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Recommended Grade Eight Summer Reading @
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The aboriginal peoples of Australia
By Bartlett, Anne. Dewey: 994
Profiles the history and
society of Australia's Aborigines.
RL:8
Achingly Alice
By Naylor, Phyllis
Reynolds. Dewey: -Fic-
Thirteen-year-old Alice
sets long- and short-term priorities for her life as she experiences the
complexities of young love.
RL:8
Adventures of the little wooden horse
By Williams, Ursula
Moray, 1911- Dewey: -Fic-
When the toymaker falls
on hard times, his little wooden horse must go out into the world to seek his
fortune.
RL:8.7
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
By Twain, Mark,
1835-1910. Dewey: -Fic-
The adventures and pranks
of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town on the early
nineteenth century.
RL:8.5
America's betrayal
By Icenoggle, Jodi,
1967- Dewey: -Fic-
The entry of the United
States into World War II has devastating effects on a Japanese American family,
especially sixteen-year-old Margaret, whose first love is drafted.
RL:8.4
Angel on the square
By Whelan, Gloria. Dewey: -Fic-
In 1913 Russia,
twelve-year-old Katya eagerly anticipates leaving her St. Petersburg home,
though not her older cousin Misha, to join her mother, a lady in waiting in the
household of Tsar Nicholas II, but the ensuing years bring world war,
revolution, and undreamed of changes to her life.
RL:8.1
The angel's command : a tale from the castaways of the Flying Dutchman
By Jacques, Brian. Dewey: -Fic-
Ben and Ned, a boy and
dog gifted with eternal youth and the ability to communicate with one another
nonverbally, encounter pirates on the high seas and rescue a kidnapped prince
from a band of gypsy thieves.
RL:8.1
Around the world in eighty days
By Verne, Jules,
1828-1905. Dewey: -Fic-
In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins
a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours,
and fifty-seven minutes. Includes illustrations and extended captions providing
background information on history, geography, social customs, animals,
architecture, literature, and science pertinent to the story.
RL:8.9
Ashleigh's Christmas miracle
By Campbell, Joanna. Dewey: -Fic-
When Ashleigh has an
accident and gives birth to her baby prematurely, she dreams about her new
daughter's olympic riding career.
RL:8.3
Being dead : stories
By Vande Velde,
Vivian. Dewey: -Fic-
Seven supernatural
stories, all having something to do with death.
RL:8.8
Black stars of the civil rights movement
Dewey: 323.1
Profiles seventeen
African-Americans who made important contributions to civil rights, including
Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
RL:8.7
The blue cow
By Hutchens, Paul,
1902- Dewey: -Fic-
Bill Collins saves the
day when Shorty's blue cow becomes ill after eating too much clover.
RL:8
The blue sword
By McKinley, Robin. Dewey: -Fic-
Harry, bored with her
sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in
herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.
RL:8.9
The bombing of Hiroshima
By Ziff, John. Dewey: 940.54
An illustrated overview
of the Second World War atomic bombing of Hiroshima that covers the scientific
and political lead-up to the bombing, as well as its immediate and long-term
impact on Japan and the world.
RL:8.5
Boston Jane : an adventure
By Holm, Jennifer L. Dewey: -Fic-
Schooled in the lessons
of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds
little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and
while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington
Territory.
RL:8.2
Boxcar Molly : a story from the Great Depression
By Riordan, James, 1936- Dewey: -Fic-
Examines conditions
during the Great Depression through the story of Molly, a fourteen-year-old
girl who takes to riding freight trains in search of a job and food.
RL:8.6
A boy at war : a novel of Pearl Harbor
By Mazer, Harry. Dewey: -Fic-
While fishing with his
friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst
of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to
find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona when the
bombs fell.
RL:8.5
The Bride of Frankenstein : vow of vengeance : a tale of terror for the 21st century
By Garmon, Larry
Mike. Dewey: -Fic-
Nina, Joe, and Bob are
taken by surprise when the movie monsters they foiled already--Dracula, the
Wolf Man, Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon--are set loose
once again.
RL:8.1
Brief garland
By Keith, Harold,
1903- Dewey: -Fic-
Dismayed when he
discovers he is assigned an all-girl basketball team, the new coach becomes
increasingly committed to his players as he works with them.
RL:8
Broken lives : a Victorian mine disaster
By Tonge, Neil. Dewey: -Fic-
Examines the conditions
faced by coal miners in Britain during the nineteenth century through the story
of young John Elliot who, along with his father and five-year-old brother,
survives a disaster at the Great Northern Coalfield in the 1840s.
