The Secret Sheriff Of Sixth Grade Chapter Book/Upper Elementary Fiction
Sonnenblick, J. (2017). The Secret Sheriff Of Sixth Grade. Scholastic Press.
Sixth grade is not a good time for everybody; bad things can happen to good kids. Teachers will accuse you of doing things wrong, bullies will find your weaknesses and use them against you and the students who are the loudest and most disruptive can drown out the quiet, nice kids. But this year is Maverick Falconer’s year. He’s going to make a difference by helping those smaller than him (and those shorter if he can find anyone!) and he’s going to stand up to bullies. Maverick’s father died a hero on active military duty in Afghanistan when he was 3 and one of the last things his father left him was a toy sheriffs’ badge when he was little but being a hero is not as simple as carrying his badge. Now he likes to carry it to remind him of his dad and to remind him to make school a better place for everyone even if it’s hard to do. At school, it’s his arch nemesis Bowen Stack to deal with. At home it’s his Mom’s drinking and abusive boyfriends to worry about. A powerful story showing a young boy who just wants to make school and home a better place to be.

Yoko Picture Book/Animal Fiction
Wells, R. (2009). Yoko. New York: Disney/Hyperion Books.
Yoko the kitten is off to her first day of school and so her mother sends her off with a healthy comfort food, a lunchbox full of her favorite sushi. Yoko is excited for the day ahead and to show her classmates her red bean ice cream. Timothy had a peanut butter and honey sandwich, Tulip had Swiss cheese on rye and the Franks brothers both bought Franks. Yoko is super excited for her lunch, but her classmates decided to tease and bully her at lunch time when she goes to eat because it was a lunch they had not seen before. During the class S