Summer Reading 2009
MrCronin June 30th, 2009
REQUIRED SUMMER READING:
FOR STUDENTS ENTERING 7th GRADE IN THE FALL
Please have your new seventh grader read one of the suggested summer reading novels prior to the beginning of school:
SUGGESTED SUMMER READING
Fantasy
- Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
- Summerland by Michael Chabon
- The Warrior Heir by Cinda Chima
- The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
- Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
- Airborne and Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
- The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
- Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
- Three Wee Men by Terry Pratchet
- Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Science Fiction
- The Ender Series by Orson Scott Card
- Feed by M.T. Anderson
- The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
- Little Brother Cory Doctorow
- The Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Realistic Fiction
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers
- Secret Lives of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- A Step from Heaven by An Na
- Skellig by David Almond
- Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series by Ann Brashares
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
- Woman in the Wall by Patrice Kindl
Historical Fiction
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. I & II by M.T. Anderson
- Black Duck by Janet Lisle
- The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
- True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
- Under a War-Torn Sky by Laura Malone Elliott
- The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
- Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz
- The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney
Mystery and Horror
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Blue is for Nightmares, White is for Magic, and Silver is for Secrets by Laurie Stolarz
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll
- Jade Green: A Ghost Story by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- The Third Eye by Lois Lowry
- The Face on the Milk Carton, Whatever Happened to Janie, and Voice on the Radio by Caroline B. Cooney
- Thin Ice by Marsha Qualey
- Thirteen by Toyna Pines (editor)
- Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan
- A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Classics
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
- Call of the Wild by Jack London
- The Pearl by John Steinbeck
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- Robin Hood by Howard Pile
Nonfiction
- Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Left for Dead by Pete Nelson
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
- Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Sports
- Travel Team and Heat by Mike Lupica
- Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
- Baseball Card Adventures by Dan Gutman
- Over the Wall by John H. Ritter
- Tangerine by Edward Bloor
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