Suggested Reading List for Eighth Grade BLOOMABILITY by Sharon Creech THE BOY WHO OWNED THE SCHOOL: A COMEDY OF LOVE by Gary Paulsen THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY by Karen Cushman CHRISTY by Catherine Marshall THE GIRL WHO INVENTED ROMANCE by Caroline B. Cooney GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens HOPE WAS HERE by Joan Bauer HOW I CHANGED MY LIFE by Todd Strasser THE INVISIBLE LADDER: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POEMS FOR YOUNG READERS edited by Liz Rosenberg JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington Irving LOCH by Paul Zindel A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO: A NOVEL IN STORIES by Richard Peck THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli THOSE SUMMER GIRLS I NEVER MET by Richard Peck TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson Series for Eighth Graders: THE EARTHSEA books (LeGuin) LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy (Tolkien) return to the Books Lists page