Worcester Public Schools: Summer Reading List Grades 7-8
| Author | Title | Genre | Call No. |
| Alvarez, Julia | How Tia Lola Came To Stay | Contemporary Fiction | JF ALVAREZ |
| Armstrong, Jennifer | Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World | Non-Fiction | YA 919.98 ARMSTRONG |
| Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia | In The Forests of the Night | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION ATWATERR |
| Avi | The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION AVI |
| Bauer, Joan | Hope Was Here | Contemporary Fiction | YA FICTION BAUER |
| Bloor, Edward | Tangerine | Sports | YA FICTION CRUTCHER |
| Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451 | Science/Sci-Fi | YA FICTION BRADBURY |
| Brashares, Ann | Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Romance | YA FICTION BRASHARE |
| Brooks, Terry | Sword of Shannara | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION BROOKS |
| Carbone, Elisa | Storm Warriors | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION CARBONE |
| Colfer, Eoin | Artemis Fowl | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | CS YA FICTION COLFER |
| Collier, Christopher and James | My Brother Sam Is Dead | Historical Fiction | YA FICTION COLLIER |
| Collins, Suzanne | Hunger Games | Science/Sci-Fi | YA FICTION COLLINS |
| Creech, Sharon | Love That Dog | Poetry | JF CREECH |
| Crutcher, Chris | Whale Talk | Sports | YA FICTION CRUTCHER |
| Cushman, Karen | Catherine Called Birdy | Historical Fiction | YA FICTION CUSHMAN |
| Draper, Sharon | Double Dutch | Contemporary Fiction | YA FICTION DRAPER |
| Engle, Margarita | The Surrender Tree | Poetry | J 821 ENGLE |
| Farmer, Nancy | Sea of Trolls | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | JF FARMER |
| Farmer, Nancy | House of the Scorpion | Science/Sci-Fi | YA FICTION FARMER |
| Farrell, Mame | And Sometimes Why | Romance | YA FICTION FARRELL |
| Freedman, Russell | The Life and Death of Crazy Horse | Biography/Autobiography | YA 970.2 CRAZY HORSE FREEDMAN |
| Gaiman, Neil | Coraline | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION GAIMAN |
| Glover, Savion | Savion | Biography/Autobiography | CS YA 798.7809 GLOVER |
| Goodman, Joan Elizabeth | Hope's Crossing | YA FICTION GOODMAN | |
| Guy, Rosa | The Friends | Contemporary Fiction | YA FICTION GUY |
| Haddix, Margaret Peterson | Found | Science/Sci-Fi | JF HADDIX |
| Hesse, Karen | Stowaway | Historical Fiction | CS YA FICTION HESSE |
| Hiaasen, Carl | Hoot | Contemporary Fiction | JF PBK HIAASEN |
| Hobbs, Will | Wild Man Island | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION HOBBS |
| Hobbs, Will | Downriver | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION HOBBS |
| Hoose, Phillip | We Were There Too | Non-Fiction | YA 920.073 HOOSE |
| Irving, Washington | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION IRVING |
| King, Stephen | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon | Adventure/Survival | THRILL KING |
| Kipling, Rudyard | Kim | Historical Fiction | YA FICTION KIPLING |
| Klass, David | Home of the Braves | Sports | YA FICTION KLASS |
| L'Engle, Madeleine | A Wrinkle in Time | Science/Sci-Fi | YA FICTION L'ENGLE |
| Landau, Elaine | Slave Narrative: The Journey to Freedom | Non-Fiction | YA 326 SLAVE |
| Leguin, Ursula K. | A Wizard of Earthsea | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION LEGUIN |
| Lester, Julius | To Be a Slave | Non-Fiction | YA 326 LESTER |
