All seventh graders are required to read two books and complete the related assignments:
1. Seventh graders can choose to read any grade-level book, including fiction, non fiction or graphic novel. After reading the book, students should draw a detailed map of the setting. Include significant places from the story and be sure to label all of the locations on the map and use detail and color. The map should be drawn on a minimum size of 8” x 11” paper or maximum size of 22” x 28” poster board.
2. Seventh graders will select a book from the list below and, in 3-4 typed paragraphs, describe the main character(s), setting and conflict of the novel. Students may select:
Realistic Fiction
Ghost – Jason Reynolds
Booked – Kwame Alexander
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
City of Ember – Jeanne Deprau
The Fault in Our Stars – John Greene
Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli
Wonder – R.J. Palaccio
Trouble – Gary D. Schmidt
The Wednesday Wars - Gary D. Schmidt
When You Reach Me – Rebecca Stead
The Maze Runner – James Dashner
A Good Kind of Trouble - Lisa Moore Ramee
Historical Fiction
Crispin - Avi
My Brother Sam is Dead – James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – Christopher Paul Curtis
Fever 1793 - Laurie Halse Anderson
Science Fiction
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
Sports
Heat - Mike Lupica
Science
Mosquitos Don't Bite Me - Pendred Noyce
Rosalind Franklin - A Life Story - Michael Ford
Bees on the Roof - Robbie Shell
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind - William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
The Walking Fish - Rachelle Burk & Kopel Burk
Non-Fiction
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick, a Monumental American Man - Tonya Bolden