Fun Summer Reading for Eighth Graders Entering High School

*Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Little, Brown: 2007.

Bloor, Edward. London Calling. Knopf: 2006

Bray, Libba. A Great and Terrible Beauty. Delacorte Press: 2003.

Chotjewitz, David. Daniel Half-Human (and the Good Nazi). Simon Pulse: 2006.

Clement-Moore, Rosemary. Prom Dates from Hell. Delacorte Press: 2007.

Crutcher, Chris. The Sledding Hill. HarperTempest: 2005.

*Going, R.L. Saint Iggy. Harcourt: 2006. 

Hartinger, Brent. Geography Club. HarperCollins: 2003.

Hayes, Rosemary. Mixing It. Frances Lincoln Children's Books: 2007.

McCormick, Patricia. Sold. Hyperion Books: 2006.

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiement. Little, Brown: 2007.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life as We Knew It. Harcourt: 2006.

Rostoff, Meg. How I Live Now. Wendy Lamb Books: 2004.

*Zarr, Sara. Story of a Girl. Brown: 2007.

Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. Knopf: 2007. 

* 2009-2010 Young Adult/High School nominees for the California Young Reader Medal.