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1 Reading List for Grade-8 Image Cover Title Author Call No. Summary Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel M DEF A sailor shipwrecked on a desert island carves out a life for himself with courage and ingenuity. The three musketeers Dumas, Alexandre M DUM Where the red fern grows : the story of two dogs and a boy Rawls, Wilson M RAW Dumas s swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long, he finds treachery and court intrigue and also three boon companions, the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together the four strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady. A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.

2 The Hobbit : or, there and back again Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) M TOL Watership down Adams, Richard ADA Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace. The hound of the Baskervilles All creatures great and small Doyle, Arthur Conan Herriot, James DOY NFS HER The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mystery novel featuring the enduringly popular character Sherlock Holmes. At the outset of the story Dr. James Mortimer calls upon private consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and asks for advice in the wake of the death of his friend Sir Charles Baskerville of Devonshire. Presents the first-hand account of a young English veterinarian starting his career in the Yorkshires nearly forty years ago. The catcher in the rye Salinger, J. D, (Jerome David) SAL A 16-year old American boy relates in his own words the experiences he goes through at school and after, and reveals with unusual candour the workings of his own mind. What does a boy in his teens think and feel about his teachers, parents, friends and acquaintances?

3 Frankenstein Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft SHE A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies is scorned for being ugly and swears revenge on his creator and the human race. The count of Monte Cristo Dumas, Alexandre DUM Johnny Tremain Forbes, Esther FOR Presents the classic novel by nineteenth-century French author, Alexandre Dumas, about a young sailor, Edmond Dantes, who seeks revenge on the three men who had him sent to prison. After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution. Captains courageous Kipling, Rudyard KIP Animal Farm Orwell, George ORW Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat just heading out for the season. He tries to bribe the crew into returning early to collect a reward but none of them believe him. A satire in fable form expressed through the animals of Manor Farm.

4 First test Pierce, Tamora PIE The amber spyglass Pullman, Philip PUL Keladry, known as Kel, has always wanted to be a knight but must deal with the disapproval of some of her teachers and fellow students. But when her young servant is kidnapped on the day of the public exams, Kel has to choose... to follow her dreams, or her convictions. Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and other stories of the supernatural Stevenson, Robert Louis STE Presents Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror tale in which a respected doctor who lives a secret double life begins losing his identity to his violent, evil side. Also contains three of Stevenson's short stories. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twenty thousand leagues under the sea Twain, Mark Verne, Jules TWA VER Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and a further reading list. The year 1866 was signalized by something remarkable, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, both in Europe and America. It is this something that Professor Aronnax sets out to encounter - and thus begins the most incredible under water journey ever. From Atlantis to the South Pole, the reader is taken through dangers, surprises, and the unsurpassed majesty of the marine world.

5 The swiss family Robinson Wyss, Johann David WYS A shipwrecked family learns to live off the natural vegetation on their island and refuses to leave when a ship arrives to take them home.

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