# 8th grade books about civil rights

**3** books commonly assigned to 8th grade students in US schools that explore civil rights. 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.

**Reading difficulty:** the typical 8th grade band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 3 titles here with a Lexile score, 2 are grade-level, 1 more accessible, and 0 a stretch.

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

## 8th grade civil rights reading list

- [Brown Girl Dreaming](https://readinglist.school/book/brown-girl-dreaming) by Jacqueline Woodson _(990L · Grades 5–8 · pub 2014)_
- [One Crazy Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/one-crazy-summer) by Rita Williams-Garcia _(750L · Grades 5–8 · pub 2010)_
- [The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963](https://readinglist.school/book/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(1000L · Grades 5–8 · pub 1995)_

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