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Books of Substance for Eighth Graders
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Clemens/ Twain
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6.7
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18
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Amber Spyglass
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Pullman
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6.7
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26
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Bless the Beasts and the Children
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Swarthout
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6.3
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6
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| Bone Dance
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Brooks
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4.7
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6
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Chosen, The
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Potok
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6.6
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15
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Cold Sassy Tree
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Burns
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5.3
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22
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Cry the Beloved Country
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Paton
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6.2
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14
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Death Be Not Proud
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Gunther
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8
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8
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| Devil's Arithmetic
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Yolen
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4.6
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6
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Ender's Game
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Card
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5.5
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16
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| Golden Compass series (Dark Materials)
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Pullman
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7.1
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19
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Goodnight, Mr. Tom
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Magorian
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4.8
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12
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Fallen Angels
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Myers
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4.2
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11
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| Farewell to Manzanar
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Houston
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6.7
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7
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| Holes
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Sachar
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4.6
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7
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| Flowers for Algernon
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Keys
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5.8
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13
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| I am the Cheese
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Cormier
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5.2
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7
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| I Have Lived a Thousand Years
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Bitton
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4.8
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8
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| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Angelou
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6.3
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13
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| Ironman
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Crutcher
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5.5
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9
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| Izzy, Willy Nilly
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Voigt
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4.9
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12
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| Language of Goldfish
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Oneal
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3.9
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6
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| Les Miserables
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Hugo
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9.8
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105
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| Light in the Forest
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Richter
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5.5
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5
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| Lord of the Flies
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Golding
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5
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9
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| Night
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Wiesel
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4.8
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4
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| Of Mice and Men
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Steinbeck
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4.5
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4
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| Old Man and the Sea
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Hemingway
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5.1
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4
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| Pastwatch
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Card
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6.9
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21
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| Plays
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Shakespeare
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varies
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see list
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| Rules of the Road
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Bauer
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5
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6
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| Sabriel
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Nix
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7.3
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9
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| Shindler's List
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Keneally
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8.6
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25
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| Separate Peace
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Knowles
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8.6
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10
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| Shade's Children
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Nix
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6.4
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11
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| Shiva's Fire
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Staples
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6.8
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11
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| Tangerine
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Bloor
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4.3
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13
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| Transall Saga
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Paulsen
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4.3
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8
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| Tex
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Hinton
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4.7
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7
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| To Kill a Mockingbird
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Lee
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5.6
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15
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| Two Moons in August
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Brooks
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4.5
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7
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| Walkabout
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Marshall
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5.9
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4
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| Weirdo
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Taylor
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4.6
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9
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| Wizard of Earthsea
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LeGuin
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6.7
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9
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| Whirligig
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Fleishman
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4.9
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5
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| Wreckers
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Lawrence
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4.2
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9
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| Z for Zachariah
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O'Brien
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5.6
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9
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