Grade 7 and 8 summer reading 2024

A book that has been turned into a movie or TV show.

• Alex Rider
  Anthony Horowitz
• Dragonkeeper
  Carole Wilkinson
• Robot Dreams
  Sara Varon
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
  Suzanne Collins
• The Tiger’s Apprentice
  Laurence Yep

Read the same book (at the same time) as another member of your family

A book that takes place somewhere outside the US or the UK. 

• Amal Unbound
  Aisha Saeed
  (Pakistan)
• My Especially Weird Week with Tess
  Anna Woltz
  (Holland)
• Orange for the Sunsets
  Tina Athaide
  (Uganda)
• Safiyyah’s War
  Hiba Noor Khan
  (France)
• The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree
  Lucille Abendanon
  (Indonesia)

A novel that uses art to enhance the story. 

• Brooms
  Jasmine Walls
• Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust
  Neal Shusterman
• Cross My Heart and Never Lie
  Nora Dasnes
• Lunar New Year Love Story
  Gene Luen Yang
• Stars in Their Eyes
  Jessica Walton
• Tegan and Sara: Junior High
  Tegan and Sara Quin
• The Circuit: graphic novel
  Andrew Rostan
• The Faint of Heart
  Kerilynn Wilson

A book set in the past based on historical events, with mostly imagined characters. 

• A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic
  Yi Shun Lai
• Across So Many Seas
  Ruth Behar
• Plague Theives
  Caroline Fernandez
• Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams: a novel in verse
  Shari Green
• Warrior on the Mound
  Sandra W Headen

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Astronomy
National Geographic Kids
Astronomy for Kids
BBC Science Focus Magazine
BBC Wildlife Magazine
Prehistoric Times
Science Illustrated
New Scientist
Wired

More options in Sora!

A book that keeps you on the edge of your seat. 

• Alebrijes
  Donna Barba Higuera
• Heiress Takes All
  Emily Wibberley
• It Found Us
  Lindsay Currie
• Olivetti
  Allie Millington
• The Otherwoods
  Justine Pucella Winans

Non-fiction is stuff that really happened. A memoir is written by the person it is about; biography is written by someone else. There is a box for non-fiction/bio/memoir in every category this year! 

• Facing the Mountain: A True story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
  Daniel James Brown
• Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day
  Dan Nott
• Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Germany
  Steve Sheinkin
• In My Feelings : A Teen Guide to Discovering What You Feel So You Can Decide What To Do
  Vidal Annan
• Mexikid
  Pedro Martin
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes
  Nick Day
• The Sixth Extinction : An Unnatural History
  Elizabeth Kolbert
• Thrill Seekers --15 Remarkable Women in Extreme Sports
  Ann McCallum Staats
• Yoghurt and Jam: Or How My Mother Became Lebanese
  Lena Merhej

A book of short poems. Or a novel that is written as one super-long poem.

• Black Girl you are Atlas
  Renee Watson
• In and Out the Window
  Jane Yolen
• Louder Than Hunger
  John Schu
• Mid Air
  Alicia Williams
• Something Like Home
  Andrea Beatriz Arango

A story that can happen in real life.

• Emily Posts
  Tanya Lloyd Kyi
• Ruby Lost and Found
  Christina Li
• Simon Sort of Says
  Erin Bow
• The Door is Open: Stories of Celebration and Community by 11 Desi Voices
  Hena Kahn
• The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn
  Sally J Pla
• The Wrong Way Home
  Kate O’Shaughnessy
• Unstuck
  Barbara Dee

A book that is out of this world—or in this world, but totally extraordinary.

• At the End of the World
  Nadia Mikail
• Don't Want to Be Your Monster
  Deke Moulton
• Ellie Engle Saves Herself
  Leah Johnson
• The Last Bloodcarver
  Vanessa Le
• The Selkie's Daughter
  Linda Crotta Brennan

Where the thrill of the game collides with the imagination. 

• Aniana del Mar Jumps In
  Jasminne Mendez
• Golden Arm
  Carl Deuker
• Grow Up, Luchy Zapata
  Alexandra Alessandri
• Half Moon Summer
  Elaine Vickers
• The Hoop Con (Play the Game)
  Amar Shah

A book that was originally written in another language, and then translated into English. Or a book that is written in another language that you speak. 

• Pardalita
  Joana Estrela
  (Portuguese)
• Smash the Patriarchy
  Marta Breen
  (Norwegian)
• The Bodyguard Unit : Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu
  Clement  Xavier
  (French)
• The Boy From Clearwater
  Peiyun You
  (Mandarian/Japanese/Hoklo Taiwanese)
• The Moonwind Mysteries #1: The Night Raven
  Johan Rundberg
  (Swedish)