:: Short 12 Book List 6-8 Grades 2026-27 ::

Author Title
Beals, Melba, Warriors Don’t Cry
Burgan, Michael Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End
Child Labor *Coelho, Paulo The Alchemist
Curtis, Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy
Engle, Margarita Enchanted Air
Freedman, Russell Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker’s Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty
Kelly, Lynne Song for a Whale
Korman, Gordon The Unteachables
Soto, Gary Baseball in April and Other Stories
Sperry, Armstrong Call It Courage
Wilson, Diane Lee I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade
Woodson, Jacqueline Feathers

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