Grade+8

The reserved reading selections reflect appropriate complexity of text and content matter for the targeted students. Teachers are expected to respect the protected nature of these selections. Suggested readings promote a variety of genres with rich content and subject matter that can be integrated into interdisciplinary units appropriate for middle school. Selections include multicultural, contemporary, and classical texts that will appeal to both the reluctant and avid reader.


 * || **Regular** || **AG** || **HAG** ||
 * **Reserved** || //The Wave//-T. Strasser || //The Adventures of Tom Sawyer// -M. Twain || //Killer Angels//-J. Shaara ||
 * || //The Glory Field//-W.D. Myers || //The Book Thief//-M. Zusak

//The Pearl// - J. Steinbeck? || //Grapes of Wrath//-J. Steinbeck || //House on Mango Street//-S. Cisneros |||| Julius Caesar Midsummer Night's Dream Shakepeare || Treasure Island |||| //Fahrenheit 451//-R. Bradbury Science Fiction || The Giver |||| //Tale of Two Cities//-C. Dickens ||
 * **Suggested** || //Call of the Wild//-J. London (S, SS)
 * || //Invitation to the Game//-M. Hughes (S)
 * || //The Weirdo//-T. Taylor (S)
 * || //Surviving the Applewhites//-S.S. Tolan |||| //I, Robot//-I. Asimov ||
 * || //Lupita Manana//-P. Beatty |||| //Metamorphosis//-F. Kafka ||
 * || //Scorpions//-W.D. Myers (S) |||| //A Summer of Kings//-H. Nolan ||
 * || //Romiette and Julio//-S. Draper |||| //We beat the Streets//-S. Davis, et al. ||
 * || //Freak the Mighty//-R. Philbrick--character ed, coming of age |||| //Double Helix//-N. Werlin (S) ||
 * || //Bronx// //Masquerade//-N. Grimes |||| //Hot Zone//-R. Preston (S) ||
 * || //Jasmine’s Notebook//-N. Grimes |||| //The Diary of a Young Girl// - Anne Frank///The Diary of Anne Frank// (play version) ||
 * || //Fallen Angels//-W.D. Myers (harsh language) (SS) |||| //Ender's Game// - Orson Scott Card - (issues of giftedness, war, sacrifice, leadership - local author) ||
 * || //Red Moon at Sharpsburg//-R. Wells (SS) ||||  ||
 * || //The Contender//-R. Lipstye ||||  ||
 * || //All of the Above//-S. Pearsall (M) ||||  ||
 * || //A Gebra Named Al//-W. Isdell (M) ||||  ||
 * || //Who Moved my Cheese? for Teens//-S. Johnson

//Nothing But the Truth// - Avi (SS) Z for Zachriah R.O'brien (S) ||||  || Interdisciplinary Suggestions: (M) = math, (S) = science, (SS) = social studies

http://randomhouse.com/crown/metamorphosis || http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/libdev/OBOK/2008/discussionquestionsBookThief.pdf ||
 * Book || Resources ||
 * //Who Moved my Cheese? for Teens//-S. Johnson || Printables: http://www.teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/nonfiction/21093.html ||
 * || Back to School Unit: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/teceds/trainees/michele.miller-rausch/webquest/ ||
 * //Freak the Mighty//-R. Philbrick || Lesson plans: http://www.cowden-herrick.k12.il.us/staff/burruscasey/elearning/ftm/activities.html ||
 * //Metamorphosis//-F. Kafka || Adapted illustrated novel:
 * //The Book Thief//-M. Zusak || Discussion questions: