Delaware 7th grade reading list

The 621 books most commonly assigned to Delaware 7th grade students in US schools — each with its reading level and a cited source.

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Books621Lexile410L–1300LSourceDelaware ELA Standards✓ sources cited per book

Most-assigned nationally: across every US state’s official reading and award lists, the Middle (6–8) titles appearing in the most states are The Giver (20 states), The Hunger Games (14 states), and Ground Zero (8 states). From our 2026 study of 13,258 source-cited assignments (as of 2026-07-13).

Start here — most-cited for Delaware 7th grade

These are the 16 titles named in Delaware’s own curriculum documents for this grade — everything below is the wider national list. Read against the Common Core Appendix A complexity band; reading level is not thematic maturity, and several sit below the band because they are assigned for discussion.

  1. A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)

    Natalie Lloyd

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 3 to 10.

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  2. Clementine

    Sara Pennypacker

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 3 to 8.

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  3. Ghost Knight

    Cornelia Funke

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 3 to 10.

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  4. A Season of Gifts

    Richard Peck

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8. Covers neighbors, humorous stories and nineteen fifties.

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  5. Amari and the Night Brothers

    B. B. Alston

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 4 to 7. Covers magic, family and courage.

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  6. Girl in a Cage

    Jane Yolen

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8. Covers princesses, childhood and youth, history.

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  7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    J.K. Rowling

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 4 to 7. Covers friendship, courage and good vs evil. At 880L it sits just under the 925–1185L band for this grade.

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  8. Million-Dollar Throw

    Mike Lupica

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 5 to 8. Covers football, pressure and friendship.

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  9. Nightmare at the Book Fair

    Dan Gutman

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8. Covers action & adventure - general.

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  10. No Talking

    Andrew Clements

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8.

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  11. Project Mulberry

    Linda Sue Park

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8. Covers family life, prejudices and silkworms.

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  12. The Library of Ever

    Zeno Alexander

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8.

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  13. The Sword of Summer

    Rick Riordan

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8. Covers action, myths and novel.

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  14. The Wishing Spell

    Chris Colfer

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8. Covers fairy tales, characters in literature and magic.

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  15. Wat Takes His Shot

    Cheryl Kim

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8.

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  16. Your Place in the Universe

    Jason Chin

    Cited in 1 Delaware curriculum document, taught from grade 3 to 8.

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621 books cited for Delaware 7th grade

Assignments tied directly to Delaware’s Delaware ELA Standards or national curricula with a Delaware-specific citation.

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About the Delaware 7th grade reading list

In Delaware schools, 7th grade students are most often assigned books drawn from Delaware ELA Standardsalongside the national curricula that apply nationwide — Common Core State Standards Appendix B, AP English, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. ReadingList currently tracks 621 titles for 7th grade in Delaware, each tied to a Delaware-specific curriculum citation. Across the list, Lexile measures span 410L–1300L.

7th grade sits in the 6-8 grade band, where students are middle-grade readers. At this stage the emphasis is on analyzing theme, character, and author's craft across full-length novels and their first classics. Assigned reading skews toward full-length novels, plays, memoir, and frequently-challenged contemporary titles, with text complexity that, per Common Core’s Appendix A reading bands, typically falls around roughly 700L to 1010L. Measured against that 925–1185L range, of the 55 titles here with a Lexile score 9 are grade-level, 45 are more accessible (often assigned for theme over challenge), and 1 is a stretch text that may need scaffolding. Because readers in a single 7th grade classroom can span several hundred Lexile points, this list is best read as a starting point rather than a fixed requirement.

Delaware’s English Language Arts requirements are set by Delaware ELA Standards (doe.k12.de.us). Most states pair their own standards with the Common Core text-complexity framework, so the 7th grade list below blends Delaware-specific assignments with the widely-taught national canon. Every title links to its primary source on the book’s detail page, so you can confirm exactly where and why it is assigned.

How to use this list:match a title to your child’s most recent Lexile or guided-reading level rather than to the grade alone. Teachers building a 7th grade unit can pair a Delaware-cited core text with a grade-appropriate companion novel; parents previewing summer or supplemental reading can check each book’s content notes and challenge history before assigning it.

Common questions

How many books are assigned to 7th grade students in Delaware?
621 books appear on ReadingList for 7th grade students in Delaware, sourced from Delaware ELA Standards and national curricula (Common Core, AP, IB) with applicable grade citations.
What's the Lexile range for 7th grade reading in Delaware?
Lexile measures across the 7th grade Delaware reading list range from 410L to 1300L. Books without a published Lexile (poetry, drama, picture books) are not included in this range.
Where does this reading list come from?
Entries reference Delaware ELA Standards (published at www.doe.k12.de.us) plus national curricula that apply to Delaware schools: Common Core State Standards Appendix B, AP English Literature and Language, IB Diploma Programme, and Cambridge Assessment International. Every assignment row on each book's detail page links its primary source.

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