8th Grade Books

Eighth grade is the last stop before high school, and the right book at this age can shape a reader for life. These picks are sophisticated enough to challenge and honest enough to earn the trust of a fourteen-year-old who can smell condescension from a mile away. ---

2,990 books for ages 13–14

What I Saw and How I Lied #1

What I Saw and How I Lied

Judy Blundell

Ages 12–16

Alice-Miranda #2

Alice-Miranda on Vacation

Jacqueline Harvey

Ages 10–14

Alice #4

All But Alice

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Ages 10–14

Effie's House

Morse Hamilton

Ages 12–18

The Demonata #6

Wolf Island

Darren Shan

Ages 12–18

Alt Ed

Catherine Atkins

Ages 12–18

Relic Master #3

The Lost Heiress

Catherine Fisher

Ages 12–18

America's Vietnam War: A Narrative History

Elizabeth Becker

Ages 9–14

American Royals #1

American Royals

Katharine McGee

Ages 12–18

Among the Impostors

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Ages 9–13

When We Was Fierce

e. E. Charlton-Trujillo

Ages 12–18

Fake ID

Walter Sorrells

Ages 12–18

And They Were Roommates

Page Powars

Ages 12–18

Apple #1

Apple (Skin to the Core)

Eric Gansworth

Ages 12–18

Young Bond #1

Silverfin

Charlie Higson

Ages 10–14

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Ages 12–18

Alex Rider Adventure #6

Ark Angel

Anthony Horowitz

Ages 9–14

Arrowhead

Ruth Eastham

Ages 9–13

Nevermore #1

Nevermore

Kelly Creagh

Ages 12–18

Article 5

Kristen Simmons

Ages 12–18

Aru Shah #4

Aru Shah and the City of Gold

Roshani Chokshi

Ages 9–13

Beasts of Prey #2

Beasts of Ruin

Ayana Gray

Ages 12–18

Cupid Chronicles #1

The Cupid Chronicles

Coleen Murtagh Paratore

Ages 9–13

Escapist Dream

Louis Bulaong

Ages 12–18