8th Grade Mandatory Novels (Classroom sets) •Esperanza Risingby Pam Munoz •The Pearlby John Steinbeck (found in 8th grade textbook) •Collection of Authors/ Prentice Hall: Nonfiction
Collection of Read-a-louds •Across Five Aprilsby Irend Hunt •Amistad: A Long Road to Freedomby Walter Dean Myers •The Glory Fieldby Walter Dean Myers •Circuitby Francisco Jimenez •The Acorn Peopleby Ron Jones •Our Only May Ameliaby Jennifer L. Holm •Parrot in the Ovenby Victor Martinex •The Thief Lordby Cornelia Funke Frederich •Max The Mightyby Rodman Philbrick
Classroom sets of floating novels / housed at the District Office •Peteyby Ben Mikaelson •The Coffin Quiltby Ann Rinaldi •Breadwinnerby Debroah Ellis •Tangerineby Edward Bloor •Nightby Elie Wiesel •I Heard The Owl Call My Nameby Margaret Craven •Children of the Riverby Linda Crew •Freak The Mightyby Rodman Philbrick •Stargirlby Jerry Spinneli •Loserby Jerry Spinneli •Bad Boyby Walter Dean Myers •Of Beatles and Angelsby Mawi Asgedom •Ties that Bind, Ties that Breakby Lensey Namioka •The Phantom Tollboothby Norton Juster •The Last Book of the Universeby Rodman Philbrick •Shabanuby Suzanne Fisher Staples •Walk Two Moonsby Sharon Creech •Boy: Tales of a Childhoodby Roald Dahl •Buried Onionsby Gary Soto
Great Source Daily Oral Language
Great Source – Write Source 2000 • Program Guide
• Skills Book
• Teachers Guide
• Classroom set of textbooks Daybooks of Critical Reading and Writing (Classroom set of books)