Thursday, September 26, 2013

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 13thClue, 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. 

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