Dear INCOMING 7th grade students & parents,
Students entering grade seven at Chocksett Middle School in September will be required to read at least ONE book this summer. Below is a list of suggestedbooks authors for students. The titles on this list are only suggested ones, as I would like students to read books and genres that they enjoy over the summer. In June, students will receive an optional notes template to help them keep track of their reading. In September, students will be asked to share both orally and in writing their favorite book of the summer.
Enjoy your reading! I look forward to sharing literature with you in the fall.
Realistic/ Contemporary Fiction…Historical Fiction…
Wringer - J. SpinelliChains - L.H. Anderson
The Raft - S. BodeenBetween Shades of Gray - R. Sepetys
The Fault in Our Stars - J. GreenThe Mighty Miss Malone - C. P. Curtis
Small as an Elephant - J. R. Jacobson Code Name Verity - E. Wein
Out of My Mind - S. M. Draper Fallen Angels - W.D. Myers
13 Reasons Why - J. AsherThe War that Saved my Life - K. B. Bradley
So B. It - S. Weeks Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Speak - L.H. Anderson - M. Taylor
Because of Mr. Terupt - R. BuyeaAl Capone Does My Shirts
Homecoming - C. Voigt - G. Choldenko
The Red Kayak - P. Cummings Sunrise Over Fallujah - W.D. Myers
Wonder - R.J. Palacio Out of the Dust - K. Hesse
If I Stay - G. Forman Witness - K. Hesse
Theodore Boone (series) - J. GrisholmPrisoner B-3087 - A. Gratz
Backlash - S.D. LittmanRefugee - A. Gratz
Fantasy/ Science Fiction…Dystopia/Adventure/Mystery…
Life as We Knew It (series) - S.B. PfefferGone (series) - M. Grant
A Tale Dark & Grimm - A. GidwitzThe Hunger Games (trilogy) -
Maximum Ride (series) - J. Patterson S. Collins
Percy Jackson & the Olympians,The Alex Rider (series) -
Heroes of Olympus, & MagnusA Horowitz
Chase (series) - R. Riordan The Limit - K. Landon
Witch & Wizard (series) - J. Patterson Variant - R. Wells
Inkheart (series) - C. FunkeGregor the Overlander - S. Collins
The Ranger’s Apprentice (series) 39 Clues (series)
- J. Flanagan Among the Hidden (series) - M. P. Haddix
Eragon (series) - C. PaoliniFound (series) - M.P. Haddix
The Lunar Chronicles (series) - M. Meyer The Maze Runner - J. Dashner
Fantasy/ Science Fiction (cont’d)Dystopia/Adventure/Mystery (cont’d)
The Emerald Atlas (series) - J. StephensMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
Warriors - E. HunterChildren (series) - R. Riggs
Seraphina (series) - Rachel HartmanRed Queen (series) - V. Aveyard
Between the Lines - J. Picoult & S. VanLeerMatched (series) - A. Condie
Off the Page - J. Picoult & S. VanLeerDivergent (series) - V. Roth
Beautiful Creatures (series) - K. Garcia & M.Ender’s Game (series) - O. S. Card
StohlThe Testing (series) - J. Charbonneau
The Feed - N.C. WindoThe Giver – L. Lowry
NonFiction/ Biography… Classic Literature…
Rocket Boys - H. Hickam Old Yeller – F. Gipson
Kindertransport - O.L. Drucker The Cay – T. Taylor
Victory of Death - D. Rappaport & The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
J. Verniero ThePigman– P. Zindel
Across America on an Emigrant TrainThe Chocolate War - R. Cormier
- J. Stanley The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
Fields of Fury - J. McPherson Animal Farm – G. Orwell
Extraordinary Young People - M. Brill Lord of the Flies - W. Golding
The Last Lecture - R. PauschThe Secret Garden - F. H. Burnett
11 Seconds - T. Roy A Wrinkle in Time - M. L’Engle
Warriors Don’t Cry - M.P. BealsWatershipDown - R. Adams
My Life in Dog Years - G. Paulsen
In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle -
M. Blais
Favorite Authors… on-line magazines
Rick Riordan Ann M. Martin Scope (Scholastic)
Sharon Creech M.P. Haddix Teen Ink
John Green Gary Paulsen Tween Tribune
Dan GutmanSuzanne Collins
Mike Lupica James Patterson
Jerry Spinelli James Dashner
W.D. Myers Carl Hiaasen
Gayle Forman April Henry
See you in September!!
Mrs. Kelley