There are so many great books out there for eight graders! Below are some particularly good ones from recent years, spanning fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and everything in between.

Fiction

The earth, my butt, and other big, round things by Carolyn Mackler

Far far away by Tom McNeal, a sinister take on Hansel and Gretel

Akata witch by Nnedi Okorafor, essentially Harry Potter set in Nigeria

Eat, brains, love by Jeff Hart

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Historical Fiction

How I became a ghost: a Choctaw trail of tears story by Tim Tingle

Nonfiction

Bomb: the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin, the true story of espionage and the building of the atomic bomb during WWII

Charles and Emma: the Darwins' leap of faith by Deborah Heiligman, Charles Darwin and his wife Emma had a loving marriage, despite their very different views on Charles' theory of evolution

Graphic Novels

Will & Whit by Laura Lee Gulledge

How to fake a moon landing: exposing the myths of science denial by Darryl Cunningham ; introduction by Andrew C. Revkin

Treaties, trenches, mud, and blood by Nathan Hale, an amazing nonfiction graphic novel that explores WWI, just as we remember the start of the Great War 100 years ago