Mrs. Talbot’s
Summer Reading List
For Students Entering 8th Grade
Author: Avi
Titles/Series: Beyond
the Western Sea
Teacher Comments: The story of two youths
who escape the poverty of Ireland in 1851 by making
the long journey to America.
Author: William Golding
Titles/Series: Lord
of the Flies
Teacher Comments: The story of the return
to the wild by a group of British school boys marooned
on a desert island.
Author: Jack London
Titles/Series: White
Fang
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Titles/Series: Little
Women
Author: Sandra Cisneros
Titles: House
on Mango Street
Teacher Comments: Tells the story of a
young Latino girl growing up in Chicago.
Author: Ray Bradbury
Titles/Series: Martian
Chronicles, The
Teacher Comments: Beautiful and often horrible
stories about a man's attempt to explore and
settle Mars.
Author: Stephen Ambrose
Titles/Series: Undaunted
Courage
Teacher Comments: Tells the story of the
Lewis & Clark Expedition.
Thank you to the
Mendocino Book Company and Ann Kilkenny!
If you purchase any of the books on these lists from Mendocino
Book Company, Ann will donate 10%
of the purchase price to St. Mary's School.
