Book Choices Gr 6 ‎(Briscoe Summer Reading 2009)‎

These are the summer 2009 book choices for students entering Grade 6 at Briscoe. Follow the links for more information about each title.

	Blizzard! Jim Murphy This book presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snowstorm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City. (Nonfiction)
	Crossing the Wire Will Hobbs Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.
	Define "Normal" Julie Anne Peters When Antonia agrees to meet with Jasmine as a peer counselor, she never dreams that this girl with the black lipstick and pierced eyebrow will become a good friend and will help her deal with the serious problems she faces at home.
	Hattie Big Sky Kirby Larson Newbery Honor book. After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
	Heat Mike Lupica Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old, and he has no parents to offer them proof.

	Letters from Wolfie Patti Sherlock Thirteen-year-old Mark donates his dog, Wolfie, to the Army's scout program in Vietnam.
	Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe from the diabolical Black Stache. First book in a series.
	The Revealers Doug Wilhelm Tired of being bullied and picked on, three seventh-grade outcasts join forces and, using scientific methods and the power of the local area network (LAN), begin to create a new atmosphere at Parkland Middle School.
	Things Not Seen Andrew Clements When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
	Tiger Jeff Stone Five young warrior-monk brothers survive an insurrection and must use the ancient arts to avenge their Grandmaster. First book in a series.

Briscoe Summer Reading 2009