RISING 7TH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST

Your assignment is to pick 2 books of your choice to read over the summer. Below is a list of books that I think you might enjoy. Be prepared to answer questions about what you read on the first two days of school.

In addition to reading two books of your choice, everyone is required to read

Becoming (adapted for young readers). We will spend time discussing this book during the first two days of school. These are the questions to think about after reading Becoming:

1. How have you changed over the last year?

2. How would you define yourself today?

3. What would you like to become? Would it be just one thing, or do you have

a list of things you might like to do or be in life?

BOOK LIST

The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

Code Talkers – Joseph Bruchac

Infinite Hope – Ashley Bryan

Black Enough – edited by Ibi Zoboi

Stamped – Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Fatty Legs – Christy Jordan-Fenton

Inkheart – Cornelia Funke

The Neverending Story –

The Crossover – Kwame Alexander

The Black Arrow – Robert Louis Stevenson

The Second Mrs. Giaconda – E.L. Konigsberg

The King of Mulberry Street – Donna Jo Napoli

The Prince and the Pauper – Mark Twain

Spring Pearl: The Last Flower – Lawrence Yep

Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom – Katherine Paterson

Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind – Suzanne Fisher Staples

Amina’s Voice – Hena Khan

The Trail – Meika Hashimoto

The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart

Mississippi Bridge – Mildred D. Taylor

One Crazy Summer – Rita Williams-Garcia

I Will Always Write You Back – Caitlin Alifirenka, Liz Welch and Martin Garcia

This Side of Home – Renee Watson