Vivian Field 8th Grade Summer Reading List
These books are either sorted by Lexile level ( 985L) or are TAYSHAS or Lone Star finalists and are paired with the appropriate grade level. Please read a minimum of five. One book will be used for the summer reading assignment.
- *Far From The Tree by Robin Benway
- Not if I Save You First by Ally Carter
- Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen
- A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
- The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
- Losers Bracket by Chris Crutcher
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
- Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson (LaCaze favorite!)
- *Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Verse novel!)
- *Price of Duty by Todd Strasser
- My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- Animal Farm by George Orwell (Classic!)
- Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
- See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
- Disappeared Francisco X Stork
Here are a few choices by genre:
Fantasy, Paranormal, & Sci-Fi
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Warcross by Marie Lu
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Adventure & Mystery
Heist Society by Ally Carter
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Fire Storm by Andrew Lane
Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Realistic
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Solo by Kwame Alexander
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
I Will Always Write Back by Martin
Ganda and Caitlin Alifirenka
Mosquitoland by David Arnold
Historical Fiction & History
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gatz
Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Bonnie and Clyde by Karen Blumenthal
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Romance
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon*
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green*
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Matched by Ally Condie
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Dystopian
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
The Program by Suzanne Young
Legend by Marie Lu
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland