2020s books assigned in 8th grade

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• Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity · Dave Roman
• Attack of the Black Rectangles · A. S. King
• Bea and the New Deal Horse · L. M. Elliott
• Becoming Muhammad Ali · James Patterson
• Before the Ever After · Jacqueline Woodson
• Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed · José Pablo Iriarte
• Between Two Brothers · Crystal Allen
• Black Brother, Black Brother · Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Black Girl You Are Atlas · Renée Watson
• Booked · Kwame Alexander
• Boy 2.0 · Tracey Baptiste
• Braided · Leah Cypess
• Breaking into Sunlight · John Cochran
• Brick Dust and Bones · M.R. Fournet
• Chance · Uri Shulevitz
• Chinese Menu · Grace Lin
• Chronically Dolores · Maya Van Wagenen
• Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody · Patrick Ness
• City of Thieves · Alex London
• City Spies · James Ponti
• Clap When You Land · Elizabeth Acevedo
• Class Act · Jerry Craft
• Code Name Kingfisher · Liz Kessler
• Confessions of a Class Clown · Arianne Costner
• Confetti Girl · Diana López
• Control Freaks · J.E. Thomas
• Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) · Sharee Miller
• Curse of the Night Witch · Alex Aster
• Curveball · Pablo Cartaya
• Daydreamer · Rob Cameron
• Death in the Jungle · Candace Fleming
• Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel · Leigh Bardugo
• Donut Feed the Squirrels · Mika Song
• Du Iz Tak? · Carson Ellis
• Duel · Jessixa Bagley
• Eerie Tales from the School of Screams · Graham Annable
• Elatsoe · Darcie Little Badger
• Every Bird a Prince · Jenn Reese
• Everything We Never Had · Randy Ribay
• Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera · Deborah Hopkinson
• Falling Up · Shel Silverstein
• Farther Than the Moon · Lindsay Lackey
• Fighting Words · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Forever Is Now · Mariama J. Lockington
• Fowl Play · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Freddie vs. the Family Curse · Tracy Badua
• Freewater · Amina Luqman-Dawson
• From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry · Paula Yoo
• Gemini Rising · Jonathan Brazee
• Girls Like Her · Melanie Sumrow
• Global · Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin
• Goblin Girl · K a Mielke
• Good Different · Meg Eden Kuyatt
• Ground Zero · Alan Gratz
• Grounded · Aisha Saeed, S.K. Ali, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Huda Al-Marashi
• Hands · Torrey Maldonado
• Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, Book 2) · Xiran Jay Zhao
• Heroes · Alan Gratz
• Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy · Faith Erin Hicks
• Hoops · Matt Tavares
• How the Boogeyman Became a Poet · Tony Keith Jr.
• How to Stay Invisible · Maggie C. Rudd
• Hummingbird · Natalie Lloyd
• Impossible Creatures · Katherine Rundell
• Inheritance · Elizabeth Acevedo
• Into the Wild Magic · Michelle Knudsen
• Invisible · Christina Diaz Gonzalez
• It Came from the Trees · Ally Russell
• It Watches in the Dark · Jeff Strand
• Juniper Mae · Sarah Soh
• Just a Pinch of Magic · Alechia Dow
• Just Gus · McCall Hoyle
• Keeper of the Lost Cities · Shannon Messenger
• Kent State · Deborah Wiles
• Kin · Carole Boston Weatherford
• King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold) · Kacen Callender
• Legendary Frybread Drive-In · Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Lost & Found: Based on a True Story · Mei Yu
• Louder Than Hunger · John Schu
• Lupe Wong Won't Dance · Donna Barba Higuera
• Mexikid · Pedro Martín
• Mexikid · Pedro Martín
• Mid-Air · Alicia D. Williams
• Mockingjay (Deluxe Edition) (Hunger Games, Book Three) · Suzanne Collins
• Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos · Tracey Baptiste
• Moonstorm · Yoon Ha Lee
• Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens · Rebecca E. Barone
• Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic · Candace Fleming
• Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane · K. E. LEWIS
• Never Thought I'd End Up Here · Ann Liang
• New Dragon City · Mari Mancusi
• Nigeria Jones · Ibi Zoboi
• No Crystal Stair · Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
• Not an Easy Win · Chrystal Giles
• Not Nothing · Gayle Forman
• Not Quite Dead Yet · Holly Jackson
• Once There Was · Kiyash Monsef
• Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock · Josh Allen
• Operation Final Notice · Matthew Landis
• Parachute Kids · Betty C. Tang
• Perfectly Parvin · Olivia Abtahi
• Photographic · Isabel Quintero
• Popcorn · Rob Harrell
• Primer · Jennifer Muro
• Promise Boys · Nick Brooks
• Puzzleheart · Jenn Reese
• Raybearer · Jordan Ifueko
• Redemptor (Raybearer Book 2) · Jordan Ifueko
• Remember Us · Jacqueline Woodson
