The American School in London Rising 7th Grade Summer Reading Suggestions 2019-2020 Table of Contents Page 2 Sora Instructions Page 3 Flipster Magazines Pages 4-5 Recommendations from Outgoing 7th Pages 6-7 2019-2020 Fiction Pages 8-9 2019-2020 Series & Sequels Pages 10-11 2019-2020 Nonfiction Pages 12-13 Classics & Old Favorites S e t u p SORA Mellon Library’s Audio & eBook Library (formerly Overdrive) GET THE APP! FIND THE ASL LIBRARY & You will find the free SORA app in L O G I N . your App store. The little guy looks like When you launch the app you will be prompted to this... Isn't he cute?! “Find my school.” Click on the American School in London. From the pull-down menu, if you are a student or staff, click on "American School in Download to your device. London" and log in with your ASL account. If you You can also log in on a computer: are a parent, use the pulldown menu and select https://soraapp.com/welcome "Parents." 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For help, stop by the Mellon Library or email [email protected] FlipstFlipster Mager MagazinesazinesASL 2020ASL 2020 https://tinyurl.com/ASLmagazineLogin American School in London 2020 Recommendations for Rising 7th from Outgoing 7th 2020 Masterminds Adam Grant #1: The Recruit To All the Boys I've by Gordon Korman Thirteen by Robert Muchamore Loved Before by Jenny Han by Tom Hoyle Percy Jackson & The The Thing about Jane Eyre Olympians: Lightning One of Us Is Lying Jellyfish by Katherine Rundell by Charlotte Brontë Thief by Rick Riordan by Ali Benjamin Flying Lessons & Red Notice The Night Diary The Hate U Give by Other Short by Bill Browder by Veera Hiranandani Angie Thomas Stories by Ellen Oh Available in Sora Recommendations for Rising 7th from Outgoing 7th 2020 Lone Stars Dragonwatch Ask Amy Green: The List by Mike Lupica by Brandon Mull Boy Trouble by Siobhan Vivian by Sarah Webb Leah on the Offbeat Solo On The Come Up by Becky Albertalli Truly Devious by Kwame Alexander by Maureen Johnson by Angie Thomas 12 before 13 Trevor Noah: Born a His Dark Materials Pawn of Prophecy by Lisa Greenwald Crime by Trevor Noah by Philip Pullman by David Eddings Available in Sora Rising 7th Grade Fiction • 2020 *Wink *When Stars are by Rob Harrell Scattered Diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, by Victoria Jamieson a seventh grader endures painful A Somali refugee who spent his treatments and social childhood at the Dadaab camp and abandonment while searching for the author or Roller Girl present the laughter in life’s weirdness, in a story of a young refugee who tale based on the author's life struggles with leaving behind his experiences. nonverbal brother when he has an opportunity to help his family by going to school. Graphic Novel Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk *The List of Things that Losing her home in the aftermath of Will Not Change the stock market crash of 1929, Ellie by Rebecca Stead moves with her family to a new Keeping a list in her notebook of the home in an unforgiving mountain important things that remain the terrain where she seeks a cure to same after her parents’ divorce, Bea restore her injured father to health. is thrilled when her father is remarrying and that she will have a new sister. *When You Trap a Tiger Turtle Boy by Tae Keller by M. Evan Wolkenstein Moving with her parents into the A seventh grader struggles through a home of her sick grandmother, new school year marked by bullying, young Lily forges a complicated pact his teacher’s insistence that he with a magical tiger, in a story return captured turtles to the wild, inspired by Korean folktales. and a Bar Mitzvah community service project that requires him to spend time visiting a terminally ill boy in the hospital. The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy Butterfly ellowY Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an by Thanhha Lai Indian-American boy growing up in A Vietnam War refugee in Texas small-town Indiana, struggles to partners with a city boy to track come to terms with his identity, down her younger brother. She was including that he may be gay. separated from him six years before when he was evacuated by American troops during the waning days of the Vietnam War. All books published 2019-2020 unless otherwise noted Summaries written by publishers with modifications as needed *Indicates title available in Sora Rising 7th Grade Fiction 2020 Page 1 of 2 Rising 7th Grade Fiction • 2020 Tornado Brain *Like Nothing Amazing by Cat Patrick Ever Happened When her former best friend by Emily Blejwas abruptly disappears, a neurodiverse Struggling to pick up