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The books below are often recommended for eight-grade students.

Eight-grade students may also choose from the 9th grade book list.

Eight-grade students may choose a 7th grade book and receive 90% of the grade.

Eight-grade students may choose a 6th-grade book and receive 80% of the grade.

Eight-grade students may choose a 5th-grade and receive 70% of the grade.

Eight-grade students may not choose a 4th-grade without a specific IEP.

Aaseng, Nathan.

You are the General.

148 pgs

in the library at 355

ÙÙÙÙÙ Austin J., 8^th grade
     It was good a book but not my favorite. My favorite thing about it is that you get to make a choice on what is going to happen during the battles. During the battle scenes, the reader gets to guess from a couple choices of what is going to happen. The book is pretty easy. The descriptions of the battles are very good. Austin recommends this book for people 11 and up.

Anderson, Laurie.

Speak.

Printz Award Finalist

National Book Award Finalist

198 pgs, 690L

In English Room.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Maggie, 8th grade

Melinda Sordino had good friends and was pretty popular all through middle school until she goes to a party at the end of the summer and gets in a bad situation and she ends up calling the cops. Now she is going into high school and everyone is mad at her for ruining the party. She has to go through high school alone and afraid. This book wasn’t hard to read for me, it is a good book for any teenager girl. I would recommend it.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Jane, eighth grade

In a world where it seems like no one understands you, keeping quiet doesn’t help. The main character, Mel, called the cops on the end of the summer party, and spends a year regretting it. She went from just going into the “cool group” to being the most avoided in the school. For me, this book put me in an all-too-real situation, I felt like I was right there with Mel. It’s was an easy read for me, and I would recommend it to an age group of about 7th grade on up to 9th, for content and difficulty. Will Mel tell her secret, or keep quiet, and stay the school outcast?

ÙÙÙÙÙ Shelbie M. , eighth grade

This book would be one I would recommend .A girl is popular in middle school and now her first year of high school, she calls the cops on the end of the summer party. No one likes her anymore .People are throwing her stuff on the floor, pulling her hair, and making her life miserable just because she called the cops. However, she didn’t really call the cops on the party. There is something else…
ÙÙÙÙÙ Kate, ninth grade
Melanie Sordino lives in fear. She’s afraid to express her feelings to her parents or her teachers. She’s afraid to tell her ex-best friend, Rachel, what really happened the night of the party and why she called the cops. She’s afraid to give any effort to make friends. She’s afraid to speak out.

Throughout the year events in Melanie’s life cause her to become more scared. With the help of only herself, she learns to find her voice.
ÙÙÙÙÙ Emma

Melinda Sordino started her freshman year of high school as an outcast. Not one person in her school would talk to her or even look at her without a disgusted look on there face. It turns out Melinda called the cops on end of the summer party and got a lot of people in trouble. Melinda has no desire to speak to anyone after the incident. She doesn't have any friends to talk to and she doesn't communicate well with her family. Melinda is the only person who knows the real reason of why she called the police and she can't tell anybody. She goes through her whole freshman year as and outcast not talking hiding in the janitor's closet using it as her safe haven. All she did was eat, sleep, and observe. When reading this book you are getting the story from Melinda's point of view. When you read you are in her depressed sad mind and you wonder if she will ever speak her mind.

Brooks, Bruce.

What Hearts.

194 pgs, 900L

In school library under fiction

Brink, Carol Ryrie.

Caddie Woodlawn.

Newberry Medal

284 pgs, 890L

In the English Room.

Carter, Forrest

The Education of Little Tree.

pgs, 890L

in our library, 813.53

Forrest Carter lives with his Cherokee Granpa and Granma, who call him "Little Tree" and teach him about nature, farming, whiskey making, mountain life, society, love, and spirit by a combination of gentle guidance and encouragement of independent experience. This book has a strong message of simple living, tradition, and love of nature.

Carroll, Lewis.

Alice in Wonderland.

A Classic Youth Novel

950L

Not yet available in our school

Carroll, Lewis.

Through the Looking Glass

A Classic Youth Novel

the sequel to Alice in Wonderland.

890L

Not yet available in our school

George, Jean Craighead.

Julie of the Wolves.

Newberry Medal.

170 pgs, 860L

In English Room

A girl develops a relationship with a wild wolf.

George, Jean Craighead.

My Side of the Mountain.

Newberry Honor Book.
also its sequels: Other Side of the Mountain and On the Far Side of the Mountain
176 pgs, 810L

formerly in English Room.

Gipson, Fred.

Old Yeller.

