Heartland Middle School Required Reading

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

***Please mention Heartland Middle School in the order comments.***

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. 

If you want the books to be shipped to your home, choose shipping; if you would like to pick up the books at the bookstore, choose in-store pickup.

REQUIRED READING LIST 2023-24

HEARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

6th Grade

English

• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

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 S. L. Rottman
• Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman
• A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
• Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman

8th Grade

English (both On Level and Intro to Advanced)

• The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
• The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

Great Books

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

***Students who have Mrs. Freeman, please check with her which novels will be used in class, as they might differ from the books listed above.***