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Sample
Book List
Grades 6-8
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The following book lists are drawn from reading lists at
the AERO pilot schools. They are provided to illustrate
the level of reading students should achieve to meet the
AERO English/Language Arts reading standards and benchmarks.
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| Title |
Author |
| ... And Now Miguel |
Krumgold, Joseph |
| 4 Daughters |
Clifton, Lucille |
| Acorn People, The |
Jones, Ron |
| Across Five Aprils |
Hunt, Irene |
| Adam of the Road |
Gray, Elizabeth Janet |
| Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The |
Twain, Mark |
| Ajeemah and His Son |
Berry, James R. |
| All the People |
Lamott, Anne |
| Animal Farm |
Orwell, George |
| Annabel Lee |
Poe, Edgar Allan |
| Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl |
Frank, Anne |
| April Morning |
Fast, Howard |
| Banner in the Sky |
Ullman, James Ramsey |
| Beach Stones |
Moore, Lillian |
| Breath of Fresh Air, A |
Malladi, Amulya |
| Bridge to Terrabithia |
Paterson, Katherine |
| Bronze Bow, The |
Speare, Elizabeth George |
| Bud, Not Buddy |
Curtis, Christopher |
| Call It Courage |
Sperry, Armstrong |
| Call of the Wild |
London, Jack |
| Carry On, Mr. Bowditch |
Latham, Jean Lee |
| Catherine Called Birdy |
Cushman, Karen |
| Cay, The |
Taylor, Theodore |
| Christmas Carol, A (dramatic adaptation) |
Sodaro, Craig |
| Chronicles of Narnia, The (series) |
Lewis, C.S. |
| Circle Unbroken, A |
Hotze, Sollace |
| Counterfeit Man, The |
Nourse, Alan E. |
| Crazy Lady |
Conly, Jane Leslie |
| Creation of Sam McGee, The |
Service, Robert W. |
| Dandelion Wine |
Bradbury, Ray |
| Dangerous Skies |
Staples, Suzanne F. |
| Daring to be Abigail |
Vail, Rachel |
| Day No Pigs Would Die, A |
Peck, Robert Newton |
| Dicey's Song |
Voight, Cynthia |
| Dobry |
Shannon, Monica |
| Dogsong |
Paulsen, Gary |
| Door in the Wall, The |
Angeli, Marguerite de |
| Dove |
Graham, Robin Lee |
| Dragonsong |
McCaffrey, Anne |
| Dragonwings |
Yep, Laurence |
| Dreams |
Hughes, Langston |
| Ear, the Eye and the Arm The |
Farmer, Nancy |
| Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,
The |
Zindel, Paul |
| Endless Steppe, The |
Hautzig, Esther |
| Fear Place, The |
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
| Fellowship of the Rings |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| Flowers for Algernon |
Keyes, Daniel |
| Forty-Third War |
Moeri, Louise |
| Freidrich |
Richter, Hans Peter |
| From the Belly of the Carp |
Jenkins, Roger |
| From the Field, The Best from the National Geographic
Over the Past 100 Years |
McCarry, Charles |
| From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
| Galax-Arena |
Rubenstein, Gillian |
| Gathering of Days, A |
Blos, Joan W. |
| Giver, The |
Lowry, Lois |
| Golden Goblet |
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis |
| Good Earth, The |
Buck, Pearl S. |
| Great Mysteries, The |
Poe, Edgar Allan |
| Green Thumb |
Thomas, Rob |
| Grey King, The |
Cooper, Susan |
| Habibi |
Nye, Naomi Shihab |
| Haunted Houseful, The |
Hitchcock, Alfred |
| Hay Interview |
Henderson, Sara |
| Hector the Collector |
Silverstein, Shel |
| Hernando deSoto |
Vincent Benet, Rosemary and Stephen |
| Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich, A |
Childress, Alice |
| Hero and the Crown |
McKinley, Robin |
| High King, The |
Alexander, Lloyd |
| Highwayman, The |
Noyes, Alfred |
| Hiroshima |
Hershey, John |
| History of the Modern World |
Palmer R.R. et al. |
| Hitty |
Field, Rachel |
| Hobbit, The |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| Holes |
Sachar, Louis |
| I Heard the Owl Call My Name |
