Mount Alvernia High School
Grade 8 – Booklist – 2015-2016
English
 Fahrenheit 451 – Bradbury – Ballantine – 9780345342966
 House on Mango Street – Cisneros – Random House – 9780679734772
 All But My Life (expanded) – Klein – Farrar Straus & Giroux – 9780809015801
 Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet – CliffsComplete – Wiley, John & Sons – 9780764585746
 Lord of the Flies – Golding – Perigree – 9780399501487
 A course pack will be provided by the teacher in September
History
 A History of Us: From Colonies to Country 1735-1791, Book Three – Hakim – 9780195327175
 A History of Us: Sourcebook and Index, Book Eleven – Hakim – 9780195327250
 Abigail Adams – Bober – Simon & Schuster – 9780689819162
 Facing History & Ourselves: Holocaust etc – Strom – Facing History & Ourselves National
Foudnation, Inc. – 9780961584146 p
Math
 Algebra I Textbook– Glencoe – 9780076639236 (optional)
 Algebra I Online Textbook– Glencoe – 9780076639199 (mandatory – access provided by
classroom teacher in September – cost incorporated into “class fees” in tuition.)
Theology
 *New American Bible: St. Joseph (Large Type/Illus) – Bible – Catholic Book – 9780899429625
*this text is kept for all six years at MAHS
 *one additional text is provided in class by the teacher and cost incorporated into “class fees” in
tuition.
Spanish
 Avancemos (lvl 1) – McDougal Littell – McDougall Littell – 9780554025315
 Cuaderno Level 1 – 9780618782185
*these texts are kept for 7th and 8th grade Spanish
French
 Discovering French Today – student edition – Holt McDougal – Level 1 – 9780547871561
 Activites pour tous – Level 1 – 9780547871776
 Workbook – Level 1 – 9780547914145
*these texts are kept for 7th and 8th grade French
Science
 Physical Science: Concepts in Action – Pearson – Pearson School Div (K-12) - 9780133163940
Art
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Materials to be provided in class and billed via MAHS’s business office
Technology
 Materials to be provided in class