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Recommended Book List 7-8

Grade 7
NOVEL AUTHOR
A Long Way From Home Wartski
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver E.L. Konigsburg
A Swiftly Tilting Planet L'Engle
Across the Great River Hernandez
Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
Alicia Alonso: First Lady of Ballet Sandra Arnold
Apprentice, The Pilar Molina
* Bearstone Will Hobbs
Bestiary Mountain John Forrester
* Big Wave, The Pearl S. Buck
* Brave, The Robert Lipsyte
Bright Star, Bright Dawn O'Dell
Cat Stories James Herriot
Catherine Called Birdie Karen Cushman
Child of the Owl Lawrence Yep
City of Gold and Lead, The John Christopher
Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick
Gathering Blue Lois Lowry
Grey King, The Susan Cooper
* Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Ann Petry
Hobbit, The J.R.R. Tolkien
* Invisible Thread, The Yoshiko Vehida
Izzy, Willy-Nilly  Cynthia Voight
Jacob, Have I Loved Katherine Paterson
* Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George
Kim/Kimi Irwin
Local News Gary Soto
Master Puppeteer, The Katherine Paterson
* MC Higgins the Great Virginia Hamilton
Mouse Rap, The Walter Dean Myers
Moves Make the Man, The Bruce Books
Nargun and the Stars Wrightson
Old Yeller Fred A. Gipson
Pistachio Perscription Paula Danziger
Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare
Searching for David's Heart: A Christmas Story Cherie Bennett
Slake's Limbo Felice Holman
Sweetgrass Jan Hudson
Voyage of the Frog Gary Paulsen
Waiting for the Rain Sheila Gordon
Woodsong GaryPaulsen
Grade 8
NOVEL AUTHOR
* A Girl Named Boy Belinda Hurmence
Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
* Beardance Will Hobbs
* Before Freedom Belinda Hurmence
Call of the Wild, The Jack London
Canyons Gary Paulsen
* Children of the River Linda Crew
Citizen of the Galaxy Heinlein
Dicey's Song Cynthia Voight
* Dog Song Gary Paulsen
Dog Stories Jame Herriot
Dragon of the Lost Sea Lawrence Yep
Eleanor Roosevelt Russell Freedman
* Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
Homecoming Cynthia Voight
Invitation to the Game Hughes
Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes
Legend on Tarik, The Myers
* Light in the Forest Conrad Richter
Lisa Bright and Dark John Neufeld
Lost Garden Lawrence Yep
Midsummer Night Dream, A Shakespeare
* Miracle Worker, The  Will Gibson
My Brother Sam is Dead James Collier/Chris Collier
* Sing Down the Moon Scott O'Dell
* Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene
That Was Then This Is Now S.E. Hinton
Throwing Shadows E.L. Konigsburg
Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, The Douglas Adams

 

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