Entering Grade 6
Adventure
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24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling.
As if being stuck in a town called Nowhere isn't enough, 13 year-old Gus and a motley group of friends must find a way to get gold from the deserted Dead Frenchman Mine to pay off a debt to the town bully. |
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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
This well-researched account follows 12 young soccer players and their coach as a day trip to a local cave turns into a 17-day ordeal as flood waters trap them in the cave with no light or food. Outside rescuers race to figure out innovative ways to rescue them, while the boys and their coach have to learn the mental skills they need to survive. (nonfiction) |
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Framed! series by James Ponti
Book 1: Framed! Florian’s ability to notice small details and solve mysteries brings him to the attention of both the FBI and a dangerous criminal syndicate. |
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Greetings from Witness Protection! by Jake Burt
When orphan and pickpocket Nicki Demere is approached by Federal Marshalls to join a family on the run from notorious criminals, it seems like a good match. The bad guys are looking for a family with one kid not two, and Nicki has some street smarts. But some secrets from her past may be more dangerous than anything they encounter on the road. |
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Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
When VIctor vanishes after a run in with the local bully, neighbors Kaori, Gen, and Valencia form an epic quest to locate him. |
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The Jumbies series by Tracey Baptiste
Book 1: The Jumbies Corinne knows jumbies are just creepy characters in folk tales used to scare kids into behaving--but now she's not so sure. When she sees peculiar glowing eyes in the woods, and her dad seems to be bewitched by a stranger, she's beginning to think jumbies are real and a serious threat to her town. |
 
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Jungle of Bones by Ben Mikaelsen
After getting in trouble with the law, Dylan is sent to stay with his uncle, who is mounting a expedition in Papua New Guinea to find a downed WWII plane. Wandering away from the group, Dylan becomes lost in a hostile jungle filled with snakes, leeches and crocodiles. |
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Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron
Twelve year old Maya hates math, but loves comic books and the West African stories her father tells. As she gets ready for summer vacation, strange things begin to happen and soon she learns that her father's stories are true, and that she and her friends must rescue him from The Lord of the Shadows. |
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The Nameless City series by Faith Erin Hicks
Book 1: The Nameless City Although Kaido is a member of the ruling class, he doesn’t fit in. Rat is a native born street girl who resents everything about Kai. When a crisis threatens, they have to work together to save all the people of the nameless city. (graphic novel) |
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Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story by Jennifer Roy and Ali Fadhil
When Ali was eleven, he loved soccer, video games and American TV shows. When his country of Iraq went to war in 1991, his life suddenly changed to surviving bombings, food shortages and invasion. |
 
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The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan
Book 1: The Ruins of Gorlan Halt and his apprentice, Will, travel throughout the kingdom and beyond its borders, protecting those who need it most. |