Cleveland County Schools

Eighth Grade

Title

Author

Reading Level

Interest Level

Across Five Aprils

Hunt, Irene

6.6

MG

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (unabridged)

Twain, Mark

8.1

MG

Animal Farm

Orwell, George

7.3

UG

Deathwatch

White, Robb

6.0

UG

The Diary of a Young Girl

Frank, Anne - play ONLY

6.5

UG

Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray

5.2

UG

The Girl Who Owned a City

Nelson, O.T.

4.7

MG

Good Night, Mr. Tom

Magorian, Michelle

4.8

MG

The Hobbit

Tolkien, JR. R.

6.6

UG

Hope Was Here

Bauer, Joan

5.1

MG

Jacob Have I Loved

Paterson, Katherine

5.7

MG

Leroy & the Old Man

Butterworth, W.E.

5.1

UG

Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Taylor, Mildred D.

5.7

MG

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare, William

10.9

UG

Monkey Island

Fox, Paula

5.0

MG

My Brother Sam is Dead (Social Studies)

Collier, James/Christopher

4.9

MG

The Outsiders

Hinton, S.E.

4.7

UG

The Pearl

Steinbeck, John

7.1

UG

The Pigman

Zindel, Paul

5.5

UG

Slake's Limbo

Holman, Felice

6.4

UG

Slave Dancer

Fox, Paula

6.0

MG

Summer of My German Soldier

Greene, Bette

5.2

MG

Surviving the Applewhites

Tolan, Stephanie S.

5.5

MG

Tangerine

Bloor, Edward

4.3

MG

We Are Witnesses

Boas, Jacob

7.1

UG

Weasel

DeFelice, Cynthia

5.0

UG

White Fang (unabridged)

London, Jack

8.4

MG