Craven, Margaret |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
Angelou, Maya |
| I, Juan de Pareja |
Borton de Trevino, Elizabeth |
| I'm Nobody! Who Are You? |
Dickinson, Emily |
| I'm Still Here |
Hughes, Langston |
| Indian Captive |
Lenski, Lois |
| Indian in the Cupboard, The |
Banks, Lynne Reid |
| Into the Mummy's Tomb: The Real Life Discovery of
King Tut |
Reeves, Nicholas |
| Invincible Louisa |
Meigs, Cornelia |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins |
O'Dell, Scott |
| Island, The |
O'Callahan, Jay |
| It's Like That Cat |
Neville, Emily Cheney |
| Jabberwocky |
Carroll, Lewis |
| Jacob Have I Loved |
Paterson, Katherine |
| Joe |
McCord, David |
| Journey of 1,000 Miles |
Strachan, Ian |
| Julie of the Wolves |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Jumblies, The |
Lear, Edward |
| Junior Great Books/Short Stories |
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| Just So Stories |
Kipling, Rudyard |
| Kestrel for a Knave, A |
Hines, Barry |
| Killing Mr. Griffin |
Duncan, Lois |
| Kim |
Kipling, Rudyard |
| Land I Lost, The |
Nhuong, Huynh Quang |
| Land of Hope |
Nixon, Joan Lowery |
| Letters From a Slave Girl |
Lyons, Mary |
| Liberty for All |
Iacocca, Lee |
| Life Doesn't Frighten ME |
Angelou, Maya |
| Light in the Forest, The |
Richter, Conrad |
| Lincoln: A Photobiography |
Freedman, Russell |
| Lord of the Flies |
Golding, William |
| Lyddie |
Patterson, Katherine |
| M.C. Huggins, the Great |
Hamilton, Virginia |
| Making a Fist |
Nye, Naomi Shihab |
| Master Puppeteer, The |
Paterson, Katherine |
| Minor Bird, A |
Frost, Robert |
| Miracle on 34th Street |
Davies, Valentine |
| Missing May |
Ryland, Cynthia |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH |
O'Brien, Robert |
| My Brother Sam is Dead |
Collier,
James & Christopher |
| My Letter to the World |
Dickinson, Emily |
| Narcissa |
Brooks, Gwendolyn |
| Nature Reader, The |
Halpren, Daniel and Frank, Dan |
| New and Selectecd Poems |
Oliver, Mary |
| Night |
Weisel, Elie |
| No Promises in the Wind |
Hunt, Irene |
| Nothing But the Truth |
Avi |
| Number the Stars |
Lowry, Lois |
| Octopus, The |
Nash, Ogden |
| Old Mali and the Boy |
Sherman, D.R. |
| Onion John |
Krumgold, Joseph |
| Out of the Dust |
Hesse, Karen |
| Outsiders, The |
Hinton, S.E. |
| Paul Revere's Ride |
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth |
| Pearl, The |
Steinbeck, John |
| Peter Pan |
Barrie, J.M. |
| Phantom Tollbooth, The |
Juster, Norton |
| Pigman, The |
Zindel, Paul |
| Pistachio Prescription, The |
Danzinger, Paula |
| Raven, The |
Poe, Edgar Allan |
| Real Plato Jones, The |
Bawden, Nina |
| Rebecca |
Du Maurier, Daphne |
| Reconstruction and Reform |
Hakim, Joy |
| Rice Without Rain |
Ho, Minfong |
| Rifles for Watie |
Keith, Harold |
| Road Not Taken, The |
Frost, Robert |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
| Roller Birds of Rampur |
Rana, Indi |
| Rum Tum Tugger, The |
Eliot, T.S. |
| Samurai's Tale |
Hagguard, Eric |
| Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage
Out |
Silverstein, Shel |
| Sea Wolf, The |
London, Jack |
| Sea, The |
Reeves, James |
| Secret of the Crooked Cat, The |
Arden, William |
| Shadow of a Bull |
Wojciechowska, Maia |
| Shanbanu: Daughter of the Wind |
Staples, Suzanne F. |
| Shark Beneath the Reef |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Shark, The |
Ciardi, John |
| Sing to the Dawn |
Ho, Minfong |
| Slave Dancer, The |
Fox, Paula |
| Smoky |
Will, James |
| Sneetches, The |
Seuss, Dr. |
| Somehow Tenderness Survives |
Rochman, Hazel |
| Something Told the Wild Geese |
Field, Rachel |
| Sounder |
Armstrong, William H. |
| Spite Fences |
Krisher, Trudy |
| Stickeen |
Muir, John |
| Story of Mankind, The |
