Summer Reading 2014
8th Grade
All students will read four books over the summer and complete a story map for each book.
If you read a nonfiction book, you can choose to list interesting facts that you learned
instead of the rising action. Some nonfiction books will have the same plot outlines as
fiction, so you will need to be careful.
1. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Please complete a thorough story map. There will be a quiz on
the second day of school followed by discussions, activities, and a test tentatively scheduled for
September 5th.
2. Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. Please complete a story map for this historical fiction.
3. Any book from the Historical Fiction or Nonfiction list below.
4. Any book from the Fun List.
Historical Fiction List
King Arthur and his Round Table
Sword of the Rightful King
Crispin: The Cross of Lead (14th century)
Heart of a Samurai
The Red Umbrella
Roger L. Greene
Jane Yolen
Avi
Margi Preus
Christian Gonzalez
WWII
Escape from Warsaw
Summer of My German Soldier
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marine of WWII
The Upstairs Room
Farewell to Manzanar
Eyes of the Emperor
Ian Serraillier
Bette Greene
Joseph Bruchac
Johanna Reiss
Wakasuki and Houston
Graham Salisbury
Nonfiction List
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Girl
Michelangelo (his life/his art)
The Long Walk
Red Scarf Girl - Cultural Revolution of China
Adeline Yen Mah
Diane Stanley
Slavomir Rawicz
Ji-li Jiang
WWII
Night
Hiroshima
Flag of Our Fathers
Elie Wiesel
John Hersy
James Bradley
Summer Reading 2014
The “Fun” List
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Each student will choose at least one book from this list to read over the summer and
complete a story map to turn in no later than the second day of school.
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Many of the books listed are a series. If you have read one or more in the series, please
read the next one.
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Please DO NOT report on a book you have already read! There are enough books listed
that you should be able to find a new friend.
Fiction
Big Red
The Contender
A Break With Charity
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
The Year of Billy Miller
Paperboy
Splendors and Glooms
Scones and Sensibility
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Eight Keys
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
A Tale Dark & Grimm
Historical Fiction
One Crazy Summer
Jason’s Gold
Bloody Jack
Born to Fly
Ninth Ward
The Lions of Little Rock
We Are the Ship:
The Story of the Negro Baseball League
Inside Out & Back Again
Lyddie
Fever 1793
Johnny Tremain
Across Five Aprils
Jim Kjelgarrd
Robert Lipsyte
Ann Rinaldi
Kate DeCamillo
Kevin Henkes
Vince Vawter
Laura Amy Schlitz
Lindsay Eland
Grace Lin
Suzanne LaFleur
John Feinstein
Adam Gidwitz
Rita Williams – Garcia
Will Hobbs
L.A. Myers
Michael Ferrari
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Kristin Levine
Kadir Nelson
Thanhha Lai
Katherine Paterson
Laurie Halse Andeson
Esther Forbes
Irene Hunt
Nonfiction
Endurance
Warriors Don’t Cry
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal –
the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
Freedom Walkers:
The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Science Fiction
Hunger Games
Harry Potter books
Ring of Fire (Century Quartet)
The Search for Wondla
Pi in the Sky
The Lord of the Rings
Beautiful Creatures
Inkheart
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
The Frog Princess
Percy Jackson Series
A Tale Dark & Grimm
Ever After High: The Storybook of Legends
Legend
Divergent
Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica
The Graveyard Book
Ender’s Game
Alfred Lansing
Melba Pattillo Beals
Phillip Hoose
Steve Sheinkin
Russell Freedman
Suzanne Collins
J. K. Rowling
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Tony DeTerlizzi
Wendy Mass
J.R.R. Tolkien
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Cornelia Funke
Ransom Riggs
E. D. Baker
Rick Riordan
Adam Gidwitz
Shannon Hale
Marie Lu
Veronica Roth
James A. Owen and Dave McKean
Neil Gaiman
Orson Scott Card
Classics
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Yearling
Around the World in Eighty Days
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Fahrenheit 451
The Old Man and The Sea
Jane Eyre
Frank E. Gilbreth
Majorie Kinnan Rawlings
Jules Verne
Mark Twain
Ray Bradbury
Ernest Hemingway
Name: ________________________________________Grade ___________
Summer 2014
Story Map for Summer Reading
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Literature
Book Title:
Author:
Genre:
Setting – when and where
Characters
Main:
Minor:
Main Conflict
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Name: ________________________________________Grade ___________
Summer 2014
Story Map for Summer Reading
OLOL
Literature
Book Title:
Author:
Genre:
Setting – when and where
Characters
Main:
Minor:
Main Conflict
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Name: ________________________________________Grade ___________
Summer 2014
Story Map for Summer Reading
OLOL
Literature
Book Title:
Author:
Genre:
Setting – when and where
Characters
Main:
Minor:
Main Conflict
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Name: ________________________________________Grade ___________
Summer 2014
Story Map for Summer Reading
OLOL
Literature
Book Title:
Author:
Genre:
Setting – when and where
Characters
Main:
Minor:
Main Conflict
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Event/Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution