ROBERT E. ELLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
In order to prepare students for the rigors of 8th grade literature,
students will read three (3) books this summer. Most of these books
are available at the Hendersonville Public Library, as well as various
booksellers in the area. All students are required to read any three
(3) books on the following list.
For each book chosen, students will be required to submit a brief Reading Analysis sheet (attached).
A successful student will complete a Reading Analysis Sheet for each novel for a total of three (3).
The books and Reading Analyses should be completed by September 4, 2015.
Choose three of the following:
Title
Author
Genre
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Adventure
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Adventure
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
Fantasy
Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones
Fantasy
Friends with Boys
Faith Erin Hicks
Graphic Novel
Batman: The Long Halloween
Jeff Loeb
Graphic Novel
Fever: 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson
Historical Fiction
Trouble
Gary D Schmidt
Historical Fiction
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Louise Rennison
Humor
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Humor
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You
Ally Carter
Mystery
Flush
Carl Hiaasen
Mystery
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success
Sampson Davis & George Jenkins
Nonfiction
The Wright Sister
Richard Mauer
Nonfiction
Heartbeat
Sharon Creech
Poetry
Odette’s Secrets
Maryann MacDonald
Poetry
Milkweed
Jerry Spinelli
Realistic Fiction
Sunrise over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers
Realistic Fiction
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Realistic Fiction
Matched
Ally Condie
Science Fiction
Lockdown: Escape from the Furnace
Alexander Gordon Smith
Science Fiction
Dairy Queen
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Sports Fiction
The Moves Make the Man
Bruce Brooks
Sports Fiction
Everlost
Neal Shusterman
Supernatural
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
Supernatural
SUMMER READING IS DUE SEPTEMBER 4, 2015!
ROBERT E. ELLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING: CHOICE BOOKS
YOU MAY USE A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER INSTEAD, SHOULD YOU SO CHOOSE.
Title:
What is the book called? Does it have a subtitle?
Author:
Who wrote the book? If more than one person wrote a story in it, who is the editor?
Setting:
When and where does the story take place?
Point of View:
Is the main character telling the story (First Person) or is there a narrator telling the story (Third Person)?
Protagonist:
Who is the main character of the story? Who is the hero or anti-hero? Is there more than one?
Antagonist:
Who is the villain of the story? Whom does the main character have to fight against to accomplish his/her goals?
Plot Summary:
What happened in the book? How did it end?
Conflict:
Explain an example of conflict in the book. Was there Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Environment, etc.?
Climax:
What was the high point of the book? What was it all building to, and why did you choose this moment?
Quality:
Did you like the book? Why or why not?
On a separate piece of paper, draw what you think the cover of this book
should have been and explain your choice.
ROBERT E. ELLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING: CHOICE BOOKS
YOU MAY USE A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER INSTEAD, SHOULD YOU SO CHOOSE.
Title:
What is the book called? Does it have a subtitle?
Author:
Who wrote the book? If more than one person wrote a story in it, who is the editor?
Setting:
When and where does the story take place?
Point of View:
Is the main character telling the story (First Person) or is there a narrator telling the story (Third Person)?
Protagonist:
Who is the main character of the story? Who is the hero or anti-hero? Is there more than one?
Antagonist:
Who is the villain of the story? Whom does the main character have to fight against to accomplish his/her goals?
Plot Summary:
What happened in the book? How did it end?
Conflict:
Explain an example of conflict in the book. Was there Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Environment, etc.?
Climax:
What was the high point of the book? What was it all building to, and why did you choose this moment?
Quality:
Did you like the book? Why or why not?
On a separate piece of paper, draw what you think the cover of this book
should have been and explain your choice.
ROBERT E. ELLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING: CHOICE BOOKS
YOU MAY USE A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER INSTEAD, SHOULD YOU SO CHOOSE.
Title:
What is the book called? Does it have a subtitle?
Author:
Who wrote the book? If more than one person wrote a story in it, who is the editor?
Setting:
When and where does the story take place?
Point of View:
Is the main character telling the story (First Person) or is there a narrator telling the story (Third Person)?
Protagonist:
Who is the main character of the story? Who is the hero or anti-hero? Is there more than one?
Antagonist:
Who is the villain of the story? Whom does the main character have to fight against to accomplish his/her goals?
Plot Summary:
What happened in the book? How did it end?
Conflict:
Explain an example of conflict in the book. Was there Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Environment, etc.?
Climax:
What was the high point of the book? What was it all building to, and why did you choose this moment?
Quality:
Did you like the book? Why or why not?
On a separate piece of paper, draw what you think the cover of this book
should have been and explain your choice.