A Classic Youth Novel

117 pgs, 910L

In English Room.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Paul F., eighth grade

This book is about a family back in the late 1800s or early 1900s, their dad left home to go on a cattle drive to make some money for the family. Now, his 14-year-old son, Travis, has to take care of his younger brother and mom. They run into some of trouble with wild animals but luckily, they found a dog that will protect them from all their troubles. The dog is able to fight off bears, wild hogs, wolves, and other wild animals. One of the main problems is that there is a bad case of rabies going around in the wild life around them. Will Old Yeller get rabies or live the rest of his life peacefully? I would recommend this book to people who like outdoor adventures.

Hautman, Pete.

Godless.

National Book Award.
198 pgs, 700L

In English Room.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Scott, senior

Although it starts off interesting, maybe even a little exciting, Godless soon becomes quite an average book after the first couple chapters. The story is about a teenage boy, who is a proclaimed atheist until he creates his very own religion. The few people that join his “church of the ten-legged god” worship, of all things…a water tower. It’s pretty lame and only some witty dialogue exchanges between the town trouble maker and our protagonist kept this book from sinking below average, oh and the occasional X-Men references that the Asian nerd makes. Things go from bad to worse for the characters of this story and the exact same can be said for the story itself. The ending completely dragged. After all these complaints, Godless still has some good things going for it…most just didn’t appeal to me personally, and I tended to focus on the negatives. It’s hard for me to recommend this book. You may like it, you may hate it. I found it average.
ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee

Fun and has a real voice, a character that seems real. (The nerd is German: his name is Schinner, and the main character refers to him as Shin.)

Hayes, Daniel.

The Trouble with Lemons.

188 pgs, 830L

In school library under fiction

O'Dell, Scott.

The Black Pearl.
Newberry Honor Book

100 pgs, 980L

In English Room.

Oppel, Michael.

Airborn.

Website

Printz Award Finalist.

501 pgs, 760L
In English Room.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Jesse

Matt Cruse has worked on the Aurora, which is their ship, for a long time. His father died, and his only family left is his mom and sisters. He is a good worker and wants a promotion. However, one day he spots a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures in the sky. Matt Cruse meets up with a passenger named Kate, and they seem to like each other. She wants to find those creatures that her grandpa wrote about in his journal.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee

This is a fun, fun book. Okay, so the escape from the pit was hokey; perhaps the whole plot was somewhat hackneyed. But the characters were likeable and the action, given the swashbuckling circumstances, flowed out of that situation in an uncontrived manner. The airship concept was fascinating, and I enjoyed the blueprints and the website. It was paced well, and I read through it without setting it aside once - a very good tale.

O'Dell, Scott.

Sing Down the Moon.
123 pgs, 820L

In English Room.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Halee, 8th grade

The book Sing Down The Moon is an awesome book, it tells about the ways if life of tribe who live in a canyon. They live there for a long time and then are driven out by the Long knives. When their homes are destroyed, they are brought to all new land that is bad for growing crops. It also tells about the struggles of the moving of many tribes. This book is fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone because of its easy reading level and it is easy to understand as well.

Paterson, Katherine.

Jacob Have I Loved.
Newberry Medal

244 pgs, 880L

In English Room.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee

Her sister Caroline is talented and beautiful. Everyone admires her. It's plain that she's going somewhere in life. Louise, however, will probably live the rest of her life on her little island home.  I loved the setting and the conflict the main character faces, but sometimes the plot seemed a little directionless.

Paulsen, Gary.

Harris and Me.

157 pgs, 1060L

In English Room.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Tyler C., 8th Grade

The book Harris and Me is a wonderful book, I would give this book a rating of 5. There is a 11 year old boy that is sent to live with his cousins because his parents are alcoholics. His Cousin Harry (Harry is my favorite character) has already got him in trouble just as he got there. He experiences his new and strange life with mean farm animals and his crazy cousins. This is a great book of comedy and adventure. I suggest you read this hilarious book, and find out what happens in the end.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Michael, ninth grade

Harris and me is a great book, it is a short easy read packed with adventure and comedy. When this city boy is dropped off to live with his cousin and his family it will be a summer he will never want to end. He is at first shy and not used to farm life. By the end he eats and works just like the rest of the family. He experiences mean farm animals and his crazy cousin on a motor-bike. There is always action throughout the whole book and it keeps you laughing. Finally he gets used to the farm life and loves it and hoped he wouldn’t have to leave at the end of the summer.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Tymon, eighth grade

This is one of my favorite books. It was extremely amusing. Gary Paulsen has the characters do what real kids would imagine. He must have had kids come to a farm and used their imaginations to give him ideas for Harris and the main character. It was a very easy read, but it never told the main character’s name. This book has profanity in it so it would not be suitable for elementary kids, but high school kids should enjoy this book.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Tyler M., ninth grade

