[LM_NET] HIT: 7th Gr Boys Book Club Realistic Fiction Suggestions Needed

[Kristine Wildner <kristine0001@WI.RR.COM>]

Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for realistic fiction for 7th 
grade boys.  I was happy to see a lot of titles mentioned that we already have in 
our curriculum or on our 6th grade battle list.  This is a special group of boys - 
so I really appreciate your suggestions.  A number of people recommended Peak and 
Red Kayak - so I think I'll read those books this summer.

Here's a list of the books suggested.

Touching Spirit Bear
Things Not SeenWringer. 
LAWN BOY by Paulsen
 and THE WEDNESDAY WARS by Schmidt
Red Kayak 
 Gold Dust 
 The Graduation of Jake Moon?
 Son of the Mob 
 No More Dead Dogs
The Black Duck 
My Side of the Mountain.  
 The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck
Taking Sides by Gary Soto
Monster or Fallen Angles by Walter Dean Myers 
would be good if they have higher level thinking.
Try Full Service by Will Weaver 
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick 
Eric Walters -- everything 
John Marsden -- Tomorrow when the war began (series) 
Kenneth Oppel -- everything 
Carl Hiassen - Flush, Hoot
How about Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick? 
 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte.   
Crash, by Jerry Spinelli 
Alabama Moon, by Watt Key
Tears of a Tiger, by Sharon Draper
 (Joey Pigza books by Jack Gantos 

---- Kristine Wildner <kristine0001@WI.RR.COM> wrote: 
> I'm working with my lit teacher on a 7th grade book club for the beginning of the 
>school year. We want to have two clubs - one for girls, another for boys.  For 
>girls we have chosen Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.  I'm looking for a realistic 
>fiction book for 7th grade boys.  They are a very well-read group of boys - 
>they've already read Travel Team and Heat and others by Mike Lupica - as well as 
>Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Kristine Wildner
> Librarian
> Holy Apostles School
> New Berlin, WI
> kristine0001@wi.rr.com
> 
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