Books for 7th & 8th Graders pt. 3
Annotation:When he gets on a train with his mother and dog to compete in the National Science Challenge in Washington, D.C., Steel has no idea that his amazing photographic memory will land him right in the middle of a terrorist's plot.
Annotation:Pakistani by birth, 16-year-old Sameera was adopted at age 3 and has grown up as an American diplomat's daughter and now her dad is running for president. His campaign staff wants to make her over into an all-American Sammy, going so far as to write a blog for her. How will Sameera deal with this?
Annotation:Zeeta has lived in 15 countries in 15 years with her unconventional mother, and longs to settle down. Now, in this small mountainous town in Ecuador, Zeeta meets Wendell, where they become involved in a suspenseful adventure.
Annotation:Princess Elizabeth's life constantly changes from favor to exile depending on who sits on the throne. She must be careful who she speaks to and who she falls in love with if she wants to live long enough to be Queen.
Annotation:Being a seventh-grader is tough enough. Having to read Shakespeare's plays every Wednesday with your teacher is even tougher.
Annotation:Sent to live with a weird, rich uncle in a creepy mansion, Beck finds out he has a peculiar "green-thumb" talent that is tied to many long-buried family secrets.
Annotation:The Clockwork Guild is out to destroy the British government. They will use whatever they need, animals or humans, to meet their goal. They have no qualms about killing. Modo, a shape-shifting hunchback, must stop them.
Annotation:After his mother's London flat is bombed in the Blitzkreig, Nick is sent to his father's plantation in Burma. When the country is invaded by the Japanese and his father captured, Nick finds himself trying to survive alone.
Annotation:Peak loves to rock climb but he lives in New York City where skyscrapers are as tall as mountains. When he gets caught climbing one, he is sent to live with his Dad as punishment, who is leading an expedition to Mount Everest.
Annotation:Whether you call it an "adventure in the high seas" or "exploring ocean deep mysteries," it all boils down to capturing a giant squid -- ALIVE! Of course, there’s a bunch of bad guys chasing after Grace and Marty to add to the complexity of this mission.
Annotation:Flunking English, falling in love, accidentally robbing a house, having your identity stolen by the new girl at school — in these short stories, they are all par for the course while learning the facts of life.
Annotation:Ronnie and Joey are best friends, and have just turned 13. Joey has a crush on a girl from another school, but when Coach Puddlefield embarrasses him in front of her, Joey climbs a tree and won't come down. It's up to Ronnie to find Joey's dream girl, but along the way, he has some adventures of his own.
Annotation:Will Tuppence’s life is predictable. He’s a 9th-grade science-geek, stargazer, and chess player. Will has his whole life planned out, but on September 26th, he learns that protons decay. Suddenly, the world isn't as predictable as he once believed.
Annotation:It's the summer of Sherman's thirteenth birthday and one night he whispers his love for Margaret across the yard. Huh? Margaret hears him but doesn't know what to think. Growing up next door to Sherman did not prepare her for this.
Annotation:Bella is living a peaceful life until she discovers that she is a knight's daughter who has been raised as a peasant. She is forced to leave the foster family she has come to love, and return to the father who abandoned her. Separated from her true family, and betrayed by her best friend, Prince Julian, Bella begins a journey that has consequences for the entire kingdom.
Annotation:Miranda's life seems ordinary -- until the notes start to arrive with clues that predict the future and they do come true.
Annotation:Wearing a denim jacket she painted with snakes and frogs, Grace stomps defiantly through her new life in the city until she enters the Fang & Claw. The reptiles inside will show her what shedding a skin is all about.
Annotation:It claims to be "the world's most unique and prestigious establishment" where only the most talented youngsters can get in. But Otto and his three friends want to get out.
Annotation:At first it is fun to be the girl with mismatched socks. When Fara tries to improve her school by running for student council president, she soon realizes that everybody is paying more attention to her socks than her ideas! It's enough to make a girl want to go barefoot.
Annotation:The Civil War is breaking out in Virginia while India Moody dreams of going to college and keeping her family safe. But she soon finds herself fighting — fighting for an education few women are allowed to have, fighting to find her missing father, and fighting for Virginia and life as she knows it.
Annotation:Traveling across the sands of the Middle East with her father, sixteen-year-old Julia meets a French antiques collector, a British horticulturist, and a dashing young man— each harboring shadows and secrets. Even Julia's father seems to have an unseen mission.
Annotation:Cam O'Mara is a champion skateboarder. His older brother, Ben, is the champion bull rider carrying on the family legacy. Everything changes when Ben returns from war as a depressed invalid. Cam makes a pact with Ben to ride a dangerous bull, and if he can, his brother promises to try to rebuild his life.
Annotation:The year is 1872 and Rachel senses a deep kinship with the badly burned firehorse. She will fight the odds to save this mare and to pursue an education to become a veterinarian.
Annotation:When his mother discovers that he has been surfing the web without her permission, Eddie is sent to rural Indiana to stay with his shy, great-uncle Peavey for a month. During his visit, he learns about his father and some surprising secrets.
Annotation:Lucy, the daughter of the American ambassador to Ethiopia, longs to leave the confines of the embassy and explore the country, but can only read about it. When she is kidnapped and escapes into the wild, she must use what she has learned to get back home.
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