RL:8.6
Brothers in valor : a story of resistance
By Tunnell, Michael
O. Dewey: -Fic-
Three German teenagers
who are members of the Mormon Church join forces to create a youth resistance
movement during World War II, putting their lives at risk.
RL:8.7
Buttons, bones, and the organ-grinder's monkey : tales of historical archaeology
By Greene, Meg. Dewey: 973
Describes five
archaeological excavations, examining the mysteries uncovered by historical
archaeologists. Includes La Salle's ship "Belle," the Jamestown
settlement, the battlefield of the Little Bighorn, Monticello's slave quarters,
and the nineteenth-century New York City neighborhood of Five Points.
RL:8.3
By the standing stone
By Trottier, Maxine. Dewey: -Fic-
Mack and Jamie MacNeil,
kidnapped by evil trapper Ben Sparks, are saved from being sold as slaves
through the intervention of British soldiers and camp followers, but their adventures
continue when Owela, a Native American tracker, arrives to lead them back
through the wilderness to their guardian.
RL:8
The call of the wild
By London, Jack,
1876-1916. Dewey: 813
Buck, who is half St.
Bernard and half Scotch shepard, is abducted and taken to the Klondike where he
reverts to the wild and becomes a leader of a pack of wolves.
RL:8
The captive
By O'Dell, Scott,
1898-1989. Dewey: -Fic-
As part of a Spanish
expedition to the New World, a Jesuit seminarian witnesses the enslavement and
exploitation of the Mayas and his own seduction by greed and ambition.
RL:8.3
Carver, a life in poems
By Nelson, Marilyn,
1946- Dewey: 811
A collection of poems
that combine to provide a portrait of the life of nineteenth-century African-American
botanist and inventor George Washington Carver.
RL:8.1
A chance child
By Paton Walsh, Jill,
1937- Dewey: -Fic-
Compelled to search for
his half brother Creep who some people insist is nonexistent, Christopher
locates Parliamentary Papers containing Nathaniel Creep's personal narrative of
working conditions during the Industrial Revolution 100 years earlier.
RL:8
Chantrea Conway's story : a voyage from Cambodia in 1975
By Pastore, Clare. Dewey: -Fic-
Chantrea Conway, the
daughter of a Cambodian mother and American father, is forced to flee with her
grandparents after her mother is killed by soldiers of the Khmer Rouge regime,
and after months of terror arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand where people
help her reach her American relatives.
RL:8.7
A Christmas carol
By Dickens, Charles,
1812-1870. Dewey: -Fic-
A miser learns the true
meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell
his future.
RL:8.6
A Christmas carol in prose : being a ghost story of Christmas
By Skarmeas, Nancy
J. Dewey: -Fic-
A miser learns the true
meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell
his future.
RL:8.1
Christmas in Georgia
By Sibley,
Celestine. Dewey: 813
In this collection of
five stories, children from different parts of Georgia discover the joys of
Christmas.
RL:8.6
The circus in the woods
By Littlefield,
Bill. Dewey: -Fic-
Molly, her parents, and
her sister spend most summer vacations at a camp in the Vermont mountains, and
as the years pass, Molly is led to find a mysterious circus in the nearby
woods.
RL:8.3
Clem's chances
By Levitin, Sonia,
1934- Dewey: -Fic-
In 1860,
fourteen-year-old Clem Fontayne learns from fellow travelers about important
topics of the day, including the Mormon migration, slavery, and the Pony
express, as he journeys from Missouri to California in search of his father.
RL:8.9
Creature from the Black Lagoon : black water horror : a tale of terror for the 21st century
By Garmon, Larry
Mike. Dewey: -Fic-
Nina, Joe, and Bob go to
south Florida to battle the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
RL:8
Crossing the panther's path
By Alder, Elizabeth. Dewey: -Fic-
Sixteen-year-old Billy
Calder, son of a British soldier and a Mohawk woman, leaves school to join
Tecumseh in his efforts to prevent the Americans from taking any more land from
the Indians in the Northwest Territory.
:8.1
The crystal garden
By Grove, Vicki. Dewey: -Fic-
Looking for a new
beginning after her father's death, Eliza and her mother move to a backwater
town in Missouri where Eliza's desperate attempts to be popular in her new
school are thwarted by her growing friendship with the eccentric girl next
door.
RL:8.4
Cuba
By Morrison, Marion. Dewey: 972.91
Describes the geography,
plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people
of Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean region.
RL:8
Dancing in the streets of Brooklyn
By Lurie, April. Dewey: -Fic-
In 1944, a
thirteen-year-old girl grapples with the discovery that "Pa" isn't
her biological father, experiences her first romance, and faces hardships dealt
to friends in Brooklyn's Norwegian community.