  Harris and Me is an excellent book. It is about this eleven-year old boy who is sent to live with his cousins because his parents are alcoholics. The boy has barely any time to settle in before his younger cousin Harris has them to in trouble. Went it is time to cut the field, Harris and the narrator have to go and catch mice and for each mice they catch they get a penny. When they are done with that, Harris goes to show him what exactly he needs the mice for. They go to the top of the barn in a small room and see that Knute has been making their farm out of the fur of the mice. He also sees himself in the pigpen with Harris full of mud. Finally he has found his home, somewhere he actually fits in, but when summer comes he does not want to go back to school, or to his parents. But when the cop comes and takes him back he wants to return again next summer.
ÙÙÙÙÙ Paul F., eighth grade

“Commie Japs!” the two kids yelled as they fought with the pigs. The kids loved playing games like army and cowboys and Indians, it is all they did to keep themselves entertained during the long summer days. Henry went to live with his relatives in the summer, he didn’t even know who they were, but the Sheriff made him go somewhere else every summer because his parents were drunks. This story is about two kids getting in all the trouble they can get into. This was a good book; I would recommend this book to all boys of any age.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Robert Chmb., ninth grade

Orange pop, pig wrestling, cowboys – all some off the casualties of summer for a city kid who is sent to his cousin’s farm for the summer. This story brings summer on a farm to life with a city kid and unpredictable cousin Harris. In Harris and Me there is a first for everything. Love, homemade motorcycles, movies, and orange pop. I liked this book because it reminded me of summer and the great times that happen. I recommend this book to boys of all ages.

Paulsen, Gary.

Hatchet.

Newberry Honor Book

195 pgs, 1020L

in English Room.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Todd, 8th grade

The book Hatchet was a good book because it was exciting. Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson becomes stranded on an island in Canada while on his way to see his dad. While he is on the island, he has to catch his own food and finds out it is not easy. He also has problems with animals on the island. These events are fun to read about and it is a good book for anyone who is looking for a good book to read.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Caleb K, 8th grade

There is a kid who goes up to Canada to see his dad for the summer in an oil field. On his way there the Brian gets in a crash in a plane he tries to fly plane on to water. His mom gives him a hatchet before he gets on the plane. On the way there the pilot died and Brian the kid tries to radio in to tell someone that the pilot has died. Eventually he gets someone for about 1 minute and then he loses signal. He crashes into a lake shaped like an L. Brian tries to stay alive by eating one turtle egg a day. And he makes fire by hitting his hatchet on a rock to make sparks.
ÙÙÙÙÙ Andrew, 8th grade

Hatchet is a good survival story about a boy who is flying to Canada to see his father, but on the way, his plane crashes into a lake and me must survive until the rescue party comes. This story rarely has a slow spot and at many times you wonder “is he going to live”, and at most of those times it seems almost certain that won’t. I recommend this book for anyone likes a nice read.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Fuller C., ninth grade

Brian Robenson was a typical boy going through every boy’s life with his parents getting divorced and the average teen problems. During the summer Brian decided to go up to visit his father when he boarded a single engine plane for the first time. It was only Brain and the pilot flying together up into the wilderness of northern Canada. During his flight, problems arose with the pilot causing the plane to come crashing down out of mid air. So follow along with Brian as he fights to stay alive in the wilderness with nothing but his hatchet. I rate this book a five stars and it is fairly easy reading level. I recommend it to all readers.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Caleb, tenth grade

    I thought this book was going to be very boring when I first started to read it, but then as the story moved on it started to get more interesting. This book is about a boy whose parents get a divorce. His dad lives in Canada and owns an oil company in the Canadian wilderness and Brian is going to visit him. While he is in the plane he is thinking about the “Secret”- why his mom and dad were divorced. Then in an instant, the pilot has a heart problem and they crash into a lake. The pilot dies, but Brian is still alive and he has to fend for himself in the wild.

Rawls, Wilson.
Where the Red Fern Grows.
A Classic Youth Novel

249 pgs, 700L

In English Room

««««« Dillon, 9th grade

In this book the main character 10 year old Billy who lives in the ozark mountains during the great depression and wants a pair of coon hunting dogs. His parents tell him they cant afford them so he saves his money for two years, and buys two pups out of an article he finds by the river. He names them old dan and little ann. He goes through many experiences with the dogs while hunting and takes them on a big coon hunting trip and he looses both of his dogs when a mountain lion attacks them.
ÙÙÙÙÙ Robert Chmb.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Fuller C.

