Seventh Grade Summer Reading

Reading the Bible daily is our first encouragement.

SELECTIONS
(Click here for Requirements and Assignment sheets)

Required Bible Reading: John

Required Reading: The Homecoming, Cynthia Voigt

Required Assignment: An annotated journal (a spiral bound notebook) on the required novel must be handed in during the first
week of school this fall. This assignment will receive a test grade in Language Arts.

Directions: The first page in your journal notebook should be a title page which includes the title of the book, author, and your
name. Subsequent pages should include a summary of your thoughts and insights from your reading with each chapter having
its own page in your journal. Include any spiritual insights, major themes, the plot lines, and your opinion about the characters
and their actions in each chapter.
 

Additional reading suggestions:

Historical Fiction
Edward Bloor Tangerine Jerry Spinelli Stargirl
Katherine Paterson Jacob Have I Loved Ted Dekker Black
S.N.Choi Year of Impossible Goodbyes Collier & Collier My Brother Sam Is Dead
Baroness Orezy The Scarlet Pimpernel Howard Pyle Otto of the Silver Hand
Edward E. Hale The Man Without a Country Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Robert L. Stevenson Treasure Island Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
Robert L. Stevenson Kidnapped Jeri Massi Son of a Mighty Father
Louisa May Alcott Little Women Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
Elizabeth Speare The Bronze Bow Donna Hess In Search of Homer
Lew Wallace Ben Hur Julius Lester Day of Tears
C.P.Curtis Watsons Go to Birmingham John Knowles A Separate Peace
 

Science Fiction/Fantasy
H.G. Wells War of the Worlds Rudyard Kipling Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit Madeleine L’Engle A Wrinkle in Time
Mysteries
Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of Baskervilles Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express
Ellen Raskin The Westing Game
Legend, Fables, Folktales, Parables
Rudyard Kipling Jungle Book Howard Pyle The Apple of Contentment
John Bunyan The Pilgrims Progress Ann McGovern Aesop’s Fables
Eileen O’Faolain Irish Sagas and Folk Tales James Reeves English Fables and Fairy Stories
Charles Downing Russian Tales and Legends Robert Nye Beowulf: A New Telling
Geraldine McCaughrean Canterbury Tales Barbara Picard French Legends, Tales, Fairy Stories

Check out the public library for their Summer Reading for all AGES!!! You can go by your nearest library or log on to www.plcmc.org and click on Summer Reading.