RL:8.3
David Balfour : being the memoirs of the further adventures of David Balfour at home and abroad
By Stevenson, Robert
Louis, 1850-1894. Dewey: -Fic-
The further adventures of
David Balfour in which he continues his friendship with Alan Breck Stewart and
support of the Scottish highlanders' cause, travels abroad to complete his
education, and finds romance.
RL:8.9
David Copperfield : adapted for young readers
Dewey: -Fic-
A young boy in
nineteenth-century England runs away from an unhappy home, is adopted by his
eccentric aunt and finds employment in London.
RL:8.2
Deceptions
By Weiss, Bobbi J.
G. Dewey: -Fic-
While investigating
ancient ruins on Arunu as part of a class research team, Data, an android, is
fascinated by the effect that the artifacts of a culture based purely on
emotion has on his fellow cadets.
RL:8.7
The dollmage
By Leavitt, Martine,
1953- Dewey: -Fic-
Seekvalley's wise woman,
the Dollmage, chooses the lazy Renoa over the self-sacrificing Annakey as her
successor, unknowingly setting Annakey on a painful path involving betrayal,
violence, and brutal justice.
RL:8.1
The Dominican Republic
By Rogers, Lura. Dewey: 972.93
Describes the geography,
history, culture, religion, and people of the Caribbean island nation of the
Dominican Republic.
RL:8
Down the Rio Grande, 1829
By Lawlor, Laurie. Dewey: -Fic-
In the wake of Mexico's
war with Spain, sixteen-year-old Rosita Trevino and her stepsister, Maria, flee
the hardship they face in Guerrero onboard a steamboat traveling the Rio Bravo.
RL:8.9
Dracula : return of evil : a tale of terror for the 21st century
By Garmon, Larry
Mike. Dewey: -Fic-
When a man is killed and
his blood is drained, some residents of San Tomas Inlet fear that Dracula has
returned.
RL:8.3
Dying to know-- about death, funeral customs, and final resting places
By Perl, Lila. Dewey: 393
Examines the funeral
customs of cultures and religions throughout history, explaining what happens
to the corpse during cremation and after burial; discusses the development of
graveyards; and looks at the practice of adorning graves with headstones and
messages.
RL:8.9
The enemy : a story from World War II
By Riordan, James,
1936- Dewey: -Fic-
Looks at the World War II
events surrounding the Dunkirk Evacuation in occupied France through the story
of Marie, a young girl who, along with her mother, finds herself caring for two
injured soldiers--one English and the other German.
RL:8.5
Falcon and the Charles Street Witch
By Gray, Luli. Dewey: -Fic-
Twelve-year-old Falcon
must find the courage to save the day--and the dragon, Egg--after having a
series of magical misadventures caused by her little brother, a distracted old
dragon, and a bumbling witch.
RL:8.9
Find where the wind goes : moments from my life
By Jemison, Mae,
1956- Dewey: 629.45
Mae Jemison recounts her
life story, describing her struggle to overcome the doubts of those around her
and become an astronaut-- the first woman of color in space.
RL:8.1
The forty-third war
By Moeri, Louise. Dewey: -Fic-
Twelve-year-old Uno is
conscripted into the army of a revolutionary force in a Central American
country that is fighting for its freedom.
RL:8.3
Frankenstein : anatomy of terror : a tale of terror for the 21st century
By Garmon, Larry
Mike. Dewey: -Fic-
When graves are dug up in
San Tomas Inlet, Nina, Joe, and Bob suspect that someone is trying to recreate
Frankenstein's monster.
RL:8.3
Generous anger : the story of George Orwell
By Boerst, William
J. Dewey: 828
Examines the life and
career of author George Orwell from his childhood in a middle-class British
family to his success as a novelist and journalist.
RL:8
Get along, little dogies : the Chisholm Trail diary of Hallie Lou Wells : South Texas, 1878
By Rogers, Lisa Waller,
1955- Dewey: -Fic-
Fictional diary of a
fourteen-year-old girl accompanying a cattle drive along the Chisolm Trail in
1878.
RL:8.3
Ghost stories
Dewey: -Fic-
An illustrated collection
of scary stories.
RL:8.5
Godzilla at world's end
By Cerasini, Marc A.,
1952- Dewey: -Fic-
A group of teenage
science students and a team of U.S. Army Rangers must join forces with Godzilla
in an attempt to halt the destruction of the world's countries by a group of
virulent monsters that have been unleashed after millions of years of frozen
sleep.
RL:8.1
Gold rush dogs
By Murphy, Claire
Rudolf. Dewey: 636.7
Describes the
contribution of dogs to the Alaska-Yukon gold rush and profiles nine remarkable
dogs from this period, discussing their work and adventures, and their
relationships with their masters.
