INDEPENDENT READING GUIDE

8th and 9th grade students should read as many of the novels listed below as possible. Do not purchase them. Please check them out from a library.

               Jane Eyre   Charlotte Bronte

                Uglies Scott Westerfield

                Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card

                Ender’s Shadow Orson Scott Card

The Outsiders S.E. Hinton

                The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter

Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt

Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keys

Dragon Wings Laurence Yep

Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson

A Wrinkle in Time 

Bridge to Terabithia

The Hobbitt

Lord of the Rings

The Martian Chronicles

Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer

Crash Jerry Spinelli

Stargirl  Jerry Spinelli

The Giver Lois Lowry

Call of the Wild Jack London

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor

Monster Walter Dean Myers

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FOR THE CLASS NOVELS LISTED BELOW, PLEASE PURCHASE ONLY THE NOVELS THAT ARE ASTERISKED. I have copies of the remaining novels that students may use.