Reading List: Grade 7 - 8 

Students in grades 7-8 are now able to understand and discuss what they’ve read through writing or oratory practice. In this age group students are expanding their vocabulary and reading a variety of works – ranging from books about literature to technology to history to even sports.

 

You can help your child continue to develop his or her reading skills by encouraging your child to read stories that spark his or her interest. This teaches your child the invaluable lesson that reading can be fun regardless of the topic.

 

Summer is a great time to begin developing reading rituals for your child. Instead of watching TV, have your child take 30 minutes out of every day to sit down and read one of our recommended books.  Most of these books are available at your local public library for free. To check out any of these all you need to have is a library card . Click on the links below to learn more about each book or download the  2009 summer reading list.

 

Grades 7-8 2009 summer reading list

 

Abraham Lincoln: From Pioneer to President , Ellen Blue Phillips

Abraham Lincoln: Our Sixteenth President , Sarah Hansen

 

Barack Obama , Cammy S. Bourcier

 

The Beasts of Clawstone Castle , Eva Ibbotson

 

Billy Yank and Johnny Reb: Soldiering in the Civil War , Susan Provost Beller

 

Blade of Fire , Stuart Hill

 

Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Rediscovery of the Past , James M. Deem

 

The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets: An Enola Holmes Mystery , Nancy Springer

 

Chains , Laurie Halse Anderson

 

Chicago History for Kids: Triumphs and Tragedies of the Windy City, Includes 21 Activities , Owen Hurd

 

The Dangerous Book for Boys , Conn Iggulden

 

The Daring Book for Girls , Andrea J. Buchanan

 

The Dragon Tree , Jane Langton

 

Eulalia! ,  Brian Jacques

 

Ferret Island , Richard W. Jennings

 

Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel , C. M. Butzer

 

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village , Laura Amy Schlitz

 

The Graveyard Book , Neil Gaiman

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , J. K. Rowling

 

H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education , Mark Walden

 

Hunted , Christopher Russell

 

I'll Pass for Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War , Anita Silvey

 

Lamplighter , David M. Cornish

 

The Land of the Silver Apples , Nancy Farmer

 

Lincoln Shot: A President's Life Remembered , Barry Denenberg

 

Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life ,  Martin W. Sandler

 

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary , Candace Fleming

 

The Melting of Maggie Bean , Tricia Rayburn

 

Merlin's Dragon , Thomas Archibald Barron

 

Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War: How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Iron-Clads, High-Powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War ,  Thomas B. Allen

 

Nick of Time , Ted Bell

 

Our Country's Presidents: All You Need to Know About  the Presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama , Ann Bausum

 

Parade of Shadows , Gloria Whelan

 

Rapunzel's Revenge , Shannon Hale

 

The Raucous Royals: Test Your Royal Wits: Crack Codes, Solve Mysteries, and Deduce Which Royal Rumors Are True ,  Carlyn Beccia

 

Sisters of the Sword , Maya Snow

 

Soccer , Hugh Hornby

 

Starcross, or, the Coming of the Moobs, or, Our Adventures in the Fourth Dimension!: Stirring Adventure of Spies, Time Travel and Curious Hats ,  Philip Reeve

 

Trouble , Gary D. Schmidt

 

Voyages: Reminiscences of Young Abe Lincoln , Neil Waldman

 

The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body ,  David Macaulay

 

The Wednesday Wars , Gary D. Schmidt

 

Well Witched , Frances Hardinge

 

Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas , Russell Freedman

 

Who's Haunting the White House?: The President's Mansion and the Ghosts Who Live There , Jeff Belanger

 

Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama , Garen Thomas

 

Other books

After Tupac & D Foster, Jacqueline Woodson

 

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