Literature for Eighth Grade

Ever wonder what is suitable literature for your eight grader? I sure have, I have gone to the library, and though it does help that they have begun to put grade suggestions on the spines of the some of the books, it is still difficult to find books that are good for 8th grade. I enjoy knowing that my children are reading the classics. I feel that classic literature not only has withstood the test of time, but also the test of education. It is through these books, that our children can receive a greater a education. They are learning by great examples of history and through the means of great writers.

1. Sounder – by William Armstrong

2. Little Men – by Louisa May Alcott

3. Robinson Crusoe – by Daniel Defoe

4. The Secret Garden – by Frances Hodgson

5. The Diary of a Young Girl – by Anne Franke

6. Cheaper by the Dozen – by Frank and Ernestine Gilbreath

7. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

8. The Wind in the Willows – by Kenneth Grahame

9. A Wrinkle in Time – by Madelein L’engle

10. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – by CS Lewis

11. Anne of Green Gables – by LM Montgomery

12. White Fang – by Jack London

13. The Light in the Forest – by Conrad Richeter

14. The Bronze Bow – by Elizabeth Speare

15. The Red Pony – by John Steinbeck

16. The Yearling – by Marjorie Rawlings

17. Treasure Island – by Robert Louis Stevenson

18. The Prince and the Pauper – by Mark Twain

19. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – by Mark Twain

20. Journey to the Center of the Earth – by Jules Verne

21. The Swiss Family Robinson – by Johann David Wyss

22. The Hiding Place – by Corrie Ten Boom

23. In His Steps – by Charles Sheldon

24. The Pearl – by John Steinbeck

25. Gulliver’s Travels – by Jonathan Swift

26. Ben Hur – by Wallace Lew

27. North to Freedom – by Ann Holm

28. The Three Musketeers – by Alexandre Dumas

29. The Red Badge of Courage – by Stephen Crane

30. Summer of My German Soldier – by Better Green

31. The Endless Steppe – by Ether Hautzig

32. Slave Dancer – b y Fox Paula

33. Gentle Ben – by Walt Morey

34. The War of the Worlds – by HG Wells

35. To Kill a Mockingbird – by Harper Lee

36. Jacob Have I Loved – Katherine Peterson

37. Men of Iron – by Howard Pyle

38. Shane – by Jack Schaefer

39. Johnny Tremain – by Esther Forbes

40. Captains Courageous – by Rudyard Kipling