# 8th grade books about adventure and adventurers, fiction

**4** books commonly assigned to 8th grade students in US schools that explore adventure and adventurers, fiction. 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  ·  **Theme:** adventure and adventurers, fiction
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## 8th grade adventure and adventurers, fiction reading list

- [Cracker Jackson](https://readinglist.school/book/cracker-jackson) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1985)_
- [Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library](https://readinglist.school/book/help-im-a-prisoner-in-the-library) by Eth Clifford _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1979)_
- [Running Out of Time](https://readinglist.school/book/running-out-of-time) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 3–8 · pub 1995)_
- [Sparrow Hawk Red](https://readinglist.school/book/sparrow-hawk-red) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1993)_

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