Grade 6 Reading List: Books with Summaries and Free Quizzes
In sixth grade, children enjoy books with clever plots, strong characters and some mystery to solve. In the UK this is Year 7, and in Australia Year 6. Every school and teacher picks its own books, so check the list with your child’s class. For some of the books, you will find our free printable book quiz with an answer key.
Books for grade 6
Holes – Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats is sent to a camp in the desert where boys dig holes all day. Little by little, a story from the past and a family curse come together.
👉 Check your understanding: Holes Book Quiz – Grade 6
Anne of Green Gables – L. M. Montgomery
Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert want to adopt a boy, but red-haired, talkative Anne arrives instead and wins over everyone in Avonlea.
👉 Check your understanding: Anne of Green Gables Book Quiz – Grade 6
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian is alone in the Canadian wilderness with only a hatchet and has to learn to survive.
Rowan of Rin – Emily Rodda
An Australian fantasy: shy Rowan, the weakest boy in his village, joins the brave adults climbing a mountain to find out why their stream has stopped flowing.
Free book quizzes for grade 6
Each quiz has multiple-choice questions, true or false sentences, events to put in order and open questions. Every print draws different questions, so a child can take the quiz again, or each child in a class can get a different version. The Show answers switch shows the answer key.
Want one quiz a day? The learning path Book Quizzes – Grade 6 puts them in order. Quizzes for every grade are on the Book quizzes – grades 1–8 page.
How to read these books with your child
- Start early: spread a longer book over two or three weeks.
- Note down the characters’ names and the main events. They help with the quiz and with class discussions.
- After the book, do the quiz and check the answers with the answer key.
