Rising Eighth Grade
The following two books are required summer reading. Students must take Book Adventure quizzes for each book prior to the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year. Students must take the AR and literacy test for each book during the first two weeks of school (4 tests total). These four scores will be part of the 1st quarter Literature grade.
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Tuck Everlasting | Natalie Babbitt |
| Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson |
Eighth grade students are encouraged to read the following books for pleasure:
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith |
| Across Five Aprils | Irene Hunt |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell |
| Brian's Winter | Gary Paulsen |
| Catherine, Called Birdy | Karen Cushman |
| Cold Sassy Tree | Olive Burns |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury |
| Kidnapped | Robert Lewis Stevenson |
| Let the Circle Be Unbroken | Mildred Taylor |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott |
| My Brother Sam is Dead | Christopher Collier |
| The Hobbit | J. R. Tolkien |
| The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Mark Twain |
| The Secret Garden | Francis Burnett |
Eighth Grade Curriculum Books The following books will be read in the 8th grade next year. Please do not take BookAdventure tests on the following books this summer!*
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Briar Rose | Jane Yolen |
| Pigman | Paul Zindel |
| The Pigman and Me, | Paul Zindel |
| The Pigman's Legacy | Paul Zindel |
| Summer of My German Soldier | Bette Greene |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee |
| The Bomb | Theodore Taylor |
| Z is for Zachariah | Robert C. O'Brien |
| The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin |
| The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis |
| The Outsiders | S.E.Hinton |
*Subject to change
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