SUMMER READING 2021 7th Grade

Please read two books from the list below. Do not read two books by the same author and read two different genres. If you have read the first book in a series before this summer, you may choose one of the sequel books.

Realistic Fiction: • Peak (Book 1), The Edge (Book 2), Ascent (Book 3) by • Ungifted, Swindle series, Restart, The Unteachables by • Unstoppable, Left Out, Pinch Hit, Touchdown Kid, or Baseball Genius by Tim Green • Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie or Falling Over Sideways by Jordan Sonnenblick • Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel by Kimberly Willis Holt • Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage • Zebra Forest by Adina Rishe Gewirtz • All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor • Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin

Historical Fiction: • Into the Killing Seas, The Enemy Above by Michael Spradlin • My Louisiana Sky or The Water Seeker by Kimberly Willis Holt • Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

NonFiction: • Lincoln’s Grave Robbers, Bomb, The Notorious Benedict Arnold, Born to Fly, Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin • Chasing Lincoln’s Killers by James Swanson

Science Fiction/Fantasy • Beneath (Book 1), Above (Book 2), Cryptid Hunters, Sasquatch by Roland Smith • Wizard for Hire (Book 1), Wizard for Hire: Apprentice Needed (Book 2) by Obert Skye • Killer Species by Michael Spradlin • Loot (Book 1) or Sting (Book 2) by • The Selection by Kiera Cass • Steelheart (Book 1), Firefight (Book 2), or Calamity (Book 3) by Brandon Sanderson • Magnus Chase: The Sword of Summer (Book 1), The Lightning Thief (Book 1) by