Incoming 7th Grade Reading List

The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Elijah Of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis,  2007 Newbery Honor Book

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez - A Fiction 

Eragon by Christopher Paolini (fantasy)

Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf by Jennifer Holm (fiction)

Esperanza Rising by Pan Muñoz Ryan (historical fiction)  

My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulson (autobiography)

Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine (historical fiction)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (classic) 

The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt, 2008 Newbery Honor Book

The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. Flake (realistic fiction) 

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey (non-fiction) 

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Holt (realistic fiction)

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (realistic fiction)

You can read reviews of these books written by the "School Library Journal" and the American Library Association on amazon.com, or most will also be found on the California Department of Education site Recommended Literature for Kindergarten Through Grade 12-http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/literature/index.html