“Wild Reads @ Your Library!”

Grade 7

Bone by Bone by Bone Johnston, Tony

In 1950’sTennessee, ten-year-old David’s racist father refuses to let him associate with his black friend Malcolm.

Converting Kate Weinheimer, Beckie

After moving from Arizona to Maine, sixteen-year-old Kate tries to recover from her father’s death as she resists her mother’s dogmatic religious beliefs and attempts to find a new direction to her life.

Dragon’s Keep Carey, Janet Lee

In 1145 AD., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny.

Evil Genius Jinks, Catherine

Child prodigy Cadel Piggott, an antisocial computer genius, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.

Frida Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.

Biographical poems about the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Tasting the Sky Barakat, Ibtisam

In this powerful memoir, Palestinian refugee Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war.

The lion Hunter Wein, Elizabeth E.

Still recovering from his ordeal as a government spy, twelve-year-old Telemakos the half-Ethiopian grandson of King Artos of Britain is sent with his sister to live with Abreha, the sinister ruler of Himyar.

New Policeman Thompson, Kate

Irish Teenager J. J. Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into Tir na n’Or, the land of the fairies.

Powers Le Guin, Ursula

When young Gavir’s sister is brutally killed, he escapes from slavery and sets out to explore the world and his own psychic abilities.

Re-Gifters Carey, Mike

In this graphic novel, Jen Dik Seong (Dixie to her friends) lives on the ragged edge of LA’s Koreatown and her only outlet is the ancient martial art of hapkido.

Red Moon at Sharpsburg Wells, Rosemary

As the Civil War breaks out, India, a young southern girl, summons her sharp intelligence and the courage she didn’t know she had to survive the war.

Trouble Schmidt, Gary D.

Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin’s dying wish, sets out to hike Maine’s Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion—the Cambodian refugee accused of injuring Franklin.

Lincoln Public Library, 2008