8th Grade Reading List

If you've read this blog at all, you'll know I'm not a traditional homeschooler. We tend to piece meal all our subjects, try different things. And with reading, its no different. I don't think I've ever had a reading program. I just don't see the point. We discuss what she reads and that seems to get us an in depth look at the books.

Each year I make up a list of books I want her to read. The lists include some classics, things I read with I was a kid as well as new or recommended books. I also add in some spiritual books as well as biographies. This year I'm doing it a bit different. She can choose any from the list but has to alternate between fiction and nonfiction/biographies each time. So far she is enjoying the freedom of picking. I thought I'd share this year's books list. Some are more advanced and some, like Mere Christianity will probably be read with one of us. I would love to hear any other suggestions you have...

8^th Grade Reading List

Fiction

Lord of the Rings book 1, 2, 3

Wrinkle in Time series

Adventures of Robin Hood

Wind in the Willows

Watership Down

All Creatures Great and Small

Huckleberry Finn

Prince and the Pauper

Door Within Trilogy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Search for WondLa

Peter and the Starcatcher

Fantastic Voyage

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Phantom Tollbooth

Don Quixote

The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

And Then There Were None

City of Ember series

Inkheart/Thief Lord/Inkspell

The Silver Crown

House of the Seven Gables

Flowers for Algernon

Chronicles of Narnia

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Eragon

The Mouse and his Child

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

The Book Thief

Romeo and Juliet

The Giver

Frankenstein

The Little Prince

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Joan of Arc

Around the World in Eighty Days

Hound of the Baskervilles/Sherlock Holmes

Cheaper by the Dozen

The OZ books (L. Frank Baum)

The Princess Bride

Non-Fiction/Biographies:

Jesus Freaks

Experiencing God Youth edition

Voices of the Faithful

Case for Christ, Youth

Case for a Creator, Kids

Case for Faith, kids

Sister Freaks

Cross and the Switchblade

The Hiding Place (Ten Boom)

In My Father's House (Ten Boom)

Eleanor Roosevelt, Life of Discovery

Florence Nightingale (Dengler)

Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Story of My Life (Helen Keller)

Mere Christianity

Luther: Biography of a Reformer

Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman

Miracle Worker

Diary of Anne Frank

God's Smuggler

The Light and the Glory

Short Stories & Poetry:

The Gift of the Magi

The Monkey's Paw

The Minister's Black Veil

Split Cherry tree

The Tell-tale Heart

Shel Silverstein books

extra books:

Straw Into Gold

Stewart Little

Danny Dunn series (and his Homework Machine, bk 1)

The Mad Scientist Club

Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters

A Whole Nothing Story

Penny from Heaven

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Winnie The Pooh

Half Magic

The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf

Beauty (Robin McKinley)

Far Flung Adventures series

Daddy-Long-Legs

A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears

The Tattooed Potato and other Clues

Complete Adventures of the Borrowers

Heidi

Grimms Fairy Tales

Redwall

Hans Christian Andersen

Poppy and Ereth

Ben & Me

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

The Penderwicks series