GREAT SUMMER READING FOR
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE
REALISTIC FICTION

KEEPING THE MOON , SARAH DESSEN
POOL BOY , MICHAEL SIMMONS
PARROT IN THE OVEN, VICTOR MARTINEZ
FREAK THE MIGHTY , RODMAN PHILBRICK
KISSING DOORKNOBS , TERRY HESSER
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTIME , MARK HADDON
THE SOLOIST, STEVE LOPEZ
GODLESS , PETE HAUTMAN
AFTER TUPAC AND D. FOSTER, JACQUELINE WOODSON
HEAT, MIKE LUPICA

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
WARRIOR HEIR(SERIES),CINDA CHIMA
MAXIMUM RIDE( SERIES) JAMES PATTERSON
ENDER'S GAME , (SERIES) ORSON SCOTT CARD
HUNGER GAMES/CHASING FIRE , SUSAN COLLINS
AIRBORN/SKYBREAKER , KENNETH OPPEL
THE GOLDEN COMPASS , PHILIP PULLMAN
HITCHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY ,(SERIES) DOUGLAS ADAMS
ARCHER'S GOON , DIANA WYNNE JONES
SEA OF TROLLS , NANCY FARMER
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT ,(LAST SURVIVOR SERIES) SUSAN PFEFFER
THE RED PYRAMID, RICK RIORDAN
MYSTERY/ADVENTURE

KON-TIKI , THOR HEYERDAHL
THE OTHER SIDE OF DARK , JOAN LOWRY NIXON
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER , LOIS DUNCAN
FALLEN ANGELS , WALTER DEAN MYERS
HOUSE OF SCORPION , NANCY FARMER
THE OTHER SIDE OF TRUTH, BEVERLY NAIDOO
MISSING PERSONS (SERIES), M.E. RABB
HOOT, FLUSH OR SCAT , CARL HIAASEN
VAMPIRE HIGH, DOUGLAS REES
LIFE OF PI , YANN, MARTEL

HISTORICAL FICTION/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

THE BOOK THIEF, MARKUS ZUSAK
CHASING LINCOLN 'S KILLER, JAMES SWANSON
THE SOLOIST,STEVE LOPEZ
THE SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER , BETTE GREENE
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, ANNE FRANK
WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT , JUDITH KERR
INTO THIN AIR , JOHN KRAKAUER
WEEDFLOWER,CYNTHIA KADOHATA
A NORTHERN LIGHT , JENNIFER DONNELLY
PRIVATE PEACEFUL , MICHAEL MORPURGO
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING , TRACY CHEVALIER
CHEW ON THIS , ERIC SCHLOSSER

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