Seventh Grade Supplemental Reading List

Bible:

• The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version (available at www.tanbooks.com)
• Butler’s Lives of the Saints, (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• Saints and Feast Days, by the Sisters of Notre Dame (available at www.setonbooks.com)

Dictionary & Thesaurus:

• Merriam-Webster’s School Dictionary (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• Merriam-Webster’s School Thesaurus (available at www.setonbooks.com)

Recommended Anthologies:

• American Cardinal Readers, Book Seven (available at www.neumannpress.com). Book Seven contains forty-three stories and poems, including the following titles: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving; Evangeline, Henry W. Longfellow; Vigil of the Immaculate Conception; A Hymn, Edgar Allan Poe; Definition of a Gentleman, John Henry Cardinal Newman; Holy Ireland, Joyce Kilmer; The Martyr of Molokai; The Smallweed Family, Charles Dickens; and The Man Without a Country, Edward E. Hale.
• Realms of Gold, Volume 2: (parental guidance advised – www.coreknowledge.org)
• Lives and Legends of the Saints (With paintings from the great art museums), Carole Armstrong [Note: Use this book for art; read the true stories of these saints in another anthology.]
• The Book of Virtues for Young People, edited by William J. Bennett
• The Old World and America, by Bishop Furlong (www.tanbooks.com)

Foreign Languages and Cultures:

International Children’s Digital Library (available at www.icdlbooks.org)

Book Report Books: Saints

Mary Fabian Windeat Books (available at www.setonbooks.com)

• The Little Flower
• Saint Hyacinth of Poland
• The Curé of Ars
• St. Louis de Montfort

Vision Books (available at www.setonbooks.com)

• Saint Isaac and the Indians
• Saint Anthony and the Christ Child
• Edmund Campion
• Bernadette: Our Lady’s Little Servant
• Saint Joan: The Girl Soldier

Non-fiction:

Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, by David Macaulay

Selected Suggestions for Home Reading from American Cardinal Readers, Book Seven:

• A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott
• The Boys’ King Arthur, Sidney Lanier
• Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle
• Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Howard Pyle
• A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
• The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emmuska Baroness Orczy
• Tales from Shakespeare, Charles Lamb
• Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling

Fiction:

*asterisk indicates a book published by Bethlehem Books

• Bagnold, E.; National Velvet – Velvet wants to enter her horse in the grand race
• Benchley, N.; Bright Candles – Danish resistance in World War II
• Bendick, Jeanne; Archimedes and the Door to Science* – ancient Greek mathematician
• Bonham, F.; Burma Rifles – Merrill’s Marauders in World War II
• Butler, B.; Light a Single Candle – blind girl trains with a guide dog
• Davies, V.; Miracle on 34th Street
• Dickens, C.; A Christmas Carol – story of Scrooge
• Doyle, A. C.; Hound of the Baskervilles – Sherlock Holmes and Watson, detectives
• Doyle, A. C.; Study in Scarlet – Sherlock Holmes mystery
• Fife, D.; North of Danger – twelve-year-old boy in Norway during Nazi invasion
• French, Allan; The Red Keep* – action-filled tale during the 12th century
• French, Allan; The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow* – boy responds to injustice, Iceland
• Gipson, F.; Old Yeller – old yellow dog and 14-year-old, frontier life in Texas
• Hope, Anthony; The Prisoner of Zenda – exciting tale of mistaken identities
• James, W.; Smoky, the Cow Horse – cowpony and his adventures
• Kelly, E.; The Trumpeter of Krakow – adventure and mystery in Poland
• Kipling, R.; Kim – adventures of an Irish orphan boy in India
• Kipling, R.; Captains Courageous – story of a boy who grows up in a few months
• Lewis, C. S.; The Chronicles of Narnia – adventure stories, conflict of good and evil
• Lofting, Hugh; Dr. Doolittle – tale of a veterinarian
• London, J.; The Call of the Wild – problems of survival for a dog in Alaska
• London, J.; White Fang – dog in Alaska trained to be a fighter finally finds kindness
• Montgomery, L. M.; Anne of Green Gables – adventures of an irrepressible orphan girl
• O’Dell, S.; The Black Pearl – boy dives for pearls, though a giant ray is in a cave
• O’Dell, S.; Island of the Blue Dolphins – young girl survives alone on an island
• Saint-Exupery, A.; The Little Prince – stories of the Prince, his experiences on other planets
• Schaefer, J.; Shane – stranger helps family in Wyoming fighting to stay on their land
• Serraillier, Ian; Beowulf the Warrior* – saga of the ancient warrior in modern verse
• Speare, E.; Bronze Bow – young Jewish rebel won over to the teachings of Jesus
• Speare, E.; Calico Captive – girl is captured by Indians and endures great hardships
• Stevenson. R. L.; The Black Arrow – swift-paced adventure of soldier, War of the Roses
• Stevenson, R. L.; Kidnapped – David, a cabin boy, fights off a villainous crew
• Stevenson, R. L.; Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Stevenson, R. L.; Treasure Island – Jim Hawkins and pirate Long John Silver seek treasure
• Tolkien, J. R. R.; The Hobbit – adventures in land of dwarfs, elves, goblins, and dragons
• Tolkien, J. R. R.; The Lord of the Rings
• Trevino, Elizabeth; I, Juan de Pareja
• Trevor, Meriol; Following the Phoenix* – adventure during the French Revolution
• Twain, M.; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Tom’s pranks in school, with Huck
• Ullman, J. R.; Banner in the Sky – boy’s exciting struggle to climb the Alps
• Verne, J.; Around the World in Eighty Days – Englishman makes a hasty, global tour
• Verne, J.; Journey to the Center of the Earth – explorers go down a volcano
• von Stockum, Hilda; The Cottage at Bantry Bay* – vivid picture of Ireland
• Wells, H. G.; The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, War of the Worlds – science fiction
• Wibberley, L.; Flint’s Island* – sequel to Stevenson’s Treasure Island

