Eighth Grade Summer Reading List

Marie Curie: Giants of Science by Kathleen Krull

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (historical fiction)

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge (memoir)

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (science fiction)

Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez (autobiography)

Night John by Gary Paulson (historical fiction)

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter (realistic fiction)

Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata (historical fiction)

So B. It by Sarah Weeks (fiction)

Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life  by Carmen Bernier-Grand (poetry)

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and The Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman (non-fiction)

The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell (historical fiction)

Messenger by Lois Lowry (companion to The Giver and Gathering Blue)

Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare (classic)