Suggested
Titles for Grades 7-8: 
Shark Girl by
Kelly Bingham
Gilda Joyce
Mystery Series by Jennifer Allison
Cracker the Best
Dog in
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
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