Language Arts Core List:

Grade 6 Core Books

Grade 7 Core Books

  • The Black Pearl – Scott O’Dell (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Charley Skedaddle – Patricia Beatty
  • The Dark Is Rising – Susan Cooper (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Dragonwings – Laurence Yep
  • The Grizzly – Annabel Johnson
  • Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths – Bernard Evils (Video)
  • Homecoming – Cynthia Violet (Unabr. Cass.)
  • The House of Wings- Betsy Byars
  • The Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford (Video-Homeward Bound)
  • Julie of the Wolves – Jean George (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli (Video)
  • My Brother Sam Is Dead – James Lincoln Collier
  • My Side of the Mountain – Jean George (Video & Unabr. Cass.)
  • Number the Stars – Lois Lowry (Unabr. Cass.)
  • The Pinballs – Betsy Byars (Unabr. Cass.)
  • The Pushcart War – Jean Merrill (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Shadow of a Bull – Maia Wojciechowska (Unabr. Cass.)
  • The Sign of the Beaver – Elizabeth George Speare (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Sing Down the Moon – Scott O’Dell (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Sounder – William Armstrong (Video & Unabr. Cass.)
  • The Spell of the Sorcerer’s Skull – John Bellairs
  • A Stranger Came Ashore – Mollie Hunter (Unabr. Cass.)
  • The Summer of the Swans – Betsy Byars (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls (Unabr. Cass. & Video)
  • The Wish Giver – Bill Brittain
  • A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L’Engle (Unabr. Cass.)
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain (Unabr. Cass.) (Video @ Mah.)
  • The Boggart – Susan Cooper (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Brian’s Song – William Blinn
  • The Call of the Wild – Jack London (Video & Unabr. Cass.)
  • The Cay - Theorore Taylor (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Children of the River – Linda Crew
  • Deathwatch – Rob White
  • Dicey’s Song - Cynthia Voigt (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Edgar Allan – John Neufield
  • A Figure of Speech – Norma Fox Mazer
  • The Girl Who Owned a City – O. T. Nelson
  • Invitation to the Game - Monica Hughes
  • Island Keeper – Harry Mazer
  • Old Yeller – Fred Gipson (Unabr. Cass. & Video)
  • The Place of Lions – Eric Campbell
  • Ransom/Five Were Missing – Lois Duncan
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred Taylor (Video & Unabr. Cass.)
  • Save Queen of Sheba - Louise Moeri
  • Ten Little Indians – Agatha Christie (Video & Unabr. Cass.)
  • That Was Then, This Is Now – S. E. Hinton (Unabr. Cass.) (Video @ Mah.)
  • Treasure Island - Robert Lewis Stevenson (Unabr. Cass.) (Video @ Mah.)
  • The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle – Avi (Unabr. Cass.)
  • When the Legends Die – Hal Borland (Unabr. Cass. & Video)

Grade 8 Core Books

  • The Acorn People – Ron Jones
  • Across Five Aprils – Irene Hunt (Unabr. Cass.)
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain (Unabr. Cass.) (Video @ Mah.)
  • The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman - Ernest J. Gaines (Unabr. Cass. & Video)
  • The Diary of Anne Frank – Anne Frank (Video & Unabr. Cass.)
  • Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
  • The Giver – Lois Lowry (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Johnny Tremain – Esther Forbes (Unabr. Cass. & Video)
  • The Light in the Forest - Conrad Richter (Unabr. Cass. & Video)
  • Night – Elie Weisel
  • The Pearl - John Steinbeck (Unabr. Cass.) (Video @ Mah.)
  • The Pigman - Paul Zindel
  • The Red Pony - John Steinbeck (Video @ Mah.)
  • Rumble Fish - S.E. Hinton (Unabr. Cass.)
  • Snow Bound - Harry Mazer
  • Summer of My German Soldier – Betty Green (Unabr. Cass.) (Video @ Mah.)
  • Tex - S. E. Hinton
  • To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (Unabr. Cass.) (Video @ Mah.)
  • The Undertaker’s Gone Bananas - Paul Zindel
  • The Wave - Todd Strasser
  • White Fang - Jack London (Unabr. Cass. & Video)
  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare (Unabr. Cass.)