Hamilton Middle School
International Preparatory Magnet
Seventh Grade Summer Reading List

Hopefully over the summer you will get a chance to read many good 
books.  Make time at least to read two books off the list below.  
Your books must come from 2 different reading lists:  classic, 
contemporary, international.  Do not read books on which you have 
already AR quizzed – you can expect book reports, AR quizzes or 
Literacy Skills test on both books!

Classic Reading List

The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien 
King of the Wind – Marguerite Henry
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes
My Side of the Mountain – Jean Craighead George
The Pearl – John Steinbeck
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
*The Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger*
*This book is recommended for mature students.  Parents, please be 
aware that in many districts, this is a banned book!  Please be 
aware of what your child is reading, and of the appropriateness of 
the reading material for your child.*


Contemporary Reading List

Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self – Lori Gottlieb
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer – Opdyke and Armstrong
Rascal – Sterling North 
Things Not Seen – Andrew Clements
This Lullaby – Sarah Dessen
Stuff of Stars – Katherine Paterson
Catalyst – Laurie Anderson
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes – Chris Crutcher
Thief Lord – Cornelia Funke
Dove – Robin Lee Graham
Fire Bringer – David Clement-Davies
The Wave – Todd Strasser
HOOT – Carl Hiaasen
Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini,
It’s not about the Bike  -  Lance Armstrong


INTERNATIONAL Reading List

The Circuit (or the sequel, Breaking Through) – Francisco Jimenez
Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah
Colibri – Ann Cameron
Zulu Dog – Anton Ferreira
Vero and Philippe – Caroline Kim Hatton
For Freedom:  the Story of a French Spy – Kimberly B. Bradley
Shadow of a Bull – Maia Wojciechowska
Finding Miracles – Julia Alvarez
Secret of the Andes – Ann Nolan Clark
Home of the Brave – Katherine Applegate
I, Juan de Pareja – Elizabeth Borton de Treviño