I’m still reading as much Young Adult fiction as I can so that I’ll be able to recommend great books to my 8th Graders. If you have a favorite book or list of books for this age group, please leave a comment. Thanks!
Audible books:
Non-Fiction The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Fiction Summer’s Path by Scott Blum (I think I’m going to abandon it—too strange!)
eBooks
Fiction Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
Lunch in Paris (A Love Story, With Recipes) by Elizabeth Bard
Dead-Tree Books:
Non-Fiction You Gotta Be The Book by jeffrey Wilhelm, What a Writer Needs by Ralph Fletcher, and The Writing Workshop; Working Through The Hard Parts (And They’re All Hard Parts) by Katie Wood Ray
YA Fiction Fever! 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Adult Fiction The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Book 1) by Alexander McCall Smith (P.S. This book set has been made into a series by HBO)
Blogs and Podcasts:
Podcasts for Educators by Dave Jobbings
Class Acts: International Reading Association
American Public Media’s Future Tense