LTMS Seventh Grade Language Arts Summer Reading List

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Seventh Grade Language Arts Summer Reading List

Please select two books from the list below to read during summer break. Be prepared for an assessment activity when school begins in the fall.

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Bluford High Series by Paul Langan and Anne Schraff Students may read any book from the series. Meet the kids from Bluford High. You might be able to relate to their lives.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by the inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly and carefully to the age of eighteen years by the community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures, an exciting adventure with an interesting ending.

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brain spends 54 days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only a hatchet and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Haveli by Suzanne Staples

Having relented to the ways of her people in Pakistan and married the rich older man to whom she was pledge against her will, Shabanu is now the victim of his family's blood feud and the malice of his other wives. This is a sequel to Shabanu.

Rangers Apprentice Series by John Flanagan Students may read any book from the series. When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battle school, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Presents Rachel Carson's 1962 environmental classic "Silent Spring," which identified the dangers of indiscriminate pesticide use; and includes an introduction by biographer Linda Lear and an afterword by scientist Edward O. Wilson.

Slam! by Walter Deann Myers

Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.

Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper

The death of a high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car and many others in the school.

Almost Astronauts: 13 women Who Dared to Dream: by Tonya Stone (non-fiction)

Profiles of 13 women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts.

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to work in labor camp in southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances and facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the great depression.

One of the Murphy's by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Carly struggle's with being open to love after she suffers betrayal that forces her to move in with a foster family.

Red Scarf Girl A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution: by Ji-Li Jiang

The author tells about the happy she life led in China up until she was 12 years old when her family became part of the Cultural Revolution, and discusses the choice she had to make between denouncing her father and breaking with the family, of refusing to speak against him and losing the future in the Communist party.

Stargirl Jerry Spinelli

In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of non-conformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Star Girl changes Mica High School forever.

***LTMS students who participate in Lexington Public Library's summer reading program can earn a double credit if the book they are reading is on a required reading list. For example, if you read a required reading book for 15 minutes, you get to check off two 15 minute boxes for a total of 30 minutes toward your 15 hour reading goal. If you complete 15 hours of reading, you will earn a paperback book of your choice, a prize bag with coupons to area businesses and attractions and an entry form for a drawing of $25 gift cards to area stores.**

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