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Hello, Thank you again Ann Marie, Melissa, Lillian; Loiuse and Debra for suggesting: Across Five Aprils Call of the Wild Caroline Cooney Catalyst - Laurie Halse Andersen Cold Sassy Tree Lois Duncan Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury Girl with a Pearl Earring The Giver, Lois Lowry (2) Homecoming, Voight (2) House of the Scorpion Much Ado about Nothing Night The Odyssey The Outsiders, SE Hinton The Westing Game My Target was: Our 8th grade Language Arts teachers would like to drop the less challenging books from their required list (the first three on the list below) and add two or three more challenging titles. I would appreciate any suggestions. They are looking for classics, but cannot teach To kill a mocking bird or Lord of the Flies because those titles are taught in the 9th grade. (To avoid duplications with what we presently cover, I have included the nine optional choices for 8th grade students and the four required books for our 8th graders in Social Studies.) 8th GRADE NOVELS REQUIRED: Heaven When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry The Pearl Flowers for Algernon 8th GRADE INDEPENDENT READING/LITERATURE CIRCLES: I Am the Cheese Stargirl Monster Hope Was Here Bless Me, Ultima The Chocolate War The Call of the Wild Shizuko's Daughter Speak 8th GRADE TITLES TAUGHT IN SOCIAL STUDIES Animal Farm My Brother Sam Is Dead Warriors Don't Cry Fast Food Nation Thank you. Thanks again, Martin Swist mswist@asij.ac.jp Library Media Specialist The American School In Japan (ASIJ) 1-1-1 Nomizu, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, 182 Japan Telephone: 81 422 34 5300, extensions 295 & 296 Hospitality Committee Member of the Listserv, LM_NET http://www.asij.ac.jp/middle/lib/index.html "It's no use going to school unless the library is your final destination." Ray Bradbury. "The heart is a little to the left." William Sloane Coffin. -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------