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 2, 2016.
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
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 2, 2016!
ROBERT E. ELLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING: CHOICE BOOKS
Title:
What is the full title of the book? If it has a subtitle, what is it? (1 point)
Author:
Who all is responsible for writing the text of the book you read? If it’s more than three people, who is the editor? (1 point)
Overview:
How would you describe the entire text – including title, author, genre, type of text, and brief synopsis – in one sentence? (1 point)
Point of View:
Is a character telling the story (1st Person) or does a narrator tell it (3rd Person)? If 3rd, what kind (Limited, Omniscient? Objective, Subjective?)? (1 point)
Plot Summary:
Given more time and space, how would you explain the bulk of the story? (1 point) How does it end? (1 point)
Setting:
Where does the majority of the story take place? (1 point) Approximately when does the story take place? (1 point)
Conflict:
What page(s) is it on? (1 point)
Explain a memorable example of conflict in the story. (1 point) Would it be considered Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, etc.? (1 point)
Climax:
What page(s) is it on? (1 point)
What is the highest point of the major conflict? (1 point) How is it the last big decision the protagonist makes, and how does he/she grow as a result? (1 point)
Protagonist:
Who is the main character of the story? Which one person goes through the most profound change as a result of the action in the story? (1 point)
Antagonist:
Who is the villain of the story? What one character is responsible for the primary conflict of the text? Who is the protagonist facing off against? (1 point)
Quality:
Did you like the book? (1 point) Why or why not? (1 point)
On a separate piece of paper, draw what you think the cover of this book
should have been (1 point) and explain your choice (1 point).
ROBERT E. ELLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING: CHOICE BOOKS
Title:
What is the full title of the book? If it has a subtitle, what is it? (1 point)
Author:
Who all is responsible for writing the text of the book you read? If it’s more than three people, who is the editor? (1 point)
Overview:
How would you describe the entire text – including title, author, genre, type of text, and brief synopsis – in one sentence? (1 point)
Point of View:
Is a character telling the story (1st Person) or does a narrator tell it (3rd Person)? If 3rd, what kind (Limited, Omniscient? Objective, Subjective?)? (1 point)
Plot Summary:
Given more time and space, how would you explain the bulk of the story? (1 point) How does it end? (1 point)
Setting:
Where does the majority of the story take place? (1 point) Approximately when does the story take place? (1 point)
Conflict:
What page(s) is it on? (1 point)
Explain a memorable example of conflict in the story. (1 point) Would it be considered Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, etc.? (1 point)
Climax:
What page(s) is it on? (1 point)
What is the highest point of the major conflict? (1 point) How is it the last big decision the protagonist makes, and how does he/she grow as a result? (1 point)
Protagonist:
Who is the main character of the story? Which one person goes through the most profound change as a result of the action in the story? (1 point)
Antagonist:
Who is the villain of the story? What one character is responsible for the primary conflict of the text? Who is the protagonist facing off against? (1 point)
Quality:
Did you like the book? (1 point) Why or why not? (1 point)
On a separate piece of paper, draw what you think the cover of this book
should have been (1 point) and explain your choice (1 point).
ROBERT E. ELLIS MIDDLE SCHOOL
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING: CHOICE BOOKS
Title:
What is the full title of the book? If it has a subtitle, what is it? (1 point)
Author:
Who all is responsible for writing the text of the book you read? If it’s more than three people, who is the editor? (1 point)
Overview:
How would you describe the entire text – including title, author, genre, type of text, and brief synopsis – in one sentence? (1 point)
Point of View:
Is a character telling the story (1st Person) or does a narrator tell it (3rd Person)? If 3rd, what kind (Limited, Omniscient? Objective, Subjective?)? (1 point)
Plot Summary:
Given more time and space, how would you explain the bulk of the story? (1 point) How does it end? (1 point)
Setting:
Where does the majority of the story take place? (1 point) Approximately when does the story take place? (1 point)
Conflict:
What page(s) is it on? (1 point)
Explain a memorable example of conflict in the story. (1 point) Would it be considered Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, etc.? (1 point)
Climax:
What page(s) is it on? (1 point)
What is the highest point of the major conflict? (1 point) How is it the last big decision the protagonist makes, and how does he/she grow as a result? (1 point)
Protagonist:
Who is the main character of the story? Which one person goes through the most profound change as a result of the action in the story? (1 point)
Antagonist:
Who is the villain of the story? What one character is responsible for the primary conflict of the text? Who is the protagonist facing off against? (1 point)
Quality:
Did you like the book? (1 point) Why or why not? (1 point)
On a separate piece of paper, draw what you think the cover of this book
should have been (1 point) and explain your choice (1 point).