Are you searching for the right book to read? PFMS 6th grade students and others give their suggestions.

“The more you read, the more you learn.”

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

Recommended by: Abby Cao, 6th grade

Rating: 10/10

Summary: Sophie Foster has a secret—she can hear the thoughts of everyone around her. It’s something she’s never told anyone. But Sophie’s whole world changes when she meets Fitz, a mysterious boy who has the same ability as her. From there on, Fitz brings her to where she truly belongs—a world that Sophie never imagined existed. 

Comments: “This series is NEARLY as good as Warriors, which for me, is saying a LOT.  It has so much suspense, plot twists, secret missions, betrayals, and even more!” –Abby Cao.

Greenglass House by Kate Milford

Recommended by: Maya Ilieva, 6th grade

Rating: 9/10

Summary:  It’s winter. The Smugglers’ Inn, or the Greenglass House, is always empty at this time of year, and Milo, adopted son of the innkeepers, wants to spend the holidays relaxing. But on the first day of the chilly vacation, seemingly out of nowhere, the guest bell rings. It rings again. And again. All of his plans have been ruined by the strange secretive guests they shelter. They each tell a tale that is strangely connected to the house. As things go missing and tempers rise, Milo and the cook’s daughter Meddy have to find out what’s happening and get to the bottom of this mystery.

Comments: “It’s captivating and will keep you at the edge of your seat.” –Eleanor Elias

Glitch by Laura Martin (March Book Madness 2023-2024)

Recommended by: Serena Tian, 6th grade

Rating: 10/10

Summary: Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have been rivals since forever. They are both Glitchers-in-training. A Glitcher’s mission? To capture a Butterfly. One day, they receive a mysterious letter from their supposed future selves warning them that if they do not work together, their futures will be gruesome. Forced together as a team in a top-secret mountain academy at campus, they must decipher their future selves’ letter, and, in order to save the world, they must break every rule that they have ever been taught.

Comments: “It’s personally my favorite book. You have to expect the unexpected on each turn of a page.” –Serena Tian

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Recommended by: Mackabrie Winter

Rating: 9/10

Summary: Katniss Everdeen lives in a world of chaos. Every year, each of the 12 districts must send one boy and one girl to compete in the annual Hunger Games. On the 74th year of the games, Katniss’s sister, Primrose Everdeen, is chosen to compete. Katniss refuses to let this happen and volunteers in her place. It just so happens that Peeta Mellark, the baker’s boy, is chosen as well. As the two fight for survival in every twist and turn, they are finally forced to a decision: to kill the other or to kill themselves. 

Comments: “I think it’s a very interesting story for fans of young adult science-fiction.” –Mackabrie Winter.

The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands

Recommended by: Nakula Balachandran

Rating: 9.5/10

Summary:  “Until he got a cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy, learning how to solve complex codes and puzzles and creating powerful medicines, potions, and weapons as an apprentice to Master Benedict Blackthorn—with maybe an explosion or two along the way. But then a mysterious cult begins to prey on London’s apothecaries, and the trail of murders grows closer and closer to Blackthorn’s shop. With time running out, Christopher must use every skill he’s learned to discover the key to a terrible secret with the power to tear the world apart.” –Blackthorn Key

Comments: “9.5 because it is a good book for people who like mysteries and for people who like to anticipate what will happen, but it’s a bit long and has some of the same stuff in every book.” –Nakula Balachandran.