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem |
| Strawberry Girl |
Lenski, Lois |
| Summer of the Swans, The |
Byars, Betsy |
| Tale of Custard the Dragon, The |
Nash, Ogden |
| Tangerine |
Bloor, Eric |
| There was a Young Lady Whose Chin... |
Lear, Edward |
| There Will Come Soft Rain |
Bradbury, Ray |
| Things to do if You Are a Subway |
Katz, Bobbi |
| Time to Talk, A |
Frost, Robert |
| To Be A Slave |
Lester, Julius |
| To Build a Fire |
London, Jack |
| To Kill a Mockingbird |
Lee, Harper |
| Treasure Island |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The |
Avi |
| Trumpeter of Krakow, The |
Kelly, Eric Philbrook |
| Tuck Everlasting |
Babbitt, Natalie |
| Up a Road Slowly |
Hunt, Irene |
| View From Saturday, A |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
| Village by the Sea, The |
Desai, Anita |
| Voices From the Past: World War I |
Gay,
Martin & Kathlyn |
| Voices From the Past: World War II |
Gay,
Martin & Kathlyn |
| Walk Two Moons |
Creech, Sharon |
| Walkabout |
Marshall, James Vance |
| War, Peace and All That Jazz |
Hakim, Joy |
| War, Terrible War |
Hakim, Joy |
| Watership Down |
Adams, Richard |
| We Are Witness |
Hesse, Karen |
| We Have Always Lived in the Castle |
Jackson, Shirley |
| Westing Game, The |
Raskin, Ellen |
| When the Phone Rang |
Mazer, Harry |
| Where the Red Fern Grows |
Rawls, Wilson |
| White Mountains, The |
Christopher, John |
| Who Knows if the Moon's |
cummings, e.e. |
| Who Put that Hair in my Toothbrush? |
Spinelli, Jerry |
| Wild Song, Poems of the Natural World |
Daniel, John |
| Wind in the Willows, The |
Grahame, Kenneth |
| Witch of Blackbird Pond, The |
Speare, Elizabeth George |
| Wizard of Earthsea |
Le Guin, Ursula K. |
| Wringer |
Spinelli, Jerry |
| Wrinkle in Time, A |
L'Engle, Madeleine |
| Year of Impossible Good-byes, The |
Choi, Sook Nyul |
| Yearling, The |
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan |
| You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye |
Hermen, Patricia |
| Z for Zachariah |
O'Brien, Robert |
| Zlata's Diary |
Filipovic, Zlata |
| Title |
Author |
| Watership Down |
Adams, Richard |
| High King, The |
Alexander, Lloyd |
| Door in the Wall, The |
Angeli, Marguerite de |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
Angelou, Maya |
| Life Doesn't Frighten ME |
Angelou, Maya |
| Secret of the Crooked Cat, The |
Arden, William |
| Sounder |
Armstrong, William H. |
| Nothing But the Truth |
Avi |
| True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The |
Avi |
| Tuck Everlasting |
Babbitt, Natalie |
| Indian in the Cupboard, The |
Banks, Lynne Reid |
| Peter Pan |
Barrie, J.M. |
| Real Plato Jones, The |
Bawden, Nina |
| Ajeemah and His Son |
Berry, James R. |
| Tangerine |
Bloor, Eric |
| Gathering of Days, A |
Blos, Joan W. |
| I, Juan de Pareja |
Borton de Trevino, Elizabeth |
| Dandelion Wine |
Bradbury, Ray |
| There Will Come Soft Rain |
Bradbury, Ray |
| Narcissa |
Brooks, Gwendolyn |
| Good Earth, The |
Buck, Pearl S. |
| Summer of the Swans, The |
Byars, Betsy |
| Jabberwocky |
Carroll, Lewis |
| Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich, A |
Childress, Alice |
| Year of Impossible Good-byes, The |
Choi, Sook Nyul |
| White Mountains, The |
Christopher, John |
| Shark, The |
Ciardi, John |
| 4 Daughters |
Clifton, Lucille |
| My Brother Sam is Dead |
Collier,
James & Christopher |
| Crazy Lady |
Conly, Jane Leslie |
| Grey King, The |
Cooper, Susan |
| I Heard the Owl Call My Name |
Craven, Margaret |
| Walk Two Moons |
Creech, Sharon |
| Who Knows if the Moon's |
cummings, e.e. |
| Bud, Not Buddy |
Curtis, Christopher |
| Catherine Called Birdy |
Cushman, Karen |
| Wild Song, Poems of the Natural World |
Daniel, John |
| Pistachio Prescription, The |
Danzinger, Paula |
