7th Grade Honors
Summer Reading List 2020
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden - Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for three younger siblings and avoiding rich classmates at school until her fascination with octopuses gets her on the debate team and she begins to speak out.
Claiming My Place: Coming of Age During the Holocaust by Helen Reichmann West and Planaria Price - Chronicles the life of Barbara Riechmann, once known as Gucia Gomolinska, who grew up as a Jew in the predominantly Catholic Poland during the 1920s and 1930s, explores how she survived after the Nazis invaded Poland, and her immigration to America until her death.
Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin - Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds - When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires -- literally.
Summer Reading List 2020
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden - Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for three younger siblings and avoiding rich classmates at school until her fascination with octopuses gets her on the debate team and she begins to speak out.
Claiming My Place: Coming of Age During the Holocaust by Helen Reichmann West and Planaria Price - Chronicles the life of Barbara Riechmann, once known as Gucia Gomolinska, who grew up as a Jew in the predominantly Catholic Poland during the 1920s and 1930s, explores how she survived after the Nazis invaded Poland, and her immigration to America until her death.
Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin - Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought.
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds - When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires -- literally.