8th grade Children's books
238 books in the children's genre commonly assigned to 8th gradestudents — every title’s grade range covers 8th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
238 8th grade children's books
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- A Boy Called ChristmasMatt Haig
- A Face for PicassoAriel Henley
- A Life in the WildPamela S. Turner
- A Plate of HopeErin Frankel
- A Racecourse for AndyPatricia Wrightson
- A Ray of LightWalter Wick
- A Room on Lorelei StreetMary E. Pearson
- A Scar like a RiverLisa Graff
- A Sitting in St. JamesRita Williams-Garcia
- A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)Natalie Lloyd
- A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
- A World Without SummerNicholas Day
- Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
- Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
- Abraham Lincoln and Frederick DouglassRussell Freedman
- Absolutely Positively NotDavid LaRochelle
- Absurd WordsTara Lazar
- After the Dancing DaysMargaret Rostkowski
- Ajeemah and His SonJames Berry
- Al Capone Does My ShirtsGennifer Choldenko
- Alchemy and Meggy SwannKaren Cushman
- All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer TeamChristina Soontornvat
- Amelia LostCandace Fleming
- An American PlagueJim Murphy
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- Anna and the Swallow Man · Gavriel Savit
- Anthony Burns · Virginia Hamilton
- Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian · Eoin Colfer
- Arthur, For the Very First Time · Patricia MacLachlan
- As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! · Donna Gephart
- Ashley Bryan · Ashley Bryan
- Behind Barbed Wire · Daniel S. Davis
- Better Nate Than Ever · Tim Federle
- Between Shades Of Gray · Ruta Sepetys
- Black Enough · Ibi Zoboi
- Black Girl You Are Atlas · Renée Watson
- Black Potatoes · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Blink and Caution · Tim Wynne-Jones
- Bloody Jack Series · L. A. Meyer
- Boots on the Ground · Elizabeth Partridge
- Borrowed Children · George Lyon
- Bucking the Sarge · Christopher Paul Curtis
- Call of the Klondike · David Meissner
- Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms · Katherine Rundell
- Carver · Marilyn Nelson
- Catherine, Called Birdy · Karen Cushman
- Chance · Uri Shulevitz
- Child of the Owl · Laurence Yep
- Children of the Great Depression · Russell Freedman
- Chimney Sweeps · James Cross Giblin
- Chinese Menu · Grace Lin
- Clap When You Land · Elizabeth Acevedo
- Clementine · Sara Pennypacker
- Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun · Rhoda Blumberg
- Conrad's War · Andrew Davies
- Creepy Carrots! · Aaron Reynolds
- Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) · Sharee Miller
- Darkness Over Denmark · Ellen Levine
- Death in the Jungle · Candace Fleming
- Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel · Leigh Bardugo
- Dooby Dooby Moo · Doreen Cronin
- Down Sand Mountain · Steve Watkins
- Dream on Amber · Emma Shevah
- Du Iz Tak? · Carson Ellis
- Dust to Eat · Michael L. Cooper
- Eleanor & Park · Rainbow Rowell
- Electric Ben · Robert Byrd
- Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah · Laurie Ann Thompson
- Enchanted Air · Margarita Engle
- Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist · Susan Wood
- Evil Librarian · Michelle Knudsen
- FIREBOAT · Maira Kalman
- Fighting Words · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Firegirl · Tony Abbott
- Five, Six, Seven, Nate! · Tim Federle
- Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have · Allen Zadoff
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- Freddie vs. the Family Curse · Tracy Badua
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry · Paula Yoo
- Ghetto Cowboy · G. Neri
- Ghost Knight · Cornelia Funke
- Giraffes, the Sentinels of the Savannas · Helen Roney Sattler
- Girls Like Her · Melanie Sumrow
- Goldengrove ; Unleaving · Jill Paton Walsh
- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs · Mo Willems
- Grasshopper Jungle · Andrew Smith
- H.O.R.S.E. · Christopher Myers
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · J. K. Rowling
- Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Home of the Brave · Katherine Applegate
- How the Boogeyman Became a Poet · Tony Keith Jr.
