8th grade Summer Reading List

Name: __________________________   Grade: ___________________________

 

Summer Reading Assignment due September 2026- Incoming Grade 8

 

Please see the book list below and choose a book to read for this assignment. As you read, you must log your reading time. Use the reading log sheet provided on the attached page and continue another sheet if needed. You are expected to read at least 3 days per week throughout the summer. 

○    The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollen
○    My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver
○    Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford
○    Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay
○    Rick by Alex Gino
○    Unsettled by Reem Faruqi 
○    People of Pride by Chase Clemesha
○    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne
○    Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon
○    Turtles All the Way Down, John Greene
○    Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
○    Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
○    The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
○    Lord of the Flies, William Golding
○    Divergent, Veronica Roth
○    Same but Different, Holly Robinson Peete

 

As you read, you must log your reading time. Use the reading log sheet provided on the attached page and continue another sheet if needed. You are expected to read at least 3 days per week throughout the summer.

• • Once you finish reading your book, answer the following questions in paragraph form using two pieces of evidence. Use the writing space included in this packet or write your answers on looseleaf.
  • These questions only need to be answered once. All additional reading just needs to be logged on the reading log page below. 
    • • Question 1: HMH Words of the Wiser & Theme: What were the “words of the wiser” that you noticed while reading? Explain the advice the wise character gives and how it connects to the theme. Support your answer with two pieces of evidence.
      • Question 2: Connection: How can this story be connected to yourself, your own culture, another culture, or current events? Answer using two pieces of evidence.
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Additional Notes:

• • Heading: Please write your full name, grade 8, book title and author on all relevant pages.
  • It is very important that you complete this assignment with care because it will be collected by your ELA teacher during the first week of school. It will count towards your first marking period grade.
  • In 8th grade you may be reading the following texts: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, The House on Mango Street, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, and The Outsiders. Please keep that in mind as you make your reading selections over the summer, and do not read those ahead of time.

Name: _______________________________________    

These questions only need to be answered once.  All additional reading just needs to be logged on the reading log page provided. 

 

Question 1: HMH Words of the Wiser & Theme: What were the “words of the wiser” that you noticed while reading? Explain the advice the wise character gives and how it connects to the theme. Support your answer with two pieces of evidence.

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Question 2: Connection: How can this story be connected to yourself, your own culture, another culture, or current events? Answer using two pieces of evidence.

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