Books for 7th - 8th Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2001

J/F/ALMOND
Almond, David - Kit's Wilderness - 229p.
While playing a game called Death, Kit actually sees the ghosts of children who died in the coal mines years ago when the other players think it is just a silly game.

J/F/APPELT
Appelt, Kathi - Kissing Tennessee - 118p.
Nine graduating 8th graders relate their stories of love and heartbreak that have brought them to the Dogwood Junior High's magical Stardust Dance.

J/F/ATWATER-RHODES
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia - Demon in My View - 176p.
Jessica, a high school senior who pens vampire tales, is shaken when a vampire from one of her novels shows up as a new student at her school.

J/F/BAUER
Bauer, Joan - Hope Was Here - 186p.
When Hope and her aunt move to rural Wisconsin to run the Welcome Stairways Diner, they become involved in a mayoral campaign against the town's current corrupt mayor.

J/F/CALHOUN
Calhoun, Dia - Aria of the Sea - 264p.
After her mother dies, Cerinthe tries to fulfill her mother's last wish by attending a prestigious school for dancers. However, Cerinthe is torn between dancing and using her talents as a healer.

J/F/CALVERT
Calvert, Patricia - Michael, Wait for Me - 155p.
Instead of disliking him as she had planned, Sarah finds she has a crush on her sister's boyfriend who has come to spend the summer. But life has been hard for Michael and even Sarah's friendship cannot prevent Michael from committing suicide.

J/F/DEUKER
Deuker, Carl - Night Hoops - 212p.
Nick needs to prove his place on the varsity basketball team, but his parents' divorce and a troubled teammate are interfering with his time and concentration.

J/F/HADDIX
Haddix, Margaret Peterson - Turnabout - 223p.
As part of an anti-aging experiment, senior citizens Melly and Anny Beth are given injections that make them grow younger with each passing year. Before they grow too young, they must go in search of "parents" to look after them.

J/F/HANLEY
Hanley, Victoria - The Seer and the Sword - 341p.
Exiled from her country after her father's murder, Princess Torina uses her skills as a seer to restore peace to her land with the help of her friend Landon.

J/F/HESSE
Hesse, Karen - Stowaway - 319p.
Nicholas stows away aboard the ship Endeavor to escape his evil employer, and ends up sailing around the world under the command of the renowned Captain James Cook.

J/F/HITE
Hite, Sid - Stick and Whittle - 202p.
An adventure begins when friends Stick and Whittle answer an ad to rescue a rich man's kidnapped daughter from an evil outlaw.

J/F/KARR
Karr, Kathleen - The Boxer - 169p.
While in jail for fighting, Johnny is befriended by an inmate who teaches him how to box so he can provide for his poor mother and siblings.

J/F/KOSS
Koss, Amy Goldman - The Girls - 121p.
When Candice, the leader of a clique of popular girls, drops Maya from the group without explanation, the other girls are torn between following the charismatic Candice or championing Maya.

J/F/MEYER
Meyer, Carolyn - Mary, Bloody Mary - 227p.
Mary Tudor, the firstborn daughter of Henry VIII, loses her claim to the English throne when her father discards her and her mother in favor of the bewitching Anne Boleyn.

J/F/MIKAELSEN
Mikaelsen, Ben - Touching Spirit Bear - 241p.
Banished for a year to an island for attacking a classmate, Cole must learn how to survive in the Alaskan wilderness.

J/F/MORRIS
Morris, Gerald - The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf - 213p.
Lynet travels to Camelot to seek assistance from King Arthur when a knight set on marrying her lovely sister besieges her family's castle.

J/F/PEARSON
Pearson, Mary - David V. God - 132p.
David is sure his death is a mistake. He teams up with the "Queen of the Nerds" to debate God about not wanting to die just yet.

J/F/RINALDI
Rinaldi, Ann - The Coffin Quilt - 228p.
When Franny McCoy's older sister runs off with Johnse Hatfield, the already existing feud between the two families erupts into an all-out war.

J/F/RYAN
Ryan, Pam Muñoz - Esperanza Rising - 262p.
After their ranch is burned to the ground, Esperanza and her mother leave their Mexican home to face the harsh life of migrant farm workers in Southern California.

J/F/STANLEY
Stanley, Diane - A Time Apart - 263p.
While her mother undergoes cancer treatment, Jenny is sent to England to live with her father in a "living archeology" study of the Iron Age.

J/F/STINE
Stine, R.L. - Nightmare Hour - 148p.
Ten new stories by R.L. Stine. Each story has a spine-tingling ending that will stay with you for a long time!

J/F/SWEENEY
Sweeney, Joyce - Players - 222p.
During the All-City Championship season, Corey tries to keep his high school basketball team together in the face of a malicious new team member.

J/F/THESMAN
Thesman, Jean - Calling the Swan - 147p.
Skylar struggles to have a normal summer despite her parents' extreme overprotectiveness brought on by a traumatizing and unspeakable event.

J/F/TOMEY
Tomey, Ingrid - Nobody Else Has To Know - 231p.
Webber must live with his guilt or reveal who was driving when his grandfather's car hits and seriously injures a young girl.

J/F/ZINDEL
Zindel, Paul - The Gadget - 184p.
After living in war torn London, Stephen is sent to live with his father in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It's 1945 and World War II is almost over. Stephen tries to discover what is so important about his father's work and why there is so much secrecy and intrigue.

Prepared by SC, LC, VO, JR, May 2001