8th Grade Summer Reading: ELA 8 & English 1

 

• Select a novel to read over the summer from the list below or from the AP Suggested Reading List below. It must be a novel that you have not read before.
  • **These are just suggestions of novels that connect to our units!**
• If you have a different suggestion, feel free to email me to see if it’s appropriate! mccartl@gcsnc.com
• Novel selections should be on or above reading level (Lexile Reading Level 1000+).
• Parents should approve of your reading choice.
• Your novel should be finished by Friday, September 4, 2026. Be ready to demonstrate your understanding of your novel with an in-class writing assignment.

 

• The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

• Ghost by Jason Reynolds

• Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

• The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

• The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose

• Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

• Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

• Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

• The Maze Runner by James Dasher

• The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

• March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

• A novel, biography, or autobiography of your choice, as long as it meets the above criteria.