Entering Grade 8
| Book/Series Title | (Author) |
| Three Girls in the City series (any title) | Betancourt |
| The Summer of the Swans | Byars |
| Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 | Capuzzo |
| Civil War Ghosts | Cohen |
| Red Kayak | Cummings |
| David Copperfield | Dickens |
| I'm Nobody! Who Are You? | Dickinson |
| Prophet of Yonwood | DuPrau |
| The Sea of Trolls | Farmer |
| The Thief Lord | Funke |
| Summer of My German Soldier | Greene |
| Olive's Ocean | Henkes |
| The Outsiders | Hinton |
| The Maze | Hobbs |
| Alex Rider series (various titles) | Horowitz |
| Kira-Kira | Kadohata |
| Rifles for Watie | Keith |
| Flowers for Algernon | Keyes |
| The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place | Konigsburg |
| Confessions of a Closet Catholic | Littman |
| White Fang | London |
| Messenger | Lowry |
| Mosque | Macaulay |
| Here Today | Martin |
| Shadow Seeker | Nixon |
| Eragon | Paolini |
| Come Sing, Jimmy Jo | Paterson |
| Brian's Hunt | Paulsen |
| Here Lies the Librarian | Peck |
| Criss Cross | Perkins |
| A Break With Charity | Rinaldi |
| The Bronze Bow | Speare |
| Milkweed | Spinelli |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Taylor |
| Dear Mom, You're Ruining My Life | Van Leeuwen |
| Royal Diaries series (any titles) | Various Authors |
| Flipped | Van Draanen |