RL:8.9
Gulliver's travels
By Swift, Jonathan,
1667-1745. Dewey: -Fic-
An Englishman's voyages carry
him to Lilliput, a land of people six inches high, and to Brobdingnag, a land
of giants.
RL:8.8
The Hand of Dinotopia
By Foster, Alan Dean,
1946- Dewey: -Fic-
Will and Sylvia search
for the mysterious Hand of Dinotopia, which will supposedly lead to a safe sea
route to and from the hidden island where people and dinosaurs live together
peacefully.
RL:8.9
Heroine of the Titanic : the real unsinkable Molly Brown
By Landau, Elaine. Dewey: 978.8
Biography of Titanic
survivor Margaret Brown, first woman to run for the United States Congress, who
spent her life helping others.
RL:8.1
The high king
By Alexander, Lloyd. Dewey: -Fic-
In this fifth and final
chronicle of Prydain, the forces of good and evil meet in ultimate
confrontation.
RL:8.1
The history of the Black church
By Lutz, Norma Jean. Dewey: 277.3
An illustrated overview
of the African-American church, covering its development before and after the
Civil War, the effects of the Great Migration and the civil rights movement,
the role of music, the church's leaders, and its influence in the late
twentieth century. Also includes a chronology and a selected bibliography.
RL:8.1
Ho Yi the archer and other classic Chinese tales
By Fu, Shelley,
1966- Dewey: 398.2
Presents retellings of
seven classic Chinese folktales, including the famous tales of Pan Gu and Nu
Wo, the creators of the world and mankind; Ho Yi, the master archer; and Shun
Wu Koong, the Monkey King.
RL:8.7
Howl's moving castle
By Jones, Diana
Wynne. Dewey: -Fic-
Eldest of three sisters
in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her
fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she
finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
RL:8.4
Howlers : a novelization
By Owens, Everett. Dewey: -Fic-
Mulder tracks down a
murderer whose thoughts are projected onto photographic film.
RL:8
The Incas
By Sayer, Chloe. Dewey: 985
Describes the politics,
society, ideas, religion, art, science, entertainment, rural life, and legacy
of one of the greatest planned societies the world has ever known.
RL:8.2
The incredible story of China's buried warriors
By Patent, Dorothy
Hinshaw. Dewey: 931
Describes the
archaeological find of thousands of life-sized terra cotta warrior statues
discovered in China, and discusses the emperor who had them created and placed
in his tomb.
RL:8
Ivanhoe
By Vogel, Malvina G. Dewey: -Fic-
An adaptation of Sir
Walter Scott's novel in which the Saxon knight Ivanhoe returns from the
Crusades in 1194 to a chaotic England ruled by the enemies of the absent King
Richard the Lion-Hearted and finds himself disowned and dishonored, forced to
fight for his name and the people he loves.
RL:8.2
Jack and Jill
By Alcott, Louisa May,
1832-1888. Dewey: -Fic-
When friends Jack and
Jill are injured in a sledding accident, their family and friends rally around
them to help in their recovery.
RL:8
Jane Eyre
By Bronte, Charlotte,
1816-1855. Dewey: 823
In early
nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a
governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible
secret.
RL:8.8
Janet Jackson
By Dyson, Cindy. Dewey: 782.42166
A biography of Janet
Jackson, tracing her career from the age of seven when she debuted as the
youngest member of her celebrated musical family, to her award-winning
performances as a solo vocalist and actress.
RL:8.4
The journal of C.J. Jackson : a Dust Bowl migrant
By Durbin, William,
1951- Dewey: -Fic-
Thirteen-year-old C.J.
records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson
family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to
California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
RL:8.1
Just imagine
By Collins, Pat
Lowery. Dewey: -Fic-
During the Depression,
having discovered that she has the ability to have out-of-body experiences,
twelve-year-old Mary Francis tries to use it to deal with the "peculiar
domestic situation" caused by her family's financial plight.
RL:8.6
Kidnapped
By Kestel, Deborah. Dewey: -Fic-
In 1751 in Scotland,
cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put
on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the
Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters
further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his
property.
RL:8.9
The land
By Taylor, Mildred
D. Dewey: -Fic-
Paul-Edward, the son of a
part-Indian, part-African slave mother and a White plantation owner father,
finds himself caught between the two worlds of his parents as he pursues his
dream of owning land in the aftermath of the Civil War.
RL:8.9
The library of classic children's literature.
Dewey: -Fic-
A collection of five
classic children's novels by Anna Sewell, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Lucy
Maud Montgomery.
