Summer Reading | Grades 7-8

Discovery

Bombs over the Bikini by Connie Goldsmith

Sneaker Century by Amber Keyser

A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery by Albert Marrin

Adventure

The Blackthorne Key by Kevin Sands Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm

A Riddle in Ruby by Kent Davis

Stone Rider by Davin Hofmeyr

Fantasy

Five Kingdoms - series by Brandon Mill

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

Growing Up

Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead

The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart

I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora

Need - series by Joelle Charbonneau

Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt

See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles

Inspired by Life

All of the Above by Shelly Pearsall

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown

Hidden like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival by Prins & Steenhuis

Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin

Sports

The Final Four by Paul Volponi

Travel Team by Mike Lupica

Unstoppable by Tim Green

New Kid by Tim Green

Mystery

Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

Point Last Seen: Body in the Woods - series by April Henry

FunJungle: Belly Up - series by Stuart Gibbs

Embassy Row: All Fall Down - series by Ally Carter

Science Fiction

Atlanta by Ally Condie

Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

The Fifth Wave - a trilogy by Rick Yancey

The Six by Mark Alpert

Historical Fiction

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin

Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee