7th grade/Summer 2016
GOFF MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRADE 7 SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT
During the summer, each incoming seventh grade student is required to read
one book from the list below and fill out, as completely as possible, the
attached Summer Reading Worksheet. The student will then bring the
worksheet to his or her English class in September.
The scoring rubric for the Summer Reading Assignment will be 100% for
exceptional work, 95% for excellent work, 85% for good work, 75% for
satisfactory work, and 60% for unsatisfactory work.
BOOK LIST
Choose one of the following to read during the summer between sixth and
seventh grade.
Hold Fast by Blue Balliet
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Outcasts by John Flanagan
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Legend by Marie Lu
Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Trash by Andy Mulligan
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy
Hokey Pokey by Jerry Spinelli
Complete the attached Summer Reading Worksheet. Be as thorough as
possible. Don’t forget to have your parent or guardian sign it. Be ready to
bring it to English class in September.
7th grade/Summer 2016
SUMMER READING WORKSHEET
Student Name______________________Parent/Guardian________________________
Title of Book _____________________________________________________________
Author’s Name ___________________________________________________________
Directions: Answer all parts of this worksheet. Use correct grammar, spelling,
capitalization, and punctuation. Be sure to copy correctly the names of characters and any
geographical locations mentioned in the book on which you are reporting.
Part I. Characters: Identify three of the main characters in your book and describe them
(how they look, act, think, and feel).
A. First Character’s Name_____________________________________________________
How He/She Looks__________________________________________________________
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How He/She Acts___________________________________________________________
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How He/She Thinks and Feels__________________________________________________
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B. Second Character’s Name__________________________________________________
How He/She Looks________________________________________________________
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How He/She Acts__________________________________________________________
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How He/She Thinks and Feels__________________________________________________
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C. Third Character’s Name____________________________________________________
How He/She Looks__________________________________________________________
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How He/She Acts___________________________________________________________
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How He/She Thinks and Feels__________________________________________________
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Part II. Setting: Describe as completely as possible the most important settings in the
book (where and when the story takes place).
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Part III. Conflict: Identify and explain the main conflict (problem) in the book and
explain how the main character or characters try to solve it.
A. The main conflict (problem):
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SUMMER READING WORKSHEET
B. The way in which the main character or characters try to solve the conflict
(problem):
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Part IV: Plot Summary: Describe what happens in the book. Stick to the most important
events.
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7th grade/Summer 2016
Hold Fast.by Blue Balliet (2014) 274 pgs Fic Bal
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and
her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless-and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her
father.
Tangerine by Edward Bloor (2006) 312 pgs Fic Blo
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for
the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the
incident that damaged his eyesight.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (2009) 375 pgs Fic Das
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes
he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
The Outcasts by John Flanagan (Brotherband Chronicles) (2012) 434 pgs Fic Fla
Hal, Stig, and the other outcasts do not have the size and strength of the Skandians, but
when they face off against the Wolves and the Sharks in an ultimate race for survival, they
hope that their courage and cunning are enough to help them win in a game that everyone
seems to think is a matter of life and death.
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier (2012) 324 pgs Fic Gie
Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd unexpectedly travels through time to the eighteenth
century, and she must find out why her mother lied about her date of birth to hide her
ability, research her history, and work with Gideon, another time traveler.
Legend. By Marie Lu (2011) 305 pgs Fic Lu
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds
Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him,
discover that they have a common enemy.
Fantasy League by Mike Lupica (2005) 293 pgs Fic Lup
Twelve-year-old Charlie "Brain" Gaines uses his fantasy football skills to help the real-life
Los Angeles Bulldogs, the first professional football team Los Angeles has had in years.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (2013) 390 pgs Fic Mey
Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a mysterious past, is blamed by her
stepmother for her stepsister's illness while a deadly plague decimates the population of
New Beijing, but when Cinder's life gets intertwined with Prince Kai's, she finds herself at
the center of an intergalactic struggle.
Trash by Andy Mulligan (2010) 232 pgs Fic Mul
A group of fourteen-year-old boys, who make a living picking garbage from the outskirts
of a large city, finds something special and mysterious that brings terrifying
consequences.
7th grade/Summer 2016
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy (2009) 116 pgs 940.4
Mur
Tells the story of the December 25, 1914, truce between German and British soldiers as
they laid down their weapons and met in No Man's Land to celebrate Christmas.
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (2011) 104 pgs. Fic Nes
The monster showed up after midnight. As they do.But it isn't the monster Conor's been
expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every
night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and
the screaming...This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, something
wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor.It wants the truth.
Bomb-- the Race to Build--and Steal--the World's most Dangerous Weapon by Steve
Sheinkin (2012) 266 pgs 623.4 She
Examines the history of the atom bomb, from the 1938 discovery that the uranium atom
could be split through the race to develop, steal, and use the atom bomb in World War II to
establish world military dominance by scientists and spies in America, Britain, Russia, and
Germany.
Hokey Pokey by Jerry Spinelli (2013) 285 pgs Fic Spi
Ever since they were Snotsippers, Jack and the girl have fought, until one day she steals his
bike and as he and the Amigos try to recover it, Jack realizes that he is growing up and
must eventually leave the "goodlands and badlands of Hokey Pokey."
I Am Malala Young Readers' Edition by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
(2014) 240 pgs 921 You
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. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by
terrorism, Malala fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly
lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home
from school.No one expected her to survive.Now Malala is an international symbol of
peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner.