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.)