# 8th grade Fiction books

**4** fiction books commonly assigned to 8th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 8th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 8th grade  ·  **Genre:** Fiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## 8th grade Fiction reading list

- [A Smart Kid Like You](https://readinglist.school/book/a-smart-kid-like-you) by Stella Pevsner _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Motown and Didi](https://readinglist.school/book/motown-and-didi) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1984)_
- [The Friendship](https://readinglist.school/book/the-friendship) by Tara Taylor Quinn _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1987)_
- [Wilderness](https://readinglist.school/book/two-in-the-wilderness) by David Thompson _(Grades 4–8)_

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