Books for 7th - 8th Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2003

J/F/ ATWATER-RHODES
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia - Midnight Predator
Turquoise Draka has lived the horrors of being a vampire slave. Now, a respected and powerful vampire hunter, she must hide her strength and feign submissiveness to accomplish her newest assassination mission. 248p.

J/F/ AUCH
Auch, Mary Jane - Ashes of Roses
Margaret Rose travels by ship to New York City in 1911. Shortly after going to work at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory she experiences the horrific fire that kills 146 of her co-workers. 250p.

J/F/ AVI
Avi - Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Recently orphaned Crispin is running for his life from the 14th century village that is the only home he's known. He teams up with a traveling performer to follow the clues to his true identity and find the reason why so many people want him dead. Newbery Medal Winner 2003. 262p.

J/F/ BAUER
Bauer, Joan - Stand Tall
It's tough being a teenager! At 6'3" tall, Tree's unusual height is only one of his problems. His parents have recently divorced and he's terrible at basketball despite his height. 182p.

J/F/ BOOTH
Booth, Teena - Falling from Fire
Between her good-looking mother and her rowdy older sister, Teri feels totally invisible. Only after her family's house burns down do people start to notice her. 201p.

J/F/ BRENAMAN
Brenaman, Miriam - Evvy's Civil War
Evvy desires independence and education at a time when most women had neither. While her father is away fighting for the Confederacy, Evvy fights to hold her plantation home together, discovering long-held family secrets and forbidden romances along the way. 209p.

J/F/ CABOT
Cabot, Meg - All-American Girl
Samantha has just saved the life of the president. Sam adores her older sister's bad-boy boyfriend Jack, but now that she's met the president's handsome son, her feelings may be changing. 247p.

J/F/ COONEY
Cooney, Caroline B. - Goddess of Yesterday
On a small isle in ancient Greece, Anaxandra is the sole survivor of a deadly raid. Disguised as a Greek princess who died in the attack, she accompanies the vain Helen of Troy in order to protect Helen's infant son from death. 263p.

J/F/ CROSS
Cross, Gillian - Phoning a Dead Man
Hayley's brother dies in a suspicious explosion. She accompanies his fiancé to Siberia to investigate what really happened and finds herself involved with the Russian mafia. 252p.

J/F/ DRAPER
Draper. Sharon M. - Double Dutch
Delia can jump rope better than almost anyone, but she can't read. She's kept her secret for years, but now she has to pass the proficiency exams to compete in the world championship and she knows there's no way. 183p.

J/F/ FINE
Fine, Anne - Up on Cloud Nine
Stolly fell from his upstairs window and is now in critical condition. Ian, his best friend, waits by Stolly's hospital bed wondering whether his friend could have jumped. 151p.

J/F/ FARMER
Farmer, Nancy - The House of the Scorpion
In a distant future, human clones are treated like animals, but Matt lives comfortably as the privileged clone of a wealthy drug lord. It is only as his master's heart starts to fail and a replacement must be found that Matt realizes he's in danger. 380p.

J/F/ HALAM
Halam, Ann - Dr. Franklin's Island
Semirah Garson is shocked when her airplane crashes in the middle of the ocean and she and two other passengers are the only survivors on a deserted island. But when Dr. Franklin, a mad scientist, "rescues" them, Semi realizes that the horror has just begun. 245p.

J/F/ JEAPES
Jeapes, Ben - The Xenocide Mission
Joel's space tour with the Commonwealth is downright dull, until SkySpy is attacked by an alien race known for its violence. As one of few survivors from his post, Joel must keep the XC aliens from learning how to use jump-through technology to attack Earth. 387p.

J/F/ JOHNSTON
Johnston, Julie - In Spite of Killer Bees
Aggie and her sisters feel their luck changing when they find themselves heirs to their grandfather's estate. But, the sisters must live with their crazy aunt in a town where no one trusts them. 253p.

J/F/ MCKINLEY
McKinley, Robin - Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits
Mermaids, deadly sea serpents, enchanted desert pools, sea-crossed lovers, and more are featured in this collection of fantasy stories about the magic of the waters of the world. 266p.

J/F/MCLAREN
McLaren, Clemence - Aphrodite's Blessings
Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche fight against marrying their desig-nated husbands in order to marry the men they already love. 202p.

J/F/ PECK
Peck, Richard Newton - Horse Thief
Even after losing two fingers trying, Tullis still wants to ride a bull long enough to earn rodeo glory. When his rodeo shuts down and the horses are being sold for dog food, Tullis recruits some friends and turns horse thief. 231p.

J/F/ PRATCHETT
Pratchett, Terry - The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
A talking cat, a band of smart rats and a pipe-playing boy team up to pull a pied piper scam in towns across the land. They are doing quite well, until they try to scam the town of Bad Blintz. 241p.

J/F/ RALLISON
Rallison, Janette - Playing the Field
McKay needs a better algebra grade so he can keep playing baseball. Could beautiful classmate Serena be the tutor he's looking for? 172p.

J/F/ SHELDON
Sheldon, Dyan - My Perfect Life
Ella's absolutely perfect, yet sometimes boring life is jazzed up when her best friend nominates her to run for school president against the ruthless and popular Carla Santini. 201p.

J/F/ TOLAN
Tolan, Stephanie S. - Surviving the Applewhites
Jake is trouble. He's been kicked out of Traybridge Middle School after a record-short three weeks. Now he's sent to a home school run by the Applewhites, a talented but scatter-brained family of artists. 216p.

J/F/ WEATHERLY
Weatherly, Lee - Child X
Jules' biggest concern in life is the upcoming theater auditions. That is, until her father leaves. Now she's the center of a scandal on the nightly news and her own father won't talk to her. 210p.

J/F/ YOLEN
Yolen, Jane - Girl in a Cage
During the English invasion of Scotland in 1306, Scottish Princess Marjorie is taken prisoner by her father's enemy, King Edward, and displayed in a cage for all to see. 234p.

Prepared by Amanda Blau, Jeni Robinson, Julie Runge, May 2003