7th Grade Summer Reading
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School Summer 2019
Summer Reading Requirements
1. English Read (choose one)
2. History Read (choose one)
3. Choice Read (choose one)
Don't let the minimum requirements keep you from reading as much as you can this summer. When it comes to books and summer, the more the merrier!
Hooray for Books is once again offering a 20% discount on all Saints summer reading purchases and will be hosting a Summer Reading Kick-Off Event with giveaways (see below).
Most books are available as ebooks and audiobooks through the MISBO OverDrive Library (see below).
English Read
Bring the book to class with you in September.
And Then There Were None
ISBN: 978-0062490377
Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die.
One Crazy Summer
ISBN: 978-0060760908
Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.
While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.
History Read
The Brotherhood
A.B. Westrick
Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Freed from slavery, Mariah and her young brother Zeke join Sherman's march through Georgia, where Mariah meets a free black named Caleb and dares to imagine the possibility of true love, but hope can come at a cost.
Sweetgrass Basket
In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, established in 1879 to educate Native Americans, as they try to assimilate into white culture and one of them is falsely accused of stealing.
Dark Sky Rising
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with Tonya Bolden
American literary critic, teacher, historian, filmmaker and public intellectual Henry Louis Gates Jr. looks at America's history from 1861 to 1915, focusing on the destruction of slavery, the Reconstruction Amendments, and African-American resilience in times of racial unrest and drawing parallels to them with the early twenty-first century in the United States.
Flesh & Blood So Cheap
Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales (choose 2)
Choose 2 of the following graphic novels to complete your History Read requirement.
One Dead Spy
Lafayette
The Underground Abductor
Big Bad Ironclad
Donner Dinner Party
Alamo All-Stars
Choice Read
Read a graphic novel. Listen to an audiobook. Delve into a memoir or biography about someone you admire. Read the next book in your favorite series, or start a new one. The choice is yours.
Ms. Blowers Recommends
Project LIT
Project LIT Community, founded by Mr. Amato and Maplewood High School students, aims to increase book access and spread a love of reading in Nashville. Check out their list of recommended titles!
ALSC Reading Lists
Grades 6-8 Summer Reading List
Notable Children's Books (check out the "Older" list)
Notable Children's Recordings (Audiobooks)
Grades 6-8 Graphic Novels Reading List
Summer Reading Kick-Off Celebration
Wednesday, Jun 5, 2019, 04:00 PM
Hooray for Books!, King Street, Alexandria, VA, USA
OverDrive eBooks and Audiobooks
Get the FREE! OverDrive app. from the app store
Add a Library (browse by zip code: 22304)
Under “Library Systems” tap on MISBO
Select St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School from the dropdown menu
Find your User ID on your student ID card OR look up your ID# in the online directory
Having trouble? Email Ms. Blowers, ablowers@sssas.org
SYNC Audiobooks for Teens (FREE!)
Share Your Summer Reads!
Snap a photo of you and your summer reading book and share it with us on Twitter or send it via email.
Email: ablowers@sssas.org
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Phone: 703-212-2766
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