7th Grade Book Club - FICTION
Ms. Leach, December 2016
FICTION
● Imaginary people and events
● Tells a story (a narrative)
● Contains these elements:
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plot
character
theme
setting
point of view
style
Genres
http://the-artifice.com/the-novel-way-a-discussion-on-genre/
Realistic Fiction
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Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Possibility of Now by Kim Culbertson
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Future Perfect by Jen Larson
The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Historical Fiction
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Crow by Barbara Wright
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Call Me by My Name by John Ed Bradley
Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall, III
Front Lines by Michael Grant
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Science-Fiction/Fantasy (& Dystopia)
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Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Hunter by Mercedes Lackey
Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughan
The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Titans by Victoria Scott
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Horror
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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Dead River by Cyn Balog
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie
Wicked Cruel by Rich Wallace
The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher
Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Stolz
Shutter by Courtney Alameda
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
The Dead Boys by Royce Buckingham
Mystery
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Kiss Me, Kill Me by Lauren Henderson
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
All Fall Down by Ally Carter
Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock
The Art of Secrets by James Klise
Sports Fiction
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Football Hero by Tim Green
Crossed by Alexander Kwame
In the Swish by Dawn Green
Double Exposure by Bridget Birdsall
Crossing Lines by Paul Volponi
Swagger by Carl Deuker
Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
Soar by Joan Bauer
Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi
Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian
Action & Adventure
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Silverfin by Charles Higson
The Great Wide Sea by MH Herlong
Desert Dark by Sonja Stone
Holding Smoke by Elle Cosimano
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Money Run by Jack Heath
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
Traitor by Andy McNab
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi
Humor
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Swim the Fly by Don Calame
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
The Deadly 7 by Garth Jennings
Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce
It’s All Your Fault by Paul Rudnick
Denton Little’s DeathDate by Lance Rubin
Hellhole by Gina Damico
The Prom Goer’s Interstellar Excursion by Chris McCoy
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tom Greenwald
Questions?