John Marshall Recommended Summer Reading List

2017-2018, Grades 7 & 8

(Updated by Christina Shepard, MLS on 5-23-2017)

 

7^th grade

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
          *You may want to read “13 Reasons Why” first
School of the Dead by Avi
·         If you cannot find this one, please try one book by Avi. “Nothing but the Truth” is one of his recent, and popular books.  He is a Newberry Award winning author.
The Fixer by Jennifer Lynne Barnes
The Iron Trial by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School) by Jen Calonita
Walk on Earth a Stranger (Gold Seer Trilogy) by Rae Carson
All Fall Down (Embassy Row, book 1) by Ally Carter
The Selection by Kiera Cass
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
The Glass Sentence (The Mapmaker’s Trilogy) by S.E. Grove
Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Still a Work in Progress by Jo Knowles
Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes by Mary E. Lambert
Seven Wonders book 1: The Colossus Rises by Peter LeRangis
Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman
Legend by Marie Lu
Fast Break by Mike Lupica
Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A Nielsen
The Scourge by by Jennifer A Nielsen
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
Ghost (Track) by Jason Reynolds
The Blackthorn Key (First in series) by Kevin Sands
The Swap by Megan Shull
Falling Over Sideways Jordan Sonnenblick
Loser by Jerry Spinelli
The Running Dream (Schneider Family Book Award- Teen Book Winner) by Wendelin Van Draanen
Variant by Robison Wells

8^th grade

I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynne Barnes
The Compound by Bodeen
      *If you did not read it already.  Fallout is the second book.
Rook by Sharon Cameron
Walk on Earth a Stranger (Gold Seer Trilogy) by Rae Carson
Swagger by Carl Deuker
Court of Fives (series) by Kate Elliott
The Walk On (The Triple Threat 1) by John Feinstein
Unbreakable (Legion) by Kami Garcia
Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian’s Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive by Laura Hillenbrand
I am Number Four (Lorien Legacis) by Pittacus Lore
The Only Game by Mike Lupica
Delirium (Trilogy) by Lauren Oliver
Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen
Life As We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer
If You’re Reading This by Trent Reedy
The Looney Experiment (Blink) by Luke Reynolds
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Steelheart (The Reckoners) by Brandon Sanderson
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
It’s a Wonderful Death by Sarah J. Schmitt
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe) by Neal Shusterman
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
No Place by Todd Strasser
The Running Dream (Schneider Family Book Award- Teen Book Winner) by Wendelin Van Draanen
Next (D-Bow High School Hoops) by Kevin Waltman
By Your Side by Kasie West