2023 SummerReads ~ Grade 7 by PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos Dive into a great read this summer! en-us 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC 2025-04-30 16:07:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900461
  • American Indian Youth Literature Award: honoring work by and about American Indians and Alaska Natives.
  • Asian/Pacific American Literature Award: honoring work about Asian/Pacific American heritage.  
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award: outstanding book published internationally.
  • Pura Belpré Award: excellent portrayal of the Latinx experience. 
  • Randolph Caldecott Award: distinguished illustration. 
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel Award: distinguished book for beginning readers. 
  • Coretta Scott King Book Award: appreciation of African American culture. 
  • John Newbery Award: distinguished writing. 
  • Odyssey Award: best audiobook production.
  • Michael L. Printz Award: literary excellence in young adult literature.
  • Schneider Family Award: artistic expression of the disability experience. 
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal: distinguished informational book. 
  • Stonewall Award: exceptional merit relating to the GLBT experience. 
  • Sydney Taylor Book Award: authentic portrayal of the Jewish experience.


    • ]]>     2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900461     How can Sarah improve her game? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900462 When she starts missing her trademark shots on the basketball court, she wishes her body would go back to normal.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900462 Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities, chosen for an elite middle school track team. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900463 Award-winning author Jason Reynolds just finished a two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900463 How can families keep their heritage alive? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900464 Sisters Sonia and Tara Das, newly arrived to New York City, grow up between two cultures in this absorbing story that spans several generations.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900464 Travel through time with this poetry collection that lifts up the Hispanic American experience. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900465 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900465 Gotcha! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900466 A humorous look at how famous - and infamous - people throughout history have ended up on the wrong end of the law.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900466 See the island of Martha's Vineyard through Mary Lambert's eyes. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900467 Author Ann LeZotte, who is Deaf, shows the richness and peril of being part of Chilmark's historical Deaf community. Winner of the 2021 Schneider Award.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900467 It turns out that reading is dangerous... PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900468 Hyun Sook Kim tells her story of reading banned books in 1980s South Korea's repressive climate.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900468 The true story of German teens who stood up against the Nazis. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900470 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900470 Immerse yourself in the Mediterranean-like fantasy world of the Queen's Thief, where three kingdoms angle for supremacy and clever Eugenides is at the center of the action. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900471 Complex and tongue-in-cheek funny, with a dash of romance.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900471 Morgan must enter the Barren Grounds of Misewa to rescue her friend Eli. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900472 David Robertson, a member of the Norway House Cree Nation, creates an absorbing hero's journey. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900472 Discover the ground-breaking work of 17th-century German woman Maria Merian, the first person to document the life cycle of butterflies. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900473 Winner of the 2019 Sibert Informational Book Medal.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900473 Who is murdering the apothecaries of London? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900474 Christopher must solve his master's final gift - a series of puzzles that leads to the answer (and plenty of danger along the way).]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900474 In this dystopian society, corporations control the food supply, manufacturing synthetic products. Can Piper defy everything and grow real food? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900475 Beautifully illustrated with Piper's journal entries.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900475 This short biography in verse examines the life of a fabulous African-American writer. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900477 A 2023 Coretta Scott King Honor book.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900477 Maggie finds a snow leopard cub that has been abandoned in Wildoak Forest. Will she discover the courage to speak up for the animal, despite her stutter? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900478 Told in alternating points of view. Winner of the 2023 Schneider Family Award.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900478 David's got a lot on his plate: dueling grandmothers, his upcoming bar mitzvah, and the threat of nuclear war. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900479 This funny historical fiction title is a 2018 Sydney Taylor Honor book.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900479 From swimming newbie to the state championship! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900480 Winner of the 2023 Coretta Scott King Award.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900480 "Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast." PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900481 Be captivated by this rich anthology of Indigenous voices. A 2022 Batchelder Honor book.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900481 Why is everyone so interested in a baby named Lyra Belacqua? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900482 And what will Malcolm risk to protect her? This prequel to Philip Pullman's absorbing fantasy, His Dark Materials, is narrated by actor Michael Sheen and was a 2018 Odyssey Honor audiobook. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900482 Can Homer rescue his mother from slavery? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900485 This gripping historical fiction novel won both the 2023 Coretta Scott King Award and the Newbery Medal.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900485 Everyone wants to tame Marlene's naturally curly hair - does she even get a say? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900486 This graphic novel is the winner of the 2023 Pura Belpré Award.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900486 The painful story of World War II Japanese internment camps through pictures and words. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900487 Winner of the 2023 Sibert Informational Book Medal.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900487 Beetle, a goblin (or is she a witch?) meets a ghost in an abandoned mall in this anime story. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900488 A 2021 Stonewall Honor book. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900488 Iveliz is sure that 7th grade is going to be great...until she discovers that it's not. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900489 A 2023 Newbery Honor book. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900489 Discover the amazing history of Native American Code Talkers, who served the United States from World War I through Korea. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900490 This graphic novel-style title is the winner of the 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Award.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900490 When violence breaks out all over L.A., Jordan embarks on a risky rescue mission. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900492 This action-packed page-turner is a 2023 Asian/Pacific American American Literature Honor book.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900492 The last thing that Sue wants is a 100-person quinceañera and a stupid poofy dress! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900494 For fans of Smile, Drama, and Guts. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900494 Everything you ever wanted to know about these legendary beings... PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900496 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900496 "Do some people really just have popularity? Or is it given, or taken, or some combination of both?" In the aftermath of a classmate's disappearance, Mallory is left to wonder what role she might have played. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900497 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900497 In this latest installment of the City Spies series, the team's mission brings them to Egypt in search of who is behind a series of vicious cyberattacks. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900499 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900499 Nic must clear her dad's name and find a mysterious magical object. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900500 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900500 What makes you different can also be the key to your success. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900502 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900502 Be inspired to make a difference! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900503 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900503 This short, illustrated memoir of the author's experience as an Italian Jew during World War II is simple and incredibly moving. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900504 Winner of the 2023 Batchelder Award.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900504 Planet Earth is under attack. Can three teens use their newly-discovered cryptogenic powers to save the world? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900505 This science fiction trilogy has plenty of action and teen drama. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900505 Anishinaabe teen Bagonegiizhigok (who goes by "Bugz") dominates the virtual gaming realm of Floraverse. When Feng, one of her online enemies, suddenly appears on her reservation, sparks fly. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900506 An action-packed futuristic title with fantastic characters.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900506 Orchid, newly arrived from Paris to small-town Louisiana, defies convention and cliques in the small, twelve-person seventh grade. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900507 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900507 In the latest FunJungle entry, Teddy's in the middle of something fishy... PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900508 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900508 Working at a summer camp for kids with cancer was life-changing for this popular author. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900509 In this graphic style memoir, Jarrett Krosoczka recounts the unforgettable experience of meeting kids with cancer and their families at Camp Sunshine.]]> 2025-04-30 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/4yw9tfy32fp3rhos/wish/3431900509