Summer Reading List 7th and 8th Grade

th 7 Grade​ REQUIRED ​ ● Girls: by Irene Hunt ​ ​ ● Boys: No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt ​ ​

th 8 Grade​ REQUIRED ​ ​ ● The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter ​

th th 7 and​ 8 Grade​ SUGGESTED Reading ​ ​ ​ Realistic Fiction ● Incident at Hawk’s Hill by Allan Eckert ​ ● Angel on the Square or Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan ​ ● October Sky by Homer Hickman Jr., ​ ● Jump into the Sky by Shelly Pearsall ​ ● Stand Tall, Hope was Here, Almost Home, Soar and others by Joan Bauer ​ ● Homecoming, Dicey’s Song, A Solitary Blue (first three in Tillerman series) by Cynthia Voigt ​ ● Kira-Kira or The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata ​ ​ ​ ● L.R. Perkins ​ ● or Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead ​ ● Three Times Lucky Sheila Turnage ​ ● by Jerry Spinelli (If you have not read this one yet.... it’s a must!) ​ ● North by Donna Jo Napoli ​

Fantasy and Science Fiction ● Eldest by Christopher Paolini ​ ​ ● Inkspell, Inkheart by Cornelia Funke ​ ​ ● The Underneath or The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt ​ ​ ​ ● by Katherine Applegate, (a true story, told from the eyes of a gorilla) ​ ● Splendors and Glooms Laura Amy Schultz ​ ● The Hero and the Crown or The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (She has a fan club.) ​ ● by Neil Gaiman ​ ● The Wizard of Earthsea by revered early writer of science fiction, Ursela LeGuin ​ ● , Gathering Blue, The Messenger by Lois Lowry (science fiction) ​ ​ ● Among the Hidden and others by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Lawless by (science fiction) ​

Historical Fiction ● The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine ​ ● Bud Not Buddy and anything by Christopher Paul Curtis ​ ● and sequels by Kwame Alexander ​ ● by Harold Keith and Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Great Civil War fiction) ​ ​ ​ ● and Witness by Karen Hesse ​ ● Chickadee by Louis Erdrich (winner of the 2014 Scott O’Dell award for historical fiction) ​ ● Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac (World War II secret code by the Navajo) ​ 1 of 2 rev.5/20/2020

Memoir and Biography ● The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls ​ ● The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition) - William Kamkwamba ​ ​ ​ ● Up From Slavery - Booker T. Washington ​ ● Helen Keller: The Story of my Life ​ ● I am Malala - Malala Yousafzai ​ ​ ● Mo'ne Davis: Remember My Name:My story from first pitch to game changer ● Breakaway:Beyond the Goal - Alex Morgan ​ ● Abby Wambach (soccer) ​ ● Steve Jobs: the Man who Thought Different

Classics ● Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ​ ● The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ​ ● The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) ​ ● The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain ​ ● The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas ​ ● A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Oliver, Great Expectations) ​ ● Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery ​ ● Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë ​ ● The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings ​

Nonfiction 1. BOOKS – mythology, chess, dinosaurs, cooking, soccer, football, horskes, computers, poetry ... Whatever interest you have, there are books waiting for you! 2. MAGAZINES – Such a world of fascination in so many magazines for kids. Popular Mechanics, Sports Illustrated for ​ Kids, Cicada, Cricket, Popular Science, Games Magazine, Omni and ... ​ Keep a journal of the topics you read about – build a personal interest data bank! ​ Future Problem Solving – Read on the topics for next year and consider the issues. Begin a scenario? See www.fpsp.org ​ ​ ​ for a description of each topic. Problem #1 Youth in Competitive Sports, Problem #2 Wearable Technology, State Qualifier Human Environmental Impact, State Bowl Personalized Medicine National History Day – The theme for next year is Communication in History: The Key to Understanding. Find the ​ ​ ​ ​ theme sheet on www.nhd.org. Begin by reading short biographies and make a list of possible topics. ​ ​

Online resources for finding books ❖ Create a free library account: Open Library openlibrary.org (Very good online library resource, we've used this site the most frequently due to its ​ ​ selection and ease of access). ❖ Create a free account: Internet Archive internetarchive.org (Very vast database, but a reliable resource as well. More difficult to sift through, also ​ ​ has a lot of older or difficult to find books/sources). ❖ Ohio Digital Library https://ohdbks.overdrive.com/ ❖ Kindle Editions--sold on Amazon.com ​ Google Books: https://books.google.com/ ​ ​ ❖ Search all local libraries for ebook lending options https://www.worldcat.org/ ​ ​

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