Book Reviews by Grade, Eighth
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Reviews by Grade:
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3 NB's of Julian Drew. Deem, James M. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
Alida's Song: A Companion to The Cook Camp. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3. Pullman, Philip. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Anonymously Yours. Peck, Richard. Nonfiction. Grades 5 and up.
Ape. Jenkins, Martin. Nonfiction. Grades 1 and up.
The Arrival. Tan, Shaun. Novel Wordless. Grades 5 and up.
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse. Carle, Eric. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.
Autumn Street. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Balyet. Wrightson, Patricia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Barn. Avi. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Basket Moon. Ray, Mary Lyn. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.
Better Nate Than Ever. Federle, Tim. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Beyond the Divide. Lasky, Kathryn. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Binge. Ferry, Charles. Novel. Grades 7 and up.
The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook. Tan, Shaun. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.
Black and White. Macaulay, David. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.
The Borning Room. Fleischman, Paul. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Breaker Boys. Hughes, Pat. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Brown Girl Dreaming. Woodson, Jacqueline. Memoir. Grades 5 and up.
Bud, Not Buddy. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Bull Run. Fleischman, Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Carlos is Gonna Get It. Emerson, Kevin. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Catherine, Called Birdy. Cushman, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Charley Skedaddle. Beatty, Patricia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Children of Christmas. Rylant, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 2 and up.
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Cry of the Wolf. Burgess, Melvin. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Dateline: Troy. Fleischman, Paul. Illustrated Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Devil's Race. Avi. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Doll Bones. Black, Holly. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Drawing from Memory. Say, Allen. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.
Everywhere. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Kelly, Jacqueline. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt. MacLachlan, Patricia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Far North. Hobbs, Will. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
A Fine White Dust. Rylant, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Foxman. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Freak the Mighty. Philbrick, Rodman. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Frenchtown Summer. Cormier, Robert. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Frog Scientist. Turner, Pamela S. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.
The Ghost Belonged to Me. Peck, Richard. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
The Giver. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
Going Through the Gate. Anderson, Janet S. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Graceling. Cashore, Kristin. Novel. Grades 8 and up.
Granny the Pag. Bawden, Nina. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Grasshopper Summer. Turner, Ann. Novel. Grades 3 and up.
The Graveyard Book. Gaiman, Neil. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
The Great Gilly Hopkins. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Hana's Suitcase. Levine, Karen. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.
The Haymeadow. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg. Johnson, P.D. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.
Holes. Sachar, Louis. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
Homecoming. Voigt, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
I Am a Taxi. Ellis, Deborah. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
I Am Regina. Keehn, Sally M. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
I Am the Cheese. Cormier, Robert. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
In the Middle of the Night. Cormier, Robert. Novel. Grades 7 and up.
In the Shadow of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe, Edgar Allan. Short Stories. Grades 6 and up.
It's Our World Too: Young People Who Are Making a Difference: How They Do It--How You Can, Too!. Hoose, Phillip. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.
Jacob Have I Loved. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Journey. MacLachlan, Patricia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Julie of the Wolves. George, Jean Craighead. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Kokopelli's Flute. Hobbs, Will. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
The Land. Taylor, Mildred D. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Last Stop on Market Street. de la Pena, Matt. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.
Letters from Inside. Marsden, John. Novel. Grades 7 and up.
Letting Swift River Go. Yolen, Jane. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.
The Light in the Forest. Richter, Conrad. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Little Blue and Little Yellow. Lionni, Leo. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.
Lizards. Bishop, Nic. Nonfiction. Grades PreK and up.
A Long Way from Chicago. Peck, Richard. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Lyddie. Paterson, Katherine. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Gerstein, Mordicai. Nonfiction Picture Book. Grades K and up.
Maniac Magee. Spinelli, Jerry. Novel. Grades 3 and up.
Mary Had a Little Lamp. Lechner, Jack. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.
Midnight Hour Encores. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
The Midwife's Apprentice. Cushman, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel. Connor, Leslie. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up.
Monkey Island. Fox, Paula. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Monument. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
The Moon and I. Byars, Betsy. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.
Morning Girl. Dorris, Michael. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
The Moves Make the Man. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Nightfather. Friedman, Carl. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Nory Ryan's Song. Giff, Patricia Reilly. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Nothing But the Truth. Avi. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Number the Stars. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Olive's Ocean. Henkes, Kevin. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
On My Honor. Bauer, Marion. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. Rockwell, Anne. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.
Out of the Dust. Hesse, Karen. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Pinballs. Byars, Betsy. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Pink and Say. Polacco, Patricia. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.
The Place of Lions. Campbell, Eric. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Prairie Songs. Conrad, Pam. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Prairie Visions. Conrad, Pam. Nonfiction. Grades 3 and up.
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea. Montgomery, Sy. Nonfiction Photo Essay. Grades 3 and up.
Rabble Starkey. Lowry, Lois. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Redwall. Jacques, Brian. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost. Bober, Natalie S. Nonfiction. Grades 6 and up.
River Rats. Stevermer, Caroline. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Root Cellar. Lunn, Janet. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Secret Life of a Snowflake: An Up-Close Look at the Art and Science of Snowflakes. Libbrecht, Kenneth. Nonfiction Picture Book. Grades 4 and up.
A Seed Is Sleepy. Aston, Dianna Hutts. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.
Shades of Gray. Reeder, Carolyn. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
A Single Shard. Park, Linda Sue. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
The Snake Scientist. Montgomery, Sy. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.
Snowflake Bentley. Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades 2 and up.
Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook. Mazer, Anne. Nonfiction. Grades 5 and up.
The Storm in the Barn. Phelan, Matt. Graphic Novel. Grades 3 and up.
The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter. DeFelice, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Table Where Rich People Sit. Baylor, Byrd. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up.
Taste of Salt. Temple, Frances. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an America Terrorist Group. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Nonfiction. Grades 7 and up.
The Three Golden Keys. Sis, Peter. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.
Through the Lock. Hurst, Carol Otis. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Tom's Midnight Garden. Pearce, Philippa. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Train to Somewhere. Bunting, Eve. Picture Book. Grades 3 and up.
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold. Fritz, Jean. Nonfiction. Grades 4 and up.
Truth to Tell. Bond, Nancy. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
Tuck Everlasting. Babbitt, Natalie. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Tuesday. Wiesner, David. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.
The Village by the Sea. Fox, Paula. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
Walk on Earth a Stranger. Carson, Rae. Novel. Grades 6 and up.
Walk Two Moons. Creech, Sharon. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
The War of Jenkins' Ear. Morpurgo, Michael. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body. Macaulay, David. Nonfiction. Grades 6 and up.
Weasel. DeFelice, Cynthia. Novel. Grades 4 and up.
What Hearts. Brooks, Bruce. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Where the Wild Things Are. Sendak, Maurice. Picture Book. Grades PreK and up.
The Widow's Broom. Van Allsburg, Chris. Picture Book. Grades 2 and up.
The Winter Room. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Wolves. Lawrence, R. D. Nonfiction. Grades 2 and up.
Woodsong. Paulsen, Gary. Novel. Grades 3 and up.
Wringer. Spinelli, Jerry. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
A Writer's Story. Bauer, Marion Dane. Nonfiction. Grades 5 and up.
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. Walker, Sally M. Nonfiction. Grades 6 and up.
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