ÙÙÙÙÙ Ben M., Junior

Where The Red Fern Grows is a great book. If you like to read and adventure story about a boy and how he works to get his hunting dogs. Then he works hard to train and hunt with them. This story is meant for readers of all ages. I would recommend this book for any one that is over the age of eleven or twelve. The author Wilson Rawls does a great job of getting the reader involved in the story. I could not put the book down because in every chapter something was happening and you just wanted to find out what it was. I would recommend this to almost any one.

Recommended by Ben for people that like to read about people trying to get what they like and believe in.

Richter, Conrad.

The Light in the Forest.

870L 128 pgs

ÙÙÙÙÙ Tyler, 10th grade

John Butler was a four year old white kid playing in the corn field, when all of a sudden he became part of an Indian village. Eleven years later the army demands that the Indians give back all of their White slaves back to the army. John is then sent back home to his real parents who he does not know. While there he hates it and wants to return to his real family the Indians. Two weeks later his cousin from the native tribe comes to his house and they escape back to the Indian village, on the way back it is tricky because of all the White men around that area who are trappers. When John and his cousin get to the village the Indian warriors are setting off to destroy the White people. John is sent to go with them because his father was the chief. On the trip they see people coming up the river on a boat so they send John out in the bank to get the Whites to come near so the Indians can ambush them. While John is there he notices that it is his White family, and yells at them to “Return it’s an ambush” so the Indians hop out and start to fire, but they are out of range. The Indians are mad at John and they’re about to do something that will change John’s life.

Rivers, Francine.

The Last Sin Eater.

324 pgs

In English Room

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley.

The Witches of Worm.

183 pgs, 920L

In English Room

Speare, Elizabeth.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
Newberry Medal

248 pgs, 850L

In English Room.

Steinbeck, John.

The Red Pony.

810 L, 119 pgs.

In English Room.

Twain, Mark.

The Prince and the Pauper.

A Classic Youth Novel

222 pgs, 890L

In English Room.

Twain, Mark.

Tom Sawyer.

A Classic Youth Novel

319 pgs, 830L

In English Room.

Whelan, Gloria.

Homeless Bird.

National Book Award.
800L
In School Library under fiction

Jen W.

At the surprising news that her parents tell Koly, she has to leave everyone she knows and move on to a new life without her parents and without her brothers. She moves in with her new parents and discovers her new husband has a very bad illness. She goes to places and meets new people and goes on many adventures. Gloria Whelan shows readers how Indian women are treated in everyday life.

Anderson, Laurie Halse.
Catalyst.
231 pgs, 580L
In English Room.

Bauer, Joan.

Rules of the Road.

850L

In school library under fiction

Bauer, Joan.

Squashed.

930L

In school library under fiction

Bell, William.

Forbidden City.

197 pgs, 870L

In school library under fiction

Boyne, John.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

In English Room.

Bowers, Nick.

Spies of Mississippi.

Choi, Sook Nyul.

Year of Impossible Goodbyes.

168 pgs, 840L

in English Room.

and its sequel,

Echoes of the White Giraffe

870L

in English Room.

Christopher, John.

The White Mountains.

213 pgs, 920L

and sequels The City of Gold and Lead

and The Pool of Fire

only the sequels are now in English Room

Cooper, Susan.

Over Sea, Under Stone.

243 pgs, 830 L

In English Room.

Dowell, Franes O'Roark.

Shooting the Moon.

163 pgs, 890 L

In English Room.

Hahn, Mary Downing.

December Stillness.

181 pgs, 860L

In school library under fiction

Hamilton, Bethany.

Soul Surfer:

A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Bet Back on the Board.

186 pgs, 960L

In our Library under Biography

Hautman, Pete.

No Limit.

(formerly Stone Cold)

In English Room.

Hesse, Karen.

Stowaway.

304 pgs, 8L

in the English Room

Ingold, Jeanette.

The Big Burn.

283 pgs, 860L

In school library under fiction

Jacques, Brian.

Redwall.

351 pgs, 800L

in the English Room

Jacques, Brian.

Mossflower.

376 pgs

in the English Room

Judson, William.

Cold River.

182 pgs, 830L

In school library under fiction

Klavan, Andrew.

The Last Thing I Remember.

trailer

376 pgs
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and its sequel The Long Way Home and The Truth of the Matter.
in the English Room

Lasky, Kathryn.

The Bone Wars.

pgs

In school library under fiction

Morpurgo, Michael.

War Horse.

165 pgs

in the English Room

Moskin, Marietta.

I Am Rosemarie.

