7th and 8th Graders: Novels in Verse

This list includes titles from the Harrington Middle School 2026 suggested summer reading list, as well as recommendations from staff at the Mount Laurel Library. Remember, you do not need to choose a title from the list; you can fulfill your summer reading obligations by reading any middle grade book.

Updated May 13, 2026
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Alone
Freeman, Megan E.
Ebook
A New York Times bestseller! Perfect for fans ofHatchet and the I Survived series, this "riveting, immersive" (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade debut novel in verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to...
House arrest
Holt, K. A
Ebook
"Moving . . . Readers will nod their heads in sympathy with this guy who breaks the rules for all of the right reasons." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books   A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of...
Kareem Between
Safadi, Shifa Saltagi
Audiobook
This award-winning, heartfelt coming-of-age novel in verse tells the powerful story of a seventh-grade Syrian American boy and his struggles, big and small, as he navigates middle school. "The exact type of book I would've loved, and needed, as a kid." --Jasmine Warga,...

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