RL:8
A little maid of Provincetown
By Curtis, Alice
Turner. Dewey: -Fic-
During the Revolutionary
War, eight-year-old Anne Nelson, living in Provincetown on Cape Cod, determines
to help the patriots' cause by carrying an important message from Boston to
Newburyport.
RL:8
Little men
By Alcott, Louisa May,
1832-1888. Dewey: -Fic-
Follows the adventures of
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for
boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.
RL:8.2 8
Little men : life at Plumfield with Jo's boys
By Alcott, Louisa May,
1832-1888. Dewey: -Fic-
With two sons of her own,
and twelve boys at the Plumfield school, Jo March--now Jo Bhaer--couldn't be
happier. But despite the help of the whole March family, boys have a habit of
getting into scrapes, and there are plenty of troubles and adventures in store.
RL:8.2
Lost in space : a storybook
By Johnson, Jennifer
L. Dewey: -Fic-
The Robinson family,
having trained three years for a vital mission to the planet Alpha Prime, wake
up from cryosleep to discover that their ship has been thrown off course by the
evil Dr. Zachary Smith.
RL:8.1
Mariel of Redwall
By Jacques, Brian. Dewey: -Fic-
The mousemaid Mariel
achieves victory at sea for the animals of Redwall Abbey, fighting the savage
pirate rat Gabool the Wild, warlord of rodent corsairs.
RL:8.8
Martial arts masters : black belt warriors for peace
By Webster-Doyle,
Terrence, 1940- Dewey: -Fic-
Uses the story of a boy
who is bullied at school to introduce the basic values of martial arts,
including courtesy, kindness, honesty, order, respect, and responsibility, and
to demonstrate how the principles can be used to resolve conflict peacefully.
RL:8.1
Midnight's choice
By Thompson, Kate,
1956- Dewey: -Fic-
Tess, who has the ability
to change into animal form, must choose between good and evil as she tries to
decide whether to "Switch" into a phoenix or a vampire for the rest
of time.
RL:8
Mindtwisters : stories to shred your head
By Shusterman, Neal. Dewey: -Fic-
Contains eight suspense
stories, featuring a kid who controls the wind, a boy who makes deliveries to
hell, a killer bowling lane, and other sinister characters and situations.
RL:8.3
The misfits
By Howe, James Dewey: -Fic-
RL:8.3
Moby Dick
By Bogart, Shirley. Dewey: -Fic-
An adaptation of Herman
Melville's classic novel about the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by
the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that crippled him.
RL:8.6
Money hungry
By Flake, Sharon. Dewey: -Fic-
All thirteen-year-old
Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to
worry about living on the streets again.
RL:8.1
My heroes, my people : African Americans and Native Americans in the West
By Monceaux, Morgan. Dewey: 973.049607
Presents brief portraits
of an assortment of African Americans, Native peoples, and men and women of
mixed heritage who played roles in the history of the American West.
RL:8 1
The new African Americans
By Ashabranner, Brent K.,
1921- Dewey: 304.87306
Looks at Africans who
have immigrated to the United States since the 1890s, examining who they are,
why they came, how American laws work for and against them, and how they have
fared.
RL:8
The New Teen Titans archives. Volume 1
By Wolfman, Mary. Dewey: 741.5
Re-presenting from the
Modern Age of comics, the early adventures of the New Teen Titans.
RL:8.3
Notes from a liar
and her dog
By Choldenko,
Gennifer Dewey: -Fic-
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RL:8.3 9.96 October
By Parker, Daniel,
1970- Dewey: -Fic-
Fulfilling the prophecy
in the scroll, Sarah and Jezebel face off in a battle that neither wins, as
followers of the Chosen One and the Demon struggle to survive.
RL:8
An old-fashioned girl
By Alcott, Louisa May,
1832-1888. Dewey: -Fic-
Polly's friendship with
the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the
truth about the relationship between happiness and riches.
RL:8.1
Only a matter of time : a story from Kosovo
By Ross, Stewart. Dewey: -Fic-
In early 1999, Drita, an
Albanian, and Zoran, a Serb, become friends. However, as Serb-Albanian tensions
rise in Kosovo, their families become enemies and the events that follow
threaten to destroy their friendship.
RL:8.7
Out of war : true stories from the frontlines of the Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia
By Cameron, Sara (Sara
J.) Dewey: 305.23
Colombian children
describe the impact that civil war has had on their lives.
RL:8.9
Peace rebel
By Elmer, Robert. Dewey: -Fic-
After escaping from a
Jewish refugee ship, Dov, a Polish Jew, and Emily, the daughter of a British
major, are taken to a Jewish kibbutz and are caught up in the danger and
violence between the Jews, Arabs, and British in Palestine in 1947.
