Entering Grade 7: Summer Reading 1 Reading and English 7 Summer Reading Choices 2014 Students are asked to read one title from the selection below. Students should be prepared to write about (analysis, literary elements) and discuss their selections during the first week of school. NOTE: The selections below are as varied as are Middle School students. To help you to help your student select material you feel is most appropriate for him/her, please feel free to learn more about the title through Common Sense Media, Kirkus Reviews or any other academic resource. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/category/book https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-books/ For information regarding Lexile Levels, please see http://www.lexile.com/ Global Studies The Other Side of Truth Beverly Naidoo Multicultural fiction/adventure/nigeria/england Burn My Heart Beverly Naidoo Multicultural fiction/kenya/1950s Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in John Bul Dau/Marth Multicultural Memoir/Sudan civil war Sudan Akech The Dressmaker of Khair Khana Gayle Tzemach Lemmon True story of a woman entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk Jan Coates Sudanese Lost Boy/novel based on true story God Grew Tired of Us John Bul Dau Memoir of a Lost Boy of Sudan Teacher Recommended 2014-2015 A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park Multicultural/Sudanese Civil War The Red Umbrella Christina Diaz Gonzalez Historical Fiction (Cuba/US) Monster Walter Dean Myers Realistic Fiction
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison Historical Fiction The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros Multicultural: Latina coming of age A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith Classic Coming of Age My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult Realistic Fiction Devil in the White City Eric Larson Adult title. Historical narrative non-fiction The Impossible Knife of Memory Laurie Halse Anderson Girl living with wounded vet father Life As We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer Terrifying disaster tale Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech Complex novel of self-discovery Things Not Seen Andrew Clements Invisibility isn t what it s cracked up to be Maze Runner James Dashner Teens and evil adults in violent dystopia. The Curious Incident of Dog in the Nighttime Mark Haddon Young mathematician with behavioral difficulties Previously Recommended Author Genre Entering Grade 7: Summer Reading 2 A Mango-Shaped Space Wendy Maas Realistic Fiction Among the Hidden Margaret Peterson SF/dystopia Haddix Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen Adventure Fiction City of Ember Jeanne Du Prau Survivial/Futuristic Fiction Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Jordan Sonnenblick Realistic Fiction Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis Historical Fiction Fever, 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson Historical Fiction Flipped Wendelin Van Draanen Realistic Fiction Flush Carl Hiaasen Eco-mystery Gym Candy Carl Deuker Realistic Fiction Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery Classic Lost Hero Rick Riordan Adventure/Fantasy Fiction Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment James Patterson SF/Fantasy Olive's Ocean Kevin Henkes Realistic Fiction Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz Spy Fiction/Suspence Travel Team Mike Lupica Realistic Fiction/Sports
Football Genius Tim Green Sports Fiction My Life as a Book Janet Tashjian Realistic Fiction/ Found Margaret Peterson Suspense/Science Fiction Haddix Legend Marie Lu Dystopian Action Entering Grade 7: Summer Reading 3
Entering Grade 8: Summer Reading 2014 1 Reading and English 8 Summer Reading Choices 2014 Students are asked to read one title from the selection below. Students should be prepared to write about (analysis, literary elements) and discuss their selections during the first week of school. NOTE: The selections below are as varied as are Middle School students. To help you to help your student select material you feel is most appropriate for him/her, please feel free to learn more about the title through Common Sense Media, Kirkus Reviews or any other academic resource. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/category/book https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-books/ For information regarding Lexile Levels, please see http://www.lexile.com/ Teacher Recommended 2014-2015 Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix Fiction: Triangle Fire Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and its Legacy Albert Marrin NF: 1911 NYC Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust Ruth Thompson NF The Berlin Boxing Club Robert Sharenow Historical Fiction Feed M.T. Anderson Dystopian Sci-Fi Looking for Alaska Jon Green Realistic Fiction Incarceron Catherine Fisher Dystopian Fiction Every Day David Levithan Realistic fiction: Tolerance, teen issues The Sky is Everywhere Realistic fiction: Beautiful writing, Jandy Nelson family. QB1 Realistic fiction: Sports, perseverance, Mike Lupica family Matched Ally Condie Dystopian, family, teen issues Travels with Charley John Steinbeck Classic The Outliers Malcolm Gladwell NF Joker One Donovan Campbell NF
Previously Recommended Author Genre Breathing Underwater Alex Finn Realistic Fiction Chains Laurie Halse Anderson Historical Fiction Chasing Lincoln's Killer James L. Swanson NF Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose Biography/Memoir Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam Cynthia Kadohata Historical Fiction (Vietnam) Elsewhere Gabrielle Zevin Realistic Fiction Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Susan Bartoletti NF Life As We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer Survival/Futuristic Fiction Maze Runner James Dashner Survival/Futuristic Fiction/SF So B. It Sarah Weeks Realistic Fiction The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie Realistic Fiction The Chosen Chaim Potok Realistic/Historical Fiction The Juvie Three Gordon Korman Realistic Fiction Theodore Boone John Grisham mystery/thriller Dracula Bram Stoker Horror/Classic Swimming to Antarctica Lynne Cox Sports/NF/Autobiography A dream of freedom : the Civil Rights Diane McWhorter NF movement from 1954 to 1968 Keturah and Lord Death Martine Leavitt Fantasy/Romance/Fairy Tale Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys Historical Fiction Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery John Feinstein Sports/Mystery Entering Grade 8: Summer Reading 2014 2
Entering Grade 8: Summer Reading 2014 3