Favorite Books for 7th Grade Girls -- 2013

At the end of every school year I ask my students to hand in a list of their top five books. I compile these into a recommended reading list for 7th graders. Here is the girls' list for 2013.

GIRLS’ TOP 10  (in order of popularity)The Hunger Games series, by Suzanne Collins

1. Fablehaven series, by Brandon Mull
2.  Percy Jackson series, by Rick Riordan
3.  Heroes of Olympus series, by Rick Riordan
4.  Matched series, by Ally Condie
5. The Candyshop War series, by Brandon Mull
6.  Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
7.  Janitors series, by Brandon Mull
8. Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 series, by Richard Paul Evans
9. Beyonders series, by Brandon Mull

All Others  (in alphabetical order)

The 13^thClue, by Ann Jonas

± A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer

Alex Rider series, by Anthony Horowitz

Artemis Fowlseries, by Eoin Colfer

Beyonders series, by Brandon Mull

The Book of Mormon

Books of Bayern series (Goose Girl), by Shannon Hale

Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis

Close to Famous, by Joan Bauer

Crazy, by Han Nolan

Delirium series, by Lauren Oliver

Dragon Rider, by Cornelia Funke

Fire Girl, by Tony Abbott

Flipped, by Wendelin Van Drannen

Frindle, by Andrew Clements

Generation Deadseries, by Daniel Waters

The Giver series, by Lois Lowry

Gregor the Overlanderseries, by Suzanne Collins

± The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks

The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings series, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer

The Host, by Stefanie Meyer

Ida B.: And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World, by Katherine Hannigan

Inheritance series (Eragon), by Christopher Paolini

Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell

Janitors, by Tyler Whitesides

Kindom Keepers series, by Ridley Pearson

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, by Julie Andrews

Lemonade War, by Jacqueline Davies

± The Lost Boy, by Dave Pelzer

The Lions of Littlerock, by Kristen Levine

A Long Way From Chicago / A Year Down Yonder, by Richard Peck

The Magic Thief series, by Sarah Prineas

The Missing series (Found), by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Missing Children(Light Traveler Adventure series), by Brent Rowley

Mother Daughter Book Club series, by Heather Vogel Frederick

The Mysterious Benedict Society series, by Trenton Lee Stewart

Okay For Now, by Gary D. Schmidt

Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson

Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper

Paint the Wind, by Pam Munoz Ryan

Palace of Mirrors, by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Peeled, by Joan Bauer

Peter and the Starcatchers series, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Princess Academy series, by Shannon Hale

Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George

Pretty Little Liarsseries, by Sara Shepard

The Ranger’s Apprentice series, by John Flanagan

The Red Pyramidseries, by Rick Riordan

Riding Freedom, by Pam Munoz Ryan

± Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks

Savvy series, by Ingrid Law

Science Fair, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

The Selectionseries, by Kiera Cass

Septimus Heapseries (Magyk), by Angie Sage

The Shadow Childrenseries, by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Spiderwick Chronicles series, by Holly Black

Swindle series, by Gordon Korman

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stephenson

‡Twilight series, by Stefanie Meyers

Uglies series, by Scott Westerfield

The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt

Vladimir Tod series, by Heather Brewer

Way to Be! 9 Ways to be Happy and Make Something of Your Life, by Gordon B. Hinkley

The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt

What Happened to Goodbye, by Sarah Dessen

Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls

White Fang, by Jack London

Witch and Wizardseries, by James Patterson

± Represents a book written for adults

‡  Represents a book that I CAN NOT recommend for this age group.