The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket Preparing for Middle School: Grade 7 (J F Sni) Adolescence has truly arrived, and with that, Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary mood swings, identity crises, and social dra- (J F Cle) ma. Seventh grade school work will help your Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (J F child transition into adulthood through tasks Benbrook that demand reaching out and connecting Yep) with society. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Public Library Collins (J F Col) Preparing for Middle School: In language Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (YA F Hia) arts, she/he will: A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (Classic Verne) Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead Read longer books, many involving issues of fairness George (J F Geo) Keeper by Mal Peet (J F Pee) Learn to appreciate the merits of essay revision and polishing 7th Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff (J F Giff) Discuss literary elements of books like The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron setting, character, plot, and themes (Fic Bar) Acquire a rich and varied vocabulary Grade Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (J F Nay) *www.scholastic.com Sounder by William H. Armstrong Reading (J F Arm) That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton (Fic Hin) List Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit (J F Bab) The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Benbrook Public Library (J F Ras) 1065 Mercedes St. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman Benbrook, Texas 76126 (J F Fle) 817-249-6632 www.benbrooklibrary.org Library Hours Sun Closed Mon-Thurs 8 am –8 pm Fri-Sat 10 am - 5 pm Tel: Lists of Books Seventh Grade List Seventh Grade List (J F Cre) An American Plague by Jim Murphy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s War of the Worlds by H. G. (J 614.54 Mur) Stone by J. K. Rowling (J F Row) Wells (Classic Wells) Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Harry Potter and the Chamber of Watership Down by Richard Ad- DiCamillo (J F DiC) Secrets by J. K. Rowling (J F Row) ams (J F Ada) Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Harry Potter and the Prisoner of The Westing Game by Ellen Paul Curtis (J F Cur) Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (J F Row) Raskin(J F Ras) Call of the Wild by Jack London Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire White Fang by Jack London (J F Lon) by J.K. Rowling (J F Row) (Classc London) Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (J F Pau) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine Gilbreth (B Gil) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by L’Engle (J F Len) The Dark is Rising by Susan Douglas Adams (F Ada) A Year Down Yonder by Richard Cooper (J F Coo) Holes by Louis Sachar (J F Sac) Peck (J F Pec) Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voight (J Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadahata (J F Treasure Island by Robert Louis F Voi) Kad) Stevenson (Classic Ste) Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of The Lion, the Witch, and the Ward- The Maze Runner by James Discovery by Russell Freedman (J robe by C. S. Lewis (F Lew) Dashner (YA F Das) B Roo) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Chomp by Carl Hiaasen (JF Hia) Dragon’s Gate by Laurence Yep (J (J F Alc) Anne of Green Gables by L. M. F yep) A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Montgomery Eldest by Christopher Paolini (YA F Peck (J F Pec) Pao) Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (J Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (J F F Hal) Low) Redwall by Brian Jaques (J F Jac) The Giver by Lois Lowry (J F Low) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by The Great Fire by Jim Murphy (J Mildred Taylor (J F Tay) 977.3 Mur) A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (J The Greatest: Muhammed Ali by F Par) Walter Dean Myers (J B Ali) Seventh Grade List Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (J F DiC) The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (J F Avi) The Voice on the Radio by Caro- line B. Cooney ( F Coo) Voyage on the Great Titanic by: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech .