7th grade books about Family
96 books commonly assigned to 7th grade students explore family— 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 31 family titles here with a Lexile score, 8 are grade-level, 22 are more accessible, and 1 is a stretch text. Match a book to your reader’s measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.
96 7th grade books about family
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A Corner of the UniverseAnn M. Martin
A Night DividedJennifer A. Nielsen
All the Lovely Bad OnesMary Downing Hahn
Amari and the Night BrothersB. B. Alston
Amir and the Jinn PrincessM. T. Khan
Between Two BrothersCrystal Allen
BlendedSharon M. Draper · 610L
BookedKwame Alexander
Boy 2.0Tracey Baptiste
Brick Dust and BonesM.R. Fournet
Brown Girl DreamingJacqueline Woodson · 990L
Bud, Not BuddyChristopher Paul Curtis · 950L
City of GhostsVictoria Schwab
Code Name KingfisherLiz Kessler
Cryptid HuntersRoland Smith
Diary of a Wimpy KidJeff Kinney · 950L
DragonwingsLaurence Yep · 870L
Drums, Girls & Dangerous PieJordan Sonnenblick
DuelJessixa Bagley
EchoPam Muñoz Ryan · 680L
Everything We Never HadRandy Ribay
FablehavenBrandon Mull
Final Word (The Winterton Deception #1)Janet Sumner Johnson- Forged by FireSharon M. DraperForged by FireSharon M. Draper
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- Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel · Rex Ogle
- Front Desk · Kelly Yang
- Ghost Boys · Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House · R.L. Stine
- Gregor the Overlander · Suzanne Collins
- Inside Out & Back Again · Thanhha Lai
- Jawbreaker · Christina Wyman
- Just a Pinch of Magic · Alechia Dow
- Little Women · Louisa May Alcott
- Long Way Down · Jason Reynolds
- Maniac Magee · Jerry Spinelli
- Merci Suárez Changes Gears · Meg Medina
- Mick Harte Was Here · Barbara Park
- Never Thought I'd End Up Here · Ann Liang
- Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy · Angie Thomas
- Not Quite Dead Yet · Holly Jackson
- Nothing Else But Miracles · Kate Albus
- Number the Stars · Lois Lowry
- Old Yeller · Fred Gipson
- One Crazy Summer · Rita Williams-Garcia
- Operation Final Notice · Matthew Landis
- Other Words for Home · Jasmine Warga
- Out of My Mind · Sharon M. Draper
- Parachute Kids · Betty C. Tang
- Puzzleheart · Jenn Reese
- Rascal · Sterling North
- Rebound · Kwame Alexander
- Refugee · Alan Gratz
- Rewind · Lisa Graff
- Roll for Initiative · Jaime Formato
- Ruby Lost and Found · Christina Li
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe · Carlos Hernandez
- So B. It · Sarah Weeks
- Something Like Home · Andrea Beatriz Arango
- Stand Up, Yumi Chung · Jessica Kim
- Stuck in Neutral · Terry Trueman
- Summer of the Monkeys · Wilson Rawls
- Surviving the Applewhites · Stephanie S. Tolan
- The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) · Lemony Snicket
- The Crossover · Kwame Alexander
- The Dollhouse Murders · Betty Ren Wright
- The Firefly Summer · Morgan Matson
- The Labors of Hercules Beal · Gary D. Schmidt
- The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell · Chris Colfer
- The Last Hope in Hopetown · Maria Tureaud
- The Last Straw · Jeff Kinney
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe · C.S. Lewis
- The Lost Heir · Tui T. Sutherland
- The Lost Year · Katherine Marsh
- The Outsiders · S.E. Hinton
- The Partition Project · Saadia Faruqi
- The Pearl · John Steinbeck
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price · Holly Jackson
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise · Dan Gemeinhart
- The Season of Styx Malone · Kekla Magoon
- The Sherlock Society · James Ponti
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants · Ann Brashares
- The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman · Gennifer Choldenko
- The Thing About Leftovers · C.C. Payne
- The War I Finally Won · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- The War That Saved My Life · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 · Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Wrong Way Home · Kate O'Shaughnessy
- Three Times Lucky · Sheila Turnage
- Wait Till Helen Comes · Mary Downing Hahn
- Walk Two Moons · Sharon Creech
- When Stars Are Scattered · Victoria Jamieson
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon · Grace Lin
- Where the Red Fern Grows · Wilson Rawls
- Wildful · Kengo Kurimoto
- Willa of the Wood · Robert Beatty
- Wonder · R.J. Palacio
Family books at other grades
Kindergarten · 1st grade · 2nd grade · 3rd grade · 4th grade · 5th grade · 6th grade · 8th grade
Other 7th grade themes
Friendship · Identity · Courage · Survival · Perseverance · Adventure · Mystery · Grief
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Frequently asked questions
What family books are good for 7th grade students?
96 books exploring family 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 family 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 31 books here with a Lexile score, 8 are grade-level, 22 more accessible, and 1 a stretch. Match a book to your reader's measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.
How many family books are on the 7th grade list?
This page lists 96 7th grade titles about family, ordered alphabetically. The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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