7th & 8th Grade Summer Reading Suggested Titles
 2012 Newbery Medal Winner: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
 2012 Newbery Honor Books:
 Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
 Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
 2011 Newbery Medal Winner: Moon Over Manifest by Clare
Vanderpool
 2011 Newbery Honor Books:
 Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
 Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
 Dark Emperor and other Poems of Night by Joyce Sidman
 One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
 2010 Newbery Medal Winner: When You Reach Me by Rebecca
Stead
 2010 Newbery Honor Books:
 Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
 The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
 The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman
Philbrick *(Excellent choice for incoming 7th graders, as it
details events during the Civil War)*
2009 Newbery Medal Winner: The Graveyard Book by Neil
Gaiman
 2009 Newbery Honor Books:
 The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
 The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom
by Margarita Engle
 Savvy by Ingrid Law
2008 Newbery Medal Winner: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
 2008 Newbery Honor Books:
 Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
 The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
 Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
  2007 Newbery Medal Winner: The Higher Power of Lucky by
Susan Patron
 2007 Newbery Honor Books:
 Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
 Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
 Rules by Cynthia Lord
 2006 Newbery Medal Winner: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
 2006 Newbery Honor Books:
 Whittington by Alan Armstrong
  Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan
Campbell Bartoletti
  Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
  Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
  2005 Newbery Medal Winner: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
  2005 Newbery Honor Books:
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 Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
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 The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and
the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman
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 Lizzie Bright and The Buckminister Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
  2004 Newbery Medal Winner: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the
Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by
Kate DiCamillo
  2004 Newbery Honor Books:
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 Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
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 An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy
  2003 Newbery Medal Winner: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
  2003 Newbery Honor Books:
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 The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
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 Picture of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
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 Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
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 A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
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 Surviving The Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
  2002 Newbery Medal Winner: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Peck
  2002 Newbery Honor Books:
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 Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
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 Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
  2001 Newbery Medal Winner: A Year Down Yonder by Richard
Peck
  2001 Newbery Honor Books:
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 Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
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 Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
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 The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Suggested Fiction Titles
  Alexander, Lloyd. Arkdians
  Avi. Crispin.
  Banim, Lisa. Mysteries in Time
  Barron, T.P. Merlin Effect
  Bauer, Joan. Hope was Here
  Bernardo, Anilu. Jumping Off to Freedom
  Beyers, Betsy. The Dark Stairs
  Bitton-Jackson, Livia. I Have Lived a Thousand Years
  Bloor, Edward. Tangerine
  Brooks, Terry. Sword of Shanara
  Cart, Michael, Tomorrowland
  Cooney, Caroline. Flight #116 is Down
  Cooper, Cynthia. She Got Game
  Creech, Sharon. Bloomability
  Crew, Linda. Children of the River
  Crichton, Michael. Andromeda Strain
  Cushman, Karen. Midwife’s Apprentice
  Duncan, Lois. Killing Mr. Griffin
  Farmer, Nancy. A Girl Named Disaster
  Fleischman, Sid. Whirligig
  Fletcher, Susan. Shadow Spinner
  Garland, Sherry. Letters from the Mountain
  Gilbert. Barbara. Stone Water
  Hahn, Mary Downing. Hear the Wind Blow
  Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust
  Hinton. S.E. That Was Then, This Is Now
  Hobbs, Will. The Maze
  Holt, Kimberly Willis. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
  Jacques, Brian. Lord Brocktree: A Tale from Redwall
  Jordan, Sherryl. The Raging Quiet
  Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth
  King, Laurie. The Beekeeper's Apprentice
  Klass, David. Danger Zone
  LeGuin, Ursula. The Wizard of Earthsea.
  L'Engle, Madeleine. A Ring of Endless Light.
  Lipsyte, Robert. The Brave.
  Lobel, Anita. No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War.
  London, Jack. The Call of the Wild.
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Macy, Sue. A Whole New Ball Game: The Story of the AllAmerican Girls Professional Baseball League.
  McKinley, Robin. Rose Daughter.
  Meyer, Carolyn. White Lilacs.
  Meyers, Walter. Slam.
  Mowat, Farley. Never Cry Wolf.
  Nelson, Teresa. Earthshine: A Novel.
  Nixon, Joan Lowery. Secret Silent Screams.
  O’Brien, Robert. Z for Zachariah.
  Paulsen, Gary. Brian’s Winter.
  Pullman, Phillip. Golden Compass.
  Randle, Kristen. The Only Alien on the Planet.
  Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.
  Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows.
  Reuter, Bjarne B. The Boys from St. Petri.
  Rinaldi, Ann. Time Enough for Drums.
  Roberts, Davis. Twisted Summer.
  Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
  Scieeszka, Jon. Time Warp Trio. (series)
  Shusterman, Neal. Downsiders.
  Sleator, William. The Boxes.
  Snickett, Lemony. Series of Unfortunate Events. (series)
  Sperry, Armstrong. Call it Courage.
  Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl.
  Strasser, Todd. Help I’m Trapped…
  Sykes, Shelley. For Mike.
  Taylor, Theodore. The Cay.
  Temple, Frances. The Ramsay Scallop.
  Voigt, Cynthia. Izzy, Willy-Nilly.
 Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies
 Westerfeld, Scott. Pretties
 Westerfeld, Scott. Specials
  Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird.
  White, Ruth. Belle Pratter’s Boy.
  Yep, Lawrence. Dragon’s Gate.
Suggested Non-Fiction Titles
  Abramovitz, Melissa. Main Battle Tanks.
  Beyer, Mark. Speed Boat.
  Bishop, Nic. Digging for Bird Dinosaurs.
  Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes.
  Cefrey, Holly. Stock Cars.
  Chapman, Garry. Extreme Sports.
  Davidson, Basil. African Kingdoms.
  Dyson, Marianne. Space Stations.
  Earle, Sylvia. My Adventures in the Deep Frontier.
  Fitzgerald, Patrick. Shark Attacks.
  Kehret, Peg and Greg Farr. Shelter Dogs.
  Lauber, Patricia. Painters of the Caves.
  Mattern, Joanne. The Maine Coon Cat.
  McAuliffe, Bill. ATV Racing.
  Montgomery, Sy. The Snake Scientist.
  Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire.
  Sanford, William. Sacajawea: Native American Hero.
  Stanley, Diane. Joan of Arc.