Suggested Titles for Grades 7-8:                  

 

Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham

Gilda Joyce Mystery Series by Jennifer Allison

Cracker the Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata

Epic by Conor Kostick

True Talents by David Lubar sequel to Hidden Talents

On The Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck

Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (first in a series)

Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller

Ranger’s Apprentice Book Three: The Icebound Land by John Flanagan

H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden

The Cronus Chronicles: Book One, The Shadow Thieves; Book Two, The Siren Song by Anne Ursu

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

The Sleeper Conspiracy by Tom Sniegoski

Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney (Macbeth told from teen viewpoints)

Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz (an Alex Rider series book)

The Arrival by Shaun Tan (wordless graphic novel)

Fiction by Kenneth Oppel

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Bearwalker by Joseph Bruchac, others by the same author

The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

 

Nonfiction

99 Ways to Cut, Sew and Deck Out Your Denim by faith Blakeney & Justia and Ellen Schultz

Warriors: All the Truth, Tactics and Triumphs of History’s Greatest Fighters by James Harpur

Up Close: Rachel Carson, Environmentalist by Ellen Levine

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood