Reading List for Grade-8
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Robinson Crusoe
Author
Defoe, Daniel
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Summary
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A sailor shipwrecked on a desert island carves out a
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life for himself with courage and ingenuity.
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The three musketeers
Dumas, Alexandre
M
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Where the red fern grows :
the story of two dogs and a
boy
Rawls, Wilson
M
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Dumas’s swashbuckling epic chronicles the
adventures of d’Artagnan, a brash young man from
the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625
hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King
Louis XIII. Before long, he finds treachery and
court intrigue—and also three boon companions, the
daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.
Together the four strive heroically to defend the
honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal
Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.
A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's
desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone
hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.
The Hobbit : or, there and
back again
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John
Ronald Reuel)
M
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Watership down
Adams, Richard
SEN
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ADA
The hound of the
Baskervilles
Doyle, Arthur Conan
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DOY
All creatures great and
small
Herriot, James
The catcher in the rye
Salinger, J. D, 1919(Jerome David)
Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by
Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo
Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the
treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large
and very dangerous dragon.
Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits
searching for a safe place to establish a new warren
where they can live in peace.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mystery novel
featuring the enduringly popular character Sherlock
Holmes. At the outset of the story Dr. James
Mortimer calls upon private consulting detective
Sherlock Holmes and asks for advice in the wake of
the death of his friend Sir Charles Baskerville of
Devonshire.
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Presents the first-hand account of a young English
636.089 veterinarian starting his career in the Yorkshires
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nearly forty years ago.
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SAL
A 16-year old American boy relates in his own words
the experiences he goes through at school and after,
and reveals with unusual candour the workings of
his own mind. What does a boy in his teens think
and feel about his teachers, parents, friends and
acquaintances?
Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary
Wollstonecraft
SEN
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SHE
A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of
dead bodies is scorned for being ugly and swears
revenge on his creator and the human race.
The count of Monte Cristo
Dumas, Alexandre
SEN
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DUM
Presents the classic novel by nineteenth-century
French author, Alexandre Dumas, about a young
sailor, Edmond Dantes, who seeks revenge on the
three men who had him sent to prison.
Johnny Tremain
Forbes, Esther
YA
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After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in
Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty
in the days before the American Revolution.
Captains courageous
Kipling, Rudyard
YA
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Animal Farm
Orwell, George
YA
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Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his
own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an
ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly
drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat
just heading out for the season. He tries to bribe the
crew into returning early to collect a reward but
none of them believe him.
A satire in fable form expressed through the animals
of Manor Farm.
First test
Pierce, Tamora
YA
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Keladry, known as Kel, has always wanted to be a
knight but must deal with the disapproval of some
of her teachers and fellow students. But when her
young servant is kidnapped on the day of the public
exams, Kel has to choose . . . to follow her dreams, or
her convictions.
Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a
battle between the forces of the Authority and those
gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
The amber spyglass
Pullman, Philip
YA
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
and other stories of the
supernatural
Stevenson, Robert
Louis
YA
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Presents Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror tale
in which a respected doctor who lives a secret double
life begins losing his identity to his violent, evil side.
Also contains three of Stevenson's short stories.
The adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark
YA
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TWA
Twenty thousand leagues
under the sea
Verne, Jules
YA
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VER
Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an
escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the
vast Mississippi River on a raft. Includes an
introduction, explanatory notes, and a further
reading list.
The year 1866 was signalized by something
remarkable, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon,
both in Europe and America. It is this something
that Professor Aronnax sets out to encounter - and
thus begins the most incredible under water journey
ever. From Atlantis to the South Pole, the reader is
taken through dangers, surprises, and the
unsurpassed majesty of the marine world.
The swiss family Robinson
Wyss, Johann David
YA
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WYS
A shipwrecked family learns to live off the natural
vegetation on their island and refuses to leave when
a ship arrives to take them home.