Abby is creating a summer reading list with her 50 books

[Abby]

I want to read 50 Young Adult books between today and June 15th. I am reading these books in order to create a great summer reading list for my 7th grade students. I am going to sort my books into the following categories:
Chick-Lit
Action/Adventure
Sports
Mystery
Supernatural
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
Animal Books
Realistic Fiction

[Abby]

1. A Curse as Dark as Gold (could be Mystery or Fantasy)
A fabulous retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. Beautiful writing!

[Arlene]

I am far from being a YA! but one year I worked at a book fair and found that I really enjoyed some of the books that I was selling! I will be interested in seeing what you find for your 7th graders. My granddaughter is in 6th currently and I am recommending books for her to read.

[Abby]

Please feel free to make any suggestions. Here are my criteria for choosing books:
A. The book must have been published in the last 5 years.
B. The book must have relatively clean language.
C. The must not have any overt sexual language or descriptions.

[Abby]

2. Impossible by Nancy Werlin-
A rape, abortion talk and just too much sex for 7th grade.
Oh, well...

[Sherri]

Have you read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson? It may help with the life lessons or something like that. I've never read Impossible but it might be a mellow version of that (w/o all the graphic details). Just a thought.