Summer Reading List For Grades 7-12

 

            If you have a secondary-level reader who loves to read, here are some wonderful books that would be great choices for independent, for-pleasure reading when the school hustle-bustle has died down and there's time for such pursuits:

 

            Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman

 

            Ellen Foster, Kaye Gibbons

 

            The Jump-Off Creek, Molly Gloss

 

            Midnight Hour Encores, Bruce Brooks

 

            Spider Woman's Granddaughters, Paula Gunn

 

            What Hearts, Bruce Brooks

 

            Catherine Called Birdy, Karen Kushman

 

            Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey, Lillian Schlissel

 

            Immense Journey, Loren Eiseley (science)

 

            Medusa and the Snail, Lewis Thomas (science)

 

            Medical Detectives, Berton Roueche