The following titles and books have been recommended by year 7 students for year 7 students - or anyone else ....
The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan.
The heroic son of Poseidon makes an action-packed comeback in the second must-read installment of Rick Riordan's amazing young readers series. Starring Percy Jackson, a "half blood" whose mother is human and whose father is the God of the Sea, Riordan's series combines cliffhanger adventure and Greek mythology lessons that results in true page-turners that get better with each installment. In this episode, The Sea of Monsters, Percy sets out to retrieve the Golden Fleece before his summer camp is destroyed, surpassing the first book's drama and setting the stage for more thrills to come. See what others have said about it on Goodreads See the book trailer here Available in the library - F Fantasy RIO Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper
After a car accident kills Robert, Andy's best friend and teammate on the Hazelwood High Tigers, Andy doesn't know if he can go on. He's consumed with guilt for driving the night of the accident after a long evening of drinking and partying. With perceptiveness and compassion, Sharon M. Draper portrays an African-American teenager who feels driven to consider suicide in the wake of a devastating tragedy. Goodreads Book trailer Recommended by Ms Post "An original story about a boy who struggles to cope with the death of his best friend. Each chapter is written in a different medium (letter, telephone conversation, homework assignment), which makes the book exciting and different. If you think you don't enjoy reading, give this book a try!" |
Mr Monday by Garth Nix
Fantasy master Garth Nix dreams up a world where time mixes with place -- and one boy must enter it to recover one of seven all-powerful keys -- in this first mind-bending installment of The Keys to the Kingdom See what others have said about it on Goodreads . Booktrailer Available in the library - F Fantasy NIX Girl, Missing
Sophie McKenzieLauren has always known she was adopted but when a little research turns up the possibility that she was snatched from an American family as a baby, suddenly Lauren's life seems like a sham. How can she find her biological parents? And are her adoptive parents really responsible for kidnapping her? She manages to wangle a trip across the Atlantic where she runs away to try and find the truth. But the circumstances of her disappearance are murky and Lauren's kidnappers are still at large and willing to do anything to keep her silent… Goodreads Book Trailer Recommended by Ms Post "A book about discovery and identity. The main character sets out on an adventure to discover whether or not she had been kidnapped as a child. " Library - SF Crime MCK |