Grade 7 Summer Reading!
Dear Parents,
To prepare your child for 7th grade, he or she should read a selection from at least three of the
genres below:
Genre
Fable
Author
Oscar Wilde
Selection(s)
“The Happy Prince” (Junior Great Books selection)
Parable
Judith Ortiz Cofer
“Aunty Misery”
Poetry
Robert Frost (our
own NH poet)
“Ghost House” (summer)
“The Road Not Taken” (autumn)
“Good Hours” (winter)
“Birches” (spring)
Narrative
Poem
Robert W. Service
“The Cremation of Sam McGee”
Links to these selections can be found on the MMS website (http://mms.milfordk12.org/ )
or you can get hard copies at the Milford Middle School office during the summer.
Please be aware that not all of these selections may be appropriate for every reader. Please
help your son/daughter to choose those that are appropriate for him/her. These selections will be
discussed during 7th grade Explorer & Navigator English classes in the fall.
If you have questions about this assignment, please feel free to contact Milford Middle School at
673-5221.
Thank you and have a great summer!
Milford Middle School Grade 7 Teachers
Additional suggested books for summer reading are listed below. Please be aware that not all of
the books are appropriate for every reader. Please help your son/daughter to choose books that
are appropriate for him/her.
 A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle
 Poetry for Young People Series:
 Alex Rider Series - Snakehead – Anthony
o Emily Dickinson – Francis Schoomaker Bolin,
editor
 Athletes with Disabilities – Deborah Kent
o Robert Frost – Gary D. Schmidt, editor
 Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
o Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – Francis
Schoomaker, editor
Horowitz
 Fast Forward Robots – Mark Bergin
 Feathers – Jacqueline Woodson
o Edgar Allan Poe – Brod Bagert, editor
 Gathering Blue – Lois Lowry
o Carl Sandburg – Francis Schoomaker Bolin,
editor
 Gifts from the Sea – Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
o The Seasons – John N. Serio, editor
 Hero – Mike Lupica
 Rumblefish – S.E. Hinton
 Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison – Lois
 Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Louis
Sachar (series)
 Inkheart – Cornelia Funke (series)
 Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli
 Lincoln: A Photo Biography – Russell Freedman
 The American Plague: The True & Terrifying
Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 –
Jim Murphy
Lenski
 Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness –
Donn Fendler
 Maximum Ride Series – James Patterson
 The American Story: 100 True Tales from
American History – Jennifer Armstrong
 Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism –
Georgia Byng
 The Ghost of Spirit Bear - Ben Mikaelsen
 Never Say Die – Will Hobbs
 Outriders: Expedition to Blue Cave – Ed Decter
 Pendragon Series – D.J. MacHale
 The Great Molasses Flood: Boston, 1919 –
Deborah Kops
 The Lightning Thief & Series – Rick Riodan
 The Sultan’s Tigers – Josh Lacey
Books can be borrowed from Wadleigh Memorial Library
or purchased from Toadstool Bookshop or Barnes & Noble.
Additional book recommendations can be found on the Wadleigh Memorial Library website:
www.wadleighlibrary.org/