Alabama

Moon by Watt Key

Action/Adventure, Realistic
Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

Action Adventure, Realistic,
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children series) by
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series
An Anthem for Jackson Dawes by Celia Bryce

Realistic
Are You There God, it's Me Margaret by Judy
Blume

Realistic, Classic
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

Realistic
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs

Funny, Action/Adventure, Mystery,

Realistic, Animals
The Big Field by Mike Lupica

Realistic, Sports
Black Beauty by Ian Andrews

Realistic, Classic, Animals
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass

Realistic
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Historical
CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore

Action/Adventure, Series, Realistic
Chew On This by Eric Schlosser

Non-Fiction

Your job is to read two books you have not read before.
Use this

list to get ideas! It is made up of
recommendations from current seventh graders and your


school librarian.






Look for a to identify books that are a little easier, and a


to identify books that are a little harder or about more


challenging topics.




tags under the titles to help you figure out if
There are


youre interested
in the book.



For more information about these books, book trailers,

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Claim to Fame by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen

Fantasy

Realistic
Counting by 7s by Holly Sloan
Football Genius by Tim Green

Realistic

Realistic, Sports, Series
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Genius Files by Dan Gutman

Realistic, Sports

Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Dragon Wings by Laurence Yep
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Historical

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Epic (Avatar Chronicles) by Conor Kostick
H.I.V.E. series by Mark Walden

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord

Realistic, Fantasy

Realistic
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Action/Adventure, Mystery, Series, Fantasy

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series

Action/Adventure, Realistic, Classic
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris
Heat by Mike Lupica
Grabenstein

Realistic, Sports

Funny, Action/Adventure, Realistic
Hero by Mike Lupica
Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass

Action/Adventure, SciFi

Realistic
Hero on A Bicycle by Shirley Hughes
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney

Action/Adventure, Historical

Mystery, Realistic, Classic
The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy

Realistic
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
The Finest Hours by Michael J. Tougias

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy, Classic

Action/Adventure, Non-Fiction
Holes by Louis Sachar


Funny, Mystery, Realistic

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Realistic, Classic
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series
I am Number Four series by Pitticus Lore

Action/Adventure, SciFi
Ida B by Katherine Hannigan

Realistic
Ingo by Helen Dunmore

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
I, Q series by Roland Smith

Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series
Legend by Marie Lu

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series
The Liberation of Gabriel King by K. L. Going

Historical, Realistic
Life as we Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Realistic, SciFi, Series
Magic Thief series by Sarah Prineas

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Marley and Me by John Grogan

Funny, Non-Fiction, Biography, Animals
The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series
The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman

Realistic, Sports
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Series
My Awful Popularity Plan by Seth Rudetsky

Realistic
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

Non-Fiction, Biography, Animals
The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous
Bosch

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
New Boy by Julian Houston

Historical, Biography
The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin

Non-Fiction, Biography
The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds

Action/Adventure, Classic, Graphic Novel
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Realistic

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Realistic, Classic
The Path of Names by Ari Goelman

Action/Adventure, Fantasy
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

Realistic
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
Rivals by Tim Green

Realistic, Sports, Series
Ruby Redfort by Lauren Child

Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

Realistic, Sports
Scat by Carl Hiaasen

Mystery, Realistic
The Secret of the Yellow Death by Suzanne
Jurmain

Non-Fiction
Small Steps by Louis Sachar

Funny, Realistic
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

Funny, Realistic, Series
STAT series by Amare Stoudemire

Realistic, Sports, Series
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

Realistic
Summer Land by Michael Chabon

Sports, Fantasy
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series
Uglies (graphic novel) by Devin Grayson

Action/Adventure, Graphic Novel, SciFi,

Series
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
The Way of the Dragon by Chris Bradford

Action/Adventure, Historical
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Mystery, Realistic
What it Takes by Mark Herzlich

Sports, Non-Fiction, Biography

Willow Falls series by Wendy Mass

Realistic, Fantasy
Wonder by P.J. Palacio

Funny, Realistic

Ms. Chessmans Recommendations
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series, Fantasy
Buzz Kill by Beth Fantaskey

Mystery, Realistic
Cold Cereal series by Adam Rex

Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy
The Dirt Diary by Anna Staniszewski

Funny, Realistic, Series
Notes From an Accidental Band Geek by Erin
Dionne

Realistic
Notes on a Near Life Experience by Olivia Birdsall

Realistic
Rebel Bell by Rachel Hawkins

Realistic, Series, Fantasy
Ruby Red series by Kerstin Gier

Funny, Action/Adventure, Realistic, SciFi
The Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley

Historical, Fantasy, Series
Taste Test by Kelly Fiore

Funny, Realistic