# 7th grade books about short stories

**3** books commonly assigned to 7th grade students in US schools that explore short stories. Every title's grade range covers 7th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 7th grade  ·  **Theme:** short stories
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 7th grade short stories reading list

- [Night Terrors](https://readinglist.school/book/night-terrors) by Murphy, Jim _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1993)_
- [Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock](https://readinglist.school/book/once-they-see-you) by Josh Allen _(Grades 4–8 · pub 2024)_
- [The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stinky-cheese-man-and-other-fairly-stupid-tales) by Jon Scieszka _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1992)_

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