deem, James M	Bodies from the bog
		Nonfiction	Dewey, Jennifer	Bedbugs in our house
		Nonfiction	Erickson, Paul	Daily life in a covered wagon
		Nonfiction	Ganeri, Anita	Forests
		Nonfiction	Hadden, Gerry	Teenage Refugees from Guatemala Speak Out
		Nonfiction	Hadden, Gerry	Teenage Refugees from Mexico Speak Out
		Nonfiction	Herda, D.J.	Outlaws of the American West
		Nonfiction	Lambert, David	Mediterranean Sea
		Nonfiction	Lambert, David	Pacific Ocean
		Nonfiction	Louis, Nancy	Ground Zero
		Nonfiction	Louis, Nancy	Heroes of the day
		Nonfiction	McGlothlin, Bruce	Great grooming for guys
	J Biography CLARK		McGovern, Ann	Shark lady
		Nonfiction	Mcleish, Ewan	Oceans and seas
		Nonfiction	McPhee, Andrew	AIDS (Watts Library)
		Nonfiction	Morgan, Nina	Caribbean and the Gulf Coast
		Nonfiction	Morgan, Nina	North Sea and Baltic Sea
		Nonfiction	Muhlberger, Richard	What makes a Degas a Degas?
		Nonfiction	Muhlberger, Richard	What makes a Monet a Monet?
		Nonfiction	Muhlberger, Richard	What makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?
		Nonfiction	Muhlberger, Richard	What makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh?
		Nonfiction	Rivera, Sheila	Weapons of Mass Destruction
	YA 646.7 SMI	Nonfiction	Smith, Sandra Lee	Great grooming for girls
		Nonfiction	Waterlow, Julia	Atlantic Ocean
		Nonfiction	Waterlow, Julia	Grasslands
		Nonfiction	Waterlow, Julia	Islands
		Nonfiction	Waterlow, Julia	Red Sea and Arabian Gulf
		Nonfiction	Yolen, Jane	Mother earth, father sky
		Nonfiction	Yolen, Jane	Salem witch trials
Yes	J BAB	Sci Fic	Babbitt, Natalie	Tuck everlasting
	J COV	Sci Fic	Coville, Bruce	My teacher flunked the planet
	J COV	Sci Fic	Coville, Bruce	My teacher fried my brains
	J COV	Sci Fic	Coville, Bruce	My teacher glows in the dark
	J COV	Sci Fic	Coville, Bruce	My teacher is an alien
		Sci Fic	Coville, Bruce	Robot Trouble
	J GRE	Sci Fic	Greer, Gery	Max and me and the time machine
		Sci Fic	Key, Alexander	Forgotten door
	J MAC	Sci Fic	Mackel, Kathy	Can of worms
		Sports	Gutman, Dan	Million dollar goal
	J GUT	Sports	Gutman, Dan	Million dollar kick
		Sports	Gutman, Dan	Million dollar shot
Yes	J MYE	Sports	Myers, Walter	Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
	J SMI	Sports Fic	Smith, Robert	Bobby Baseball
Yes	J BAB	Suspense	Babbitt, Natalie	The eyes of the Amarylis
Yes	J HAH	Suspense	Hahn, Mary Downing	Wait till Helen comes
		Suspense	Kehret, Peg	Ghost followed us home
Yes	J PUL	Suspense	Pullman, Philip	Clockwork or All Wound Up
		Suspense	Ruckman, Ivy	Night of the twisters
		Suspense	Seabrooke, Brenda	Haunting of Holroyd Hill