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Grade 8 Supplemental Reading List


Bible

The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version (available at www.tanbooks.com)
Butler's Lives of the Saints, (available at www.setonhome.org)

Dictionary & Thesaurus

Merriam-Webster's School Dictionary (available at www.setonhome.org)
Merriam-Webster's School Thesaurus (available at www.setonhome.org)

Recommended Anthologies

American Cardinal Readers, Book Eight (available at www.neumannpress.com).  Book Eight contains sixty-one stories and poems, including the following titles: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens; Nature, Henry W. Longfellow; The Blessed Virgin, William Wordsworth; The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare; Letter to Mrs. Bixby, Abraham Lincoln; The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln; The Chambered Nautilus, Oliver Wendell Holmes; Memorial Day Address, Woodrow Wilson; The Gentle Art of Christmas Giving, Joyce Kilmer; The Soul of Jeanne D'Arc; Howe's Masquerade, Nathaniel Hawthorne; 148th Psalm; The Last Leaf, Oliver W. Holmes; The Solitary Reaper, William Wordsworth; and Marzio's Crucifix.
Realms of Gold, Volume 3: (parental guidance advised - www.coreknowledge.org)
Our Country's Founders: A Book of Advice for Young People, edited by William J. Bennett
Our Pioneers and Patriots, by Bishop Furlong (www.tanbooks.com)

Foreign Languages and Cultures:

International Children's Digital Library (available at www.icdlbooks.org)

Book Report Books: Saints

Mary Fabian Windeat Books (available at www.setonhome.org)
Pauline Jaricot
Saint Francis Solano
Saint Margaret Mary
Saint Paul the Apostle
Vision Books (available at www.setonhome.org)
Francis and Clare: Saints of Assisi
Kateri Tekakwitha
Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity
Saint Katharine Drexel
Vincent De Paul: Saint of Charity

Non-Fiction: American History

A History of US, (10 Volumes) Oxford University Press (www.oup.com/us/)
Through My Eyes, Ruby Bridges - parental guidance suggested - story of the Civil Rights Bill told from the perspective of Ruby Bridges, both as a six-year-old child dealing with integration and as an adult.[ISBN: 0-590-18923-9]

Selected Suggestions for Home Reading from American Cardinal Readers, Book Eight

Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Grandfather's Chair, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Otto of the Silver Hand, by Howard Pyle
Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings, by Joel Chandler Harris
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana
Jesus of Nazareth; Home for Good, by Mother M. Loyola
The Red Book of Saints and Heroes, by Andrew Lang
Life of Washington, by Washington Irving

Fiction:

*asterisk indicates a book published by Bethlehem Books

Alcott, Louisa May
Little Women; Little Men; Eight Cousins
Benary-Ishbert, M.
Under a Changing Moon* - Catholic teenage girl in 19th century Germany
Defoe, Daniel
Robinson Crusoe
Dickens, C.
David Copperfield - David's adventures and unusual friends
Forbes, Esther
Johnny Tremain
Forbes, K.
Mama's Bank Account - humorous story of Norwegian-American family
Freedman, B.
Mrs. Mike - 16-year-old girl marries, adjusts to Canadian frontier life
Hilton, J.
Good-bye Mr. Chips - English school boys having fun and learning
Hunt, I.
Across Five Aprils - family farm life during the Civil War
Irving, Washington
Rip Van Winkle - Dutchman in America sleeps, wakes up 20 years later
Irving, Washington
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - American legend
Keith, H.
Rifles for Watie - boy growing up during the Civil War
Lane, R. W.
Let the Hurricane Roar or Young Pioneers - frontier life in the Dakotas
Latnam, J. L.
This Dear-Bought Land - boy in Jamestown colony struggling to survive
Levitin, S.
Roanoke - young boy struggles for survival in the lost colony
O'Hara, M.
Green Grass of Wyoming - adventure with horses on a ranch
O'Hara, M.
Thunderhead
O'Hara, M.
My Friend Flicka
Poe, Edgar Allan
The Tell-Tale Heart
Richter, C.
Light in the Forest - boy raised by Indians is reunited with his family
Steinbeck, J.
The Pearl - the consequences of finding a pearl for a man and his wife
Stowe, H. Beecher
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Trevor, Meriol
The Crystal Snowstorm* - young girl becomes a political pawn
Trevor, Meriol
The Rose Round* - a cripple teaches other the meaning of true love
Twain, M.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Huck and runaway slave adventures
Twain, M.
The Prince and the Pauper - boy-king exchanges life with a poor boy
Wallace, Imelda
Outlaws of Ravenhurst (available at www.neumannpress.com )
White, T. H.
The Sword in the Stone - boy must be made worthy to become king
Wibberley, L.
John Treegate's Musket - boy involved in the American Revolution

Short Story Collections:

Fenner, P.
Brother against Brother - Stories of the War Between the States
Hawthorne, N.
Great Stone Face and other Tales
Fenner, P.
No Time for Glory. Stories of W. W. II
Poe, E. A.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Biographies:

(Name of person about whom book is written is listed first, then author and title.)
Adams, Samuel; Chidsey, D.
The World of Samuel Adams
Allan, Ethan; Holbrook, S.
America's Ethan Allen
Barton, Clara; Nolan, J.
The Story of Clara Barton of the Red Cross
Boone, Daniel; Brown, J.
Daniel Boone, the Opening of the Wilderness
Douglass, Frederick
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Geronimo, Apache Chief; Wilson, C.
Geronimo
Houston, Samuel; Latham, J.
Retreat to Glory
Joseph, Chief of Nez Percé; Davis, R.
Chief Joseph, War Chief
Lincoln, A. Sandburg, C.
Abraham Lincoln Grows Up
Revere, Paul; Forbes, E.
America's Paul Revere
Sacagawea; Burt, O.
Sacagawea
Seton, Elizabeth Ann
(available at http://emmitsburg.net/setonshrine)
Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief
(check your library for various titles)
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief; Schraff, A.
Tecumseh
Washington, Booker T; Washington, B. T.
Up From Slavery

Poetry:

Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Concord Hymn
Frost, Robert
North of Boston
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill
Lanier, Sidney
Song of the Chattahoochee
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Paul Revere's Ride
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems Selected for Young People
Poe, Edgar Allan
The Bells
Whitman, Walt
O Captain, My Captain
Wordsworth, William
The Daffodils; Lucy Gray

Play:

Barrie, James
Peter Pan
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Lamb, Charles
Tales from Shakespeare

Recommended Publishers:

Look for electronic editions of children's classics on web sites of libraries and bookstores.  For example:  http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/literatureclassicsms/lm_mm000.pdf
Barnes and Noble (reasonably priced classic reprints and eBooks www.barnesandnoble.com)
Puffin Classics paperback books, available at bookstores, (www.puffin.co.uk)
Books of Wonder (finest quality classic editions) 16 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011

Saints' books may be obtained from the following Catholic publishers:

Seton Educational Media
1350 Progress Drive
Front Royal, Virginia 22630
540-636-9996
SEM@setonhome.org
www.setonhome.org

Ignatius Press
P.O. Box 1339
Fort Collins, CO 80522
800-651-1531
Fax 800-278-3566
www.ignatius.com

The Neumann Press
Rt. 2 Box 30
Long Prairie, MN 56347
800-746-2521
Fax 320-732-3858
www.neumannpress.com

Pauline Books and Media
Daughters of St. Paul
50 Saint Paul's Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
800-876-4463
Fax 617-524-8035
www.pauline.org

TAN Books
P.O. Box 424
Rockford, IL 61105
800-437-5876
Fax 815-226-7770
www.tanbooks.com



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