7th grade books about Friendship
81 books commonly assigned to 7th grade students explore friendship— every title’s grade range covers 7th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
Reading difficulty: the typical 7th grade text-complexity band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 23 friendship titles here with a Lexile score, 1 is grade-level, 22 are more accessible, and 0 are stretch texts. Match a book to your reader’s measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.
81 7th grade books about friendship
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A Boy Named QueenSara Cassidy
Big Nate: In a Class by HimselfLincoln Peirce · 500L
Bink & GollieKate DiCamillo
BlubberJudy Blume
Chronicles of a Lizard NobodyPatrick Ness
City of GhostsVictoria Schwab
Class ActJerry Craft
Closed for the SeasonMary Downing Hahn
Confessions of a Class ClownArianne Costner
Control FreaksJ.E. Thomas
CrashJerry Spinelli
Diary of a Wimpy KidJeff Kinney · 950L
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous LifeRachel Renée Russell · 890L
DramaRaina Telgemeier
FablehavenBrandon Mull
Fish in a TreeLynda Mullaly Hunt · 550L
Framed!James Ponti
Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead HouseR.L. Stine
GroundedAisha Saeed, S.K. Ali, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Huda Al-Marashi
Harriet the SpyLouise Fitzhugh
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneJ.K. Rowling · 880L
Hello, UniverseErin Entrada Kelly · 690L
HeroesAlan Gratz
HolesLouis Sachar · 660L
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- Hoot · Carl Hiaasen
- Impossible Creatures · Katherine Rundell
- Just a Pinch of Magic · Alechia Dow
- Keeper of the Lost Cities · Shannon Messenger
- Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 · Richard Paul Evans
- Mid-Air · Alicia D. Williams
- Million-Dollar Throw · Mike Lupica
- Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism · Georgia Byng
- New Kid · Jerry Craft
- Not Nothing · Gayle Forman
- Number the Stars · Lois Lowry
- Operation Final Notice · Matthew Landis
- Out of My Mind · Sharon M. Draper
- Pax · Sara Pennypacker
- Pink and Say · Patricia Polacco
- Posted · John David Anderson
- Powerless · Matthew Cody
- Real Friends · Shannon Hale
- Roll for Initiative · Jaime Formato
- Roller Girl · Victoria Jamieson
- Rules · Cynthia Lord
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe · Carlos Hernandez
- Save Me a Seat · Sarah Weeks
- Saving Winslow · Sharon Creech
- Simon Sort of Says · Erin Bow
- Skyriders · Polly Holyoke
- Smile · Raina Telgemeier
- Stepping Up · Mark Fink
- Swim Team · Johnnie Christmas
- Swindle · Gordon Korman
- The Cay · Theodore Taylor
- The Dragonet Prophecy · Tui T. Sutherland
- The First State of Being · Erin Entrada Kelly
- The Last Dragon on Mars · Scott Reintgen
- The Last Musketeer · Stuart Gibbs
- The Lifters · Dave Eggers
- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) · Rick Riordan
- The Lost Library · Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
- The Mark of Athena · Rick Riordan
- The Maze Runner · James Dashner
- The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien · John Hendrix
- The Outsiders · S.E. Hinton
- The Parker Inheritance · Varian Johnson
- The Season of Styx Malone · Kekla Magoon
- The Sherlock Society · James Ponti
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants · Ann Brashares
- The Stranger Next Door · Peg Kehret
- The Whipping Boy · Sid Fleischman
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond · Elizabeth George Speare
- Three Times Lucky · Sheila Turnage
- Under the Surface · Diana Urban
- Ungifted · Gordon Korman
- Walk Two Moons · Sharon Creech
- When You Reach Me · Rebecca Stead
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town · Kimberly Willis Holt
- Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy · Tui T. Sutherland
- Wonder · R.J. Palacio
Friendship books at other grades
Kindergarten · 1st grade · 2nd grade · 3rd grade · 4th grade · 5th grade · 6th grade · 8th grade
Other 7th grade themes
Family · Identity · Courage · Survival · History · Adventure · Mystery · Perseverance
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Frequently asked questions
What friendship books are good for 7th grade students?
81 books exploring friendship have a grade range that covers 7th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these friendship books grade-appropriate for 7th grade?
Every title's grade range covers 7th grade. The typical 7th grade text-complexity band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A); of the 23 books here with a Lexile score, 1 is grade-level, 22 more accessible, and 0 a stretch. Match a book to your reader's measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.
How many friendship books are on the 7th grade list?
This page lists 81 7th grade titles about friendship, ordered alphabetically. The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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