Students with interest levels 6-8 may choose books from the list below. *The interest levels listed below are based on Scholastic’s Book Wizard website (www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/)
Lexile Level
Title of Book
Author
Interest Level
520
Sixth Grade Secrets
Sachar, Louis
6-8
580
Fever 1793
Anderson, Laurie
6-8
580
Wolf by the Ears
Rinaldi, Ann
6-8
700
Where the Red Fern Grows
Rawls, Wilson
4-6
720
The Big Friendly Giant
Dahl, Roald
4-6
720
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
Nikerson, Sara
6-8
750
Slam
Myers, Slam
6-8
750
A Long Way from Chicago
Peck, Richard
6-8
750
The Westing Game
Raskin, Ellen
6-8
800
Summer of My German Soldier
Greene, Bette
6-8
810
Silent to the Bone
Konigsburg, E.L.
4-7
820
Maniac Magee
Spinelli, Jerry
4-8
830
Call It Courage
Sperry, Armstrong
5-7
900
Absolutely Normal Chaos
Creech, Sharon
4-7
910
Old Yeller
Gibson, Fred
6-8
920
Where the Lilies Bloom
Cleaver, Vera
6-8
920
The Dark is Rising
Cooper, Susan
5-8
1000
Island of the Blue Dolphins
O’Dell, Scott
6-8
1100
Treasure Island
Stevenson, Robert Lewis
6-8
1140
Brian’s Winter
Paulson, Gary
6-8
1240
The Midwife’s Apprentice
Cushman, Karen
6-8
Nonfiction titles 790
American Bison
Berman, Ruth
6-8
840
The Navajo
Woods, Geraldine
6-8
900
The Surrender at Appomattox
Benoit, Peter
6-8
980
Zebras
Stone, Lynn, M.
6-8
1100
Chief Crazy Horse
Cunningham, Chet
6-8
1200
Skyscraper
Curlee, Lynn
6-8
