Book List - 7th-8th (Rising)
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7th and 8th Grades
Books may be listed in more than one genre!
Series (in some cases, the name of the series is listed, in others, just the title of the first book in the series)
Princess Academy Shannon Hale
Time Quartet (Wrinkle in Time and sequels)
Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliet
The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
The Underland Chronicles Suzanne Collins
The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall
Chronicles of Prydain Lloyd Alexander
The Missing (series) Margaret Peterson Haddix
Homelanders (series) Andrew Klavan
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket
The City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau
Redwall Brian Jacques
The Prisoner of Cell 25
Michael Vey
Michael Vey
Fairy Tales
You’re not too old for fairy tales! They are NOT at all like the Disney versions.
The Princess and the Goblin George MacDonald
At the Back of the North Wind George MacDonald
The Wise Old Woman and other tales George MacDonald
The Blue Fairy Book Andrew Lang
The Red Fairy Book “”
The Yellow Fairy Book “”
The Pink Fairy Book “”
The Green Fairy Book “”
The White Fairy Book “”
All the original fairy tales you could think of, from pretty much anywhere in the world, are in the Andrew Lang collections, but you can also look for collections of the Brothers Grimm tales, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, or a non-Western collections of folk and fairy tales. There are many, many choices, for ALL ages.
Fairy Tale Adaptations
Princess of the Midnight Ball (and others in the Westfalin series) Jessica Day George
The Goose Girl Shannon Hale
The Book of a Thousand Days Shannon Hale
Historical Fiction
(this category has SO many possibilities, especially for this reading level, that I can’t even get close to listing all the great options! For specific time periods or interests, ask Mrs. Meester or your local librarian for more suggestions!)
The Golden Goblet Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Eagle of the Ninth Rosemary Sutcliffe
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver E.L. Konisburg
The Door in the Wall Marguerite deAngeli
Flame Over Tara Madeleine Polland
Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi
The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare
Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O’Dell
Call of the Wild Jack London
Carry On, Mr, Bowditch Jean Lee Latham
Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink
The Great Turkey Walk Kathleen Karr
The Great Wheel Robert Lawson
By the Great Horn Spoon Sid Fleischman
The Winged Watchman Hilda van Stockum
Little Britches Ralph Moody
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord
A Single Shard Linda Sue Park
God King Joanne Williamson
Any of G.A. Henty’s works
Informational Books
The Way People Live series various authors
Basher Science series
Books by David Macaulay
OR...
Get to know your Dewey Decimal system! Choose a topic you want to learn about and go find it! 
Also, you can ask Mrs. Meester or your local librarians!
Mysteries
Nancy Drew (series)
Hardy Boys (series)
The Westing Game
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
When You Reach Me
Chasing Vermeer
The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency
The Second Mrs. Giaconda
Sherlock Holmes
Newberry Award Winners https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/115731.Newberry_Medal_Winners
Poetry
Classic Poetry (anthology) Michael Rosen (editor)
A Treasury of Poetry for Young People
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry
