Entering Grade 7

HUMOR

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Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko
This is historical fiction mixed with lots of laughs. Alcatraz is a prison like no other. Alcatraz is an island off the coast of San Francisco that takes only the worst of the worst humans -- the bad seeds that no other prisons want. So what's it like for the kids whose parents work there? The kids live on the island with their parents and, of course, all the prisoners. This incredible book has received almost a dozen awards and starred reviews, including the coveted Newbery Honor Award.
Old School
by Gordon Korman
Our main character here has grown up in a retirement home, cared for by his grandmother and educated by the residents there. That is, until he learns he must go to the local middle school. He dresses like an 80-year-old and his taste in music and movies is decades out of date. Think middle school is hard for you? Try having it be your first experience with school and see how it feels from the pov of a 12-year-old who thinks like an 80-year-old.
Messy Roots
by Laura Gao
After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalo and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars—at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name.
The Reckless Club
​by Beth Vrabel
On the last day of middle school, five kids who couldn't be more different commit separate pranks, each sure they won't be caught and they can't get in trouble. They're wrong. As punishment, they each have to volunteer one beautiful summer day--the last one before school--at Northbrook Retirement and Assisted Living Home.
Dan vs. Nature 
by Don Calame
Body odor, flatulence, awkward sex jokes, and regurgitation are just the beginning of the onslaught of embarrassing experiences encountered by Dan while on a "wilderness bonding" trip with his soon-to-be stepdad. The result is coming-of-age by way of catastrophe.
Slider
by Pete Hautman
David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds.  Now he has to put that skill to the test because he "borrowed" his mom's credit card and accidentally charged $2,000 to it, so he's entered a competitive eating contest to win it back. 
Wink
by Rob Harrell
Ross wants a normal 7th grade year, but when he gets diagnosed with a rare eye cancer he has to deal with all of the weirdness that comes with it the only way he knows how, with a sense of humor.
Don’t Get Caught
by Kurt Dinan
To his surprise, uncool eleventh-grader Max Cobb is invited to join the Chaos Club, an exclusive group of students responsible for some of the biggest pranks at his high school.
Again!! v.1
by Mitsurou Kubo
Kinichiro gets labeled as a trouble maker all through high school, but as he walks across the stage at graduation he trips and falls and when he wakes up he finds that time has run backwards and he is a freshman all over again. (Graphic novel)
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