English Department
Summer Reading
2010
For students entering
Grade 8
Dear
Student,
As
a student about to enter the English 8 class in September, in addition to reading the school-wide assignment "Three Cups of Tea," you are required to
read one selection
from the following list. Of course,
given the many wonderful selections in this booklet, we encourage you to read
as many additional titles as you wish.
During
the month of September, you will be asked to respond to an in-class assignment based on your book. You will
receive a grade which will be part of your first-quarter average.
Sincerely,
Eighth
Grade English Teachers
* Please
note: Some books on this list may not be available in paperback.
KEY:
G = General Fiction A
= Adventure *C*
= Classic
H = Historical Fiction M/S = Mystery/Suspense *M*
= Mature Themes
F = Fantasy S
= Sports NF
= Non-Fiction
SF
=
Please
log onto Barnes and Noble’s website to get synopses and reviews: www.barnesandnoble.com/
|
Abeel, Samantha |
My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir |
NF |
|
Abrahams, Peter |
Down the Rabbit Hole |
F |
|
Alexie, Sherman |
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian |
G, *M* |
|
Albom, Mitch |
For
One More Day |
G, *M* |
|
Barakat, Ibtisam |
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood |
NF |
|
Boukreev, Anatoli |
Climb:
Tragic
Ambitions on Everest |
NF |
|
Bradbury, Ray |
Fahrenheit 451 |
SF |
|
Bradbury, Ray |
Something Wicked This Way Comes |
M/S, F |
|
Bray, Libba |
A Great & Terrible Beauty |
H |
|
Brooks, Martha |
Mistik Lake |
G, *M* |
|
Bruchac, Joseph |
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two |
H |
|
Christie,
Agatha |
And Then There Were None |
M/S |
|
Crane, Stephen |
The Red Badge of Courage |
H, *C* |
|
Donnelly,
Jennifer |
Northern Light |
H, M/S |
|
Fusco,
Kimberley |
Tending to Grace |
G |
|
Grisham, John |
Playing
for Pizza |
S |
|
Jacques, Brian |
Redwall |
F |
|
Kipling, Rudyard |
Captains Courageous |
A, *C* |
|
King, Stephen |
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon |
M/S, *M* |
|
Lockhart, E. |
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks |
G |
|
Lupica, Mike |
Miracle on 49th St. |
S |
|
McKernan, Victoria |
Shackleton’s Stowaway |
H |
|
Philbrick, Nathaniel |
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex |
NF |
|
Potok, Chaim |
The Chosen |
G |
|
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
Treasure Island |
A,*C* |
|
Swanson, James L. |
Chasing
Lincoln's Killer |
NF |
"The
more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more you learn, the more places you'll go."
— Dr. Seuss