- Humbug Mountain · Sid Fleischman
- I'm Dirty! · Kate McMullan
- In the Belly of the Bloodhound · L. A. Meyer
- Infinite Hope · Ashley Bryan
- Inheritance · Elizabeth Acevedo
- Jenny of the Tetons · Kristiana Gregory
- Kent State · Deborah Wiles
- Kids at Work · Russell Freedman
- Kin · Carole Boston Weatherford
- La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One · Philip Pullman
- Laura Ingalls Wilder · Tanya Lee Stone
- Legendary Frybread Drive-In · Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Leon's Story · Leon Walter Tillage
- Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer · Robert Byrd
- Letters from a Slave Girl · Mary E. Lyons
- Little Little · M. E. Kerr
- Lord of the Deep · Graham Salisbury
- Lupe Wong Won't Dance · Donna Barba Higuera
- M.C. Higgins, the Great · Virginia Hamilton
- Make Lemonade · Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Marching For Freedom · Elizabeth Partridge
- Martha Graham · Russell Freedman
- Martina una cucarachita muy linda · Carmen Agra Deedy
- Me, My Goat, and My Sister's Wedding · Stella Pevsner
- Mexikid · Pedro Martín
- Milkweed · Jerry Spinelli
- Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 1) · Lisa Yee
- Milo · Alan Silberberg
- Missing May · Cynthia Rylant
- Monstrous Beauty · Elizabeth Fama
- Most Dangerous · Steve Sheinkin
- Muckrackers · Ann Bausum
- Nation · Terry Pratchett
- Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane · K. E. LEWIS
- No Crystal Stair · Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- Noah Webster and His Words · Jeri Ferris
- Okay for Now · Gary D. Schmidt
- One Candle · Eve Bunting
- Openly, Honestly · Bill Konigsberg
- Orphan Train Rider · Andrea Warren
- Panama Canal · Judith St. George
- Peace, Locomotion · Jacqueline Woodson
- Perfectly Parvin · Olivia Abtahi
- Photographic · Isabel Quintero
- Playing Beatie Bow · Ruth Park
- Poppy · Avi
- Poverty in America · Milton Meltzer
- Promise Boys · Nick Brooks
- Redwood and Ponytail · K.A. Holt
- Remember Us · Jacqueline Woodson
- Revolution · Deborah Wiles
- Rotters · Daniel Kraus
- Rules of the Road #1 · Joan Bauer
- Sadie · Courtney Summers
- Samira Surfs · Rukhsanna Guidroz
- Scowler · Daniel Kraus
- Sea of the Dead · Julia Durango
- Sisters of the Lost Marsh · Lucy Strange
- Skulduggery Pleasant – Skulduggery Pleasant: Books 1 - 12 · Derek Landy
- Small Steps · Peg Kehret
- Sojourner Truth · Pat McKissack
- Some of the Kinder Planets · Tim Wynne-Jones
- Song of a Blackbird · Maria van Lieshout
- Soundtrack: A Novel · Jason Reynolds
- Space Station Science · Marianne J. Dyson
- Stateless · Elizabeth Wein
- Stella Díaz Has Something to Say · Angela Dominguez
- Stones in Water · Donna Jo Napoli
- Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
- Summer of My German Soldier · Bette Greene
- Sunshine: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush · Virginia Hamilton
- Tancy · Belinda Hurmence
- Teddy Mars Book #3: Almost an Outlaw · Molly B. Burnham
- The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens · Isabel Roxas
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I · M. T. Anderson
- The Bird House · Cynthia Rylant
- The Boxer · Kathleen Karr
- The Boy and the Samurai · Erik Christian Haugaard
- The Boy's War · Jim Murphy
- The Circuit Graphic Novel · Francisco Jiménez
- The Dark Is Rising · Susan Cooper
- The Dead of Summer (Book 1) · Ryan La Sala
- The Devil Walks · Anne Fine
- The Double Life of Pocahontas · Jean Fritz
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia · Candace Fleming
- The Fire Eaters · David Almond
- The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook · Joanne Rocklin
- The Folk Keeper · Franny Billingsley
- The Fourth Stall Part III · Chris Rylander
- The Friends · Kazumi Yumoto
- The Friendship · Mildred D. Taylor
- The Girl who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales · Jane Yolen
- The Great Little Madison · Jean Fritz
- The Honeys · Ryan La Sala
- The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark · Rhoda Blumberg
- The Intruder · John Rowe Townsend
- The Knife of Never Letting Go · Patrick Ness
- The Lie Tree · Frances Hardinge
- The Lincolns · Candace Fleming
- The Long Road to Gettysburg · Jim Murphy
- The Longitude Prize · Joan Dash
- The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: The Wall of Fame Game · Crystal Allen
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
- The Moorchild · Eloise McGraw
- The Notorious Benedict Arnold · Steve Sheinkin
- The Pilgrims of Plimoth · Marcia Sewall
- The Port Chicago 50 · Steve Sheinkin
- The Race to Save the Lord God Bird · Phillip Hoose
- The Rain Catchers · Jean Thesman
- The Road from Home · David Kherdian
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place · Julie Berry
- The Schwa was Here · Neal Shusterman
- The Scorpio Races · Maggie Stiefvater
- The Spring Rider · John Shults Lawson
- The Strongest Man in the World · Nicolas Debon
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff · Mac Barnett
- The Top of the World · Steve Jenkins
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle · Avi
- The Twenty-One · Elizabeth Rusch
- The Village by the Sea · Paula Fox
- The Wall · Peter Sís
- The Way Things Work Now · David Macaulay
- The Weaver's Gift · Kathryn Lasky
- The Wizards of Once · Cressida Cowell
- This Promise of Change · Jo Ann Allen Boyce
- Those who Love the Game · Glenn Rivers
- Torpedoed · Deborah Heiligman
- Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day · Alex L. Combs
- Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson · Robert Louis Stevenson
- Tristan And Iseult · Rosemary Sutcliff
- True Believer · Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Turtle in Paradise · Jennifer L. Holm
- Upon the Head of the Goat · Aranka Siegal
- Vincent and Theo · Deborah Heiligman
- Voyaging to Cathay · Alfred H. Tamarin
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga · Traci Sorell
- We Are the Ship · Kadir Nelson
- We Will Not Be Silent · Russell Freedman
- We're Not from Here · Geoff Rodkey
- Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel · Chris Grabenstein
- Whale Eyes · James Robinson
- White Lies · Ann Bausum
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson · John Green
- You Are Brave: A Book About Trying New Things · Margaret O'Hair
- Young Fredle · Cynthia Voigt
Children's books at other grades
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Other 8th grade genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy · Realistic Fiction · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade Fiction · Fantasy · Adventure · Mystery · Young Adult Fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What children's books are good for 8th grade students?
238 children's books have a grade range that covers 8th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these children's books grade-appropriate for 8th grade?
Every title's grade range covers 8th grade, so each is age-appropriate by curriculum placement. Check each book's themes and content notes before assigning.
How many children's books are on the 8th grade list?
This page lists 238 8th grade children's titles, ordered alphabetically. The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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