8th reading list

12 books commonly assigned in 8th grade across US schools

Animal Farm George Orwell Grades 7–10 · Lexile 1170L
Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson Grades 4–8 · Lexile 990L
Ghost Jason Reynolds Grades 5–8 · Lexile 730L
Monster Walter Dean Myers Grades 8–11 · Lexile 670L
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Frederick Douglass Grades 8–12 · Lexile 1080L
New Kid Jerry Craft Grades 4–8
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Grades 8–11 · Lexile 630L
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse Grades 5–8 · Lexile 740L
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor Grades 6–8 · Lexile 920L
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Grades 8–10
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson Grades 8–10 · Lexile 690L
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi Grades 7–12 · Lexile 1000L