7th Grade Summer Reading List

Becoming Muhammad Ali (Oct 2020)

By: Patterson, James   Illustrator: Anyabwile, Dawud

Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about Cassius' family and neighbors in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age twelve. Before long, he won his first Golden Gloves bout and began his transformation into the unrivaled Muhammad Ali. 

Ages 9-12 Fiction

Maizy Chen's Last Chance (Feb 2022)

By: Yee, Lisa

In Last Chance, Minnesota, with her family, Maizy spends her time at the Golden Palace, the restaurant that's been in her family for generations, where she makes some discoveries requiring her to go on a search for answers.

Ages 9-12   Fiction  

Fallout (Sep 2013)

By: Strasser, Todd

When an unthinkable nuclear attack occurs in an alternate-reality 1962, Scott is forced into his father's bomb shelter with his family and neighbors, where they rapidly consume limited supplies and fear the worst about the fate of the world outside.

Ages 9-12   Fiction  

The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel (Oct 2020)

By: Chari, Sheela

Series: Mars Patel, 1

After kids start disappearing from their school, Mars Patel and his outcast friends investigate and find that all clues point to an eccentric tech genius with a popular podcast, Oliver Pruitt, who also happens to be Mars' hero.

Ages 9-12   Fiction 

City Spies (Mar 2020)

Author: Ponti, James

Series: City spies, 1

Description: Sentenced to juvenile detention after exposing her foster parents’ crimes, a talented young hacker is rescued by a British spy who recruits five teen savants from different world regions to become elite agents for MI6. 

Ages 9-12 Fiction

War Games (Oct 2025)

By: Gratz, Alan 

Twelve-year-old Evie travels to Berlin for the 1936 Olympics where she witnesses Hitler's terror on the German people and plans to steal from a Nazi bank with two fellow Olympic athletes. 

Ages 9-12 Fiction

A Royal Conundrum (Jan 2024)

Author: Yee, Lisa

Illustrator: Santat, Dan - ill.

Series: Misfits (Lisa Yee), 1

An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down. 

Ages 9-12 Fiction