Teens' Reading Lists
Booklist for 7th and 8th Grades
from the Seattle Public Library

Avi,
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
202 p.
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.

Bauer, ÝJoan
Stand Tall
182 p.
Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents' divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school.

Brashares, ÝAnn
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
294 p.
During their first summer apart, four teenage girls stay in touch through a pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures.

Cabot, ÝMeg
All American Girl
247 p.
A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.

Clements, ÝAndrew
The Jacket
89 p.
An incident at school forces sixth grader Phil Morelli, a white boy, to become aware of racial discrimination and segregation, and to seriously consider if he himself is prejudiced.

Colfer, ÝEoin
Artemis Fowl
277 p.
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic and technology.

Creech, ÝSharon
Love That Dog
86 p.
Jack does not like poetry in the beginning, but through practice and encouragement, blossoms into a writer.

DiCamillo, ÝKateÝ
Because of Winn-Dixie
182 p.
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big, ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

Draper, ÝSharonÝM.
Double Dutch
183 p.
Three friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and YoYo's encounter with the class bullies.