8th Grade Suggestions
Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi
Dry by Neal Shusterman
A Fire Story by Brian Fies
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Here to Stay by Sara Farizan
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
I am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall
In the Neighborhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton
Internment by Samira Ahmed
Just Mercy (young reader’s edition) by Bryan Stevenson
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
Lovely War by Julie Berry
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Spin by Lamar Giles
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
The Unwanted by Don Brown
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson & Ellen Hagen
White Rose by Kip Wilson
XL by Scott Brown