REQUIRED SUMMER READING:

FOR STUDENTS ENTERING 7th GRADE IN THE FALL

On the first day of school seventh graders will be asked to turn in a summer reading list. One of the books on the list should be from the list below.

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, Skybreaker, and Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
• The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
• Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
• Three Wee Men and Nation by Terry Pratchet
• Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

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
• The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

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