Book Recommendations
Ms. Tegtmeyer
8th Grade LIterature/LA
Book Recommendations
I know it can be challenging to find a “good book” to read, so here is a list of books that many of you may enjoy reading!
Please share this list with your parents, too! All of these books were recommended Rebecca Caudill award books!
Alexander, Kwame Booked
Anderson, John David Ms. Bixby’s Last Day
Black, Holly & Clare, C. The Iron Trial
Burg, Ann Unbound
Creech, Sharon Moo
Dumas, Firoozeh It Ain’t so Awful, Falafel
Federle, Tim Better Nate than Ever
Freedman, Russell We Will Not Be Silent
Gephart, Donna Lily and Dunkin
Gidwitz, Adam The Inquisitor’s Tale
Hashimi, Nadia One Half From the East
Jacobson, Jennifer Richard Paper Things
King, Amy Sarig Me and Marvin Gardens
Lamana, Julie Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
Lewis, John March, Book 1
Reynolds, Jason Ghost
Sheinkin, Steve Undefeated
Sonnenblick, Jordan Falling Over Sideways
Stelson, Caren Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story
Thompson, Lisa The Goldfish Boy
These are books recommended by our wonderful librarian, Mrs. Filbin!
Many popular adult books can be found in Young Reader Editions -- some to check
out include: DaVinci Code; I am Malala; Chasing Space; Shoe Dog; The Red Bandana;
Boys in the Boat & Hidden Figures. There are many more!
Books by Alan Gratz: Grenade, Allies, Code of Honor, Prisoner B-3087, Projekt 1065
Books by Gordon Korman: Ungifted, Masterminds series, Restart, What’s His Face,
Schooled, The Unteachables
Books by Carl Hiaasen: Chomp, Squirm, Flush, Hoot
Books by Stuart Gibbs, Mike Lupica & Tim Green
Ghost series by Jason Reynolds
A Night Divided, Words on Fire and Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
Fish in a Tree and Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
City Spies and other mysteries by James Ponti
Theodore Boone series by John Grisham
Michael Vey series by Rihard Paul Evans
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
The 7th Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Bradley
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Stella by Starlight by Shaonon Draper
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Breakout by Kate Messner
The Great Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong