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GRADE 6/8 READING LIST
This list was compiled by the librarians of the Boston Public Schools and the Boston Public Library
CONTEMPORARY FICTION:
Granny the Pag Nina Bawden
An Island Like You Judith Ortiz Cofer
The Goats Brock Cole
Crazy Lady! Jane Leslie Conly
Bloomability Sharon Creech
A Girl Named Disaster Nancy Farmer
Whirligig Paul Fleischman
The Eagle Kite Paula Fox
The Cuckoo's Child Suzanne Freeman
Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year Jack Gantos
Second Cousins Virginia Hamilton
Protecting Marie Kevin Henkes
Music of the Dolphins Karen Hesse
The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg
Achingly Alice Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered Gary Paulsen
Holes Louis Sachar
Crash Jerry Spinelli
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind Suzanne Fisher Staples
Belle Prater's Boy Ruth White
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This Jacqueline Woodson
Child of the Owl Laurence Yep
BIOGRAPHY:
Rosie The Riveter Penny Colman
An American Hero: The True Story of Charles A. Lindberg Barry Denenberg
The Abracadabra Kid Sid Fleischman
Samuel Adams: The Father of American Independence Dennis Brindell Fradin
Martha Graham Russell Freedman
Red Scarf Girl Ji-Li Jiang
No Pretty Pictures Anita Lobel
Malcolm X Walter Dean Myers
Knots in My Yo-Yo String Jerry Spinelli
FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION:
The Iron Ring Lloyd Alexander
Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Nancy Farmer
Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine
Rose Daughter Robin McKinley
Circle of Music: Sandry's Book Tamora Pierce
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
The Dark Side of Nowhere Neal Shusterman
Others See Us William Sleator
Loch Paul Zindel
INFORMATIONAL BOOKS:
Full Speed Ahead: The Race To Build a Transcontinental Railroad Rhoda Blumberg
A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust Miriam Chaikin
Corpses, Coffins and Crypts Penny Colman
Jazz: An American Saga James Lincoln Collier
Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book Neale S. Godfrey
North Star To Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad Gena K. Gorrell
Black, Blue and Gray: African Americans in the Civil War James Haskins
The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes... Donna M. Jackson
Freedom's Sons: The True Story of the Amistad Mutiny Suzanne Jurmain
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road Julius Lester
The Great Fire Jim Murphy
Dolphin Man Pringle
I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment Jerry Stanley
MYSTERY:
Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror Avi
Stonewords: A Ghost Story Pam Conrad
Dead Man in Indian Creek Mary Downing Hahn
Ghost Canal Will Hobbs
Murdered, My Sweet Joan Nixon
Voices After Midnight Richard Peck
The Ruby in the Smoke Philip Pullman
The Vandemark Mummy Cynthia Voigt
The Ghosts of Mercy Manor Betty Ren Wright
The Case of the Goblin Pearls Laurence Yep
LEGENDS AND MYTHS:
Dateline Troy Paul Fleischman
Her Stories Virginia Hamilton
Greek Gods and Goddesses Geraldine McCaughrean
The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales... Pat McKissack
Parizal: The Quest of the Grail Knight Katherine Paterson
I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot Nancy Springer
Black Ships Before Troy Rosemary Sutcliff
The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales Diane Wolkstein
CORE LITERATURE:
GRADE 6:
Guests Michael Dorris
Clay Marble Minfong Ho Ho
Gift Giver Joyce Hansen
Number the Stars Lois Lowry
Going Home Nicholasa Mohr
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson
Taking Sides Gary Soto
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
So Far from the Bamboo Grove Kawashima Watkins
GRADE 7:
Among the Volcanoes Omar S. Castaneda
Monkey Island Paula Fox
Young Landlords Dean Myers
Scorpions Dean Myers
Let the Circle Be Unbroken Mildred D. Taylor
Grab Hands and Run Frances Temple
Taste of Salt Frances Temple
Homecoming Cynthia Voigt
Goodbye, Vietnam Gloria Whelan
Dragonwings Laurence Yep
GRADE 8:
Journey of the Sparrows Fran Buss
Years of Impossible Goodbyes Sook Nyul Choi
Children of the River Linda Crew
Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank
The Giver Lois Lowry
Growing Up Inside the Sanctuary of My Mind Nicholasa Mohr
Hoops Walter Dean Myers
Lyddie Katherine Paterson
Harriet Tubman Ann Petry
High Elks Treasure Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Road to Memphis Mildred D. Taylor
Dicey's Song Cynthia Voight
Dragon's Gate Laurence Yep
HISTORICAL FICTION:
The Watsons Go To Burmingham Christopher Paul Curtis
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Karen Cushman
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker Cynthia DeFelice
Bull Run Paul Fleischman
Lily's Crossing Patricia Giff
Jazmin's Notebook Nikki Grimes
My Louisiana Sky Kimberly Willis Holt
Letters From a Slave Girl Mary E. Lyons
The Glory Field Dean Myers
Stones in Water Donna Jo Napoli
The War In Georgia Jerrie Oughton
Jip: His Story Katherine Paterson
Call Me Francis Tucket Gary Paulsen
A Long Way from Chicago Richard Peck
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