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Great books to read this summer!: Grades 7/8

check out these book suggestions for reading this summer

Popular Series Grade 7/8

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
ISBN: 9781101996515
Publication Date: 2015-11-03
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
ISBN: 9780062310637
Publication Date: 2015-02-10
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
ISBN: 9781599906959
Publication Date: 2012-08-07
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo; Erin Stein (Editor)
ISBN: 9781627792127
Publication Date: 2015-09-29
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
ISBN: 9781481450164
Publication Date: 2017-08-29

Realistic Fiction

Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
ISBN: 9780439757812
Publication Date: 2007-10-01
Booked by Kwame Alexander
ISBN: 9780544570986
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
ISBN: 9780805098693
Publication Date: 2014-10-21
Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson; Ellen Hagan
ISBN: 9781547600083
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780062498564
Publication Date: 2019-02-05
Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
ISBN: 9781419731433
Publication Date: 2018-09-11

Nonfiction

Ten Days a Madwoman by Deborah Noyes
ISBN: 9780803740174
Publication Date: 2016-02-23
Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin
ISBN: 9781596439528
Publication Date: 2015-09-22
My Seneca Village by Marilyn Nelson
ISBN: 9781608981960
Publication Date: 2015-10-01
You Got This! by Maya S. Penn
ISBN: 9781501123719
Publication Date: 2016-04-12
Sugar Changed the World by Marc Aronson; Marina Tamar Budhos
ISBN: 9780618574926
Publication Date: 2010-11-15
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai; Patricia McCormick (As told to)
ISBN: 9780316327930
Publication Date: 2014-08-19
This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen; Tim Jessell (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481451505
Publication Date: 2015-09-29
American Ace by Marilyn Nelson
ISBN: 9780803733053
Publication Date: 2016-01-12
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
ISBN: 9780062662378
Publication Date: 2016-11-29
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose
ISBN: 9780374300227
Publication Date: 2015-05-12

Graphic Novels

Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson; Grace Ellis; Brooke; Brooke Allen (Illustrator); Shannon Watters
ISBN: 9781608866878
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (Illustrator); Lark Pien (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781596433731
Publication Date: 2007-10-30
Zeus by George O'Connor (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781596436251
Publication Date: 2010-01-05

Mystery

The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
ISBN: 9780312561239
Publication Date: 2009-04-27
Firehorse by Diane Lee Wilson
ISBN: 9781416915515
Publication Date: 2006-10-01
The Art of Secrets by James Klise
ISBN: 9781616201951
Publication Date: 2014-04-22

Historical Fiction

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
ISBN: 9780399160301
Publication Date: 2016-02-02
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
ISBN: 9780525428756
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
ISBN: 9781580893282
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Adam and Thomas by Aharon Appelfeld; Jeffrey Green (Translator); Philippe Dumas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781609806347
Publication Date: 2015-10-13
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
ISBN: 9780375842207
Publication Date: 2007-09-11
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
ISBN: 9780446310789
Publication Date: 1988-10-11
Samurai Rising: the Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner; Gareth Hinds (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781580895842
Publication Date: 2016-02-02
The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein
ISBN: 9781484717165
Publication Date: 2017-05-02

Adventure/Survival

Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
ISBN: 9780544466388
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
ISBN: 9781627792127
Publication Date: 2015-09-29
Wilder Boys by Brandon Wallace
ISBN: 9781481432641
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key
ISBN: 9780374374303
Publication Date: 2016-01-05

Fantasy/Science Fiction

The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox
ISBN: 9780451476333
Publication Date: 2016-03-15
The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
ISBN: 9780375846984
Publication Date: 2009-05-12
Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell
ISBN: 9780547927718
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Riders by Veronica Rossi
ISBN: 9780765382542
Publication Date: 2016-02-16
York by Laura Ruby
ISBN: 9780062306937
Publication Date: 2017-05-16