Incoming Seventh Graders
2009-2010 School Year
Summer and Out-of-Class Reading for Mrs. Patterson’s Class
Read two books from
this list this summer, and plan to read another two from the list during the school year. Read
more if you like. I have given you a long list to make it easier to find books;
look at the public library, ask some of last year’s 7th graders, or go to a
bookstore or Amazon.com.
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The
View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg |
Academic
competition |
|
The
Trouble with Lemons by Daniel Hayes |
Finding
yourself, humor |
|
Eye
of the Beholder by Daniel Hayes |
Humor,
art |
|
Running
Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix |
Adventure |
|
Turnabout
by Margaret Peterson Haddix |
Science
fiction |
|
October
Sky by Homer Hickam |
Science,
non-fiction |
|
Shakespeare
Stealer by Gary Blackwood |
Historical
fiction, theater |
|
The
Outside Shot by Walter Dean Myers |
Basketball,
success |
|
Homecoming
by Cynthia Voigt |
Growing
up, family |
|
Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt |
Physical
trauma |
|
Come
a Stranger by Cynthia Voigt |
Finding
yourself, dancing |
|
The
Giver by Lois Lowry |
Science
fiction |
|
A
Step from Heaven by An Na |
Korean
American experiences |
|
April
Morning by Howard Fast |
Growing
up, historical fiction |
|
Across
Five Aprils by Irene Hunt |
Historical
fiction |
|
True
Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi |
Historical
fiction |
|
Lily’s
Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff |
Historical
fiction, World War II |
|
Pictures
of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff |
Art,
finding a family |
|
Wolf
Rider by Avi |
Suspense |
|
Code
|
Suspense,
bio terrorism |
|
Touching
Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen |
Adventure,
delinquency, anger |
|
The
Princess Bride by William Goldman |
Adventure,
romance |
|
Catherine
Called Birdie by Karen Cushman |
Historical
fiction—the Middle Ages |
|
Sparrow
Hawk Red by Ben Mikaelsen |
Aviation,
Mexican adventure, street children |
|
Locked
in Time by Lois Duncan |
Suspense |
|
Esperanza
Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan |
Historical
fiction, Hispanic experiences |
|
Words
by Heart by Ouida Sebestyen |
Historical
fiction, racism |
|
Al
Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko |
Finding
yourself, autism |
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Kimchi and Calamari by Rose Kent |
Asian
heritage, identity, adoption |