Shiloh Middle School Reading List for Rising 8th Grade
2015 Summer Reading List
Eighth graders are required to read three books during the summer. An optional fourth book is strongly suggested, but
not required.
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Book 1- Hardcover book/Kindle/e-Readers: Choose one book from the Reading List below
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Book 2- Hardcover book/Kindle/e-Readers : Your choice
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Book 3-Harcover book/Kindle/e-Readers: Choose a biography or autobiography to read. It can be about any
person, living or deceased. The biography or autobiography should be at least 100 pages.
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Book 4-Hardcover book/Kindle/e-Readers: Your choice (optional)
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Please note that you can use your e-Reader to complete your summer reading. You can use Curriculet https://www.curriculet.com/ and also check out books directly from the Gwinnett County Public Library at
http://www.gwinnettpl.org/ (must have internet access/wi-fi).
Rising 8th Graders – Curriculet Information only
Login information is below
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Have your child complete the three Summer Reading Tasks. Use the novels that you read over the summer in
order to complete all three Summer Reading Tasks. For each task, please use a different novel. One of the three
tasks must be completed using a novel from the Summer Reading List.
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Complete the information requested -
Enrollment Token - Y433
Centerville Branch
3025 Bethany Church Road
Snellville, GA 30039-6109
Please visit the Centerville Library, the Summer reading list is located at this library branch.
Shiloh Middle School Rising Eighth Grade Summer Reading List – Summer 2015
Book
Summary
MockingJay- Suzanne Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's
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made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do
they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss.
Night – Elie Wiesel
A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an
agonized witness to the death of his family and the death of his innocence. Night awakens
the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message
that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.
How it Went Down –
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is
Kekla Magoon
thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white.
In the aftermath of Tariq’s death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the
events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth. Tariq’s friends, family, and
community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind
when a life is cut short. In their own words, they grapple for a way to say with certainty: This
is how it went down.
Allegiant – Veronica
What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation--like a single choice--changed
Roth
everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? The explosive
conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the
secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and
Insurgent.
Cruisers- Walter Dean
Myers
The Uglies- Scott
Westerfield
All the Bright Places –
Jennifer Niven
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered, fractured by violence
and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal, so when offered a chance to explore
the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready.
Zander and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi start their own newspaper, The
Cruiser, as a means for speaking out, keeping the peace, and expressing what they believe.
When the school launches a mock Civil War, Zander and his friends are forced to consider
the true meaning of democracy and what it costs to stand up for a cause. The result is
nothing they could have expected, and everything they could have hoped for.
Tally’s adventures begin in Uglies, where she learns the truth about what life as a Pretty
really means.
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself.
But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.Violet Markey lives for the
future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her
aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.
When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves
whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state,
both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can
be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only
with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s
world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.
The Crossover –
Kwame Alexander
The Seven Habits of
Highly Effective Teens
– Sean Covey
“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop
all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering, ” announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh
Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than
basketball in his blood, he’s got mad beats, too, that tell his family’s story in verse, in this fast
and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander.
Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking
the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story’s heart-stopping climax proves a gamechanger for the entire family.
Explores the adolescent years and draws on extensive research to offer teens practical ways
to cope with such important issues as peers, parents, relationships, school choices, and the
future.