This list is a collection of realistic,

historical, graphic, action, adventure,

nonfiction, and much more!

Your Summer Reading Assignment is

on the bottom of the next page.

As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds Anne Frank by Sidney Jacobson

When two brothers decide to prove how brave
they are, everything backfires, literally.
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo
Catraya
Arturo is looking forward to a relaxing summer
until Carmen, a cute and funny girl moves into his
apartment complex and while he deals with his
stomach turning into a deep fryer over a girl, a
smarmy land developer rolls into town and
threatens to change it.
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
Lily Jo McGrother is a girl. But being a girl is not
so easy when you look like a boy. Dunkin Dorfman
is bipolar and has just moved from the town he's
called home for the past thirteen years. The fact
that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes
it even worse. One morning, Lily Jo McGrother
meets Dunkin Dorfman, and their lives forever
change.
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph
Provides a graphic novel account of the life of
Marshall
Anne Frank, covering her family, the rise of
In a tale that weaves the past with the present, fair
Nazism, her years in the Secret Annex, her arrest,
skinned Jimmy McClean travels with his
her deportation, her death, her father's recovery of
grandfather to learn about his Lakota heritage.
her diary, and other related topics.
They visit places significant in the life of Crazy
Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and
warrior.
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
Cam gets a cardboard box for a birthday present
that he makes into a man which comes to life, but
Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
when his neighbor Marcus takes the cardboard
In this 1986 classic, a car accident causes fifteen-
box, he creates his own evil creations that threaten
year-old Izzy to lose one leg and face the need to
to destroy them all.
start building a new life as an amputee.
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Barry Deutch
In 1958 Little Rock, Marlee develops a strong
Eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg dreams of
friendship with new gilr Liz, but when Liz suddenly
fighting dragons and spends her days honing her
stops attending school and Marlee hears that her
skills, even though there are no dragons in
friend is actually a black girl passing herself off as
Hereville, her Orthodox Jewish community, but
white, the two girls must decide whether their
when she accepts a challenge from a mysterious
friendship is worth taking on integration and the
witch, Mirka just might win her dragon-fighting
dangers it could bring to their families.
sword after all.

Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Robby The Seventh Most Important Thing by

When thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the
age of six, meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his
chimpanzee Sukari, who use sign language, her
world blooms with possibilities but that of the
chimp begins to narrow.
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David
Moore Barclay
A boy tries to steer a safe path through the
projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother's
death in this outstanding debut novel that
celebrates community and creativity.
Shelley Pearsall
In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to
community service helping the neighborhood
Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's
head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects
might be more important than he suspects.
Sophia’s War by Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan
Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the
British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves
to do all she can to help the American cause,
including becoming a spy.
Louis Undercover by Fanny Britt
Presents a story about Louis, a young boy who
shuttles between his alcoholic dad and his worried
mom, and who, with the help of his best friend,
tries to summon up the courage to speak to his
true love, Billie.
To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel
Follows the life and career of a ballerina, detailing
her dance school experiences, performances, and
personal life.

Cinder by Marissa Myers
Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a
mysterious past, is blamed by her stepmother
for her stepsister's illness while a deadly plague
decimates the population of New Beijing, but
when Cinder's life gets intertwined with Prince
Kai's, she finds herself at the center of an
intergalactic struggle.
Legend by Marie Lu
In a dark future, when North America has
split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-
olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy
June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture
him, discover that they have a common
enemy.
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old
Miranda describes her family's struggle to
survive after a meteor hits the moon,
causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes,
and volcanic eruptions.
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd
unexpectedly travels through time to
the eighteenth century, and she must
find out why her mother lied about her
date of birth to hide her ability, research
her history, and work with Gideon,
another time traveler.
Bounders by Monica Tesler
Twelve-year-old Jasper and his friends are the
first group of cadets, called Bounders, to be
trained as astronauts who use new spaceships
to teleport, but soon are forced to go up
against an alien society seeking revenge for
stealing this brain-sync technology.
Futhermore by Tahereh Mafi
Twelve-year-old Alice Queensmeadow, with
the help of her friend Oliver, travels through
the dangerous, magical land of Furthermore
in order to rescue her missing father and
prove her own magical abilities.
The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo
is cast down from Olympus. He must learn to
survive in the modern world until he can
somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor.
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship,
and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with
her chaperone, team up to search for the
existence of mysterious winged creatures
reportedly living hundreds of feet above the
Earth's surface.
Codename Zero by Chris Rylander
When a desperate man in a nondescript black
suit asks thirteen-year-old Carson Fender to
deliver a mysterious package for him, the
middle schooler discovers there's something
going on in his sleepy North Dakota
hometown he had never expected--
something involving the CIA.
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial
computer hacker, discovers his true identity
when he enrolls as a first-year student at an
advanced crime academy.
The Secrets of Tree Taylor by Dandi Mackall
In small-town Missouri in tumultuous 1963,
Tree Taylor, thirteen, wants to write an
important story to secure a spot on the high
school newspaper staff, but when a neighbor
is shot, she investigates and learns that some
secrets should be kept.
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
In a parallel reality, London has been overtaken
by ghosts and the only ones who can see them
well enough to fight them are kids and
teenagers. This first book in a series follows
three young operatives of a psychic detection
agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts.
Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo
Bacigalupi
While practicing for their next baseball game,
thirteen-year-old friends Rabi, Miguel, and Joe
discover that the nefarious activities of the
Delbe, Iowa, meatpacking plant have caused
cows to turn into zombies.
The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel
Neumeier
When Keri is unexpectedly named the next
ruler of Nimmera, she must guide the small,
magical land through a perilous time.
Peak by Roland Smith
After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a
New York City skyscraper, he's left with two
choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or
go live with his long-lost father, who runs a
climbing company in Thailand. But Peak
quickly learns that his father's renewed
interest in him has strings attached. Even so,
for a climbing addict like Peak, tackling
Everest is the challenge of a lifetime. But it's
also one that could cost him his life.
Becoming Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Written especially for young readers, Becoming
Kareem chronicles how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
became the icon and legend he is today, both on
and off the court.
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip
Hoose
Tells the story of a group of boy resistance
fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion
during World War II.
Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible
Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity
by Elizabeth Rusch
The story of the two robot vehicles, Spirit and
Opportunity, that were sent to explore Mars,
lasting far past their projected lives of three
months and sending back invaluable images of
the environmentally hostile planet.
No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of The
Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits
by Jordan Romero
The story of Jordan Romero, who at the age of
13 became the youngest person ever to reach
the summit of Mount Everest. At age 15, he
reached the summits of the world's seven highest
mountains.
Smart and Spineless: Exploring Invertebrate
Intelligence by Ann Downer
Scientists around the world are putting
invertebrate intelligence to use in mind-boggling
ways. Engineers are designing swarmbots based
on bees to take part in search-and-rescue efforts.
Materials scientists are basing a new, tough
ceramic on the structure of a mantis shrimp's
claw. Readers will be challenged to think in a
whole new way about what it means to be smart!
• For summer reading, please read TWO
books of your choice.
• Fill out the Grade 7 Summer Reading
Assignment (on the next page) and bring
it to school with you on the first day.
Summer Reading 2016
2018
Seventh Grade Assignment

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What was the best book you read this summer?

2. What was your favorite line or quotation from that book (please give a direct quotation, with page numbers)?

3. Who do you think would enjoy reading this book?

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This assignment is due on the first day of school!