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7th Grade Parallel Reading Recommendations

Adventure

The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel; Jim Tierney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1442472898
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
ISBN: 1503302946
Publication Date: 2014-11-29
Far North by William Hobbs; W. Hobbs
ISBN: 0380725363
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 1416936475
Publication Date: 2006-12-26
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
ISBN: 0142401110
Publication Date: 2004-04-12
Peak by Roland Smith
ISBN: 0152062688
Publication Date: 2008-08-01
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
ISBN: 0312547978
Publication Date: 2011-09-27
*mature read
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio by Lloyd Alexander
ISBN: 1410405788
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 0062009516
Publication Date: 2013-09-24

Classics

Animal Farm by George Orwell; Russell Baker (Preface by); C. M. Woodhouse (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0451526341
Publication Date: 2004-04-06
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
ISBN: 1503215156
Publication Date: 2014-11-28
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis; Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060598247
Publication Date: 2004-10-26
The Hobbit: Pocket Edition by J. R. R. Tolkien
ISBN: 0547928246
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
ISBN: 0684801221
Publication Date: 1995-05-05
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 1505297400
Publication Date: 2014-11-30
Watership Down by Richard Adams
ISBN: 0743277708
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
ISBN: 0440412676
Publication Date: 1996-09-01

Fantasy/Science Fiction

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
ISBN: 0060531827
Publication Date: 2005-05-24
Airman by Eoin Colfer
ISBN: 1423107519
Publication Date: 2009-05-05
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
ISBN: 0385736002
Publication Date: 2008-06-24
The Amulet of Samarkland by Jonathan Stroud
ISBN: 9780786852550
Publication Date: 2004-05-12
The Outcasts by John Flanagan
ISBN: 0142421944
Publication Date: 2012-09-04
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
ISBN: 0545174139
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
ISBN: 0375822747
Publication Date: 2004-05-25
Divergent by Veronica Roth
ISBN: 0062387243
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
Dormia by Jake Halpern; Peter Kujawinski
ISBN: 0547328877
Publication Date: 2010-05-24
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
ISBN: 0375826696
Publication Date: 2005-04-26
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
ISBN: 1582346933
Publication Date: 2005-10-07
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull; Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1416947205
Publication Date: 2007-04-24
Gregor - The Overlander by Suzanne Collins
ISBN: 0439678137
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Holes by Louis Sachar
ISBN: 0440414806
Publication Date: 2000-05-09
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
ISBN: 9780439023528
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
ISBN: 0345538986
Publication Date: 2012-09-25
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld; Keith Thompson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1416971742
Publication Date: 2010-08-10
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
ISBN: 1423113462
Publication Date: 2012-04-03
The Lost Years by T. A. Barron
ISBN: 0142418897
Publication Date: 2011-05-12
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
ISBN: 0385737955
Publication Date: 2010-08-24
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry; Ridley Pearson; Greg Call (Illustrator)
ISBN: 078684907X
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
ISBN: 0142406635
Publication Date: 2006-06-08
Redwall by Brian Jacques
ISBN: 0142302376
Publication Date: 2002-09-30
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
ISBN: 0689867468
Publication Date: 2006-06-01
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
ISBN: 1423113454
Publication Date: 2011-08-16
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
ISBN: 0375866221
Publication Date: 2014-12-23
Adventurers Wanted, Book 1 by M. L. Forman
ISBN: 1606416812
Publication Date: 2011-02-02
The Name of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
ISBN: 0316113697
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
ISBN: 1442403160
Publication Date: 2012-05-22
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
ISBN: 1442407697
Publication Date: 2012-07-10
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0786849010
Publication Date: 2009-05-05

Mystery and Suspense

The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence
ISBN: 1410452727
Publication Date: 2012-11-22
Double Vision by F. T. Bradley
ISBN: 0062104381
Publication Date: 2013-10-15
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
ISBN: 0060737034
Publication Date: 2006-04-25
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
ISBN: 0425240339
Publication Date: 2010-09-07
*Mature read
Conspiracy 365 - January by Gabrielle Lord
ISBN: 1935279491
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan
ISBN: 1595545867
Publication Date: 2010-06-07
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316003957
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
ISBN: 9780425170342
Publication Date: 1999-09-01
*mature read
The Rivalry by John Feinstein
ISBN: 0375858164
Publication Date: 2011-10-11
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
ISBN: 0142406112
Publication Date: 2006-02-16
Swindle by Gordon Korman
ISBN: 0439903459
Publication Date: 2009-04-15
Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
ISBN: 014241722X
Publication Date: 2011-05-03
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
ISBN: 014240120X
Publication Date: 2004-04-12

Realistic Fiction

Boy21 by Matthew Quick
ISBN: 0316127965
Publication Date: 2013-06-18
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
ISBN: 0375868275
Publication Date: 2013-03-12
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
ISBN: 054522926X
Publication Date: 2012-07-01
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
ISBN: 1250061679
Publication Date: 2014-07-01
The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson; Chris Tebbetts; Laura Park (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0316101699
Publication Date: 2012-11-06
Slob by Ellen Potter
ISBN: 039924705X
Publication Date: 2009-05-14
The 10 PM Question by Kate De Goldi
ISBN: 0763658480
Publication Date: 2012-05-08
*mature read
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
ISBN: 0763618985
Publication Date: 2002-07-01
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
ISBN: 0061742678
Publication Date: 2014-02-18
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
ISBN: 0375869026
Publication Date: 2012-02-14
The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
ISBN: 0316380865
Publication Date: 2015-09-22