Summer Reading 2026
You will read 2 books for 7th Grade History. You do not have to take active reading notes, but you should write up a brief summary (3-5 sentences) when you complete the book so you remember what it was about.
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Enrique’s Journey: A True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother (Young Adult Adaptation) by Sonia Nazario
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Choose ONE of the books from the section below
A Promise to Keep
by Mario Bencastro
Across So Many Seas
by Ruth Behar
An Uninterrupted View of the Sky
by Melanie Crowder
Caminar
by Skila Brown
Hold Tight, Don't Let Go
by Laura Rose Wagner
Silver People**
by Margarita Engle
The Circuit
by Francisco Jiménez
The Circuit : The Graphic Novel
by Francisco Jiménez
The Distance Between Us (Young Readers Edition)
by Reyna Grande
The Everything I Have Lost
by Sylvia Aguilar-Zéleny
The Queen of Water
by Laura Resau
Most, if not all, of these books are available through your local library, your local library’s E-book system, and the BB&N E-book library through SORA. If you are having access issues, please contact Mr. Sell (MS Library Director) at csell@bbns.org or Mr. Billings (MS History Dept Chair) at mbillings@bbns.org. ** Some Mature Content, Language, or Heavy Themes
You will read 2 books for 8th Grade History. You do not have to take active reading notes, but you should write up a brief summary (3-5 sentences) when you complete the book so you remember what it was about.
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
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Choose ONE of the books from the section below
All the President's Men
by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
Becoming (Adapted for Young Readers)
by Michelle Obama
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
The Color of a Lie
by Kim Johnson
Getting Away With Murder
by Chris Crowe
I Am Malala
by Malala Yousafzai
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
by Bryan Stevenson
Notorious RBG (Young Readers' Edition)
by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
Most, if not all, of these books are available through your local library, your local library’s E-book system, and the BB&N E-book library through SORA. If you are having access issues, please contact Mr. Sell (MS Library Director) at csell@bbns.org or Mr. Billings (MS History Dept Chair) at mbillings@bbns.org. ** Some Mature Content, Language, or Heavy Themes
You will read 1 book for 7th Grade English. Choose ONE of the books from the section below. You do not have to take active reading notes, but you should write up a brief summary (3-5 sentences) when you complete the book so you remember what it was about.
A Snake Falls to Earth
by Darcie Little Badger
Carry Me Home
by Janet Fox
Coyote Lost and Found
by Dan Gemeinhart
Dress Coded
by Carrie Firestone
Game Changer
by Tommy Greenwald
Iveliz Explains It All
by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice
by Anna Lapera
Not Nothing
by Gayle Forman
Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog
by Garth Stein
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
Rolling Warrior
by Judith Heumann & Kristen Joiner
Safiyyah's War
by Hiba Noor Khan
The Secret Language of Birds
by Lynne Kelly
Song for a Whale
by Lynne Kelly
Summer at Squee
by Andrea Wang
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
The Color of Sound
by Emily Barth Isler
Ultraviolet
by Aida Salazar
What Happened To Rachel Riley
by Claire Swinarski
Most, if not all, of these books are available through your local library, your local library’s E-book system, and the BB&N E-book library through SORA. If you are having access issues, please contact Mr. Sell (MS Library Director) at csell@bbns.org or Ms. Selover (MS English Dept Chair) at cselover@bbns.org. ** Some Mature Content, Language, or Heavy Themes
You will read 2 books for 8th Grade English. Choose TWO of the books from the section below. You do not have to take active reading notes, but you should write up a brief summary (3-5 sentences) when you complete the book so you remember what it was about.
Amari and the Metalwork Menace
by B.B. Alston
American Street**
by Ibi Zoboi
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys
Black Girl You Are Atlas
by Renée Watson
The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
Children of Blood and Bone**
by Tomi Adeyemi
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time**
by Mark Haddon
Darius the Great Is Not Okay**
by Adib Khorram
Emma
by Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Here to Stay
by Sara Farizan
Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim**
by Patricia Park
In the Time of the Butterflies
by Julia Alvarez
Internment**
Samira Ahmed
King and the Dragonflies**
by Kacen Callender
Legend
by Marie Lu
The Poet X**
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts
by Susan Cain
Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust
Renee Hartman & Joshua M. Greene
Slay**
Brittney Morris
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
Sunshine: A Graphic Novel**
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
There Goes the Neighborhood
by Jade Adia
This Wicked Fate
by Kalynn Bayron
Tokyo Ever After
by Emiko Jean
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
Watch Us Rise**
by Renée Watson & Ellen Hagan
Most, if not all, of these books are available through your local library, your local library’s E-book system, and the BB&N E-book library through SORA. If you are having access issues, please contact Mr. Sell (MS Library Director) at csell@bbns.org or Ms. Selover (MS English Dept Chair) at cselover@bbns.org. ** Some Mature Content, Language, or Heavy Themes
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You will read 1 book for 7th Grade Science. Choose ONE of the books from the section below. You do not have to take active reading notes, but you should write up a brief summary (3-5 sentences) when you complete the book so you remember what it was about.
Children of the Quicksands
by Efua Traoré
Dry
by Neal Shusterman
The First Rule of Climate Club
by Carrie Firestone
Paradise on Fire
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Most, if not all, of these books are available through your local library, your local library’s E-book system, and the BB&N E-book library through SORA. If you are having access issues, please contact Mr. Sell (MS Library Director) at csell@bbns.org or Ms. Svatek (MS Science Dept Chair) at wsvatek@bbns.org. ** Some Mature Content, Language, or Heavy Themes