How many 1970s books are assigned in 8th grade?

35 books written between 1970 and 1979 appear on 8th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.

What Lexile range do these 1970s books cover?

Lexile measures for the 1970s titles assigned in 8th grade run from 750L to 920L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.

Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?

9 states assign at least one 1970s title at 8th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.

1970s books assigned in 8th grade

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US schools assign 35 books written in the 1970s to 8th grade students, across 9 states, spanning 750L–920L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.

Most widely assigned from the 1970s

How to Eat Fried Worms

Thomas Rockwell · on 9 reading lists

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Titles: 35
Written: 1970–1979
Lexile range: 750L–920L
States assigning: 9

The list — 1970s, 8th grade

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The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper · Jean Van Leeuwen
The Headless Cupid · Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Legend of Africania · Dorothy W. Robinson
The Pinballs · Betsy Cromer Byars
The Road from Home · David Kherdian
The Story of Stevie Wonder · James Haskins
The Trumpet of the Swan · E.B. White
The Westing Game · Ellen Raskin
The Young Landlords · Walter Dean Myers
Tristan And Iseult · Rosemary Sutcliff
Voyaging to Cathay · Alfred H. Tamarin

Most-assigned 1970s authors in 8th grade

Laurence Yep (2) · Stella Pevsner · Judy Blume · William Steig · Willo Davis Roberts · Ossie Davis

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How many 1970s books are assigned in 8th grade?: 35 books written between 1970 and 1979 appear on 8th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
What Lexile range do these 1970s books cover?: Lexile measures for the 1970s titles assigned in 8th grade run from 750L to 920L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?: 9 states assign at least one 1970s title at 8th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.

1970s books assigned in 8th grade

The list — 1970s, 8th grade

Most-assigned 1970s authors in 8th grade

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