Grade 8

For students entering 8th grade:

Realistic Fiction

Amal Unbound. Saeed.

Bang! Flake.

The Crossover. Alexander.

Endangered. Schrefer.

The Fault in Our Stars. Green.

Game Changer. Greenwald.

Hideout. Key.

Long Way Down. Reynolds.

Maybe He Just Likes You. Dee.

Skeleton Creek. Carman.

Trapped. Northrup.

Treasure of the World. Sullivan.


Historical Fiction

Ashes in the Snow. Sepetys.

Green Glass Sea. Klages.

Like a River. Wiechman.

Okay for Now. Schmidt.

Paper Cowboy. Levine.

Piecing Me Together. Watson.

Seventh Handmaiden. Pransky.

Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame. Kelkar.


Mystery

The Body of Christopher Creed. Plum-Ucci.

Confessions of a Murder Suspect. Patterson.

Down the Rabbit Hole. Abrahams.

Inheritance Games. Barnes.

Last Shot. Feinstein.

One of Us is Lying. McManus.


Fantasy / Science Fiction

Curse of the Nightwitch. Aster.

The Finisher. Baldacci.

The Guinevere Deception. White.

The King and the Dragonflies. Callender.

The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day. Edge.

Spindlefish and Stars. Andrews.


Series

Arc of the Scythe. Shusterman.

Grisha Trilogy. Bardugo.

The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Adams.

Last Dragonslayer. Fforde.

The Lunar Chronicles. Meyer.

Maximum Ride. Patterson.

Raven Cycle. Stiefvater.

Relic Master. Fisher.

Skyward. Sanderson.

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. Han.

Unwind. Shusterman.

Warcross. Lu.


Nonfiction

Catching a Russian Spy. Benson.

Flying to the Moon. Collins.

Free Lunch. Ogle.

The Impossible First. O'Brady.

Into Thin Air. Krakauer.

Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts. Cain.

We Will Not Be Silent. Freedman.


Poetry

Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Hughes

Poetry collections of:

Emily Dickinson

Edgar Allan Poe

Robert Frost