English/Language Arts
Sample Book List
Grades 6-8

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Book List by Title, 6-8
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  
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

Book List by Author, 6-8
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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