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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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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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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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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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. |
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Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence
Shipwrecked off the coast of Alaska, two boys who can’t stand each other must learn to survive as winter sets in. |