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Recommended Books for Grade 8

EL Education is a core literacy program dedicated to providing educators with a comprehensive curriculum through which to engage, inspire, and empower all students towards equitable learning outcomes. 

EL Education is a Science of Reading-based K-8 language arts curriculum that:

• Builds deep understanding using word knowledge, content-rich texts, and block lessons

• Immerses students in a wide variety of interdisciplinary, real-world topics, including social studies, STEM, and the humanities

• Encourages compassion, environmental stewardship, and thoughtful citizenship

• Offers a standards-based curriculum, consistently receiving high-quality reviews against acclaimed standards-alignment rubrics 

Follett Content has the required and recommended books you need to successfully implement your EL Education curriculum. Plus, we offer services that let educators track investments such as labeling, barcoding, distribution, and electronic records.

The Librarian of Auschwitz

By Iturbe, Antonio
Fiction
Young Adult
9 Professional reviews

We Are Not Free

By Chee, Traci
Fiction
Young Adult
10 Professional reviews

Internment

By Ahmed, Samira
Fiction
Young Adult
11 Professional reviews

Uprooted : the Japanese American Experience During World War II

By Marrin, Albert
Nonfiction
Young Adult
12 Professional reviews

The Boy Who Dared

By Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
Fiction
Middle School
11 Professional reviews

The Dragon Slayer : Folktales From Latin America

By Hernandez, Jaime
Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
6 Professional reviews

Survivors Club : the True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz

By Bornstein, Michael
Autobiography; Nonfiction
Middle School
8 Professional reviews

Hana's Suitcase : the Quest to Solve a Holocaust Mystery

By Levine, Karen
Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
19 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Weedflower

By Kadohata, Cynthia
Fiction
Middle School
15 Professional reviews

In My Hands : Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

By Opdyke, Irene Gut
Nonfiction
Young Adult
11 Professional reviews
Resources Available

The War Within These Walls

By Sax, Aline
Fiction
Young Adult
13 Professional reviews

The Boy on the Wooden Box : How the Impossible Became Possible... On Schindler's List : a Memoir

By Leyson, Leon
Autobiography; Nonfiction
Middle School
14 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Prisoner B-3087

By Gratz, Alan
Fiction
Middle School
8 Professional reviews

Maus II : a Survivor's Tale : and Here My Troubles Began

By Spiegelman, Art
Collective Biography; Nonfiction
Adult
9 Professional reviews

Night

By Wiesel, Elie
Autobiography; Nonfiction
Young Adult
6 Professional reviews

The Book Thief

By Zusak, Markus
Fiction
Young Adult
25 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (Paola Santiago, Book 1)

By Mejia, Tehlor Kay
Fiction
Upper Elementary
5 Professional reviews

They Called Us Enemy

By Takei, George
Autobiography; Nonfiction
Young Adult
8 Professional reviews

Passage to Freedom : the Sugihara Story

By Mochizuki, Ken
Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
12 Professional reviews
Resources Available

The Diary of a Young Girl : the Definitive Edition

By Frank, Anne
Autobiography; Nonfiction
Young Adult
22 Professional reviews

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