248 pgs, 880L

In school library under fiction

Myers, Walter Dean.

Bad Boy.

Printz Award,

National Book Award Finalist

205 pgs, 970L

J

In English Room.

O'Brien, Robert.

Z is for Zechariah.

250 pgs, 820L
J    $

In school library under fiction

Patterson, James.

Suzanne's Diary
for Nicholas.
289 pgs
$

In school library under fiction

Paulsen, Gary.

The River

sequel to Hatchet
960L
in English Room.

Paulsen, Gary.

Brian's Hunt.

sequel to The River
1180L
JJJ    $
in English Room.

Paulsen, Gary.

Woods Runner.

164 pgs, 870 L

In English Room.

Paulsen, Gary.

Woodsong.

132 pgs, 1090L

In Our Library under biography

Pelzer, Dave.

A Child Called "It".

153pgs, 850L

In English Room.

Pinkney, Andrea.

Silent Thunder.

217 pgs, 880L

In school library under fiction

Portis, Charles.

True Grit.

235 pgs, 800L

In English Room.

Razzi, Jim.

Custer and Crazy Horse: A Story of Two Warriors.

168 pgs

In our Library under Biography

Rowling, J.K.

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone. (1)

309 pgs, 880L

In English Room.

Rowling, J.K.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. (2)

341 pgs, 940L

In English Room.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (3)

435 pgs, 880L

In English Room.

Shulman, Polly.

Enthusiasm.

198 pgs, 820L

in English Room

Sleator, William.
The House of Stairs.

157 pgs, 810L

In English Room.

Tregaskis, Richard.

John F. Kennedy and PT-109

185 pgs

In our Library under Biography

Vande Velde, Vivian.

Heir Apparent.

315 pgs, 820L

In school library under fiction

Veciana-Suarez, Anna.

Flight to Freedom.

205 pgs, 850L

In school library under fiction

Westerfield, Scott.

Leviathan.

448 pgs, 790L

in English Room.

Weyn, Suzanne.

The Barcode Tattoo.

250 Pgs, 880L

in English Room.

White, Ryan, & Ann Marie Cunningham.

Ryan White: My Own Story.

296 pgs, 860L

In our Library under Biography

Wilson, Diane Lee.

Firehorse.

336 pgs, 840L

in English Room.

Eighth Graders May also Choose from the Seventh Grade List and the Ninth Grade List.

