The objective of summer reading is to assist students in cultivating skills that have been built upon throughout their academic year. It is the hope that reading will strengthen and reinforce those skills that are vital to all aspects of academics and beyond. Those entering an honors level course this year need to expect a higher level of rigor from the course work and more challenging expectations.

GRADE 7 HONORS SUMMER READING PROJECT

Below you will find a list of books to choose from as you embark on your summer reading project. You must read TWO (2) books from any category.  As you read, please complete the following project on BOTH books. You will need to make two copies of the Google Slides below. You can find all the directions to the project on the Google Slides link below. The project will be due in mid-September. 

 

Click here for the Book Snaps project.

 

Journey and Survival

• Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan by John Bul Dau (paperback (pbk) available)
• Burn My Heart by Beverley Naidoo (available in hardcover and Kindle)
• Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen
• The Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Women in the Work Force

• Audacity by Melanie Crowder  (available in hardcover, Kindle, and pbk)
• The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez (pbk and Kindle available)
• Hidden Figures (Young Reader’s Edition) by Margot Lee Shettlerly
• The Radium Girls: Young Readers’ Edition: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark by Kate Moore

 

The Teen Brain and Technology

• Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper (pbk and Kindle)
• Confessions of a So-called Middle Child, Maria Lennon (pbk and Kindle)
• Ungifted by Gordon Korman
• Fish In a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Understanding Perspectives

• Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson (pbk and Kindle)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (pbk and Kindle)
• Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
• Other Words from Home by Jasmine Warga

Listed below are resources for students: 

A video explaining how to access online reading and audiobooks from SORA. SORA Instructions

Make sure to check out your school’s library:

• CVMS:  https://sites.google.com/pinebushschools.org/cvms-library/home
• Crispell: https://sites.google.com/pinebushschools.org/libraryatcrispell/home  

Don’t forget your local libraries!

• Pine Bush Area Public Library- 223-227 Maple Ave, Pine Bush, NY https://pinebusharealibrary.org/
• Middletown Thrall Library- 12 Depot Street, Middletown, NY https://www.thrall.org/WelcomeHome.html
• Mamakating Library- 128 Sullivan Street, Wurstboro, NY https://mamakatinglibrary.org/

You can check the availability of each text from the following merchants:

• http:///www.half.com (re-seller of new to used book) Bargains can be found!
• http://www.amazon.com
• http://www.barnesandnoble.com