ESOL Books: Print, Ebooks and Audiobooks: Level 7
Books recommended for Level 7 readers
This page recommends great books for Level 7 readers!
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Fiction Level 7 (stories of all sorts)
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Biography Level 7 (information books about the lives of amazing people)
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Nonfiction Level 7 (information books on many different topics)
Fever, 1793
Fever 1793 by In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. Historical fiction
Habibi
Habibi by When fourteen-year-old Liyanne Abboud, her younger brother, and her parents move from St. Louis to a new home between Jerusalem and the Palestinian village where her father was born, they face many changes and must deal with the tensions between Jews and Palestinians.
Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting by Winnie Foster is an eleven-year-old girl who stumbles across a family of immortals in the woods. Should she drink from the spring that leads to everlasting life herself, leaving behind her old life forever?
Dear Martin
Dear Martin by Justyce McAllister is top of his class at Braselton Prep, captain of the debate team, and set for an Ivy League school next year- but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs.
Aru Shah and the end of time
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
Enigma Girls
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II (Scholastic Focus) by This is the powerful and fascinating true story of the brave young women who worked on a secret mission and helped the Allies win World War II.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Precious Ramotswe sets up a detective agency in Botswana, and is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. The case that puts her in danger is a missing eleven-year-old boy who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.
Morality for beautiful girls
Morality for Beautiful Girls by The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the only female-operated detective agency in Botswana, is led by detective Precious Ramotswe. In this humorous story, she investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important "Government Man," and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest.
Money out loud : all the financial stuff no one taught us
Money Out Loud: all the financial stuff no one taught us by In this light-hearted guide to money, Berna Anat freaks out her immigrant parents by doing the unthinkable: Talking about money.. She explains all the stuff young adults need to know about personal finance, covering everything from how and why to make a budget, to understanding the inequalities of our economy and how to work to change them.
Hatchet
Hatchet by After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Two Degrees
Two Degrees by Young adult novel about three children enduring separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--and how they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by During Mao's infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for "re-education."When the two discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation that their re-education takes its most surprising turn.
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Precious Ramotswe's comfortable existence as the only detective in Botswana is suddenly rattled when the Satisfaction Guaranteed Detective Agency opens, and its brochure proclaims, "Don't take any chances! Entrust your enquiries to a MAN!" But with wisdom on her side, Mma Ramotswe figures to upstage her competition.
Touching Spirit Bear
Touching Spirit Bear by After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. This survival story from an award-winning writer paints an picture of one violent teen and also the power of pain that can destroy and may also heal.
Check & Mate
Check and Mate by Chess whiz Mallory Greenleaf is done with the game destroys her family, but then agrees to one last game at a charity tournament, where she is sucked into a fierce competition and attraction with the Bad Boy of chess.
A step from heaven
A Step from Heaven by A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.Award-winning young adult novel
I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed. Described as a "perfect book about imperfection."
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