| Miracle on 34th Street |
Davies, Valentine |
| Village by the Sea, The |
Desai, Anita |
| I'm Nobody! Who Are You? |
Dickinson, Emily |
| My Letter to the World |
Dickinson, Emily |
| Rebecca |
Du Maurier, Daphne |
| Killing Mr. Griffin |
Duncan, Lois |
| Rum Tum Tugger, The |
Eliot, T.S. |
| Ear, the Eye and the Arm, The |
Farmer, Nancy |
| April Morning |
Fast, Howard |
| Hitty |
Field, Rachel |
| Something Told the Wild Geese |
Field, Rachel |
| Zlata's Diary |
Filipovic, Zlata |
| Slave Dancer, The |
Fox, Paula |
| Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl |
Frank, Anne |
| Lincoln: A Photobiography |
Freedman, Russell |
| Minor Bird, A |
Frost, Robert |
| Road Not Taken, The |
Frost, Robert |
| Time to Talk, A |
Frost, Robert |
| Voices From the Past: World War I |
Gay,
Martin & Kathlyn |
| Voices From the Past: World War II |
Gay,
Martin & Kathlyn |
| Julie of the Wolves |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Shark Beneath the Reef |
George, Jean Craighead |
| Lord of the Flies |
Golding, William |
| Dove |
Graham, Robin Lee |
| Wind in the Willows, The |
Grahame, Kenneth |
| Adam of the Road |
Gray, Elizabeth Janet |
| Samurai's Tale |
Hagguard, Eric |
| Reconstruction and Reform |
Hakim, Joy |
| War, Peace and All That Jazz |
Hakim, Joy |
| War, Terrible War |
Hakim, Joy |
| Nature Reader, The |
Halpren, Daniel and Frank, Dan |
| M.C. Huggins, the Great |
Hamilton, Virginia |
| Endless Steppe, The |
Hautzig, Esther |
| Hay Interview |
Henderson, Sara |
| You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye |
Hermen, Patricia |
| Hiroshima |
Hershey, John |
| Out of the Dust |
Hesse, Karen |
| We Are Witness |
Hesse, Karen |
| Kestrel for a Knave, A |
Hines, Barry |
| Outsiders, The |
Hinton, S.E. |
| Haunted Houseful, The |
Hitchcock, Alfred |
| Rice Without Rain |
Ho, Minfong |
| Sing to the Dawn |
Ho, Minfong |
| Circle Unbroken, A |
Hotze, Sollace |
| Dreams |
Hughes, Langston |
| I'm Still Here |
Hughes, Langston |
| Across Five Aprils |
Hunt, Irene |
| No Promises in the Wind |
Hunt, Irene |
| Up a Road Slowly |
Hunt, Irene |
| Liberty for All |
Iacocca, Lee |
| We Have Always Lived in the Castle |
Jackson, Shirley |
| From the Belly of the Carp |
Jenkins, Roger |
| Acorn People, The |
Jones, Ron |
| Phantom Tollbooth, The |
Juster, Norton |
| Things to do if You Are a Subway |
Katz, Bobbi |
| Rifles for Watie |
Keith, Harold |
| Trumpeter of Krakow, The |
Kelly, Eric Philbrook |
| Flowers for Algernon |
Keyes, Daniel |
| Just So Stories |
Kipling, Rudyard |
| Kim |
Kipling, Rudyard |
| From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil
E. Frankweiler |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
| View From Saturday, A |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
| Spite Fences |
Krisher, Trudy |
| ... And Now Miguel |
Krumgold, Joseph |
| Onion John |
Krumgold, Joseph |
| All the People |
Lamott, Anne |
| Carry On, Mr. Bowditch |
Latham, Jean Lee |
| Wizard of Earthsea |
Le Guin, Ursula K. |
| Jumblies, The |
Lear, Edward |
| There was a Young Lady Whose Chin... |
Lear, Edward |
| To Kill a Mockingbird |
Lee, Harper |
| Wrinkle in Time, A |
L'Engle, Madeleine |
| Indian Captive |
Lenski, Lois |
| Strawberry Girl |
Lenski, Lois |
| To Be A Slave |
Lester, Julius |
| Chronicles of Narnia, The (series) |
Lewis, C.S. |
| Call of the Wild |
London, Jack |
| Sea Wolf, The |
London, Jack |
| To Build a Fire |
London, Jack |
| Paul Revere's Ride |
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth |
| Giver, The |
Lowry, Lois |
| Number the Stars |
Lowry, Lois |
| Letters From a Slave Girl |
Lyons, Mary |
| Breath of Fresh Air, A |
Malladi, Amulya |
| Walkabout |
Marshall, James Vance |
| When the Phone Rang |
Mazer, Harry |
| Dragonsong |
