The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (fiction)
Children of the Dust Bowl by Jerry Stanley (non fiction)
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7/ (Reading Literature)
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/7/ (Reading Informational Text)
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/7/ (Writing)
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/7/ (Speaking & Listening)
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/7/ (Language)
Experts: Stephen Krashen, Daniel Fadar, Donalyn Miller, Jim Trelease, Jen Robinson
Texts: Hooked on Books, The Book Whisperer, Read-Aloud Handbooks, The Power of Reading,
Books That Don’t Bore ‘Em
Resources: goodreads.com, teenreads.com, readbrightly.com