Best Biography Books for 6th Grade

This page gathers biographies and memoirs for sixth graders, from a picture book about civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley to full-length memoirs about school, family and growing up. Rex Ogle's Free Lunch recounts a year of middle school shaped by money worries at home, and Pedro Martín's Mexikid follows a family road trip to Mexico in graphic memoir form. Titles here have collected Newbery, Coretta Scott King, Sibert and Pura Belpré recognition, among other honors.