	Aaseng, Nathan. You are the General. 148 pgs in the library at 355	ÙÙÙÙÙ Austin J., 8^th grade It was good a book but not my favorite. My favorite thing about it is that you get to make a choice on what is going to happen during the battles. During the battle scenes, the reader gets to guess from a couple choices of what is going to happen. The book is pretty easy. The descriptions of the battles are very good. Austin recommends this book for people 11 and up.
	Anderson, Laurie. *Speak.* Printz Award Finalist National Book Award Finalist 198 pgs, 690L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Maggie, 8th grade Melinda Sordino had good friends and was pretty popular all through middle school until she goes to a party at the end of the summer and gets in a bad situation and she ends up calling the cops. Now she is going into high school and everyone is mad at her for ruining the party. She has to go through high school alone and afraid. This book wasn’t hard to read for me, it is a good book for any teenager girl. I would recommend it. ÙÙÙÙÙ Jane, eighth grade In a world where it seems like no one understands you, keeping quiet doesn’t help. The main character, Mel, called the cops on the end of the summer party, and spends a year regretting it. She went from just going into the “cool group” to being the most avoided in the school. For me, this book put me in an all-too-real situation, I felt like I was right there with Mel. It’s was an easy read for me, and I would recommend it to an age group of about 7th grade on up to 9th, for content and difficulty. Will Mel tell her secret, or keep quiet, and stay the school outcast? ÙÙÙÙÙ Shelbie M. , eighth grade This book would be one I would recommend .A girl is popular in middle school and now her first year of high school, she calls the cops on the end of the summer party. No one likes her anymore .People are throwing her stuff on the floor, pulling her hair, and making her life miserable just because she called the cops. However, she didn’t really call the cops on the party. There is something else… ÙÙÙÙÙ Kate, ninth grade Melanie Sordino lives in fear. She’s afraid to express her feelings to her parents or her teachers. She’s afraid to tell her ex-best friend, Rachel, what really happened the night of the party and why she called the cops. She’s afraid to give any effort to make friends. She’s afraid to speak out. Throughout the year events in Melanie’s life cause her to become more scared. With the help of only herself, she learns to find her voice. ÙÙÙÙÙ Emma Melinda Sordino started her freshman year of high school as an outcast. Not one person in her school would talk to her or even look at her without a disgusted look on there face. It turns out Melinda called the cops on end of the summer party and got a lot of people in trouble. Melinda has no desire to speak to anyone after the incident. She doesn't have any friends to talk to and she doesn't communicate well with her family. Melinda is the only person who knows the real reason of why she called the police and she can't tell anybody. She goes through her whole freshman year as and outcast not talking hiding in the janitor's closet using it as her safe haven. All she did was eat, sleep, and observe. When reading this book you are getting the story from Melinda's point of view. When you read you are in her depressed sad mind and you wonder if she will ever speak her mind.
	Brooks, Bruce. What Hearts. 194 pgs, 900L In school library under fiction
	Brink, Carol Ryrie. *Caddie Woodlawn.* Newberry Medal 284 pgs, 890L In the English Room.
	Carter, Forrest The Education of Little Tree. pgs, 890L in our library, 813.53	Forrest Carter lives with his Cherokee Granpa and Granma, who call him "Little Tree" and teach him about nature, farming, whiskey making, mountain life, society, love, and spirit by a combination of gentle guidance and encouragement of independent experience. This book has a strong message of simple living, tradition, and love of nature.
	Carroll, Lewis. Alice in *Wonderland.* A Classic Youth Novel 950L Not yet available in our school
	Carroll, Lewis. *Through the Looking Glass* A Classic Youth Novel the sequel to Alice in Wonderland. 890L Not yet available in our school
	George, Jean Craighead. *Julie of the Wolves.* Newberry Medal. 170 pgs, 860L In English Room	A girl develops a relationship with a wild wolf.
	George, Jean Craighead. *My Side of the Mountain.* Newberry Honor Book. also its sequels: Other Side of the Mountain and On the Far Side of the Mountain 176 pgs, 810L formerly in English Room.
	Gipson, Fred. *Old Yeller.* A Classic Youth Novel 117 pgs, 910L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Paul F., eighth grade This book is about a family back in the late 1800s or early 1900s, their dad left home to go on a cattle drive to make some money for the family. Now, his 14-year-old son, Travis, has to take care of his younger brother and mom. They run into some of trouble with wild animals but luckily, they found a dog that will protect them from all their troubles. The dog is able to fight off bears, wild hogs, wolves, and other wild animals. One of the main problems is that there is a bad case of rabies going around in the wild life around them. Will Old Yeller get rabies or live the rest of his life peacefully? I would recommend this book to people who like outdoor adventures.
	Hautman, Pete. *Godless.* National Book Award. 198 pgs, 700L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Scott, senior Although it starts off interesting, maybe even a little exciting, Godless soon becomes quite an average book after the first couple chapters. The story is about a teenage boy, who is a proclaimed atheist until he creates his very own religion. The few people that join his “church of the ten-legged god” worship, of all things…a water tower. It’s pretty lame and only some witty dialogue exchanges between the town trouble maker and our protagonist kept this book from sinking below average, oh and the occasional X-Men references that the Asian nerd makes. Things go from bad to worse for the characters of this story and the exact same can be said for the story itself. The ending completely dragged. After all these complaints, Godless still has some good things going for it…most just didn’t appeal to me personally, and I tended to focus on the negatives. It’s hard for me to recommend this book. You may like it, you may hate it. I found it average. ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee Fun and has a real voice, a character that seems real. (The nerd is German: his name is Schinner, and the main character refers to him as Shin.)
