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Good reads for Grade 8 students: Traditional / Classic literature

Recommendations from the UWCSEA Library about reading in different genres. The recommended titles are stocked by the Library. If an item is on loan when you're looking for it, the book can be reserved for you.

Traditional & Classic literature

The Chocolate War and Beyond the Chocolate War by Cormier, Robert
Call Number: F COR
ISBN: 9780141324838
Publication Date: 1974
Bracelet of bones by Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Call Number: F CRO
ISBN: 9781847249395
Oliver Twist by Dickens, Charles
Call Number: F DIC
ISBN: 9780141031712
Publication Date: 1837
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle; Ed Glinert (Editor); Peter Ackroyd (Introduction by)
Call Number: YA DOY
ISBN: 0140439072
Publication Date: 1890
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
Call Number: YA FRA
ISBN: 0860681939
Publication Date: 1987
The outsiders by Hinton, S.E.
Call Number: F HIN
ISBN: 9780141314570
Publication Date: 1967
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Call Number: F KEY
ISBN: 9780156030083
The riddle of the sands by Erskine Childers
Call Number: F CHI
ISBN: 9780141031279
Publication Date: 1903

Traditional & Classic literature

The Big Sleep by Chandler, Raymond
Call Number: YA CHA
ISBN: 9780141037592
Publication Date: 1939
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Call Number: F BUC
ISBN: 9780743272933
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Call Number: F AUS
ISBN: 9781612930428
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte
Call Number: F BRO
ISBN: 9780141197593
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Call Number: YA COL
ISBN: 0140437312
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Call Number: YA SPA
ISBN: 0060931736
Publication Date: 1999
Chinese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn; Victoria Cass (Foreword by)
Call Number: 398.2 HEA
ISBN: 9780804841375
Publication Date: 2011
Tibetan Folk Tales by Frederick Hyde-Chambers; Audrey Hyde-Chambers
Call Number: 398.2 HYD
ISBN: 1570628920
Publication Date: 2001