Books B11 read in Grade Six
B11’s Book Rating System
***** Epic
**** Very Good
*** Worth Reading
** Limited Value
* Meh
Books Son B11 read this year homeschooling in Grade Six at ages ten and eleven:
God’s Smuggler ~ Brother Andrew *****
Children of the Storm ~ Natasha Vins ****
The Story of David Livingstone ***
With Lee in Virginia ~ G.A. Henty ****
The Broken Blade ~ William Durbin *****
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry ~ Mildred D. Taylor ***
The Winged Watchman ~ Hilda Van Stockum ***
A Christmas Carol ~ Charles Dickens ****
Fahrenheit 451 ~ Ray Bradbury ***
Around the World in Eighty Days ~ Jules Verne ****
The Boy in the Alamo ~ Margaret Cousins ***
King of the Wind ~ Marguerite Henry ****
Penrod ~ Booth Tarkington ***
Fallen Angels ~ Walter Dean Myers ****
Beowulf *****
Peril and Peace Volume 1 Chronicles of the Ancient Church ~ Mindy and Brandon Withrow ****
The Egypt Game ~ Zilpha Keatley Snyder ****
A Coming Evil ~ Vivian Vande Velde ****
The Witch of Blackbird Pond ~ Elizabeth George Speare ***
Children of the Covered Wagon ~ Mary Jane Carr ****
The Red Badge of Courage ~ Stephen Crane ****
Miracles on Maple Hill ~ Virginia Sorensen ****
The Endless Steppe ~ Ester Hautzig ****
The Wright Brothers ~ Quentin Reynolds *****
Wanted… Mud Blossom ~ Betsy Byars ***
An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories **
Going Rogue ~ Sarah Palin ****
Diary of Wimpy Kid Dog Days ~ Jeff Kinney ****
No Coins, Please ~ Gordon Korman ***
Strider ~ Beverly Cleary ***
The Once and Future King ~ T.H. White ***
How Harry Cast His Spell ~ John Granger ***
The Magician’s Nephew ~ C. S. Lewis ***
The Bronze Bow ~ Elizabeth George Speare ***
Squalls Before War: His Majesty’s Schooner Sultana ~ Ned Bustard ***
In Search of Honor ~ Donnalynn Hess ****
The Thief Lord ~ Cornelia Funke ***
Gettysburg ~ MacKinlay Kantor ***
The Diary of a Young Girl ~ Anne Frank ***
Blue Willow ~ Doris Gates **
Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous ~ Sarah Knowles Bolton
The Children of Hurin ~ J.R.R. Tolkien ****
Roverandom ~ J.R.R. Tolkien *****
The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (again) *****
The Lord of the Rings Two Towers ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (again) *****
The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (again) *****
Nick of Time ~ Ted Bell ****
The Time Pirate ~ Ted Bell ***
Pillage ~ Obert Skye ***
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo ~ Obert Skye ****
Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret ~ Obert Skye ***
Leven Thumps and the Eyes of The Want ~ Obert Skye ****
Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra ~ Obert Skye ****
Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder ~ Obert Skye ****
The Bartimaeus Trilogy:
The Amulet of Samarkand ~ Jonathan Stroud ****
The Golem’s Eye ~ Jonathan Stroud ****
Ptolemy’s Gate ~ Jonathan Stroud ****
The Binding of the Blade: Beyond the Summerland ~ L.B. Graham ***
The Binding of the Blade: Bringer of Storms ~ L.B. Graham ****
The Binding of the Blade: Shadow in the Deep ~ L.B. Graham ***
The Binding of the Blade: Father of the Dragons ~ L.B. Graham **
The Binding of the Blade: All My Holy Mountain ~ L.B. Graham **
The Mysterious Benedict Society ~ Trenton Lee Stewart ****
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey ~ Trenton Lee Stewart ****
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma ~ Trenton Lee Stewart ****
Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap ~ Victor Appleton II ***
Tom Swift and His Flying Lab ~ Victor Appleton II ***
Tom Swift and His Air Scout ~ Victor Appleton ***
Tom Swift and His Air Ship ~ Victor Appleton ***
Tom Swift: Terror on the Moons of Jupiter ~ Victor Appleton **
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
The World’s Best Fairy Tales ***
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? ~ Richard J. Maybury ****
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Canadian Supplement ~ Rudiger Krause ****
The Librarian who Measured the Earth ~ Kathryn Lasky ***
Marco Polo ~ Charles P. Graves ****
The American Revolution ~ Alden R. Carter ***
Peter the Great ~ Diane Stanley ***
They’re Off! The Story of the Pony Express ~ Cheryl Harness ****
Viking Life ~ John Guy ***
Viking World ~ Usborne ***
The Real Benjamin Franklin ****
Archimedes and the Door of Science ~ Jeanne Bendick ***
The Boy Scientist: A Popular Mechanics Book ****
ABeka Choosing Good Health 6 *
Show Me Thy Ways Grade 6 ~ Gertrude Hoeksema ****
ABeka Spelling 6
Saxon Algebra 1/2 ****
Saxon Algebra 1 *****
Read Aloud
The Indian in the Cupboard ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Return of the Indian ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Secret of the Indian ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ~ J.K. Rowling
He read aloud these books to his little brother:
Pippi Longstocking
Stuart Little
Bobbsey Twins Cherry Corners
(Click here for Grade Six schedule and curriculum.)
Past two years:
Books B9 Read in Grade Four
http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/06/18/books-b9-read-in-grade-four/
Books B10 Read in Grade Five
http://parentingfreedom.com/2009/06/08/books-b10-read-in-grade-five/
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