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Shelton Public Schools Summer Reading – Incoming Grades 7 and 8 Our summer lists provide a list of popular authors as well as specific titles. A limited supply of these authors and titles may be available at Plumb Memorial Library (65 Wooster Street) and Huntington Branch Library (41 Church Street). Most are available in local bookstores. If the titles or authors are unavailable, please ask the public librarians or bookstore staff to help you select titles that appeal to seventh or eighth graders. Enjoy!

Nutmeg Nominated Books for 2011 - Grades 7 and 8

 * = Anderson, Laurie Halse ||= Chains ||
 * = Applegate, Katherine ||= Home of the Brave ||
 * = Connor, Leslie ||= Waiting for Normal ||
 * = Dowd, Siobhan ||= The London Eye Mystery ||
 * = Fletcher, Susan ||= Alphabet of Dreams ||
 * = Lockhart, E. ||= The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks ||
 * = deMari, Silvana ||= The Last Dragon ||
 * = Pearsall, Shelley ||= All of the Above ||
 * = Schmidt, Gary ||= The Wednesday Wars ||
 * = Shusterman, Neal ||= Unwind ||

Favorite Authors - Grades 7 and 8

 * = Avi ||= Korman, Gordon ||
 * = Colfer, Eoin ||= Murphy, Jim ||
 * = Cooney, Caroline ||= Paterson, Katherine ||
 * = Farmer, Nancy ||= Paolini, Christopher ||
 * = Freedman, Russell ||= Pierce, Tamora ||
 * = Gutman, Dan ||= Spinelli, Jerry ||
 * = Horowitz, Anthony ||= Woodson, Jacqueline ||

Forever Favorites - Grades 7 and 8

 * Alcott || Little Women || London || Call of the Wild ||
 * Burnett || The Secret Garden || Norton || The Borrowers ||
 * Doyle || The Hound of the Baskervilles || Rawls || Where the Red Fern Grows ||
 * Henry || Misty of Chincoteague || Sewell || Black Beauty ||
 * Herriot || All Creatures Great and Small || Speare || The Witch of Blackbird Pond ||
 * L’Engle || A Wrinkle in Time || Stevenson || Treasure Island ||