	Hayes, Daniel. The Trouble with Lemons. 188 pgs, 830L In school library under fiction
	O'Dell, Scott. The Black Pearl. Newberry Honor Book 100 pgs, 980L In English Room.
	Oppel, Michael. Airborn. Website Printz Award Finalist. 501 pgs, 760L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Jesse Matt Cruse has worked on the Aurora, which is their ship, for a long time. His father died, and his only family left is his mom and sisters. He is a good worker and wants a promotion. However, one day he spots a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures in the sky. Matt Cruse meets up with a passenger named Kate, and they seem to like each other. She wants to find those creatures that her grandpa wrote about in his journal. ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee This is a fun, fun book. Okay, so the escape from the pit was hokey; perhaps the whole plot was somewhat hackneyed. But the characters were likeable and the action, given the swashbuckling circumstances, flowed out of that situation in an uncontrived manner. The airship concept was fascinating, and I enjoyed the blueprints and the website. It was paced well, and I read through it without setting it aside once - a very good tale.
	O'Dell, Scott. Sing Down the Moon. 123 pgs, 820L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Halee, 8th grade The book Sing Down The Moon is an awesome book, it tells about the ways if life of tribe who live in a canyon. They live there for a long time and then are driven out by the Long knives. When their homes are destroyed, they are brought to all new land that is bad for growing crops. It also tells about the struggles of the moving of many tribes. This book is fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone because of its easy reading level and it is easy to understand as well.
	Paterson, Katherine. *Jacob Have I Loved.* Newberry Medal 244 pgs, 880L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Mr. Greenlee Her sister Caroline is talented and beautiful. Everyone admires her. It's plain that she's going somewhere in life. Louise, however, will probably live the rest of her life on her little island home. I loved the setting and the conflict the main character faces, but sometimes the plot seemed a little directionless.
	Paulsen, Gary. *Harris* *and Me.* 157 pgs, 1060L In English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Tyler C., 8th Grade The book Harris and Me is a wonderful book, I would give this book a rating of 5. There is a 11 year old boy that is sent to live with his cousins because his parents are alcoholics. His Cousin Harry (Harry is my favorite character) has already got him in trouble just as he got there. He experiences his new and strange life with mean farm animals and his crazy cousins. This is a great book of comedy and adventure. I suggest you read this hilarious book, and find out what happens in the end. ÙÙÙÙÙ Michael, ninth grade Harris and me is a great book, it is a short easy read packed with adventure and comedy. When this city boy is dropped off to live with his cousin and his family it will be a summer he will never want to end. He is at first shy and not used to farm life. By the end he eats and works just like the rest of the family. He experiences mean farm animals and his crazy cousin on a motor-bike. There is always action throughout the whole book and it keeps you laughing. Finally he gets used to the farm life and loves it and hoped he wouldn’t have to leave at the end of the summer. ÙÙÙÙÙ Tymon, eighth grade This is one of my favorite books. It was extremely amusing. Gary Paulsen has the characters do what real kids would imagine. He must have had kids come to a farm and used their imaginations to give him ideas for Harris and the main character. It was a very easy read, but it never told the main character’s name. This book has profanity in it so it would not be suitable for elementary kids, but high school kids should enjoy this book. ÙÙÙÙÙ Tyler M., ninth grade Harris and Me is an excellent book. It is about this eleven-year old boy who is sent to live with his cousins because his parents are alcoholics. The boy has barely any time to settle in before his younger cousin Harris has them to in trouble. Went it is time to cut the field, Harris and the narrator have to go and catch mice and for each mice they catch they get a penny. When they are done with that, Harris goes to show him what exactly he needs the mice for. They go to the top of the barn in a small room and see that Knute has been making their farm out of the fur of the mice. He also sees himself in the pigpen with Harris full of mud. Finally he has found his home, somewhere he actually fits in, but when summer comes he does not want to go back to school, or to his parents. But when the cop comes and takes him back he wants to return again next summer. ÙÙÙÙÙ Paul F., eighth grade “Commie Japs!” the two kids yelled as they fought with the pigs. The kids loved playing games like army and cowboys and Indians, it is all they did to keep themselves entertained during the long summer days. Henry went to live with his relatives in the summer, he didn’t even know who they were, but the Sheriff made him go somewhere else every summer because his parents were drunks. This story is about two kids getting in all the trouble they can get into. This was a good book; I would recommend this book to all boys of any age. ÙÙÙÙÙ Robert Chmb., ninth grade Orange pop, pig wrestling, cowboys – all some off the casualties of summer for a city kid who is sent to his cousin’s farm for the summer. This story brings summer on a farm to life with a city kid and unpredictable cousin Harris. In Harris and Me there is a first for everything. Love, homemade motorcycles, movies, and orange pop. I liked this book because it reminded me of summer and the great times that happen. I recommend this book to boys of all ages.
