MNSD 7th Grade Summer Reading List

Marple Newtown School District's seventh-grade required summer reading list has been announced. All students in regular, remedial, and learning support classes are required to read two books from the list below. Find out below if the books are listed in or public libraries. Check shelf or call each library for availability. Read the attached PDFs for a synopsis of each book.

All seventh-grade students must read two books from the list below:

Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

• Marple: 4 books listed
• Newtown: 1 book listed

Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

• Marple: 5 books listed
• Newtown: 2 books listed

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

• Marple: 4 books listed
• Newtown: 3 books listed

Racing the Past by Sis Deans

• Marple: 1 book listed
• Newtown: 1 book listed

Rules by Cynthia Lord

• Marple: 4 books listed
• Newtown: 1 book listed

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

• Marple: 5 books listed
• Newtown: 4 books listed

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

• Marple: 3 books listed
• Newtown: 1 book listed

Heat by Mike Lupica

• Marple: 5 books listed
• Newtown: 1 book listed

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

• Marple: 4 books listed
• Newtown: 1 book listed

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

• Marple: 5 books listed
• Newtown: 2 books listed

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

• Marple: 5 books listed
• Newtown: 4 books listed

They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch

• Marple: 0 books listed
• Newtown: 1 book listed

Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli

• Marple: 3 books listed
• Newtown: 1 book listed