Central Bucks - 8th Grade Summer Reading

Students entering eighth grade must read at least two books over the summer. One of the books must be chosen from the eighth grade list below. The other book should be selected based on personal interest, parent recommendation, and reading ability. It need not be from the grade level book list.

Found (Paperback)

By Margaret Peterson Haddix
$6.29
ISBN-13: 9781416954217
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 4/2009
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When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.

 

Peeled (Paperback)

By Joan Bauer
$7.19
ISBN-13: 9780142414309
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Published: Speak, 6/2009
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In an upstate New York farming community, high school reporter Hildy Biddle investigates a series of strange occurrences at a house rumored to be haunted.

 

The House of the Scorpion (Paperback)

By Nancy Farmer
$8.99
ISBN-13: 9780689852237
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 5/2004
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In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142- year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

 

Deathwatch (Mass Market Paperback)

By Robb White
$6.29
ISBN-13: 9780440917403
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Published: Laurel Leaf, 10/1973
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An exciting novel of suspense, based on a fight to the finish between an honest and courageous young man and a cynical business tycoon who believes that anything can be had for a price.

 

Mockingbird (Paperback)

By Kathryn Erskine
$6.29
ISBN-13: 9780142417751
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Published: Puffin, 4/2011
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Caitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon has died, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. Then she comes across the word closure- and she realizes this is what she needs. And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be black and white after all.

 

Cosmic (Paperback)

By Frank Cottrell Boyce
$6.29
ISBN-13: 9780061836886
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Published: Walden Pond Press, 6/2011
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Twelve-year-old Liam, who looks like he is thirty and is tired of being treated like he is older than he actually is, decides he is going to pose as the adult chaperone on the first spaceship to take civilians into space, but when he ends up in outer space with a group of kids and no adult supervision, he must think fast to make things right.

 

Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie (Paperback)

By Jordan Sonnenblick
$7.19
ISBN-13: 9780439755207
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Published: Scholastic Paperbacks, 9/2006
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Steven Alper is a typical eighth-grader--smarter than some, a better drummer than most, but with the usual girl problems and family trials. Then, on October 7, his five- year-old brother, Jeffrey, falls, has a nosebleed that doesn't stop, and is diagnosed with leukemia.

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