May 2016
2016 7th Grade Suggested Summer Reading List
Fantasy/Science Fiction
Emerald Atlas by: Stephens, John (710L)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by Rowling, J. K.(880 L)
Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (920 L)
Graveyard Book by: Gaiman, Neil (820 L)
Infinity Ring: A Munity in Time James by Dashner (800 L)
The lightning thief by Rick Riordan(740 L)
Historical Fiction
Brooklyn Nine by: Gratz, Alan (880L)
Iron Thunder by Avi (620L)
Cracker;! The Best Dog in Vietnam by: Kadohata, Cynthia (730 L)
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz (750 L)
Important
Steve Jobs: the man who thought different: a biography by: Blumenthal, Karen (1110 L)
The War That Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (500 L)
**Checkout days:
June 6,7,8
Mystery
Navigating Early by: Vanderpool, Clare (790 L)
Turn Left at the Cow ByLisa Bullard, (850 L)
Thursday July 21st
Realistic Fiction
Return all books when
school starts
9:00am—4:00pm
The Big Field by: Lupica, Mike (970 L)
Crossover by Kwame Alexander (750 L)
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker (710 L)
How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart (660 L)
Monster Calls by Patrick Ness(740 L)
One and Only Ivan by Katherian Applegate(570 L)
Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen (650L)
Schooled by Gordon Korman (740 L)
L = Lexile Level
Non-Fiction
Tricky Vic: the Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by Greg Pizzoli (1250 L)
Bomb by: Sheinkin, Steve (920L)
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (830 L) (with Patricia McCormick)
Books are
available at any
Buncombe County
Public Library
Questions or problem, logging into our Follett library system contact :
Valley Springs Media Center
[email protected]
** The attached form needs to be completed ,
signed by a parent and returned to the Media
Center before checking out books for the
summer.
Brooklyn Nine~~Follows the for tunes of a Ger man immigr ant family thr ough nine gener ations, beginning in 1845, as they exper ience
American life and play baseball.
The Big Field~~When four teen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work
through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
Bomb:~~Recounts the scientific discover ies that enabled atom splitting, the militar y intelligence oper ations that occur r ed in r ival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.
Cracker;! The Best Dog in Vietnam~~Rick Hanski, a young soldier in Vietnam, bonds with Cr acker , his bomb -sniffing dog.
Crossover ~~Four teen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his
declining health.
Emerald Atlas~~Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed fr om one or phanage to another in the ten year s since their par ents disappear ed to
protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy.
Graveyard Book~~Nobody Owens is a nor mal boy, except that he has been r aised by ghosts and other denizens of the gr aveyar d.
Gym Candy~~Gr oomed by his father to be a star player , football is the only thing that has ever r eally matter ed to Mick J ohnson, who
works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his
health and social life..
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ~~Rescued fr om the outr ageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a gr eat destiny
proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
How to Survive Middle School~~When thir teen-year-old David Greenberg's best friend makes the start of middle school even worse than he
feared it could be, David becomes friends with Sophie, who shares his love of television shows and posts one of their skits on YouTube, making
them wildly popular--online, at least.
I Am Malala~~"I Am Malala. This is my story.” Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said
music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.
Infinity Ring: A Munity in Time~~Time has gone wr ong, and best fr iends Dak Smyth and Ser a Fr oste, together with the young Hystor ian
Riq, must use the infinity ring to travel back to one of the Great Breaks--a mutiny on the Santa María--to correct history and defeat the SQ
Iron Thunder~~Tom's job as an assistant to Captain J ohn Er icsson, the inventor of the Monitor , makes him a tar get of Confeder ate spies
The lightning thief~~After lear ning that he is the son of a mor tal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
A Monster Calls~~Thir teen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring
nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Navigating Early~~" Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets,
and extraordinary encounters"--.
One and Only Ivan~~When Ivan, a gor illa who has lived for year s in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has
been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Prisoner B-3087~~Based on the life of J ack Gr uener , this book r elates his stor y of sur vival fr om the Nazi occupation of Kr akow, when he
was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
Ruins of Gorlan~~When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battle school, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and
winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
Running Dream~~When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her
track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
Schooled~~Homeschooled by his hippie gr andmother , Capr icor n (Cap) Ander son has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even
heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle
school.
Steve Jobs: the man who thought different: a biography~~Tr aces the inspir ing life and car eer of the late founder of Apple, cover ing topics
ranging from his struggles as an adopted child and a college dropout to his Buddhist faith and friendship with Steve Wozniak, in a portrait framed
around his inspirational Stanford University commencement speech.
Tricky Vic: the Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower~~Recounts the life of Victor Lustig, an inter national con
man who had swindled thousands of people, including Al Capone, and was best known for "selling" the Eiffel Tower.
Turn Left at the Cow~~McKenzie, a painter, is married to Fred Astaire's daughter, Ava. In 1975, tiring of the Hollywood scene, they moved with
McKenzie's two sons to West Cork, Ireland. First they encounter culture shock Gaelic-style with the lack of dependable phones, TV or even water
supply.
War That saved My life~~~A young disabled gir l and her br other ar e evacuated fr om London to the English countr yside dur ing Wor ld
War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.