Grade
6
Guided Reading Level Z Book List
Complete your Guided Reading library with these 33 Level Z titles.
From definitive classics like Lord of the Flies and Of Mice and Men to contemporary bestsellers like The Hunger Games and The Book Thief, these Level Z titles demand the highest critical reading skills from the most widely-read students. The books in this list will encourage students to explore controversial social and political issues and will spark discussion on some of the most tragic periods in our history.
This realistic novel was written by a first-time teen author no older than the characters she depicted. The story remains as hard-hitting and important today as when it was published in 1967.
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, this is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.
The story of young Panchito and his trumpet, this novel is one of the most widely anthologized stories in Chicano literature.
As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom.
When Johnny, a silversmith's apprentice, violates the law by working on Sabbath Day, his hand is maimed by hot silver and he must find a new profession. His search lands him in the middle of America's fight for freedom.
