Our apologies--the list posted under the Reading Lists heading on the Athens Academy webpage is incorrect. We are between webmasters at present, and changes to the webpage are slow, but in the meantime, here is the correct list:
7th Grade Choice Novels—Summer 2008
TWO required books:
The Princess Bride by William Goldman & Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour Reit
In addition to the required novels, choose THREE others from the following list:
Alphabetical List (by author)
Watership Down - Adams
Tangerine – Bloor
And Then There Were None - Christie --(Mrs. Leamon’s favorite)
With Every Drop of Blood - Collier
The Face on the Milk Carton - Cooney
The Dark is Rising – Cooper
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years - Delany
Last Shot - Feinstein
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery - Freedman --(Mrs. Marvel’s favorite)
Inkheart - Funke
Olive’s Ocean - Henkes
Hoot - Hiaasen --(Mrs. Durham’s favorite)
That Was Then, This Is Now - Hinton
Alex Rider: Stormbreaker - Horowitz
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam - Kadohata
Silent to the Bone – Konigsburg
The View from Saturday - Konigsburg
One Fat Summer - Lipsyte
The Chief - Lipsyte
Travel Team - Lupica
Feeling Sorry for Celia - Moriarty
Bad Boy: A Memoir - Myers
Fallen Angels - Myers --(Mrs. Wells’s favorite)
Monster - Myers
Eragon - Paolini
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment - Patterson
The River Between Us - Peck
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex – Philbrick
First Test – Pierce
Across the Lines - Reeder
The Lightning Thief - Riordan
The Schwa Was Here - Shusterman
A Walk to Remember – Sparks
Stargirl - Spinelli
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Twain
Banner in the Sky - Ullman
Uglies - Westerfeld
Behind the Bedroom Wall - Willams
Make Lemonade - Wolff
Devil's Arithmetic - Yolen
Elsewhere - Zevin