• Rewind · Lisa Graff
• Riverland · Fran Wilde
• Roll for Initiative · Jaime Formato
• Root Magic · Eden Royce
• Ruby Finley Vs. the Interstellar Invasion · K. Tempest Bradford
• Ruby Lost and Found · Christina Li
• Samira Surfs · Rukhsanna Guidroz
• Saving Sunshine · Saadia Faruqi
• Seen and Unseen · Elizabeth Partridge
• Shark Summer · Ira Marcks
• Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl · Julie Kagawa
• Simon Sort of Says · Erin Bow
• Sisters of the Lost Marsh · Lucy Strange
• Sky's End · Marc J. Gregson
• Skyriders · Polly Holyoke
• Something Like Home · Andrea Beatriz Arango
• Song of a Blackbird · Maria van Lieshout
• Soundtrack: A Novel · Jason Reynolds
• Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet · Geo Rutherford
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You · Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
• Star Daughter · Shveta Thakrar
• Stateless · Elizabeth Wein
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
• Summer Vamp · Violet Chan Karim
• Sunrise on the Reaping · Suzanne Collins
• Sunshine: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• Swing · Audrey Meeker
• The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens · Isabel Roxas
• The Aquanaut · Dan Santat
• The Cursed Moon · Angela Cervantes
• The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves · Lindsey Leigh
• The Dead of Summer (Book 1) · Ryan La Sala
• The Door of No Return · Kwame Alexander
• The Elephants Come Home · Kim Tomsic
• The Fire of Stars · Kirsten W. Larson
• The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn · Sally J. Pla
• The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• The First State of Being · Erin Entrada Kelly
• The Forbidden Book · Sacha Lamb
• The Fort · Gordon Korman
• The Ghost Job · Greg van Eekhout
• The Golden Hour · Niki Smith
• The Great Stink · Colleen Paeff
• The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) · Christina Soontornvat
• The Honeys · Ryan La Sala
• The House of the Scorpion · Nancy Farmer
• The Inheritance Games · Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern · J. Dianne Dotson
• The Last Bloodcarver · Vanessa Le
• The Last Cuentista · Donna Barba Higuera
• The Last Dragon on Mars · Scott Reintgen
• The Last Hope in Hopetown · Maria Tureaud
• The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey · Chad Soon & Amy Maranville
• The Lost Library · Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
• The Lost Year · Katherine Marsh
• The Magic Fish · Trung Le Nguyen
• The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester · Maya MacGregor
• The Mirrorwood · Deva Fagan
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
• The Mystery of the Monarchs · Barb Rosenstock
• The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien · John Hendrix
• The Night Train · Lorelei Savaryn
• The Partition Project · Saadia Faruqi
• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich · Deya Muniz
• The Reappearance of Rachel Price · Holly Jackson
• The Scratch Daughters · H.A. Clarke
• The Sherlock Society · James Ponti
• The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman · Gennifer Choldenko
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff · Mac Barnett
• The Twenty-One · Elizabeth Rusch
• The War I Finally Won · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• The War with Grandpa · Robert Kimmel Smith
• The Witching Wind · Natalie Lloyd
• The Words in My Hands · Asphyxia
• The Words We Keep · Erin Stewart
• The Wrong Way Home · Kate O'Shaughnessy
• The Young Necromancer's Guide to Ghosts · Vanessa Ricci-Thode
• Thornwood · Leah Cypess
• To Shape a Dragon's Breath · Moniquill Blackgoose
• Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day · Alex L. Combs
• Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson · Robert Louis Stevenson
• Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . · Jason Reynolds
• Twins · Varian Johnson
• Two Degrees · Alan Gratz
• Two Tribes · Emily Bowen Cohen
• Under the Surface · Diana Urban
• Unspeakable · Carole Boston Weatherford
• Victories Greater Than Death · Charlie Jane Anders
• Warrior Girl Unearthed · Angeline Boulley
• Wat Takes His Shot · Cheryl Kim
• Whale Eyes · James Robinson
• What Happened to Rachel Riley? · Claire Swinarski
• When Stars Are Scattered · Victoria Jamieson
• White Falcon · Elliott 1912-1980 Arnold
• White Lies · Ann Bausum
• Who Got Game? Basketball · Derrick Barnes
• Wildful · Kengo Kurimoto
• Will's Race for Home · Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Wink · Rob Harrell
• You Are Brave: A Book About Trying New Things · Margaret O'Hair
• Your Place in the Universe · Jason Chin
• Zeus, Dog of Chaos · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Zia Erases the World · Bree Barton