RL:8
*The Philadelphia adventure
By Alexander, Lloyd. Dewey: -Fic-
In 1876, on the eve of
the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, twenty-year-old Vesper Holly and her
friends clash yet again with the archfiend Dr. Helvitius, whose evil schemes
plunge them into danger in the wild Pennsylvania countryside.
RL:8
Promise breaker
By Elmer, Robert. Dewey: -Fic-
In 1947, two young
people-- one a Polish Jew and the other the daughter of a British major-- make
their way to Palestine for very different reasons and under very different
circumstances.
RL:8.2
Racing Parker
By Gasque, Dale
Blackwell. Dewey: -Fic-
Christina depends on
Parker Townsend to train her horse for higher jumps.
RL:8.3
Racism : changing attitudes 1900-2000
By Grant, R. G. Dewey: 305.8
Discusses racist
attitudes of white people in the twentieth century, how Africans and Asians
have struggled against this racism, and changes in European and North American
attitudes to include a vision of a multiracial future.
RL:8 \
Reader's Digest dead good read : 21 classic tales of mystery & horror
Dewey: -Fic-
Retellings of more than
twenty classic horror tales from before the early twentieth century by such
authors as Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, and Edgar Allan Poe.
RL:8.7
The remarkable journey of Prince Jen
By Alexander, Lloyd. Dewey: -Fic-
Bearing six unusual
gifts, young Prince Jen embarks on a perilous quest and emerges triumphantly
into manhood.
RL:8.4
A river apart
By Sutherland, Robert,
1925- Dewey: -Fic-
Best friends Jamie and
Jared, having lived across the St. Lawrence River from each other for years,
find themselves enemies when the War of 1812 breaks out and they are sworn
reluctantly to defend their homes and families against invasion.
RL:8.9
The River Jordan : a true story of the Underground Railroad
By Burke, Henry Robert,
1940- Dewey: -Fic-
A fictionalized account
of one family's escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad in western
Virginia in August of 1843.
RL:8.9
The ropemaker
By Dickinson, Peter,
1927- Dewey: -Fic-
When the magic that
protects their Valley starts to fail, Tilja and her companions journey into the
evil Empire to find the ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast those spells.
RL:8 1
Ruben Blades : Salsa singer and social activist
By Cruz, Barbara. Dewey: 782.42164
Traces the life of the
international salsa singing star from his early life in Panama through his
career as a musician and actor and his unsuccessful run for the presidency of
his home country.
RL:8.5
The Rundelstone of Oz
By McGraw, Eloise
Jarvis. Dewey: -Fic-
Pocotristi Sostenuto, a
living marionette known as Poco, sets out on a desperate search for the missing
Rundelstone of Oz, and his search takes him to the remotest areas of Oz, where
he meets a wide variety of characters.
RL:8.1
Samurai spirit : ancient wisdom for modern life
By Konzak, Burt,
1946- Dewey: -Fic-
Collects classic Japanese
samurai stories and presents them, along with informative sidebars on samurai,
as inspiration for teenagers to increase their mental and emotional strength.
RL:8.1 7.60
The sea wolf
By London, Jack. Dewey: -Fic-
Relates the story of a
wealthy young man who is rescued after a shipwreck by the brutal, ruthless captain
of a tramp steamer.
RL:8
The secret of Dead Man's Mine : a Rinnah Two Feathers mystery
By Johnson, Rodney,
1964- Dewey: -Fic-
Rinnah Two Feathers, a
sleuth-minded Lakota Indian in South Dakota, investigates a mysterious stranger
poking around a long-abandoned house and stumbles across the secret of Dead
Man's Mine.
RL:8.3
The secrets of Cranberry Beach
By Murphy, Ted,
1969- Dewey: -Fic-
Teen detective Orville
Jacques confronts dangerous killers while trying to solve a number of crimes
that have stymied investigators in his Cape Cod town for forty years.
RL:8.7
The secrets of Pilgrim Pond
By Murphy, Ted,
1969- Dewey: -Fic-
Teenage detective Orville
Jacques is hired by the daughter of a congressional hopeful who wants to figure
out why her father has been receiving threatening blackmail messages.
RL:8.1
Secrets of Rebel Cave : a Stoneworth teen adventure
By Smith, Dale,
1932- Dewey: -Fic-
As the Stoneworth Teens
begin dismantling a fake wall in Rebel Cave, their discoveries lead them on a path
to possible wealth and teach them all some important lessons about teamwork.
