:: Elite 36 Book List 6-8 Grades 2025-26 ::

Author Title
Alston, B.B. Amari and the Night Brothers (Book 1)
Borton de Trevino, Elizabeth I, Juan de Pereja
Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Does My Shirts
Frank, Anne Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
Freedman, Russell Lincoln: A Photobiography
Giff, Patricia R. Nory Ryan’s Song
Gratz, Alan Ground Zero
Haugaard, Erik Christian The Samurai’s Tale
Henry, Marguerite Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly Fish in a Tree
Jimenez, Francisco Breaking Through
Kadohata, Cynthia Kira-Kira
Kamkwamba, William The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers
Korman, Gordon Restart
Larson, Kirby Hattie Big Sky
Latham, Jean Lee Carry on Mr. Bowditch
London, Jack The Call of the Wild
Macaulay, David Mosque
Mikaelsen, Ben Touching Spirit Bear
O’Dell, Scott Black Star, Bright Dawn
Palacio, R.J. Wonder
Paterson, Katherine Bridge to Terabithia
Paulsen, Gary Woodsong
Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother
Peck, Richard The Teacher’s Funeral
Rylant, Cynthia Missing May
Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars
Sheinkin, Steve Bomb
Stead, Rebecca When You Reach Me
Ten Boom, Corrie The Hiding Place
Weintraub, Robert No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II
Winterfeld, Henry Mystery of the Roman Ransom
Wolk, Lauren Beyond the Bright Sea
Yep, Laurence Dragonwings: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903
Yolen, Jane Devil’s Arithmetic

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