1990s books assigned in 7th grade
US schools assign 78 books written in the 1990s to 7th grade students, across 35 states, spanning 660L–1010L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- Titles
- 78
- Written
- 1990–1999
- Lexile range
- 660L–1010L
- States assigning
- 35
The list — 1990s, 7th grade
Reading the whole 1990s 7th grade reading list? Kids who struggle with the print versions often finish the assigned books by listening.
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Rather listen? Kids who struggle with the print versions often finish the assigned books by listening.
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A Bad Case of StripesDavid Shannon- Ajeemah and His SonJames Berry
Aliens Ate My HomeworkBruce Coville
Among the HiddenMargaret Peterson Haddix
BoneJeff Smith
Bud, Not BuddyChristopher Paul Curtis · 950L- Bull RunPaul Fleischman
- Catherine, Called BirdyKaren Cushman
CrashJerry Spinelli
Dog BreathDav Pilkey
Drive-ByLynne Ewing
Ella EnchantedGail Carson Levine- Flight #116 Is Down!Caroline B. CooneyFlight #116 Is Down!Caroline B. Cooney
- Forty Acres And Maybe A MuleHarriette Robinet
- Franklin Delano RooseveltRussell Freedman
- Franklin Delano RooseveltRussell Freedman
FrindleAndrew Clements · 830L- Goldengrove ; UnleavingJill Paton Walsh
Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead HouseR.L. Stine
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneJ.K. Rowling · 880L
HolesLouis Sachar · 660L- JipKatherine Paterson
Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat MouthBarbara Park
Show all 78 titles
- Kids at Work · Russell Freedman
- Lawn Boy · Gary Paulsen
- Loch · Paul Zindel
- Maniac Magee · Jerry Spinelli
- Martha Graham · Russell Freedman
- Math Curse · Jon Scieszka
- Missing May · Cynthia Rylant
- Morning Girl · Michael Dorris
- Nova's Ark · Kirk, David
- Orphan Train Rider · Andrea Warren
- Out of the Dust · Karen Hesse
- Pink and Say · Patricia Polacco
- Riding Freedom · Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Rules of the Road #1 · Joan Bauer
- Running Out of Time · Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Saving Shiloh · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Shape-Changer · Bill Brittain
- Sharing Susan · Eve Bunting
- Shiloh · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Small Steps · Peg Kehret
- Sojourner Truth · Pat McKissack
- Stepping on the Cracks · Mary Downing Hahn
- Stones in Water · Donna Jo Napoli
- Tangerine · Edward Bloor
- Tarot Says Beware · Betsy Cromer Byars
- The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) · Lemony Snicket
- The Bird House · Cynthia Rylant
- The Boy and the Samurai · Erik Christian Haugaard
- The Boy's War · Jim Murphy
- The Boys Start the War · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- The Friends · Kazumi Yumoto
- The Friendship · Mildred D. Taylor
- The Ghost of Fossil Glen · Cynthia C. DeFelice
- The Giver · Lois Lowry
- The Great Little Madison · Jean Fritz
- The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark · Rhoda Blumberg
- The Legend of Mackinac Island · Kathy-jo Wargin
- The Long Road to Gettysburg · Jim Murphy
- The Midwife's Apprentice · Karen Cushman
- The Name of the Game Was Murder · Joan Lowery Nixon
- The Rain Catchers · Jean Thesman
- The River · Gary Paulsen
- The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales · Jon Scieszka
- The Top of the World · Steve Jenkins
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle · Avi
- The View from Saturday · E. L. Konigsburg
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 · Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Wishing Spell · Chris Colfer
- Those who Love the Game · Glenn Rivers
- Virtually Perfect · Dan Gutman
- Walk Two Moons · Sharon Creech
- Weslandia · Paul Fleischman
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town · Kimberly Willis Holt
- Zach's Lie · Roland Smith
Most-assigned 1990s authors in 7th grade
Russell Freedman (4) · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (3) · Margaret Peterson Haddix (2) · Christopher Paul Curtis (2) · Paul Fleischman (2) · Karen Cushman (2)
Common questions
- How many 1990s books are assigned in 7th grade?
- 78 books written between 1990 and 1999 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 1990s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 1990s titles assigned in 7th grade run from 660L to 1010L. 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?
- 35 states assign at least one 1990s 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.