Summer Reading List for FLCS - Grade 8

Summer Reading

Core Reading Book List

Students must read two books over the course of the summer. The first book on the list is required reading. Students may choose one additional book from the list to read before the start of the school year.

Students will be evaluated on this reading with an objective test the second day of school and a written assignment during the first two weeks of school.

The following books will be read by all students during the school year.

Book Title

Author

Discipline

Book Title

Author

The Yearling

Rawlings

Literature

The Book of Three

Alexander

Literature

Christy

Marshall

Literature / History

Raisin in the Sun

Hansbury

Literature

Fellowship of the Ring (or any in series)

Tolkien

Literature

Lord Jim

Conrad

Literature

The Pearl

Steinbeck

Literature

20000 Leagues Under the Sea

Verne

Boy, Have I Got Problems

Kay Arthur

Bible / Bible Study

Johnny Tremain

Forbes

The Patriots

Sidney Kingsley

Social Studies / History

The Diary of Anne Frank

Goodrich

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs

Social Studies / History

The Time Machine

Wells