Literacy Block--Grade 7
Core Books/Choice Novels

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
     Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
     Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard

Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
     Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Konigsberg
     Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Jane Gray
     The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
     Redwall by Brian Jacques

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
     That Was Then, This Is Now by S. E. Hinton
     Tex by S. E. Hinton
     Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton
     Taming the Star Runner by S. E. Hinton

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
     The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
     The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
     Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
     Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
     Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
     The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

The Cay by Theodore Taylor
     Something for Joey by Richard Peck
     Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
     Timothy of the Cay by Theodore Taylor
     The Girl Who Owned a City by O. T. Nelson

The Acorn People by Ron Jones
     Selected biographies, internet sources, and articles

Selected short stories
Poetry selections from various sources
Variety of non-fiction text

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