Summer Reading 8 th Grade Amal Unbound by

Summer Reading 8 th Grade

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.

Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team. Watch trailer!

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte After a successful start in a boxing career, a Harlem high school dropout decides that competing in the ring isn't enough of life and resolves to aim for different goals.

Refugee by Alan Gratz Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930 s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together. Watch trailer!

Fallout by Todd Strasser Scott's dad is the only one in the neighborhood who builds a bomb shelter during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and when the time comes, more neighbors enter the shelter than Scott's dad is prepared for.

Eyes Wide Open by Paul Fleischman We're living in an aha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never seen before. A wake-up call about the environmental crisis, the book homes in on five "key fronts"--population, consumption, energy, food, and climate.

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery recounts her experiences as the youngest marcher on the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Watch trailer!

The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteenyear-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated—and dangerous.

Legend by Marie Lu In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year -olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy. Watch trailer!