the pieces seventh grader, who struggles with after the sudden death of his sensory limits and routine changes, father, Justin struggles with attempts to follow clues to find the estranged classmates, his brother’s missing girl before it is too late. depression and his mother’s newfound religion before discovering that some things are simply not fully understandable. *My Life as a Potato by Arianne Costner Black Brother, Black Ben moves to a formidable potato- Brother laden community in Idaho, where by Jewell Parker Rhodes an accident leads him to become Routinely compared to his his school’s potato mascot. Ben submissive lighter-skinned brother, knows that if others learn he is a black boy at an elitist prep school Steve, the Spud, his plans for is unfairly suspended in the wake popularity will be a big fail! of an incident involving the school bully, whom he tries to defeat in a fencing competition. *Allies by Alan Gratz Birdie and Me Dee, a young World War II soldier by J. M. M. Nuanez from America participates in a top- Losing their home when their secret D-Day operation. He is not mama dies, a girl named Jack and alone. Behind enemy lines in her gender-diverse little brother, France, a girl named Samira works Birdie, find unexpected healing and as a spy. James, a paratrooper, transformative family love in the leaps from his plane to join a homes of their eccentric uncles. daring midnight raid. And, in the thick of battle, Henry, a medic, searches for lives to save. Strike Zone *The Unteachables by Mike Lupica by Gordon Korman Twelve-year-old Nick García The "Unteachables" are a dreams of winning MVP of his notorious class of misfits, summer baseball league, of delinquents, and academic train finding a cure for his sister, of wrecks grouped together in one meeting his hero, Yankee pitcher classroom. Told in alternating Michael Arroyo, and of no longer voices, the teacher and students living in fear of immigration find their lives changed vero the agents. course of a school year. All books published 2019-2020 unless otherwise noted Summaries written by publishers with modifications as needed *Indicates title available in Sora Rising 7th Grade Fiction 2020 Page 2 of 2 Rising 7th/8th Series & Sequels • 2020 *Aurora Burning *One of Us is Next by Amie Kaufman by Karen M. McManus A sequel to Aurora Rising finds A sequel to the best-selling One of Us Is Squad 312’s efforts to prepare for Lying finds the Bayview friends targeted by an imminent attack by an ancient an anonymous adversary who uses an evil force complicated by a increasingly dangerous truth-or-dare app mischievous clan of gremps, a cadre to keep the late Simon’s gossip legacy alive. of illegitimate GIA agents, and the return of Kal’s long-lost sister. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children #5: The *All the Days Past, All Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs the Days to Come The latest entry in the best-selling series by Mildred D. Taylor continues the story of Jacob Portman, who A long-awaited conclusion to the takes a brave leap into The Conference of story that began in the Newbery the Birds while pursued by dangerous enemies. Books Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear 1-3 available in Sora My Cry finds young adult Cassie Logan searching for a sense of belonging before joining the Civil *A Bookish Boyfriend's Novel Rights Movement in 1960s #3: Talk Nerdy to Me Mississippi. by Tiffany Schmidt When Eliza Gordon-Fergus, daughter of *Ash Princess #3: Ember famous scientists and expert rule- follower, is challenged by class-clown Queen Curtis Cavendish, she realizes he makes by Laura Sebastian her want to break all the rules. Imprisoned in her own country for more than a decade, Princess Theodosia leads a misfit army of *DC Icons #4: Superman: rebels to overthrow a terrifying Dawnbreaker Kaiserin usurper who would use by Matt de la Peña dark magic to enslave the kingdom. After learning that undocumented Books #1 & #2 available in Sora workers are going missing in Smallville, Clark Kent teams up with his best friend The Trials of Apollo #4: Lana Lang to find them. The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan *The Folk of the Air #3: The On his path to restoring five ancient Queen of Nothing oracles and reclaiming his godly by Holly Black powers, Lester, also known as Reeling from Cardan’s betrayal, an exiled Apollo, offers his aid to the Roman Jude risks her life to sneak back into the demigods preparing for a desperate treacherous Faerie Court to save the life last stand against the Triumvirate of of her deceptive twin, only to become Roman emperors.