(other titles) - Rick Riordan Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery) Jacqueline Woodson Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods – Echo: A Novel Pam Nunoz Ryan I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) Malala Yousafzai – – The Silver Bowl - Diane Stanley Emerald Atlas (trilogy) John Stephens – Nevermoor Jessica Townsend – For the first week of school, Seventh Graders Demon Dentist (other titles) David Walliams – are asked to: Classics The Illiad Gillian Cross – three one two 1. Have read books - required and at least others from The Odyssey Gillian Cross – the recommended list. Many books are available in audiobook and Gris from the Brothers Grimm Jacob and Grimly’s Tales – if preferred. Substitutions may be made with parental permission. Wilhelm Grimm Across Five Aprils (Newbery) Irene Hunt – 2. Be prepared to discuss and take a quiz in class on the required The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne 3. Turn in a one-page typed report for each of the two other books The Sword in the Stone - T. H. White from the recommended reading list. One half of the page should be a summary. The other half should include reactions, thoughts, and Autobiography/Biography/Nonfiction feelings about the book. Trapped Marc Aronson – Emancipation Proclamation Tonya Bolden – 4. Turn in a list of summer reading with parental signature, including Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Edition) James Brown – the title and author of each selection. Presenting Buffalo Bill Candace Fleming – Cheaper by the Dozen (sequel) Frank Gilbreth – Titanic: Voices from the Disaster - Deborah Hopkinson Inside of a Dog (YA edition) Alexandra Horowitz – The Mysterious Universe (Any of the Scientists In The Field series) - Ellen B. Jackson Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution - Ji-li Jiang The Plot to Kill Hitler Patricia McCormick – An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever of 1793 - Jim Murphy The Great Fire Jim – Murphy Bomb (Newbery) Steve Sheinkin – Port Chicago 50 Steve Sheinkin – Team Moon, How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon - Catherine Thimmesh
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods (other titles) - Rick Riordan Echo: A Novel – Pam Nunoz Ryan The Silver Bowl - Diane Stanley Emerald Atlas (trilogy) – John Stephens Nevermoor – Jessica Townsend Demon Dentist (other titles) – David Walliams Classics The Illiad – Gillian Cross The Odyssey – Gillian Cross Gris Grimly’s Tales from the Brothers Grimm – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Across Five Aprils (Newbery) – Irene Hunt The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne The Sword in the Stone - T. H. White Autobiography/Biography/Nonfiction Trapped – Marc Aronson Emancipation Proclamation – Tonya Bolden Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Edition) – James Brown Presenting Buffalo Bill – Candace Fleming Cheaper by the Dozen (sequel) – Frank Gilbreth Titanic: Voices from the Disaster - Deborah Hopkinson Inside of a Dog (YA edition) – Alexandra Horowitz The Mysterious Universe (Any of the Scientists In The Field series) - Ellen B. Jackson Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution - Ji-li Jiang The Plot to Kill Hitler – Patricia McCormick An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever of 1793 - Jim Murphy The Great Fire – Jim Murphy Bomb (Newbery) – Steve Sheinkin Port Chicago 50 – Steve Sheinkin Team Moon, How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon - Catherine Thimmesh Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery) – Jacqueline Woodson I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition) – Malala Yousafzai For the first week of school, Seventh Graders are asked to: 1. Have read three books - one required and at least two others from the recommended list. Many books are available in audiobook and if preferred. Substitutions may be made with parental permission. 2. Be prepared to discuss and take a quiz in class on the required book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. 3. Turn in a one-page typed report for each of the two other books from the recommended reading list. One half of the page should be a summary. The other half should include reactions, thoughts, and feelings about the book. 4. Turn in a list of summer reading with parental signature, including the title and author of each selection.