Distinguished Reader Book List - Grade 8

Choose one title from each category. You must read a total of 8 books and successfully pass 8 quizzes to be recognized as a Distinguished Reader. 

Historical Fiction
Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne
Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson 

Fantasy/Science Fiction
The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt 
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins 

Non-Fiction
Trouble Begins at Eight, by Sid Fleischman
We are the Ship: Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson

Graphic Novel
Maus I and II, by Art Spiegelman
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick

Teen I – Fictional Prose
Twisted, by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Sledding Hill, by Chris Crutcher

Teen II - Novel in Verse
Rubber Houses, by Ellen Yeomans 
Trouble, by Gary Schmidt

Poetry
Poetry Packet- available on the Blackboard site

Classic
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton