Grade 7 Reading List: Books with Summaries and Free Quizzes
Seventh graders read classic adventures and novels that ask big questions about society and the choices people make. In the UK this is Year 8, and in Australia Year 7. Every school and teacher picks its own books, so check the list with your child’s class. For some of the books, you will find our free printable book quiz with an answer key.
Books for grade 7
The Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins leaves his comfortable home to help thirteen dwarves win back their treasure from the dragon Smaug, and finds a ring that will change Middle-earth.
👉 Check your understanding: The Hobbit Book Quiz – Grade 7
The Giver – Lois Lowry
In a community without pain, colors or choice, twelve-year-old Jonas is chosen to keep the memories of the past and discovers what his world has given up.
👉 Check your understanding: The Giver Book Quiz – Grade 7
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
Young Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map and sails to a distant island, where he faces the pirate Long John Silver.
Tomorrow, When the War Began – John Marsden
A favorite in Australian schools: seven teenagers come back from a camping trip to find their country invaded, and they decide to fight back.
Free book quizzes for grade 7
Each quiz has multiple-choice questions, true or false sentences, events to put in order and open questions. Every print draws different questions, so a child can take the quiz again, or each child in a class can get a different version. The Show answers switch shows the answer key.
Want one quiz a day? The learning path Book Quizzes – Grade 7 puts them in order. Quizzes for every grade are on the Book quizzes – grades 1–8 page.
How to read these books with your child
- Start early: spread a longer book over two or three weeks.
- Note down the characters’ names and the main events. They help with the quiz and with class discussions.
- After the book, do the quiz and check the answers with the answer key.
