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Reading List: Grades 6-8

Source: State: Louisiana Department of Education
Topics: Preteen Years (9-13), Reading, Top Middle School/Teen Books

 

Below is a list of reading books and magazine recommended for middle school children in the sixth through eighth grade.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Twain, Mark

Anne of Green Gables-Montgomery, Lucy Maud

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit-Danziger, Paula

Island of the Blue Dolphins-O'Dell, Scott

The Islander-Rylant, Cynthia

Little Women-Alcott, Louisa May

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry-Taylor, Mildred D.

Summer of the Swans-Byars, Betsy

Across Five Aprils-Hunt Irene

The Witch of Blackbird Pond-Speare, Elizabeth George

Tuck Everlasting-Babbitt, Natalie

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-Doyle, Arthur Conan

Hatchet-Paulsen, Gary

The Westing Game-Raskin, Ellen

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere-Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The Brooklyn Bridge: They Said It Couldn't be Built-St. George, Judith

The I Hate Mathematics! Book-Burns, Marilyn

The Way Things Work-Macaulay, David

Amelia Earhart: Courage in the Sky-Kerby, Mona

My Life with the Chimpanzees-Goodall, Jane

On the Court with Michael Jordan-Christopher, Matt

Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?-McKissack, Patricia

Newsweek Magazine

Science World Magazine

Time Magazine

USA Today

National Geographic

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