1970s books assigned in 7th grade
US schools assign 47 books written in the 1970s to 7th grade students, across 15 states, spanning 750L–920L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 1970s
How to Eat Fried Worms
Thomas Rockwell · on 9 reading lists
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- Titles
- 47
- Written
- 1970–1979
- Lexile range
- 750L–920L
- States assigning
- 15
The list — 1970s, 7th grade
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A Gathering of DaysJoan W. Blos
Africa DreamEloise Greenfield
And You Give Me a Pain, ElaineStella Pevsner
Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretJudy Blume
BlubberJudy Blume
Bridge to TerabithiaKatherine Paterson · 810L
Child of the OwlLaurence Yep
DominicWilliam Steig
Don't Hurt LaurieWillo Davis Roberts
DragonwingsLaurence Yep · 870L
Duey's TalePearl Bailey
Escape to FreedomOssie Davis
Harry Cat's Pet PuppyGeorge Selden
Help! I'm a Prisoner in the LibraryEth Clifford
How to Eat Fried WormsThomas Rockwell
I Never Had It MadeJackie Robinson
Julie of the WolvesJean Craighead George
M.C. Higgins, the GreatVirginia Hamilton
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMHRobert C. O'Brien · 790L
One More FlightEve Bunting
Ramona and Her FatherBeverly Cleary
Ray CharlesSharon Bell Mathis
Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMildred D. Taylor · 920L
Summer of My German SoldierBette Greene
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- Summer of the Monkeys
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
- The Dark Is Rising
- The Ghost on Saturday Night
- The Girl who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales
- The Goof that Won the Pennant
- The Great Brain Reforms
- The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper
- The Grey King
- The Headless Cupid
- The Legend of Africania
- The Pinballs
- The Road from Home
- The Slave Dancer
- The Story of Stevie Wonder
- The Summer of the Swans
- The Trumpet of the Swan
- The Westing Game
- The Young Landlords
- Tristan And Iseult
- Tuck Everlasting
- Voyaging to Cathay
Most-assigned 1970s authors in 7th grade
Judy Blume (2) · Laurence Yep (2) · Susan Cooper (2) · Stella Pevsner · Katherine Paterson · William Steig
Common questions
- How many 1970s books are assigned in 7th grade?
- 47 books written between 1970 and 1979 appear on 7th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 1970s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 1970s titles assigned in 7th grade run from 750L to 920L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 15 states assign at least one 1970s title at 7th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.