Grade+7

The reserved reading selections reflect appropriate complexity of text and content matter for the targeted students. Teachers are expected to respect the protected nature of these selections. Suggested readings promote a variety of genres with rich content and subject matter that can be integrated into interdisciplinary units appropriate for middle school. Selections include multicultural, contemporary, and classical texts that will appeal to both the reluctant and avid reader.

Interdisciplinary Suggestions: (M) = math, (S) = science, (SS) = social studies
 * || **Regular** || **AG** || **HAG** ||
 * **Reserved** ||  || == == ||   ||
 * Coming of Age || //The Pigman//-P. Zindel || //The Outsiders//-S.E. Hinton || //Chinese Cinderella//-A. Yen Mah ||
 * African Literature || //Journey to Jo-Burg//-B. Naidoo || //Waiting for the Rain//-S. Gordon || //Amistad//-W.D. Myers ||
 * **Suggested** || //The Clay Marble//-M. Ho (SS) |||| //The Giver//-L. Lowry (S) ||
 * || //Alabama// //Moon//-W. Key |||| //The Breadwinner//-D. Ellis (SS) ||
 * || //Under the Persimmon Tree//-S.F. Staples (SS) |||| //That was then, this is Now//-S.E. Hinton ||
 * || //The House on Mango Street//-S. Cisneros |||| //Forbidden City//-W. E. Bell (SS) ||
 * || //Year of Impossible Goodbyes//-S. N. Choi |||| //The Good Earth//-P.S. Buck (SS) ||
 * || //Walk Two Moons//-S. Creech |||| //Master Puppeteer// by K. Patterson (SS) ||
 * || //Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes//-E. Coerr (SS) |||| //Cry, the Beloved Country//-A. Paton (SS) ||
 * || //Boy//-R. Dahl |||| //The Jungle Books//-R. Kipling (SS) ||
 * || //Going Solo//-R. Dahl |||| //Tarzan of the Apes//-E.R. Burroughs (SS) ||
 * || //The Lottery Rose//-Irene Hunt |||| //Farewell to Manzanar//-J.W.&J.D. Houston (SS) ||
 * || //Shabanu//-S.F. Staples ((SS) ||||  ||
 * || //Stargirl//-J. Spinelli ||||  ||