# 8th grade books about resilience

**4** books commonly assigned to 8th grade students in US schools that explore resilience. 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 4 titles here with a Lexile score, 1 is grade-level, 3 more accessible, and 0 a stretch.

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

## 8th grade resilience reading list

- [Chains](https://readinglist.school/book/chains) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(780L · Grades 5–9 · pub 2008)_
- [Hatchet](https://readinglist.school/book/hatchet) by Gary Paulsen _(1020L · Grades 5–8 · pub 1987)_
- [I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)](https://readinglist.school/book/i-am-malala-young-readers) by Malala Yousafzai _(830L · Grades 6–10 · pub 2014)_
- [Inside Out & Back Again](https://readinglist.school/book/inside-out-and-back-again) by Thanhha Lai _(800L · Grades 4–8 · pub 2011)_

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