College and Career Ready
Summer 2014 Suggested Reading
Grade 7
Fiction
Houston, Jeanne and James. Farewell to Manzanar
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Drama
Serling, Rod. The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Poetry
Frost, Robert. “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Kooser, Ted. “Abandoned Farmhouse”
Hughes, Langston. “Madam and the Rent Man.”
College and Career Ready
Summer 2014 Suggested Reading
Grade 7
Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
Swanson, James L. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Paulsen, Gary. How Angel Peterson Got His Name:
And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports
Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and
Technical Subjects
Katz, John. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the
Internet Out of Idaho
Nagel, Rob, ed. Geology. U*X*L Encyclopedia of
Science
Nonfiction
Martinez, Victor. Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Why We Can’t Wait
Mann, Charles C. Before Columbus
Mr. Randall Woodfin, President
District 5
Mr. Sherman Collins, Jr, Vice President
District 1
Mr. Lloyd Watson
District 2
Mr. Brian Giattina
District 3
Ms. Daagye Hendricks
District 4
Ms. Cheri Gardner
District 6
Ms. Wardine T. Alexander
District 7
Ms. April M. Williams
District 8
Ms. Sandra Brown
District 9
Dr. Craig L. Witherspoon
Superintendent
Mrs. Tisha Nguyen
Academic Officer
Dr. Sandra C. Harrell
Reading Program Specialist
College and Career Ready
Summer 2014 Reading
Grade 7
FOR COMMON CORE ELA GUIDELINES, SEE THE REFERENCE BELOW:
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts &Literacy in
History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, APPENDIX B ; pages 8‐9