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2019 Mount Sinai Summer Reading List 7th Grade
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Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
When their owner dies at the start of the Revolution, Isabel and her younger sister are sold to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take onthe Cinderella story
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Confetti girl by Diana LópezTrying to be many things all at once to many people while coping with the loss of her mother and a father who seems to be completely uninterested in her life, Lina Flores learns to becomes an expert in adaption in order to satisfy all the roles she needs to play in her complicated life.
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Counting by 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident
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Doll bones
by Holly Black
Playing an endless make-believe game about pirates, mermaids and warriors under the rule of a formidable Great Queen china doll, best friends Zach, Poppy and Alice find their bond tested when Zach is compelled to give up their shared adventures and Poppy begins having dreams about the doll. By the co-author of the best-selling Spiderwick Chronicles.
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Ella enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
In a first novel and 1998 Newbery Honor Book based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against a childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. Reprint.
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Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
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Ghost
by Jason Reynolds
Ghost is a naturally talented runner with a troubled background, but when he is recruited for an elite middle school track team, he must prove to his coach that he can overcome his problems and become the best sprinter in the city
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The great Greene heist
by Varian Johnson
When his ex and his rival with ties to the principal run for school president, reformed con artist Jackson Greene secretly assembles a team to ensure the election is run fairly, an effort complicated by his enduring feelings for his ex
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Heat
by Mike Lupica
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
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Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish
by Pablo Cartaya
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island
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Mark of the thief
by Jennifer A Nielsen
Forced to enter a sealed cavern that reputedly holds the lost treasures of Caesar, slave Nic discovers an amulet imbued with divine power and finds himself at the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and spark a war
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Masterminds
by Gordon Korman
A group of kids discovers they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment
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Peak
by Roland Smith
After being arrested for scaling a New York skyscraper and then sent to live with his long-lost father and fellow climber, Peak Marcello finds it difficult to rebuild their bond, thus when his father suddenly pushes him to climb Mt. Everest, Peak must take into consideration his father's questionable motives. Reprint.
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Picture me gone
by Meg Rosoff
Possessing an intuitive talent for noticing clues and unspoken emotions that most people overlook, Mila collects information about a missing family friend in order to piece together what happened to him, a situation that is thrown into turmoil by a devastating betrayal. By the award-winning author of How I Live Now.
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The raft
by S. A. Bodeen
When her last-minute cargo flight to the Pacific Islands Midway Atoll is brought down by a catastrophic storm, lone passenger Robie finds herself drifting in the middle of the ocean on a raft with the co-pilot, Max, with whom she struggles to survive without supplies. By the author of The Compound.
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Road trip
by Jim Paulsen
A father and son embark on a road trip to a distant animal shelter to save a homeless border collie puppy. By the acclaimed author of Crush; Paintings from the Cave; Flat Broke; Liar, Liar; Masters of Disaster; Lawn Boy Returns; Woods Runner; Notes from the Dog; Mudshark; and Lawn Boy.
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The Saturday boy
by David Fleming
Every school day seems to bring more trouble to 11-year-old Derek, whose former best friend bullies him, while at home he deals with the long absence of his father, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot, and his mother's sudden moodiness.
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Scat
by Carl Hiaasen
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing
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Sisters
by Raina Telgemeier
A companion to the Eisner Award-winning Smile finds Raina's disappointing bond with a cranky, independent younger sister further challenged by the arrival of a baby brother and an estrangement in their parents' marriage. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous.
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Skink no surrender
by Carl Hiaasen
When their reckless cousin runs off with a guy she met online to avoid going to boarding school, long-suffering Richard and renegade Wild Skink brave storms, wildlife and violence in a swampy region of Florida to find her. A first teen novel by the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hoot. Simultaneous eBook.
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A song for Bijou
by Josh Farrar
A story about first crushes and old friendships is told through alternating viewpoints against a vibrant backdrop of Haitian-American culture and follows the story of a prep school boy whose life is transformed by a budding relationship with a Haitian girl who has relocated to Brooklyn after the earthquake. By the author of Rules to Rock By.
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Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
Although Stargirl is shunned by many at school for her unique presence, Leo Borlock, a fellow classmate, finds her inspiring and soon finds himself head-over-heels in love. Reprint.
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Love, Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania. Reprint.
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Tesla's attic
by Neal Shusterman
Moving into a ramshackle Victorian house after his home burns down, Nick discovers a cache of odd antiques in the attic, where his new friends and he become unwitting subjects in a perilous scientific plan by a devious inventor
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Lincoln's grave robbers
by Steve Sheinkin
A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation. By the award-winning author of The Notorious Benedict Arnold.
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Marley & me : life and love with the world's worst dog
by John Grogan
Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of adventures, from shutting down an entire beach to guarding a seventeen-year-old neighbor after a stabbing attack
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The polar bear scientists
by Peter Lourie
Documents the annual efforts of a pair of biologists from the U.S. Geological Survey team to locate and tranquilize polar bears in the Alaskan wilderness to collect important information about species conservation and global warming
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The Port Chicago 50 : disaster, mutiny, and the fight for civil rights
by Steve Sheinkin
The Newbery Award-winning and National Book Award finalist author of Bomb presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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