RL:8
Shadows & moonshine : stories
By Aiken, Joan,
1924- Dewey: -Fic-
A collection of thirteen
short stories by Joan Aiken.
RL:8
Shards of Alderaan
By Anderson, Kevin J. Dewey: -Fic-
Jacen and Jaina, the
young twins of Han Solo and Princess Leia, encounter a long-lost enemy of their
family when they set off for the Alderaan system, accompanied by their friends
Tenel Ka and Lowbacca the Wookiee, on a mission to salvage a piece of the
shattered planet as a gift for their mother.
RL:8.9
So you want to be a wizard
By Duane, Diane. Dewey: -Fic-
Thirteen-year-old Nita,
tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she
needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another
RL:8
The song of the molimo
By Cutler, Jane. Dewey: -Fic-
When twelve-year-old
Harry comes from Kansas to visit the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, he
befriends an African pygmy who is part of an anthropology exhibit, works for
the first female news photographer, and becomes involved in a burgeoning
scientific controversy.
RL:8.4
The Spanish-American War
By Dolan, Edward F.,
1924- Dewey: 973.8
Chronicles the events
surrounding the Spanish-American War from the explosion of the
"Maine" to the problems involving Cuba and the Philippines that
followed the U.S.'s victory.
RL:8.9
Spellfall
By Roberts, Katherine,
1962- Dewey: -Fic-
After twelve-year-old
Natalie, unaware of her own powers, is kidnapped by a wizard, she, her
stepbrother, and their friends are caught up in the sorcerer's attempt to cross
an invisible boundary in order to invade another world.
RL:8.8
Sport
By Fitzhugh, Louise. Dewey: -Fic-
When his grandfather
dies, eleven-year-old Sport worries that he will be forced to live with his
wealthy and greedy mother rather than remain with his kind father and new
stepmother.
RL:8.1
The star houses : a story from the Holocaust
By Ross, Stewart. Dewey: -Fic-
Teenager Bandi Guttmann,
a Hungarian Jew, is forced to move with his family into a "star
house" as the Nazis' grip on his country grows tighter. Based on a true
story.
RL:8.9
Steven Spielberg : crazy for movies
By Rubin, Susan
Goldman. Dewey: 791.43
A biography of the
filmmaker Steven Spielberg, beginning with his childhood and early passion for
movies, and continuing with anecdote-filled chapters on each of his successful
Hollywood films.
RL:8.3
Stolen words
By Koss, Amy Goldman,
1954- Dewey: -Fic-
In her diary,
eleven-year-old Robyn describes her family's visit to Austria, from the
disastrous theft of their luggage to adventures in the countryside, while she
tries to recover from the death of her Aunt Beth.
RL:8.1
Stories of Charlemagne
By Westwood,
Jennifer. Dewey: -Fic-
RL:8.3
Stormbreaker
By Horowitz, Anthony,
1955- Dewey: -Fic-
After the death of the
uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to
continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
RL:8.5
Straw into gold
By Schmidt, Gary D. Dewey: -Fic-
Pursued by greedy
villains, two boys on a quest to save innocent lives meet the banished queen
whose son was stolen by Rumpelstiltskin eleven years earlier, and she provides
much more than the answer they seek.
RL:8.1
A student's guide to the Internet
By Marshall, Elizabeth
L. Dewey: 004.67
Explores the many ways of
gathering information from the Internet, offering guidelines on conducting
online research, presenting tips for designing a home page, discussing Internet
safety, and including a resource list for connecting with other students
throughout the world.
RL:8.3
The summer of El Pintor
By Lachtman, Ofelia
Dumas. Dewey: -Fic-
When sixteen-year-old
Monica and her widowed father go back to Los Angeles, reluctantly moving from a
wealthy neighborhood to the barrio house her mother grew up in, Monica tries to
locate a missing neighbor, and in the process learns about her mother's past.
RL:8.3
Sword song
By Sutcliff,
Rosemary. Dewey: -Fic-
At sixteen, Bjarni is
cast out of the Norse settlement in the Angles' Land for an act of
oath-breaking and spends five years sailing the west coast of Scotland and
witnessing the feuds of the clan chiefs living there.
RL:8.2
Taggerung
By Jacques, Brian. Dewey: -Fic-
A young otter, kidnapped
in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the
tribe and goes off to seek adventures of his own.
RL:8.9
Theo
By Harrison, Barbara,
1936- Dewey: -Fic-
A twelve-year-old
puppeteer performs bravely on and off the stage after joining the Greek
resistance movement during World War II.
RL:8
Those extraordinary women of World War I
By Zeinert, Karen. Dewey: 940.3
Discusses the role of
American women and those of other countries in contributing to the war effort
from 1914 to 1918.