Short Story Collections:

Henry, O.; Complete Works of O. Henry

Biographies:

(Name of person about whom book is written is listed first, then author and title)

• Balboa, Vasco; Mirsky, J.; Balboa, Discoverer of the Pacific
• Blackwell, Elizabeth; Baker, R.; First Woman Doctor
• Braille, Louis; De Gering, E.; Seeing Fingers
• Carver, G. W.; Holt, R.; George Washington Carver
• Cody, William F.; Garst, S.; Buffalo Bill
• Crockett, Davy; Shapiro, I.; Yankee Thunder
• Custer, G. A.; Reynolds, Q.; Custer’s Last Stand
• Earhart, Amelia; Davis, B.; Amelia Earhart
• Edison, Thomas; North, S.; Young Thomas Edison
• Einstein, Albert; Freeman, M.; The Story of Albert Einstein
• Ericson, Leif; Shippen, K.; Leif Ericson, First Voyager to America
• Faraday, Michael; Sootin, H.; Michael Farady, From Errand Boy to Master Physicist
• Franklin, Benjamin; Benjamin Franklin; A Biography in His Own Words
• Franklin, Benjamin; Daughtery, J.; Poor Richard
• Franklin, Benjamin; American Heritage; The Many Worlds of Benjamin Franklin
• Gibson, Althea; Gibson, A.; I Always Wanted To Be Somebody
• Goethals, G. W.; Fast, H.; Goethals and the Panama Canal
• Hamilton, A.; Crouse, A.; Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
• Henson, Matthew; Henry, M.; A Negro explorer at the North Pole
• Jackson, Andrew; Coit, M.; Andrew Jackson
• Jefferson, Thomas; Wibberly, L.; Man of Liberty
• Joan of Arc, St.; Paine, A.; The Girl in White Armor
• LaSalle, Robert; Syme, R.; LaSalle of the Mississippi
• Leonardo da Vinci; Horizon Magazine; Leonardo da Vinci
• Lincoln, A.; American Heritage; Abraham Lincoln in Peace and War
• Longfellow, H. W.; Holberg, R.; An American Bard
• Nelson, Horatio; Horizon Magazine; Nelson and the Age of Fighting Sail
• Nightingale, Florence; Hume, R.; Florence Nightingale.
• Polo, Marco; Horizon Magazine; Marco Polo’s Adventures in China
• Raleigh, S. Walter; Fecher, C.; The Last Elizabethan
• Roentgen, Wilhelm; Grey, V.; Roentgen Revolution: The Discovery of the X-Ray
• Roosevelt, Theodore; American Heritage; Theodore Roosevelt
• Sequoya; Cambell, C. W.; Sequoya (devised Indian alphabet)
• Seton, Elizabeth Ann; Power-Waters, A.; Mother Seton, First American-born Saint
• Sitting Bull; Garst, S.; Sitting Bull, Champion of His People
• Thorpe, James; Schoor, G.; The Jim Thorpe Story
• von Trapp, Maria; von Trapp, M.; The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
• Washington, George; American Heritage and the Making of a Nation
• Whitney, Eli; Latham, J. L.; The Story of Eli Whitney

Poetry:

• Benet, Rosemary; A Book of Americans
• Brontë, Emily; Poems for Young Readers
• Burns, Robert; Hand in Hand We’ll Go
• Carroll, Lewis; Poems of Lewis Carroll
• Longfellow, H. W.; The Hanging of the Crane
• Longfellow, H. W.; Tales of a Wayside Inn
• Stevenson, Robert L.; Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson
• Tennyson, Alfred Lord; Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
• Tolkien, J. R. R.; The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Play:

Day, Clarence; Life with Father

Recommended Publishers:

• Look for electronic editions of children’s classics on web sites of libraries and bookstores. For example: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/literatureclassicsms/lm_mm000.pdf
• Barnes and Noble (reasonably priced classic reprints and eBooks www.barnesandnoble.com)
• Puffin Classics paperback books, available at bookstores, (www.puffin.co.uk)
• Books of Wonder (finest quality classic editions) 16 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011

Saints’ books may be obtained from the following Catholic publishers:

Seton Educational Media
1350 Progress Drive
Front Royal, Virginia 22630
540-636-9996
SEM@setonbooks.com
www.setonbooks.com

Ignatius Press
P.O. Box 1339
Fort Collins, CO 80522
800-651-1531
Fax 800-278-3566
www.ignatius.com

The Neumann Press
Rt. 2 Box 30
Long Prairie, MN 56347
800-746-2521
Fax 320-732-3858
www.neumannpress.com

Pauline Books and Media
Daughters of St. Paul
50 Saint Paul’s Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
800-876-4463
Fax 617-524-8035
www.pauline.org

TAN Books
P.O. Box 424
Rockford, IL 61105
800-437-5876
Fax 815-226-7770
www.tanbooks.com