6th Grade Reading List
Reading Suggestions for 6th Graders from the Weber County Library

Documents the work of an early twentieth-century paleontologist, named after the famous circus icon by his ambitious parents, who grew up to work for the American Museum of Natural History and discovered the first documented skeletons of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and other noteworthy species.

In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.



Built to last profiles 17 architectural and engineering marvels, from the Erie Canal to Boston's Big Dig.


Eleven-year-old Elijah, born free, feels as if he's in over his head when he sets out to recover stolen money.

Emily's little Oregon town needs a library, and Emily decides to help create one.