	Paulsen, Gary. *Hatchet.* Newberry Honor Book 195 pgs, 1020L in English Room.	ÙÙÙÙÙ Todd, 8th grade The book Hatchet was a good book because it was exciting. Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson becomes stranded on an island in Canada while on his way to see his dad. While he is on the island, he has to catch his own food and finds out it is not easy. He also has problems with animals on the island. These events are fun to read about and it is a good book for anyone who is looking for a good book to read. ÙÙÙÙÙ Caleb K, 8th grade There is a kid who goes up to Canada to see his dad for the summer in an oil field. On his way there the Brian gets in a crash in a plane he tries to fly plane on to water. His mom gives him a hatchet before he gets on the plane. On the way there the pilot died and Brian the kid tries to radio in to tell someone that the pilot has died. Eventually he gets someone for about 1 minute and then he loses signal. He crashes into a lake shaped like an L. Brian tries to stay alive by eating one turtle egg a day. And he makes fire by hitting his hatchet on a rock to make sparks. ÙÙÙÙÙ Andrew, 8th grade Hatchet is a good survival story about a boy who is flying to Canada to see his father, but on the way, his plane crashes into a lake and me must survive until the rescue party comes. This story rarely has a slow spot and at many times you wonder “is he going to live”, and at most of those times it seems almost certain that won’t. I recommend this book for anyone likes a nice read. ÙÙÙÙÙ Fuller C., ninth grade Brian Robenson was a typical boy going through every boy’s life with his parents getting divorced and the average teen problems. During the summer Brian decided to go up to visit his father when he boarded a single engine plane for the first time. It was only Brain and the pilot flying together up into the wilderness of northern Canada. During his flight, problems arose with the pilot causing the plane to come crashing down out of mid air. So follow along with Brian as he fights to stay alive in the wilderness with nothing but his hatchet. I rate this book a five stars and it is fairly easy reading level. I recommend it to all readers. ÙÙÙÙÙ Caleb, tenth grade I thought this book was going to be very boring when I first started to read it, but then as the story moved on it started to get more interesting. This book is about a boy whose parents get a divorce. His dad lives in Canada and owns an oil company in the Canadian wilderness and Brian is going to visit him. While he is in the plane he is thinking about the “Secret”- why his mom and dad were divorced. Then in an instant, the pilot has a heart problem and they crash into a lake. The pilot dies, but Brian is still alive and he has to fend for himself in the wild.
	Rawls, Wilson. *Where the Red Fern Grows.* A Classic Youth Novel 249 pgs, 700L In English Room	««««« Dillon, 9th grade In this book the main character 10 year old Billy who lives in the ozark mountains during the great depression and wants a pair of coon hunting dogs. His parents tell him they cant afford them so he saves his money for two years, and buys two pups out of an article he finds by the river. He names them old dan and little ann. He goes through many experiences with the dogs while hunting and takes them on a big coon hunting trip and he looses both of his dogs when a mountain lion attacks them. ÙÙÙÙÙ Robert Chmb. ÙÙÙÙÙ Fuller C. ÙÙÙÙÙ Ben M., Junior Where The Red Fern Grows is a great book. If you like to read and adventure story about a boy and how he works to get his hunting dogs. Then he works hard to train and hunt with them. This story is meant for readers of all ages. I would recommend this book for any one that is over the age of eleven or twelve. The author Wilson Rawls does a great job of getting the reader involved in the story. I could not put the book down because in every chapter something was happening and you just wanted to find out what it was. I would recommend this to almost any one. Recommended by Ben for people that like to read about people trying to get what they like and believe in.
	Richter, Conrad. The Light in the Forest. 870L 128 pgs	ÙÙÙÙÙ Tyler, 10th grade John Butler was a four year old white kid playing in the corn field, when all of a sudden he became part of an Indian village. Eleven years later the army demands that the Indians give back all of their White slaves back to the army. John is then sent back home to his real parents who he does not know. While there he hates it and wants to return to his real family the Indians. Two weeks later his cousin from the native tribe comes to his house and they escape back to the Indian village, on the way back it is tricky because of all the White men around that area who are trappers. When John and his cousin get to the village the Indian warriors are setting off to destroy the White people. John is sent to go with them because his father was the chief. On the trip they see people coming up the river on a boat so they send John out in the bank to get the Whites to come near so the Indians can ambush them. While John is there he notices that it is his White family, and yells at them to “Return it’s an ambush” so the Indians hop out and start to fire, but they are out of range. The Indians are mad at John and they’re about to do something that will change John’s life.
	Rivers, Francine. *The Last Sin Eater.* 324 pgs In English Room
	Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. *The Witches of Worm.* 183 pgs, 920L In English Room
	Speare, Elizabeth. *The Witch of Blackbird Pond.* Newberry Medal 248 pgs, 850L In English Room.
	Steinbeck, John. *The Red Pony.* 810 L, 119 pgs. In English Room.
	Twain, Mark. *The Prince and the Pauper.* A Classic Youth Novel 222 pgs, 890L In English Room.
	Twain, Mark. *Tom* *Sawyer.*** A Classic Youth Novel 319 pgs, 830L In English Room.
	Whelan, Gloria. *Homeless Bird.* National Book Award. 800L In School Library under fiction	Jen W. At the surprising news that her parents tell Koly, she has to leave everyone she knows and move on to a new life without her parents and without her brothers. She moves in with her new parents and discovers her new husband has a very bad illness. She goes to places and meets new people and goes on many adventures. Gloria Whelan shows readers how Indian women are treated in everyday life.