7th Grade
Please note that this page is for the 2025-2026 school year.
Students entering grade 7 are required to read at least TWO books during the summer. Students will select ONE book to complete the Netflix Pitch assignment listed below. It will be due Friday, August 15, 2025.
7th Grade Book Requirements
- A novel that is at least 150 pages
- Must have chapters
- Fiction or Narrative Nonfiction
- A book that you have not previously read
Ways to obtain a book over the summer:
- Book Fair
- Visit the Mountain Park or Lilburn Public Library
- Libby Account through Gwinnett County Public Library
- ComicsPlus (make sure it meets the length requirement)
- TMS Book Bin (located at main entrance of TMS)
Netflix Pitch
You will choose one of the summer reading books you read over the summer, and write a “pitch” to Netflix explaining why/how they should turn your book into the next big TV series or movie.
Required elements to complete individually over the summer:
- Write a brief summary/overview of your book, so that the Netflix producers will get a general sense of what it is about.
- Then, explain whether the show should be a TV series or a movie and why. Don’t forget to include what genre the show/movie would fall under on Netflix.
- Next, decide what/who the target audience for this show or movie would be (who would ideally watch/enjoy it) and why.
- Consider what element(s) of the book the producers should keep the same and which they can remove or change in their adaptation of the book into film.
- Choose three characters from your book and cast them with real life actors. Explain your casting recommendations to the producers and why you think these actors/actresses would help bring the characters to life on the screen.
Please click here for a guide to help you through this process.
For an example of a completed assignment, please click here.