Summer Reading List 2021 Grades 7-8 7th Grade REQUIRED ● Girls: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt – This book won the Newbery Award. ● Boys: No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt – “An intriguing and beautifully written book, a prize to those who take the time to read it, whatever their ages.” – The New York Times Irene Hunt was the author of many distinguished books for young readers. Her first novel, Across Five Aprils, was a Newbery Award nominee and received a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. 8th Grade REQUIRED Read at least one of the following titles: ● When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead ● Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata 7th and 8th 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 ● The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata ● Criss Cross L.R. Perkins ● Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead ● Three Times Lucky Sheila Turnage ● Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (If you have not read this one yet.... it’s a must!) Zzz's ● North by Donna Jo Napoli Fantasy and Science Fiction ● Eragon, Eldest by Christopher Paolini ● Inkspell, Inkheart by Cornelia Funke ● The Underneath or The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt ● The One and Only Ivan 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.) ● The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman ● The Wizard of Earthsea by revered early writer of science fiction, Ursela LeGuin ● The Giver, Gathering Blue, The Messenger by Lois Lowry (science fiction) ● Among the Hidden and others by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Lawless by (science fiction) 1 of 3 Historical Fiction ● The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine ● Bud Not Buddy and anything by Christopher Paul Curtis ● The Crossover and sequels by Kwame Alexander ● Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith and Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Great Civil War fiction) rev.4/19/2021 ● Out of the Dust 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) 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.fpspi.org for a description of each topic. National History Day – The theme for next year is Conflict and Compromise in History. 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: 2 of 3 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/ 3 of 3 rev.4/19/2021 .