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Entering Grade 7

REALISTIC FICTION

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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks  
by Jason Reynolds

​Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and brilliantly weaves them into one wickedly funny, piercingly poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.
Clean Getaway
by Nic Stone

Scoob gets suspended from school so to avoid taking the punishment from his strict dad, he opts to go on a road trip through the American south with his white Grandma (G’ma) who’s been acting kind of strange lately...

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

Based on true events. When a California teacher decides to do a classroom experiment to demonstrate how the Nazis could have risen to power during WWII, “The Wave” quickly takes over the school with frightening speed.

The Stars Beneath Our Feet
by David Barclay Moore

Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.

New Kid
by Jerry Craft
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Middle-schooler Jordan must travel back and forth from home to school, navigating between two very different worlds while keeping his friends, honoring his responsibilities, and pursuing his dreams. Graphic Novel
Lost in the Sun
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by Lisa Graff
Trent blames himself for a tragic freak hockey accident until an unexpected friendship helps him restore his faith in himself.

The Seventh Most Important Thing
b
y Shelly Pearsall
Arthur is not a bad kid, but he threw a brick at the Junk Man, and now he has to pay. The judge sentences him to community service... with the Junk Man.
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