Alabama Moon by Watt Key Action/Adventure, Realistic Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz Action Adventure, Realistic, Among the Hidden (Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series An Anthem for Jackson Dawes by Celia Bryce Realistic Are You There God, it's Me Margaret by Judy Blume Realistic, Classic Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea Realistic Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs Funny, Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Animals The Big Field by Mike Lupica Realistic, Sports Black Beauty by Ian Andrews Realistic, Classic, Animals The Candymakers by Wendy Mass Realistic Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Historical CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore Action/Adventure, Series, Realistic Chew On This by Eric Schlosser Non-Fiction

Claim to Fame by Margaret Peterson Haddix Fantasy Counting by 7s by Holly Sloan Realistic Crash by Jerry Spinelli Realistic, Sports Divergent by Veronica Roth Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series Dragon Wings by Laurence Yep Historical Epic (Avatar Chronicles) by Conor Kostick Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin Realistic, Fantasy The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens Action/Adventure, Mystery, Series, Fantasy Enders Game by Orson Scott Card Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein Funny, Action/Adventure, Realistic Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass Realistic The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney Mystery, Realistic, Classic The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Realistic The Finest Hours by Michael J. Tougias Action/Adventure, Non-Fiction

Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen Realistic Football Genius by Tim Green Realistic, Sports, Series Genius Files by Dan Gutman Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy H.I.V.E. series by Mark Walden Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord Realistic Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Action/Adventure, Realistic, Classic Heat by Mike Lupica Realistic, Sports Hero by Mike Lupica Action/Adventure, SciFi Hero on A Bicycle by Shirley Hughes Action/Adventure, Historical The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy, Classic Holes by Louis Sachar Funny, Mystery, Realistic

Your job is to read two books you have not read before. Use this list to get ideas! It is made up of recommendations from current seventh graders and your school librarian.

Look for a to identify books that are a little easier, and a to identify books that are a little harder or about more challenging topics.

There are tags under the titles to help you figure out if youre interested in the book.

For more information about these books, book trailers, and your summer reading assignment, please go to www.wmslibrary.com

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Realistic, Classic The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series I am Number Four series by Pitticus Lore Action/Adventure, SciFi Ida B by Katherine Hannigan Realistic Ingo by Helen Dunmore Action/Adventure, Fantasy I, Q series by Roland Smith Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series Legend by Marie Lu Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series The Liberation of Gabriel King by K. L. Going Historical, Realistic Life as we Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Realistic, SciFi, Series Magic Thief series by Sarah Prineas Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy Marley and Me by John Grogan Funny, Non-Fiction, Biography, Animals The Maze Runner by James Dashner Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman Realistic, Sports The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Series My Awful Popularity Plan by Seth Rudetsky Realistic My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen Non-Fiction, Biography, Animals The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy New Boy by Julian Houston Historical, Biography The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin Non-Fiction, Biography The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds Action/Adventure, Classic, Graphic Novel Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Realistic

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Realistic, Classic The Path of Names by Ari Goelman Action/Adventure, Fantasy The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall Realistic Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy Rivals by Tim Green Realistic, Sports, Series Ruby Redfort by Lauren Child Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen Realistic, Sports Scat by Carl Hiaasen Mystery, Realistic The Secret of the Yellow Death by Suzanne Jurmain Non-Fiction Small Steps by Louis Sachar Funny, Realistic Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman Funny, Realistic, Series STAT series by Amare Stoudemire Realistic, Sports, Series The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Realistic Summer Land by Michael Chabon Sports, Fantasy Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham Action/Adventure, Mystery, Realistic, Series Uglies (graphic novel) by Devin Grayson Action/Adventure, Graphic Novel, SciFi, Series Unearthly by Cynthia Hand Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy The Way of the Dragon by Chris Bradford Action/Adventure, Historical We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Mystery, Realistic What it Takes by Mark Herzlich Sports, Non-Fiction, Biography

Willow Falls series by Wendy Mass Realistic, Fantasy Wonder by P.J. Palacio Funny, Realistic Ms. Chessmans Recommendations Airborn by Kenneth Oppel Action/Adventure, SciFi, Series, Fantasy Buzz Kill by Beth Fantaskey Mystery, Realistic Cold Cereal series by Adam Rex Action/Adventure, Series, Fantasy The Dirt Diary by Anna Staniszewski Funny, Realistic, Series Notes From an Accidental Band Geek by Erin Dionne Realistic Notes on a Near Life Experience by Olivia Birdsall Realistic Rebel Bell by Rachel Hawkins Realistic, Series, Fantasy Ruby Red series by Kerstin Gier Funny, Action/Adventure, Realistic, SciFi The Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley Historical, Fantasy, Series Taste Test by Kelly Fiore Funny, Realistic

To create this years summer reading list, last years seventh graders were asked to recommend books they thought would be good for incoming seventh graders to read. This list is about 80% student recommendations and about 15% librarian recommendations. Titles are tagged with descriptors that will help you figure out what kind of book it is. Look for a next to books that are a little bit easier and a next to books that are a little bit harder. Happy Reading!