Suggested Reads for 8th Grade
NotIfISaveYouFirst
AllyCarter
TCART,A
Aftersixyearsofnowordfromher bestfriend,Logan,heshowsupon thedoorstepoftheremoteAlaskan cabinMaddieandherfatherlivein withanassailantinpursuit.
LookBothWays
JasonReynolds
JREYN,J
ShortStories followingagroupof studentswhobecomesoengaged ineverydayactivitieswhilewalking homefromschoolthattheyfailto noticeaschoolbusthathas droppedfromthesky.
TheGildedOnes
NaminaForna
TFORN,N
Dekais ostracizedbyhercommunity becauseofhersupernaturalabilities. AfterDekafailabloodceremony,a mysteriouswomaninviteshertofight inanarmyofwomenlikeher.
OneforAll
LillieLainoff
TLAIN,L
Taniaisafflictedwithextremevertigo andsubjecttofrequentfalls;whenher fatherismurderedsheendsupata fencingacademyforgirls.Taniabegins hertrainingtobeanewkindof musketeer,andgetrevengeforher father.
RulesforVanishing
KateAliceMarshall
TMARS,K
Amissinggirl,avengefulghost,and agirlwhoisdeterminedtofindher sisteratallcosts.Onceayear,aroad appearsintheforest,butthepath hasitsownrules.AFauxdocumentarycreepyghoststory.
HowWeBecameWicked
AlexYates
TYATE,A
Aviraldiseasecalled'thewickedness' plaguestheworld.Sixteen-year-olds AstridandNataliearetwooftheonly peopleimmune. Recentencounters withwickedpeoplelinktheirstories inunexpectedways.
TheGravityofUs
PhilStamper
TSTAMP,P
Whenhisvolatilefatherispickedto becomeanastronautforNASA's missiontoMars,seventeen-year-old Cal,anaspiringjournalist,reluctantly movesfromBrooklyntoHouston, Texas,andlooksforastorytoreport, findinganally(andcrush)inJeremy, thesonofanotherastronaut.
TristanStrongPunchesaHoleintheSky
KwameMbalia
JMBAL,K
Hauntedbythebusaccidentthatended hisbestfriend’slife,seventhgrader
TristanStrongdreadsavisittohis grandparents’Alabamafarmbeforea bizarrelivingdollsnatchesawayhis friend’snotebookanddrawshimintoa worldofburningseas,ironmonstersand exhaustedblackfolkheroes.
TheEnigmaGame
ElizabethWein
TWEIN,E
Fifteen-year-oldJamaicanLouisa
AdairuncoversanEnigmamachine inthesmallScottishvillagewhere shecaresforanelderlyGerman woman,andhelpssolveapuzzle thatcouldturnthetideof WorldWarII.