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Grade 7 Summer Reading |
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Suggested Summer Reading List – Grade 7
Adventure & Mystery Christie, A. -- Murder on the Orient Express A man is murdered on the train going from Istanbul to Calais. The famous detective, Hercule Poirot, happens to be on board and unravels the mystery.
Hamilton, V. -- House of Dies Drear This is the spellbinding modern-day story of a massive house that once helped to hide fugitive slaves in the labyrinth of underground tunnels.
Richter, C. -- Light in the Forest A white boy who has been reared by the Indians is dragged back to the settlement against his will. He rebels and escapes to the forest but is faced with the problem of whether he wants to accept the values of the white people or the Indians.
Classics Alcott, L. -- Little Women Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy share happy hours and trials growing up in the 1800's in New England.
Stevenson, R. -- Treasure Island Travel the seas with Jim Hawkins as he encounters Long John Silver and hidden treasure in this grand adventure of treachery, greed, and daring.
London, J. -- White Fang Tortured by his original owner, White Fang finally has a kind master for whom he is willing to sacrifice his life. This is the stirring account of a wolf tamed into the likeness of a dog.
Historical Fiction Collier, R. -- My Brother Sam is Dead Sixteen year old Sam runs away from his Tory family to fight on the side of the Minutemen in the Revolutionary War, splitting the family and leading to bitter turmoil and tragedy.
Hunt, I. -- Across Five Aprils The heartache and agony of the Civil War is reflected in the life of a young Illinois boy. The story also describes the country's reaction to Lincoln's assassination.
Mazer, H. -- The Last Mission Using his older brother's birth certificate, fifteen year old Jack Raab signs up for the U.S. Air Force. After twenty-five successful missions, he is unprepared for the terror of being shot down and put in a German prisoner of war camp.
Rinaldi, A. -- A Break with Charity This story about the Salem witch trials is told through the eyes of a young girl who sees her friends pulled into naming other community members as witches; she begins to suspect that some of these girls are taking revenge for long-standing quarrels.
Imaginative & Science Fiction Asimov, I. -- The Martian Way and Other Stories Travel into alien worlds with Master Storyteller, Asimov, with tales of strange worlds, mysterious beings, and ingenious humans.
Brooks, T. -- The Elf Queen of Shannara Because the enchantment has left the Four Lands, Wren is sent to find the Elves. Wren's journey is filled with adventure as he travels across the Blue Divide and through a terror filled jungle.
McCaffrey, A. -- Dragonsong When Menolly is forbidden by her father to continue with her music, she runs away to be with dragons.
Nonfiction Hautzig, E. -- Endless Steppe Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be exiled in Siberia? This is the story of a girl and her family who are sent to Siberia in 1941.
Lord, W. -- A Night to Remember Are you interested in the true-life disaster of the sinking of one of the greatest luxury liners of all time? When the 'unsinkable' Titanic went down in 1912, over 1200 lives were lost.
Realistic Fiction
Greene, B. -- Summer Of My German Soldier Patty Bergen, a young Jewish girl, is bored the summer that German prisoners were held in a P.O.W. camp outside her town in Arkansas. This all changes when she makes the decision to help Anton, an escaped German soldier.
Paulsen, G. -- The Monument Adopted at nine years of age, Rocky goes to live with a couple from a small town in Kansas. As a teenager, she gets to know the visiting artist who has been hired to create a monument commemorating the Vietnam War.
Voight, C. -- Izzy-Willy Nilly Pretty cheerleader Isobel Lingard has everything going for her; then one drunk driver changes her life forever.
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