“DO NOT READ” BOOKLIST
Incoming 7th and 8th Graders:
DO NOT READ the following books over the summer. These books will be
read in school over the next year.
The Contender
The Pearl
Something Upstairs
Johnny Tremain
War Comes to Willy Freeman
Fighting Ground
Light in the Forest
I Am Regina
Wolf Rider
Acorn People
Edgar Allan
The Giver
The Human Comedy
Pigman
Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Chernowitz
Night
Diary of Anne Frank
House on Mango Street
Nothing But the Truth