RL:8.1
A time for courage : the suffragette diary of Kathleen Bowen
By Lasky, Kathryn. Dewey: -Fic-
A diary account of
thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she
juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in
Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.
RL:8
The time garden
By Eager, Edward. Dewey: -Fic-
Four cousins spending a
summer in a house by the sea discover a magic thyme garden from which they
embark on a number of adventures in time, some of them perilous, all of them
exciting.
RL:8
The time shifter
By Peel, John, 1954- Dewey: -Fic-
Brandon does not know
what to do when he meets a man who claims to have traveled back in time to find
Brandon and help him change the future.
RL:8.9
To live again
By McDaniel,
Lurlene. Dewey: -Fic-
Dawn Rochelle, a
seventeen-year-old girl with leukemia, suffers partial paralysis after three
years in remission and, despite her doctors' optimism about her recovery, she
wonders how she can find the strength to go on living with her disease.
RL:8.1
Trial by jury journal
By Klise, Kate. Dewey: -Fic-
In this illustrated novel
told through journal entries, news clippings, and letters, twelve-year-old Lily
finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover
investigation of the case.
RL:8.9
True betrayer
By Elmer, Robert. Dewey: -Fic-
War breaks out following
Israel's 1948 declaration of independence, finding Dov and Emily at Yad Shalom
kibbutz helping old friends--and perhaps a new enemy--prepare for the approach
of Arab soldiers, as Dov struggles with questions about his faith.
RL:8.3
Us and them : a history of intolerance in America
By Carnes, Jim. Dewey: 305.8
Presents a complete
introduction to prejudices in the United States, from early American witch
hunting and slavery, to Jewish, Asian, and homosexual discrimination.
RL:8.5
Victor Lopez at the Alamo
By Rice, James,
1934- Dewey: -Fic-
Victor, a
fourteen-year-old Mexican boy, is abducted by Mexican soldiers marching to
Texas to put down the uprising there and experiences the Battle of the Alamo.
RL:8
The water puppets : a story from the War in Vietnam
By Gifford, Clive. Dewey: -Fic-
Examines events of the
Vietnam War through the story of Xuan, a thirteen-year-old boy living with his
family in the struggling village of Noy Thien in 1967.
RL:8.6
We were there, too! : young people in U.S. history
By Hoose, Phillip M.,
1947- Dewey: 973
Draws from first-person
accounts, journals, interviews and other primary sources to tell the true
stories of over seventy young people from a variety of cultures who played a
role in the making of the United States, including explorers, patriots, rebels,
slaves, miners, and activists.
RL:8
What the orangutan told Alice
By Smith, Dale. Dewey: -Fic-
In Indonesian Borneo,
Alice discovers the plight of the orangutans who are losing their habitat and
being poached by illegal hunters for the pet trade.
RL:8.2
When Johnny went marching : young Americans fight the Civil War
By Wisler, G.
Clifton. Dewey: 973.7
Tells the stories of
forty-nine young Americans who participated in the Civil War as soldiers,
spies, drummers, and buglers. Includes photographs.
RL:8.7
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
By Coville, Bruce. Dewey: 822.3
A simplified prose
retelling of Shakespeare's play about two young people who defy their warring
families' prejudices and dare to fall in love.
RL:8
The willows and beyond
By Horwood, William. Dewey: -Fic-
Continues the adventures
of Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger as they reminisce about their past escapades and
prepare to turn over the River Bank to the next generation.
RL:8.1
The wind in the willows
By Grahame, Kenneth,
1859-1932. Dewey: -Fic-
The escapades of four
animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole,
Rat, and Badger.
RL:8
The witch trade
By Molloy, Michael,
1940- Dewey: -Fic-
A boy and girl encounter
hidden caves, fabulous boats, and captive children as they join forces with
powerful new friends on a quest for Ice Dust, the source of magical power for
good witches.
RL:8.3
The Wolf Man : blood moon rising : a tale of terror for the 21st century
By Garmon, Larry
Mike. Dewey: -Fic-
Nina, Joe, and Robert set
out to track down the Wolf Man, who is terrorizing a small town.
RL:8.8
Wounded Knee
By Waldman, Neil. Dewey: 973.8
Recounts the events
leading to the massacre at Wounded Knee, concluding with a description of the
battle itself.
RL:8.7
Zach's lie
By Smith, Roland,
1951- Dewey: -Fic-
When Jack Osborne is
befriended by his school's custodian and a Basque girl, he begins to adjust to
his family's sudden move to Elko, Nevada, after entering the Witness Security
Program, but the drug cartel against which his father will testify is
determined to track them down.
RL:8.1