BCS Summer Reading 2019: GRADE 6 Reading List

A Pakistani-American girl starting middle school learns how to cope with the changes and challenges she faces at home, at school, and within her close-knit Muslim community.

Aru Shah of Atlanta, Georgia, is a seventh-grader and social misfit. After lighting a mysterious lamp on a dare, she releases the Sleeper from his slumber and must—with the help of her newfound soul sister, Mini, and their pigeon sidekick, Subala—go on a quest to stop the Sleeper from awakening the Lord of Destruction and ending the world

Eleven-year-old Brooklynite Genie has "worry issues," so when he and his older brother, Ernie, are sent to Virginia to spend a month with their estranged grandparents while their parents "try to figure it all out," he goes into overdrive.

In this graphic novel, Vera spends summer at a Russian camp in hopes of finally finding a peer group she can belong to.

The story of Betty, the girl who would one day become a civil rights activist alongside her husband, Malcolm X.

In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship, take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

Through the story of fifth-grader Mia Tang, readers experience the courage, hard work, and dreams of a young Chinese immigrant.

A trio of friends from New York City find themselves trapped inside a mechanical board game that they must dismantle in order to save themselves and generations of other children in this action-packed debut that’s a steampunk Jumanji with a Middle Eastern flair.

A Newbery Award-winning story about the lives of several middle school children intersecting on one summer day, as if by fate.

Young Reader's Edition - The powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.

Born during a storm, Caroline Murphy, a 12-year-old black girl, is convinced that she has been cursed with bad luck.

1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children.

Dunkin Dorfman, birth name Norbert Dorfman, is dealing with bipolar disorder and has just moved from the New Jersey town he’s called home for the past thirteen years. This would be hard enough, but the fact that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes it even worse.

Leonora Logroño’s family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas, spending their days conjuring delicious cookies and cakes for any occasion. And no occasion is more important than the annual Dia de los Muertos festival.

In 1947, Nisha’s beloved country of India is being torn apart—and so is her family.

Set in 1980s Brooklyn, a young DJ accidentally summons a UFO that transports his family, best friend, and current crush to the robot-dominated planet of Discopia.

After his brother is killed in gang activity, Lolly copes with his grief by building Lego wonders.

In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled.