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Recommended Book List for Eighth Grade
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Remembering Information
If you have trouble remembering facts
from your reading take notes. This will help you develop the skills
to retain information.
Vocabulary
If you don’t know what words mean you
will not understand what you are reading. Write down the words you
find in your reading that you do not know. Check their meaning in
the dictionary
Do
You Still Need Help?
If you still need some help you may
need to find a tutor. The public library or your school may be able
to help you find someone to help you improve your reading.
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Avi |
Fighting Ground |
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Cisneros, Sandra |
“Eleven”
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Curtis,
Christopher Paul |
The Watsons Go to
Birmingham 1963, or Bucking the Sarge |
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Davies, Nicola |
Extreme
Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth |
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Funke, Cornelia |
The Thief Lord |
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Freedman, Russell |
Freedom
Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts |
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Gaiman, Neil |
Coraline (The
graphic novel) |
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Goodrich, Frances
and Hackett, Albert |
The
Diary of Anne Frank: A Play |
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Hamilton, Virginia |
Cousins
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Hiaasen, Carl |
Flush |
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Lubar, David |
Hidden Talents |
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Lupika, Mike |
Sports Series – The Bat Boy, Million-Dollar Throw and more |
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Myers, Walter Dean |
The Greatest:
Biography of Muhammad Ali |
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Peck, Richard |
A
Long Way from Chicago or A Year Down Under |
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Robinson, Sharon |
Jackie’s Nine: Jackie Robinson’s Values to Live By |
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Sleator, William |
The
Duplicate |
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Spinelli, Jerry |
Wringer |
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Steinbeck, John |
Travels with Charley: In Search of America |
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If you need assistance finding additional books for summer reading,
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1. Interview a
Book Character
Select a
character from a book you have read. Create a list of 10 questions
you would ask that character if you were interviewing him for a news
show. Pretend that you are the character and answer the questions as
the character would.
2. Create a
Scrap Book of the Book
While you are
reading a book create scrap book pages for each important event in
the story. Your scrap book should be at least 4 pages long. Each
page should include a picture that goes along with the event and at
least one paragraph explaining it.
3. Create a
Book Jacket
After you have
read a book create a book cover or jacket for it. Include the title,
author, a picture, a one page summary, and information about the
author.
4. Create a
Collage
After you have
read a book create a collage using cut out pictures, drawings, and
words that displays the theme of the book. You may have to draw your
own images. Then include 3-4 quotes from the book with page numbers
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Finding Books to Read
Visit Our School Libraries
Online
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Go to
http://151.204.41.45/
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Select the name of your
school.
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Select the catalog
tab.
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On the left you will see
Destiny Quest. That will allow you to search for books.
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If you type eBook in the
search box you will see available eBooks.
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You can read them on your
computer.
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If you would like to
check the eBook out you can create a log-in using your school
library patron number. If you cannot find it contact
a us at
summerreadinghelp@trenton.k12.nj.us
Visit the Public Library in Person
or Online
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The public library has many of the books
on this list and can get books from other libraries.
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The library may have audio books of the titles so you can listen
and read along. The public library also has access to eBooks so you can
read your books from your home on your home
computer.
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