8th Grade Curriculum-based Reading List:

• Animal Farm (Orwell) [Allegory]

• The Book Thief (Zusak) [Novel]

• To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)* [Novel] (*use with community guidance)

• Nonfiction: Night (Wiesel) [Memoir]

• Poetry Pack: “Harlem” (Hughes) + war/identity set

• Drama: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare) [Drama]

• Media: opposing op-eds + data visualization (news literacy)

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8th Grade Supplementary Reading:

• The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins [Dystopian]

• The House on Mango Street — Sandra Cisneros [Vignettes]

• Nothing But the Truth — Avi [Polytext/Media]

• The Pearl — John Steinbeck [Novella]

• Farewell to Manzanar — Houston [Memoir]

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian — Alexie [✳️]

• Speak — Laurie Halse Anderson [✳️]

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 — Curtis [Historical]

• Poetry pack: war/identity (Hughes, Owen, Harjo)

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