Seventh Grade Novels

Ms. Spinelli2013-2014

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

An accomplished journalist driven solely by his career reconnects

with his former college professor battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

In this long-time favorite, the four lovely and lively March sisters

grew up in New England a century ago, touched by war and each

moved to follow their own path.

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Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

The sights and sounds of old Philadelphia are vividly drawn in this

tense, riveting tale of the ravages of the Yellow Fever epidemic.

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Feed by M.T. Anderson

This story is set in a future world where television and computers

are connected directly into people’s brains when they are babies.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient

grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother,

Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and local prejudices.

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

After arriving at her uncle’s estate, orphaned Mary Lennox

discovers the arched doorway into an overgrown garden, shut up

since the death of her aunt ten years earlier.

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Ender’s Gameby Orson Scott Card

The government drafts genius child Andrew “Ender” Wiggin to

attend orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training in order

to defend against alien invasions.

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The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Bored with farm life and anxious for some excitement, Henry

Fleming sets off to join the Union troops fighting the Civil War.

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Rebeccaby Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca’s future looks bleak until, on a trip to the South of

France, she meets Max de Winter, a handsome – yet mysterious –

widower whose sudden proposal takes her by surprise.

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The Diary of a Young Girlby Anne Frank

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne

Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful

reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human

spirit.

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The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

Twelve-year-old Helen Keller lived in a prison of silence and

darkness until Annie Sullivan, half-blind herself, arrived to tame

the wild girl no one could reach.

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding

A group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island

try to govern themselves with disastrous results.

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Rocket Boys by Homer Hickham

Inspired by Werner von Braun and his Cape Canaveral team, 14-

year-old Homer Hickam decided in 1957 to build his own rockets.

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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world:

the socs (those who have money) and the greasers (those who

need to watch their backs).

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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Charlie Gordon, a mentally disabled adult who cleans floors and

toilets, becomes a genius through an experimental operation.

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

As seen through the eyes of his children, this is the legendary,

wrenching story of lawyer Atticus Finch, who takes on a case that

cuts deeply into the heart of racism in the 1930s Deep South.

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The Giver by Lois Lowry

In a "perfect" society free of war, fear, and pain, 12-year-old Jonas

begins to understand a disturbing truth.

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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Aboard the Hispaniola, Jim Hawkings sails toward Treasure Island,

but soon learns that the ship's cook is really the famous pirate

Long John Silver, who is scheming to steal the loot.

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The Hobbitby J.R.R. Tolkien

This great, epic adventure of Bilbo Baggins serves as the prelude

to the legendary Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain

Huck runs away and meets Miss Watson's slave, Jim, hiding on an

island. The runaways begin the memorable adventures that have

enthralled generations of readers.

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The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

A quiet English country village is disturbed by the arrival of a

mysterious stranger who keeps his face hidden and his back to

everyone.

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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules Verne

The classic story of Phileas Fogg and his exciting race against

time across Europe, Asia, and America.

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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

This riveting memoir explores a girl's painful coming-of-age in a

wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.

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The Pigman by Paul Zindel

After sophomores John and Lorraine played a practical joke on a

stranger named Angelo Pignati, they unexpectedly befriended the

old man.

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living in Nazi Germany, scratches

out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she

encounters something she can’t resist–books.

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