Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Approved, Commonly Taught Novels for Grade 6

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan Fever: 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell's My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Number the Stars by Lois Lowry The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Chinese Cinderella By Adeline Yen Meh Coraline By Neil Gaiman Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos

The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Tortilla Sun by J.C. Cervantes

Tuck Everlasting By Natalie Banbitt Walk Two Moons By Sharon Creech Wonder by R.J. Palacio A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park BFG by Roald Dahl Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

*This list is not comprehensive of all approved novels. To see all approved novels for your grade level, please check the Novel DataBase.

Last Updated May 30th, 2024 Middle School ELA, Page 42