8th+grade+Extra+Credit+Reading+List

Extra Credit Reading List -8th Grade Each book is worth 5 extra credit points. You must pass the AR test or do the AR replacement for each book you read. If you take the AR test on a book, you are responsible for telling me when you have taken the test**. I //__will not__// be checking AR at the end of each 9 weeks to see what books you have read.** You may only earn up to 50 points each 9 weeks from the reading list. Rebecca Caudill List-2013 #1-9
 * 1) __ Inside Out and Back Again __ by  Thanhha Lai —historical fiction-based on a true story of escaping Vietnam at the end of the war
 * 2) __ Turtle In Paradise __ by Jennifer L. Holm – historical fiction-setting Key West Florida during the Depression
 * 3) __ Anything But Typical __ by Nora Raleigh Baskin
 * 4) __ Black Radishes __ by Susan Lynn Meyer – historical fiction Holocaust based on a true story good book
 * 5) __ Ninth Ward __ by Jewell Parker Rhodes—realistic fiction about Hurricane Katrina- setting is New Orleans
 * 6) __ Shooting Kabul __ by N.H. Senzai – realistic fiction based on a true of escaping Afghanistan and the Taliban
 * 7) __ One Crazy Summer __ by Rita Williams-Garcia —realistic fiction
 * 8) __ Born to Fly __ by Michael Ferrari—historical fiction- WWII
 * 9) __ Countdown __ by Deborah Wiles- realistic fiction about life in 1960..
 * 10) __ Ashes __ by Kathryn Lasky—historical fiction –setting Germany during Hitler’s rise to power
 * 11) __ Fly Girl __ by Sherri L. Smith – WWII about women pilots and racism in America
 * 12) __ Soldier Boys __ by Dean Hughes --WWII
 * 13) __ Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War II __ by Joseph Bruchac
 * 14) __ Search and Destroy __ by Dean Hughes—Vietnam War
 * 15) __ Sonny’s War __ by Valerie Hobbs – Vietnam War
 * 16) __ HEROES OF 9/11 __ by Allan Zullo
 * 17) __ BATTLE HEROES: Voices from Afghanistan __ by Allan Zullo
 * 18) __ The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 __ by Christopher Paul Curtis-- civil rights era
 * 19) __ Chasing Lincoln’s Killer __ by James Swanson- non-fiction
 * 20) __ She Said Yes: The Unlikely Story of Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall __ by M. Bernall- nonfiction-Columbine shooting
 * 21) __ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer __ by Mark Twain
 * 22) __ Uncle Tom's Cabin __ by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
 * 23) __ Lincoln : A Photobiography __ by Russell Freedman—biography
 * 24) __The Red Badge of Courage__ by Stephen Crane
 * 25) __ The Constitution __ by Richard B. Morris
 * 26) __ What's the Bill of Rights? __ by Nancy Harris
 * 27) __ The Many Rides of Paul Revere __ by James Cross Giblin-- nonfiction.
 * 28) __ Johnny Tremain- __ by Esther Forbes- Story of Boston in revolt against the British
 * 29) __ Sharpshooter __ by Chris Lynch- historical fiction about fighting in Vietnam
 * 30) __ War Horse __ by Michael Morpurgo- historical fiction about WW I
 * 31) __ Behind Enemy Lines __ by Bill Doyle—Nonfiction