8th grade books about Family
56 books commonly assigned to 8th grade students explore family— every title’s grade range covers 8th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
Reading difficulty: the typical 8th grade text-complexity band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 15 family titles here with a Lexile score, 4 are grade-level, 10 are more accessible, and 1 is a stretch text. Match a book to your reader’s measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.
56 8th grade books about family
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A Corner of the UniverseAnn M. Martin
A Night DividedJennifer A. Nielsen
All the Lovely Bad OnesMary Downing Hahn
Amir and the Jinn PrincessM. T. Khan
Between Two BrothersCrystal Allen
BookedKwame Alexander
Boy 2.0Tracey Baptiste
Brick Dust and BonesM.R. Fournet
Brown Girl DreamingJacqueline Woodson · 990L
Code Name KingfisherLiz Kessler
Cryptid HuntersRoland Smith
DragonwingsLaurence Yep · 870L
Drums, Girls & Dangerous PieJordan Sonnenblick
DuelJessixa Bagley
EchoPam Muñoz Ryan · 680L
Everything We Never HadRandy Ribay- Forged by FireSharon M. DraperForged by FireSharon M. Draper
Inside Out & Back AgainThanhha Lai · 800L
Just a Pinch of MagicAlechia Dow
Little WomenLouisa May Alcott · 1300L
Long Way DownJason Reynolds · 720L
Mick Harte Was HereBarbara Park
Never Thought I'd End Up HereAnn Liang
Not Quite Dead YetHolly Jackson
Show all 56 titles
- Old Yeller · Fred Gipson
- One Crazy Summer · Rita Williams-Garcia
- Operation Final Notice · Matthew Landis
- Puzzleheart · Jenn Reese
- Rascal · Sterling North
- Rebound · Kwame Alexander
- Refugee · Alan Gratz
- Rewind · Lisa Graff
- Roll for Initiative · Jaime Formato
- Ruby Lost and Found · Christina Li
- So B. It · Sarah Weeks
- Something Like Home · Andrea Beatriz Arango
- Stuck in Neutral · Terry Trueman
- Surviving the Applewhites · Stephanie S. Tolan
- The Crossover · Kwame Alexander
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time · Mark Haddon
- The Last Hope in Hopetown · Maria Tureaud
- The Lost Year · Katherine Marsh
- The Outsiders · S.E. Hinton
- The Partition Project · Saadia Faruqi
- The Pearl · John Steinbeck
- The Poet X · Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price · Holly Jackson
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise · Dan Gemeinhart
- The Sherlock Society · James Ponti
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants · Ann Brashares
- The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman · Gennifer Choldenko
- The War I Finally Won · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 · Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Wrong Way Home · Kate O'Shaughnessy
- When Stars Are Scattered · Victoria Jamieson
- Wildful · Kengo Kurimoto
Family books at other grades
Kindergarten · 1st grade · 2nd grade · 3rd grade · 4th grade · 5th grade · 6th grade · 7th grade
Other 8th grade themes
Identity · Friendship · Courage · Survival · Mystery · Perseverance · History · Coming of Age
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Frequently asked questions
What family books are good for 8th grade students?
56 books exploring family have a grade range that covers 8th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these family books grade-appropriate for 8th grade?
Every title's grade range covers 8th grade. The typical 8th grade text-complexity band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A); of the 15 books here with a Lexile score, 4 are grade-level, 10 more accessible, and 1 a stretch. Match a book to your reader's measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.
How many family books are on the 8th grade list?
This page lists 56 8th grade titles about family, ordered alphabetically. The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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