My girls, 7th and 8th grade, will be taking a literature and composition class beginning this fall! As it turns out, all the students signed up for this class are girls! Fun! So, the teacher picked books just for this group and I’m super excited for my girls to read through this list in the coming year!
This year I am farming out nearly every subject for my kiddos and I am probably most excited about this class my girls will be taking! A friend from church that has a literature degree will be coming to my house 1 morning a week to dive into these books & writing assignments with a small group of girls! I think it will be so good for my girls!
Middle School Girls Reading List
Fall Semester (this is the order our class will be reading the books in)
- Dragon’s Gate (Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1867)
(I read this book before my girls did, it is about the Chinese workers that came over to help build the Transcontinental Railroad. SO fascinating! If you’re learning about this time period in American History, I highly recommend this book!)
- Anne of Green Gables
- A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet)
- Peace Child
- The Giver (Giver Quartet)
- A Christmas Carol (Dover Thrift Editions)
- Moonshiner’s Son
(to be read over Christmas break)
Spring Semester
- Maniac Magee
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- Little Women (Puffin in Bloom)
- Earthquake at Dawn (Great Episodes)
What books have your middle school girls read for school?
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Great list, thank you!