7th Grade
Seventh graders are asked to analyze texts in detail, including analysis of word choice and interpretation of the narrator's viewpoint.
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Resources for 7th Grade
Late, Lost, and Unprepared
A clinical psychologist's parent guide to executive functioning, organized skill by skill so you can work on the one your child actually struggles with.
How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up
A short, cartoon-illustrated book written directly to kids aged 8-13 about why homework feels awful and what to actually do about it. Read it in an afternoon.
That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week
Ana Homayoun's parent guide to organizing disorganized middle and high schoolers, built on the binder-and-planner system she uses with private clients.
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Newbery Medal biography of an African-born man enslaved in colonial New England who bought his freedom and that of others.
Across Five Aprils
Newbery Honor novel following an southern Illinois farm family through the five Aprils of the American Civil War.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Newbery Medal novel about a Black family holding onto their Mississippi land during the Depression and Jim Crow.
Bud, Not Buddy
Newbery Medal novel following a ten-year-old orphan across Depression-era Michigan in search of the father he thinks he has found.
Johnny Tremain
Newbery Medal historical novel following a Boston silversmith's apprentice into the events of the American Revolution.
The Sign of the Beaver
Newbery Honor survival story set in 1768 Maine, in which a settler boy and a Penobscot boy teach each other to live in the wilderness.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Newbery Medal novel about a Barbados-raised girl adjusting to Puritan Connecticut in 1687 and the witchcraft accusation that follows.
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Newbery Medal biography-novel of Nathaniel Bowditch, the self-taught sailor-mathematician who rewrote the book on navigation.
The Golden Goblet
A Newbery Honor novel set in ancient Egypt, commonly paired with ancient-history studies for grades 5-8.