McCaffrey, Anne |
| From the Field, The Best from the National Geographic
Over the Past 100 Years |
McCarry, Charles |
| Joe |
McCord, David |
| Golden Goblet |
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis |
| Hero and the Crown |
McKinley, Robin |
| Invincible Louisa |
Meigs, Cornelia |
| Forty-Third War |
Moeri, Louise |
| Beach Stones |
Moore, Lillian |
| Stickeen |
Muir, John |
| Octopus, The |
Nash, Ogden |
| Tale of Custard the Dragon, The |
Nash, Ogden |
| Fear Place, The |
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
| It's Like That Cat |
Neville, Emily Cheney |
| Land I Lost, The |
Nhuong, Huynh Quang |
| Land of Hope |
Nixon, Joan Lowery |
| Counterfeit Man, The |
Nourse, Alan E. |
| Highwayman, The |
Noyes, Alfred |
| Habibi |
Nye, Naomi Shihab |
| Making a Fist |
Nye, Naomi Shihab |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH |
O'Brien, Robert |
| Z for Zachariah |
O'Brien, Robert |
| Island, The |
O'Callahan, Jay |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins |
O'Dell, Scott |
| New and Selectecd Poems |
Oliver, Mary |
| Animal Farm |
Orwell, George |
| History of the Modern World |
Palmer R.R. et al. |
| Bridge to Terrabithia |
Paterson, Katherine |
| Jacob Have I Loved |
Paterson, Katherine |
| Master Puppeteer, The |
Paterson, Katherine |
| Lyddie |
Paterson, Katherine |
| Dogsong |
Paulsen, Gary |
| Day No Pigs Would Die, A |
Peck, Robert Newton |
| Annabel Lee |
Poe, Edgar Allan |
| Great Mysteries, The |
Poe, Edgar Allan |
| Raven, The |
Poe, Edgar Allan |
| Roller Birds of Rampur |
Rana, Indi |
| Westing Game, The |
Raskin, Ellen |
| Yearling, The |
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan |
| Where the Red Fern Grows |
Rawls, Wilson |
| Sea, The |
Reeves, James |
| Into the Mummy's Tomb: The Real Life Discovery of
King Tut |
Reeves, Nicholas |
| Light in the Forest, The |
Richter, Conrad |
| Freidrich |
Richter, Hans Peter |
| Somehow Tenderness Survives |
Rochman, Hazel |
| Galax-Arena |
Rubenstein, Gillian |
| Missing May |
Ryland, Cynthia |
| Holes |
Sachar, Louis |
| Creation of Sam McGee, The |
Service, Robert W. |
| Sneetches, The |
Seuss, Dr. |
| Dobry |
Shannon, Monica |
| Old Mali and the Boy |
Sherman, D.R. |
| Hector the Collector |
Silverstein, Shel |
| Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage
Out |
Silverstein, Shel |
| Christmas Carol, A (dramatic adaptation) |
Sodaro, Craig |
| Bronze Bow, The |
Speare, Elizabeth George |
| Witch of Blackbird Pond, The |
Speare, Elizabeth George |
| Call It Courage |
Sperry, Armstrong |
| Who Put that Hair in my Toothbrush? |
Spinelli, Jerry |
| Wringer |
Spinelli, Jerry |
| Dangerous Skies |
Staples, Suzanne F. |
| Shanbanu: Daughter of the Wind |
Staples, Suzanne F. |
| Pearl, The |
Steinbeck, John |
| Treasure Island |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| Journey of 1,000 Miles |
Strachan, Ian |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
| Cay, The |
Taylor, Theodore |
| Green Thumb |
Thomas, Rob |
| Fellowship of the Rings |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| Hobbit, The |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The |
Twain, Mark |
| Banner in the Sky |
Ullman, James Ramsey |
| Daring to be Abigail |
Vail, Rachel |
| Story of Mankind, The |
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem |
| Hernando deSoto |
Vincent Benet, Rosemary and Stephen |
| Dicey's Song |
Voight, Cynthia |
| Night |
Weisel, Elie |
| Smoky |
Will, James |
| Shadow of a Bull |
Wojciechowska, Maia |
| Dragonwings |
Yep, Laurence |
| Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,
The |
Zindel, Paul |
| Pigman, The |
Zindel, Paul |
| Junior Great Books/Short Stories |
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