8th Grade Boys

  • A Day No Pigs Would Die,
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Alex Rider series - Anthony Horowitz
  • Among the Hidden series by Haddix
  • Artemis Fowl series - Eoin Colfer
  • Athletic Shorts     (Crutcher)
  • Bearstone      (Hobbs)
  • Blue Star rapture Bennett, James W. -
  • Bone series - Jeff Smith (adventure/comedy graphic novels
  • Brian Jacques' books    Redwall etc.
  • Bud,Not Buddy
  • Burger Wuss by M. T. Anderson
  • Carl Deuker- Night Hoops, The Outside Shot, High Heat
  • Carol Plum-Ucci.
  • Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
  • Changes in Latitude,
  • Chris Crutcher (more mature 8th graders)
  • Cirque Du Freak series - Darren Shan
  • Crash by Jerry Spinelli
  • Danger Zone - David Klass
  • David V. God by Pearson
  • Deathman, Do Not Follow Me
  • Deathwatch by Robb White
  • Demon Witch.
  • Down River,
  • Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (and the rest of that series)
  • Fade - Robert Cormier
  • Farm Team,
  • Gary Paulsen
  • Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry
  • Gold Dust Twins about baseball in Boston and racial strife.
  • Green Thumb by Rob Thomas
  • Hardball
  • Harris and Me      (Paulsen)
  • Harry Mazer
  • Harry Potter series
  • Hatchet(and the other Brian books) - Gary Paulsen
  • Hawk:Occupation Skateboarder Hawk, Tony
  • His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman.
  • Hobbit/LOTR - J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Holes, by Sachar
  • How Angel Peterson Got His Name Gary Paulsen
  • I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler Ted Lewin
  • Ironman - Chris Crutcher
  • Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
  • Left Behind- kids series
  • LEFT FOR DEAD (Nelson)
  • Lois Duncan
  • Lone Wolf
  • Lord of the Flies,
  • Maniac Magee, by Spinelli
  • Mary Higgins Clark
  • Merlin series T.A. Barron
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • Mr. Tucket (and the other Tucket books) - Gary Paulsen
  • Nathan's Run
  • No More Dead Dogs by Korman
  • Pacific Crossing    (Soto)
  • Paul Zindel- Loch, Rats, The Pigman
  • Players Sweeney, Joyce -
  • R.L. Stine
  • Rag & Bone Shop by Cormier
  • Ravenscliff series by Geoffrey Huntington,
  • Redwall by Brian Jacques
  • Robert Cormier- Rag & Bone Shop, The Chocolate War, Beyond the Chocolate War, Heroes
  • Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
  • Sabriel by Garth Nix (along with Lirael and Abhorsen)
  • Silent to the Bone - E. L. Konigsburg
  • Slam, by Myers
  • Soldiers Heart -- Paulson
  • Someone was Watching by Patneaude
  • Sorcerers of the Nightwing
  • Speak- Andersen
  • Stone Cold - Pete Hautman
  • STORMBREAKER,POINT BLANK and SKELETON KEY.
  • Stotan! - Chris Crutcher
  • Striking Out,
  • Stuck in Neutral, by Trueman
  • Swallowing Stones
  • Tangerine by Edward Bloor,
  • Terry Brooks's books
  • That Was Then, This Is Now --Hinton
  • The Angel Factory
  • The Angel's Command
  • The Body of Christopher Creed
  • The Chocolate War,
  • The Coalwood Way.
  • The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
  • The Haymeadow  (or any Paulsen)
  • THE LAND by Taylor
  • The Maze,
  • The Outsiders,
  • The Rifle –Paulson
  • THE THIEF and QUEEN OF ATTOLIA by Megan Whalen Turner
  • Time of Fire - Robert Westall
  • To Kill a Mockingbird.
  • Tom Clancy NETFORCE paperbk series,
  • Top Ten sports series.
  • Touching Spirit Bear - Ben Mikaelson
  • Walter Dean Myers- The Outside Shot, Monster
  • Watson go to Birmingham - 1963     (Curtis)
  • Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher,
  • Will Hobbs- Downriver, The Maze, River Thunder, Jason's Gold, Far North
  • Will Weaver- Hardball, Farm Team, Striking Out, Claws
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