Please help!
Alright, so, I’m an 8th grade Reading/Language Arts teacher and I need some YA Lit book suggestions to expand my classroom library!
I’m just so used to obsessing over the classics, which is far too advanced for most of them, or out of their interest range.
We are reading Hunger Games as a class, which is going so well, and I’ve been recently addicted to everything John Green, but I need more appropriate book suggestions.
Please help, give me your favorites!!
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atamponinaglass said:
I read The Book Thief in 8th grade, by Markus Zusak. Fabulous book that inspired me to be a writer as deep as he is.
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peacelovetoiletpaper said:
A Seperate Peace….slightly boring at some parts but I really liked it
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legionsheaven said:
bifocal by eric walters is pretty good for 8th grade level? I believe? we read it in like 10 and it was way too easy haha.
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jumplilkid said:
Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian AND my all-time favorite YA Lit books ever… Sloppy Firsts & anything else by Megan McCafferty
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fromtheheartofmymind said:
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. Fantastic series of books, very engaging modern fantasy. I’ve never read Hunger Games so I’m not sure how simple/complex they are, but the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman is also great.
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betweenitall said:
*The Giver by Lois Lowry
*The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
*Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
*The Uglies (series) by Scott Westerfeld
*The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Hope that helps :-)
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carmena-ignitum said:
Perks of Being A Wallflower — Stephen Chbosky.
The 5 People You Meet In Heaven -or- Tuesdays with Morrie — Mitch Albom
I am the Messenger — Markus Zusak
And Looking for Alaska and Fault in our Stars are my FAVORITES! :)
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carolineamour said:
Hmm, in my 8th grade English class we read the Diary of Anne Frank. That’s the only book I remember reading for that class! :\ Maybe Night, as well? Everybody seemed to like those two books.
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mustangkate said:
Used to do: The Wave (cross curr with Social Studies), Star Girl (inclusion class), That Was Then, This Is Now, Night John (S.S. again).
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aaronchristianyoung said:
flannery o’connor’s everything that rises must converge! southern gothic is always great for younger readers
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lonely-living said:
The books I needed for my YA lit class this semester are: The Chocolate War; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Tangerine; The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things; Girl With a Pearl Earring; and The Outsiders. Hope that helps!
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aaronisett said:
Sunrise Over Fallujah and Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers.
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unebelletragedie said:
The Book Thief.
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fridasexual said:
It’s Kind of A Funny Story. It might be questionable though, I think there are drug references.
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siphondarkness said:
Percy Jackson series?
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cherishthebeautiful said:
WHat do you mean by YA Lit books?
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