# 8th grade Juvenile Fiction books

**37** juvenile 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:** Juvenile Fiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 8th grade Juvenile Fiction reading list

- [102 Days of Lying About Lauren](https://readinglist.school/book/102-days-of-lying-about-lauren) by Maura Jortner _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Bones on Black Spruce Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/bones-on-black-spruce-mountain) by David Budbill _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters](https://readinglist.school/book/christmas-in-the-big-house-christmas-in-the-quarters) by Pat McKissack _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1994)_
- [Clementine](https://readinglist.school/book/clementine-hood) by Ann Hood _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Donuthead](https://readinglist.school/book/donuthead) by Sue Stauffacher _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Eb & Flow](https://readinglist.school/book/eb-flow) by Kelly J. Baptist _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Fallen Angels](https://readinglist.school/book/fallen-angels) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1988)_
- [Fifteen](https://readinglist.school/book/fifteen) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Half Moon Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/half-moon-summer) by Elaine Vickers _(Grades 6–8)_
- [How to Talk to Your Succulent](https://readinglist.school/book/how-to-talk-to-your-succulent) by Zoe Persico _(Grades 6–8)_
- [It's All or Nothing, Vale](https://readinglist.school/book/its-all-or-nothing-vale) by Andrea Beatriz Arango _(Grades 6–8)_
- [It's Boba Time for Pearl Li!](https://readinglist.school/book/its-boba-time-for-pearl-li) by Nicole Chen _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Jennifer Murdley's Toad](https://readinglist.school/book/jennifer-murdleys-toad) by Bruce Coville _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Kavik the Wolf Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/kavik-the-wolf-dog) by Walt Morey _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Kid Power](https://readinglist.school/book/kid-power) by Susan Beth Pfeffer _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Land of Broken Promises](https://readinglist.school/book/land-of-broken-promises) by Jane Kuo _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Landry News](https://readinglist.school/book/the-landry-news) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Lasagna Means I Love You](https://readinglist.school/book/lasagna-means-i-love-you) by Kate O'Shaughnessy _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Let the Circle Be Unbroken](https://readinglist.school/book/let-the-circle-be-unbroken) by Mildred D. Taylor _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1981)_
- [Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II](https://readinglist.school/book/max-in-the-house-of-spies-a-tale-of-world-war-ii) by Adam Gidwitz _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Miracle's Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/miracles-boys) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 4–8 · pub 2000)_
- [Ruptured](https://readinglist.school/book/ruptured) by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Slam](https://readinglist.school/book/slam) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1996)_
- [Tagging Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/tagging-freedom) by Rhonda Roumani _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Boggart and the Monster](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boggart) by Susan Cooper _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Castle in the Attic (35th Anniversary Edition)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-castle-in-the-attic) by Elizabeth Winthrop _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Curse of Eelgrass Bog](https://readinglist.school/book/the-curse-of-eelgrass-bog) by Mary Averling _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Dark-Thirty](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-thirty) by Patricia McKissack _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1992)_
- [The Ghost Sitter](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-sitter) by Peni R. Griffin _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Hand-Me-Down Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hand-me-down-kid) by Francine Pascal _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Mystery of Locked Rooms](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mystery-of-locked-rooms) by Lindsay Currie _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The People Could Fly](https://readinglist.school/book/the-people-could-fly) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1985)_
- [The Report Card](https://readinglist.school/book/the-report-card) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Toothpaste Millionaire](https://readinglist.school/book/the-toothpaste-millionaire) by Jean Merrill _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Trouble with Heroes](https://readinglist.school/book/the-trouble-with-heroes) by Kate Messner _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel](https://readinglist.school/book/tuck-everlasting-the-graphic-novel) by Natalie Babbitt _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Where It Stops, Nobody Knows](https://readinglist.school/book/where-it-stops-nobody-knows) by Amy Ehrlich _(Grades 4–8)_

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