
Great Reading for Grades 6-8:
Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Harmony Books: 1979.
Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson. Peter and the Starcatchers. Hyperion: 2004.
Byars, Betsy. The Pinballs. Harper: 1977
Cabot, Meg. Teen Idol. Harper: 2004
*Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts: Puffin, 2006.
Couloumbis, Betsy. Say Yes. Putnam: 2002
Farmer, Nancy. Sea of Trolls. Aladdin: 2006
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods. Wendy Lamb Books: 2002.
Haddix, Margaret. Just Ella. Thorndike Press: 2000.
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. Atheneum: 2004.
Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup. Candlewick: 2003.
Korman, Gordon. No More Dead Dogs. Scholastic: 2000
*Munoz Ryan, Pam. Becoming Naomi Leon. Scholastic: 2004.
Peck, Richard. The River Between Us. Dial Books: 2003.
*Sherlock, Patti. Letters from Wolfie. Viking: 2004.
Stroud, Jonathan. Amulet of Samarkand. Hyperion: 2004.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped. Random House: 2001
Voight, Cynthia. The Callendar Papers. Atheneum: 1983.
* 2006-2007 California Young Reader Medal Nominees for Middle School
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Fun summer reading for eighth graders