1. Summer Reading Adventure Artwork by Hailey Melton, Heatherwood Middle School Grade 8

2. Directions: Required 1.Read one book from the Grade 8 list that you haven’t read yet 2.Using the Grade 8 Guiding Statement, complete Activity: A 3.Turn your assignment into your 8 th Grade ELA teacher at the beginning of the school year. Directions: Optional After completing the required reading & assignment 1.Read more books 2.Complete an activity for each additional book 3.Turn your assignment into your 8 th Grade ELA teacher at the beginning of the school year.

3. Assignment- this can be done on your own paper, on paper that is provided, word processed, written by hand. Your Name Title: Author: Activity A: Write one quote from the book that relates to the grade level guiding statement. Include the page number, and explain, in a short paragraph why you chose that quote. Grade 8 Guiding Statement: Describe one challenge a character had in the story and how he/she reacted to the challenge.

4. Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

6. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb

8. Legend by Marie Lu

10. March ( Book 1) by John Robert Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

12. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

14. The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin

16. We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen

18. Where can you find these books? Eisenhower Library Open on Thursdays sometimes in the afternoon and sometimes from 6-7:30. Everett Public Library two locations Main Branch (downtown Everett Evergreen Branch (on Evergreen Way) Sno-Isle Library 21 branches all over Snohomish and Island counties Mill Creek, Lynnwood, Snohomish, Mukilteo UW Bookstore Mill Creek Town Centre Book fair at Eisenhower May 31-June 3