Middle School titles in bold have come with various textbook adoptions. Elementary teachers are not to teach these titles. The remaining titles are NOT protected on the elementary list.
Note : Novels taught in the LEAP program will come from the approved list and be taught in accordance with the LEAP curriculum.
Review each book carefully before teaching it to an entire class. Alert parents to controversial points, such as, but not limited to the following issues: language, sex, ethnicity, religion, or violence. Not all books should be taught to the whole class. TEKS require that teachers include works suited to the students various reading levels and interests. Thus students need self-selected books for literature circles, sustained silent reading, and independent book projects. These works must conform to the parents’ values for their children.
Sixth Grade Reading/English |
Notes and Cautions |
Abel’s Island
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Adam of the Road (Gray)
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Adventures of Ulysses (Benard Evslin) |
LEAP
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Alistare Owl
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Amazing Brain (David McCauley)
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LEAP |
…And Now Miguel
(Houghton Adoption)
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Arthurian Legends
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LEAP 6-8 |
Banner in the Sky
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Barrio Boy (Houghton Adoption)
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Behind the Bedroom Wall (Williams)
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Added March 2005 |
Best Short Stories of Jack London
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LEAP |
Big Red (Jim Kjelgaard)
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Black Beauty
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Black Pearl (Houghton Adoption)
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Blizzard’s Wake (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor) |
Added September 2005 |
Caddie Woodlawn
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Call It Courage (Armstrong Sperry)
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Call of the Wild (Jack London) |
LEAP
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Castle in the Attic
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Cay, The (McDougal Adoption)
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Use with caution—some offensive language |
Cities in the Sand: The Ancient Civilizations of the Southwest
(HBJ Supplementary Library)
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City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau) |
LEAP 6-7
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Colin Powell: Straight to the Top (Rose Bule, Corinne J. Naden)
HBJ Supplementary Library
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Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The
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Courage at Indian Deep (Houghton Library)
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Cow-Tail Switch and Other West
African Stories (Houghton Library)
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Crispin (Avi)
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Dangers in Quicksand Swamp (Wallace)
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Diary of Anne Frank |
LEAP
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Door in the Wall
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Earthquakes ( Seymour Simon)
HBJ Supplementary Library
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El Guero: A True Adventure Story (Elizabeth Broton de Trevino)
HBJ Supplementary Library
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Endless Steppe, The (Hantzig)
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Forgotten Door, The
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Freak the Mighty (Rodman Philbrick) |
Added March 2006 (popular at elementary sites)
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E. L. Konigsburg)
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Frozen Fire (James Houston)
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Ginger Pye
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Gray Boy, The
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Great Barrier Reef: A Treasure in the Sea (Houghton Library)
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Hoag Anh: A Vietnamese-American Boy
(Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (HBJ Supplementary Library)
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Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien) |
LEAP 6-7 |
Hoot (Carl Haiisen)
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House of Dies Drear (Virginia Hamilton)
McDougal Adoption
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House of Wings (McDougal Adoption)
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Iliad (Homer) |
LEAP
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Indian in the Cupboard
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I, Juan De Pareja (McDougal Adoption) |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
(Scott O’Dell) Houghton and McDougal Adoptions
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Island/Shipwreck/Survival/Escape
(Gordan Korman ) |
Three book series
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Journey Through a Tropical Jungle (Adrian Forsyth)
HBJ Supplementary Library
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Jungle Book, The |
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King of the Wind |
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King’s Falcon, The |
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Kon-Tiki and I (Erik Hesselberg)
HBJ Supplementary Library |
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Last Summer with Maizon (Jacqueline Woodson) HBJ Supplementary Library |
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Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe, The
(C.S. Lewis) |
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Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis) |
LEAP |
Little Princess, The |
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Magic and the Sword |
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Medicine Walk (Houghton Adoption) |
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Midwife’s Apprentice, The
(Karen Cushman) |
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Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare) |
LEAP
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Miracle Worker (Wm. Gibson) |
LEAP |
Misery Guts (Morris Gleitzman)
HBJ Supplementary Library
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Misty of Chincoteague |
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The Moon and I (Betsy Byars)
HBJ Supplementary Library |
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (Robert C. O’Brien)
HBJ Supplementary Library |
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins |
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Mummies, Tombs, and Treasures: Secrets of Ancient Egypt
(Houghton Library)
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My Side of the Mountain |
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Mystery of Drear House
(Virginia Hamilton) |
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National Velvet
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Neighborhood Odes (Gary Soto)
HBJ Supplementary Library |
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Night of the Twisters, The
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Nisei Daughter (Houghton Library) |
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Number the Stars (Lois Lowry) Houghton and McDougal Adoptions |
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Odyssey |
LEAP
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People of Sparks (Jeanne DuPrau)
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LEAP 6-7 |
Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Jester) |
LEAP
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On the Far Side of the Mountain |
Sequel to My Side of the Mountain
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Peter Pan |
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Phantom Toll Booth |
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Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights
(Gary Paulsen) |
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Pyramid (Houghton Adoption) |
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Rabbit Hill (Robert Lawson) |
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Red Dog |
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Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
(Lloyd Alexander) |
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Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest
(Ann McGovern)
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Running out of Time (Haddik) |
Added March 2005 |
Sarah Plain and Tall
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Savage Sam
(Fred Gipson)
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Scorpions
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Scorpions (Walter Dean Myers)
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LEAP |
Seedfolks (Paul Fleischman) |
LEAP
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Shakespeare’s Scribe (Gary Blackwood) |
LEAP
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Shakespeare’s Spy (Gary Blackwood) |
LEAP
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Shakespeare’s Stealer (Gary Blackwood) |
LEAP
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Sing Down the Moon (Scott O’Dell) |
LEAP 6-7
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Sixth-Grade Sleepover
Eve Bunting
(HBJ Supplementary Library) |
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Skinnybones (Barbara Park)
(HBJ Supplementary Library ) |
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Slave Dancer (Paula Fox) |
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Slave Dancer (Paula Fox) |
LEAP
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Stone Face |
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Summer of the Swans, The
(Houghton Basal ) |
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Sword and the Stone (T.H. White) |
LEAP
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They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths
(Houghton Library) |
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Timothy of the Cay (Theodore Taylor) |
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Trojan War (abridged) (Bernard Evslin) |
LEAP
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Trouble River (McDougal Adoption) |
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Trumpet of the Swan |
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True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The (McDougal Adoption)
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Tuck Everlasting (McDougal Adoption) |
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Twenty-one Balloons, The |
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Unexpected Miss Polifax, The |
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Up a Road Slowly (Irene Hunt)
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Vassilisa the Wise: A Tale of Medieval Russia (Josepha Sherman)
HBJ Supplementary Library |
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Voyage of the Down Treader |
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Waiting for the Rain (Sheila Gordon) |
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Wanted: Mud Blossom (Byars) |
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Westing Game (Ellen Raskin) |
LEAP
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
(Kimberely Willis-Holt) |
Added 2007 |
Where the Red Fern Grows
McDougal Adoption |
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Whipping Boy, The |
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White Water, Still Water |
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Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth Speare) |
LEAP 6-7
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Wrinkle in Time, A
(McDougal Adoption) |
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Young Man and the Sea (Philbeck)
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