| Lewis, C.S. | Chronicles of Narnia | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION LEWIS |
| Lipsyte, Robert | The Contender | YA FICTION LIPSYTE | |
| London, Jack | The Call of the Wild | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION LONDON |
| Macy, Sue | A Whole New Ballgame: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | Sports | YA 796.35764 MACY |
| Magoon, Kekla | The Rock and the River | Historical Fiction | YA FICTION MAGOON |
| McDaniel, Lurlene | Angel of Hope | Romance | YA FICTION MCDANIEL |
| Mowat, Farley | Never Cry Wolf | Non-Fiction | YA 599.74 M936n |
| Murphy, Jim | Blizzard: The Storm That Changed America | Non-Fiction | YA 551.555 MURPHY |
| Myers, Walter Dean | The Greatest: Muhammad Ali | Biography/Autobiography | YA 796.8309 ALI, M. MYERS |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Bad Boy: A Memoir | Biography/Autobiography | YA B MYERS, W. |
| Naidoo, Beverley | The Other Side of Truth | Historical Fiction | YA FICTION NAIDOO |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | Jade Green | Romance | YA NAYLOR |
| Nix, Garth | Sabriel | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION NIX |
| O'Dell, Scott | Sing Down the Moon | Historical Fiction | YA FICTON O'DELL |
| Oppel, Kenneth | Sunwing | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION OPPEL |
| Patterson, James | Angel Experiment | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION PATTERSON |
| Patterson, Katherine | Same Stuff As Stars | Contemporary Fiction | JF PATERSON |
| Paulsen, Gary | Soldier's Heart | Historical Fiction | JF PAULSEN |
| Paulsen, Gary | Nightjohn | Historical Fiction | JF PAULSEN |
| Paulsen, Gary | Guts | Biography/Autobiography | YA B PAULSEN |
| Pearson, Mary E. | Scribbler of Dreams | Romance | YA FICTION PEARSON |
| Pfeffer, Susan | Life As We Knew It | Science/Sci-Fi | JF PFEFFER |
| Philbrick, Nathaniel | Revenge of the Whale | Non-Fiction | YA 910.452 PHILBRICK |
| Pullman, Philip | The Golden Compass | Myths and Legends/Fantasy/Horror | YA FICTION PULLMAN |
| Reiss, Johanna | The Upstairs Room | Biography/Autobiography | YA FICTION REISS |
| Ryan, Pam Munzo | Esperanza Rising | Historical Fiction | YA FICTION RYAN |
| Sachar, Louis | Holes | Contemporary Fiction | YA SACHAR |
| Satrapi, Marjane | Persepolis | Biography/Autobiography | YA GRAPHIC B SATRAPI, M. |
| Schaefer, Jack | Shane | Historical Fiction | YA FICTION SHAEFER |
| Smith, Roland | Sasquatch | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION SMITH |
| Spinelli, Jerry | There's a Girl in my Hammerlock | Sports | YA FICTION SPINELLI |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis | Treasure Island | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION STEVENSON |
| Sutcliff, Rosemary | Sword Song | Historical Fiction | YA FICTION SUTCLIFF |
| Voigt, Cynthia | Dicey's Song | Contemporary Fiction | YA FICTION VOIGT |
| Voigt, Cynthia | Runner | Sports | YA FICTION VOIGT |
| Voigt, Cynthia | Come A Stranger | Romance | YA FICTION VOIGT |
| Westerfeld, Scott | Uglies | Science/Sci-Fi | YA FICTION WESTERFELD |
| Wolff, Virginia Euwer | Bat 6 | Sports | CS YA FICTION WOLFF |
| Wolff, Virginia Euwer | This Full House | Poetry | YA FICTION WOLFF |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | Locomotion | Poetry | YA FICTION WOODSON |
| Yates, Elizabeth | Amos Fortune, Free Man | Historical Fiction | J B FORTUNE |
| Yep, Laurence | Dragonwings | Contemporary Fiction | JF YEP |
| Zindel, Paul | Reef of Death | Adventure/Survival | YA FICTION ZINDEL |