SummerReads 2021 ~ Grade 7 by PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d Find great reading ideas, and open your mind with the Reading Without Walls Challenge! en-us 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC 2025-04-30 16:53:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/565017871/cf6ef708c1a89c09000dcc6efe3ca715/gene_yang_reading_without_walls_e1455192530366.jpg PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951659 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951659 Frantic to save her sister's life, Mulan embarks on a dangerous journey to find the antidote and is challenged at every turn by the wicked White Fox. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951660 Award-winning author Grace Lin draws on Chinese folklore while giving the legendary warrior Mulan a heroic origin story. (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951660 On Kiran's twelfth birthday, a hideous demon captures her parents, and she must rely on a mysterious stranger and her own wits to rescue them. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951661 Author Sayantani DasGupta incorporates Bengali folktales into this adventure; also the first in a series. (2017)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951661 Charlie has always loved his abuela's stories - he never imagined they were true, until he finds himself in a battle to save the world. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951663 This fantasy by Ryan Calejo is action-packed and also the first in a series. (2019)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951663 Maya and her friends need to save her dad, who is the Guardian of the Veil. Along the way, she discovers her destiny. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951664 Author Rena Barron draws on West African mythology in this first title in the series. (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951664 Tangerine PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951665 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951665 There's a tiger in the basement, and he won't leave until he gets what he wants... PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951667 Lily's world has just turned upside down, and her beloved grandmother's Korean tales seem to be coming true. The 2021 Newbery Medal winner, by Tae Keller. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951667 Nate's chasing a Broadway dream - will he see his name in lights? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951668 Follow Nate's budding career in musical theater in this fun series by former Broadway performer and screenwriter Tim Federle. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951668 Do you like puzzles and brain-teasers? This series is for you! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951669 Kyle and his friends put their thinking to the test in these mystery adventures. Check out the fun extras on author Chris Grabenstein's web site. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951669 Three siblings. One missing mom. Codes, clues, and secrets lead to a mind-bending discovery. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951670 Margaret Peterson Haddix's latest supernatural adventure is a must-read! (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951670 What is it like to attend a mainly white prep school when you're black? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951671 Donte can tell you that it's complicated - and dangerous. By Parker Jewell Rhodes. (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951671 Working at a hotel and trying to have a "normal" life has its ups and downs. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951672 Chinese-American author Kelly Yang introduces Three Keys, the newest title in her Front Desk series. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951672 Who ever heard of square dancing in gym class?? Lupe's got no time for that! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951673 By Donna Higuera. (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951673 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/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951674 By award-winning author Jason Reynolds. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951674 See the island of Martha's Vineyard through Mary Lambert's eyes. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951675 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 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951675 A cruel slave owner is about to sell Li'l Mo's mother. Can Martha Tom help them into Choctaw Nation? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951677 By Tim Tingle (2019)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951677 January, 1986: it's a new year, and excitement is building for the upcoming launch of the space shuttle, Challenger. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951678 By Erin Entrada Kelly. A 2021 Newbery Honor book.]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951678 Gotcha! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951679 A humorous look at how famous - and infamous - people throughout history have ended up on the wrong end of the law. By Georgia Bragg (2020).]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951679 This history series packs non-stop action. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951680 Each title by Nathan Hale explores a different aspect of American history in graphic-novel format. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951680 Get up close and personal with wild animals! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951681 Author-and-illustrator pair Ted and Betsy Lewin write about their world travels in this illustrated, scrapbook-style title. (2015)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951681 Did you know that basketball became an Olympic sport in 1936? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951682 By Andrew Maraniss, this is an action-packed look at basketball's Olympic debut in Nazi Germany. (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951682 "You are no better than anyone else, and no one else is better than you." PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951683 Mathematician Katherine Johnson tells her own amazing story of a trailblazing career at NASA, profiled in the movie Hidden Figures. (2019)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951683 How could the water have risen so quickly? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951685 The award-winning, edge-of-your-seat true story of the 2018 rescue of a soccer team in Thailand, by Christina Soontornvat.]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951685 Do you like to build things? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951687 Dive into construction projects and explore science with inventor and autism spokesperson Temple Grandin (2018).  ]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951687 Halloween, 1938: Martians landed on Earth...or did they? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951688 Follow the drama of Orson Welles' radio broadcast in this award-winning title by Gail Jarrow.]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951688 Find out how Mary Golda Ross' passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work as a ground-breaking engineer. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951691 By Traci Sorell. (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951691 Entering Maine - land of blueberries, country roads, and cranky cows. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951692 Get ready to laugh when you read  Sharon Creech's story of a city-turned-country girl, told in a hybrid style that blends poems and illustrations with prose. (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951692 Why would anyone paint crazy patterns on ships? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951693 Discover the answer in this amazing illustrated non-fiction title by Chris Barton. Art by Victo Hgai. (2017)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951693 Explore Japanese cuisine! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951694 Try your hand at cooking with these tasty recipes. (2017)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951694 This pop-up book deserves a standing ovation! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951695 Written by actors in the Reduced Shakespeare Company, this is a hilarious look at the Bard's plays. (2017)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951695 Inspired poetry! PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951698 By National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman. (2021)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951698 "Don't never back down when it's time to meet memories face-on." PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951699 Part poetry, part multi-generational family story, Andrea Davis Pinkney's illustrated novel spans the African-American experience in the 20th century South. (2020)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951699 Tricks and...more tricks are the name of the game in this graphic novel collection of Native folktales. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951700 Written and illustrated by Native creators. Always available on Sora. (2010)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951700 What could possibly go wrong at Russian summer camp? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951701 Russian-American author Vera Brosgol relates her humorous and unforgettable experience in this memoir in graphic novel format (2018).]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951701 Dip into a short story collection. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951702 Packed with action! (2016)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951702 Hilarious short stories, comics, letters, and quizzes from many of today's best-known writers. PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951703 Edited by Betsy Bird. (2017)]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951703 Guero is Mexican-American, but has light skin and freckles. What does 7th grade have in store for him? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951704 David Bowles uses Spanglish and Mexican rhythms to tell Guero's story in poems. A 2019 Belpre Honor book.]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951704 Bett and Avery's dads have split up. How can they get them back together? PikeSchoolLibrary https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951705 Holly Sloan tells this fun summer story all through the characters' emails. ]]> 2025-04-30 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pike5/dzn07kcjlkcwea2d/wish/3431951705