Heartland Middle School Required Reading

Help support the Heartland Middle School library by purchasing your required reading books from Best of Books!

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These purchases are nonrefundable as they are a fundraiser for the library, but a store credit may be issued for a return if the book is removed from the reading list. 

REQUIRED READING LIST 2022-23

HEARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

6th Grade:

English:

• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Literacy: 

• The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

• The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

7th Grade:

English:

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

Literacy:

• Hero by SL Rottman

• Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

• Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen

8th Grade:

English:

• The Outsiders by SE Hinton

• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

• Lit Circle Option (Choose ONE)

  • All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg

  • Alone by Megan E. Freeman

  • Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

  • Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

  • Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

  • Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe McCall

Literacy:

• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

• Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton

• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

• Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

• Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia L. Smith

Ms. Clark's students:

• 6th grade: Hatchet
• 7th grade: The Giver
• 8th grade: Chasing Lincoln's Killer

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