5th-8th Grade Reading List
Middle School Book List / Jr. High Book List
What books do we recommend for our junior high kids?
In addition to this GREAT list of books for 5th-8th grade homeschool kids, all of the following are classes we've taught in our homeschool group. Each of the titles has completed lesson plans for co-ops.
- If you are not a member of Life Adventures, contact us below to purchase a digital copy of the lesson plans from the author for $25 per class.
- If you are teacher for Life Adventures, get with your site coordinator for access to the lesson plans.
Book Club Meets
6 week plans for each of the Book Club Meets
…Brain Science
6 week plans for each of the Book Club Meets
… Exciting English
6 week plans for each of the Book Club Meets
Book Club Meets ...
… Love of Learning
6 week plans for each of the Book Club Meets
The entire series is
completely worth reading and immersing yourself in every subject under the sun!
In addition to this GREAT list of books for 5th-8th grade homeschool kids, all of the following are classes we've taught in our homeschool group. Each of the titles has completed lesson plans for co-ops.
- If you are not a member of Life Adventures, contact us below to purchase a digital copy of the lesson plans from the author for $25 per class.
- If you are teacher for Life Adventures, get with your site coordinator for access to the lesson plans.
I Survived
12 weeks of lesson plans
This books set is for a younger reading level, 4th grade, but are about 100 pages each. That’s a lot of pages, but at an easier reading level, it’s reasonable to do around 1 per week.
- I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
- I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916, Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001, Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944, Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941, Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863, Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79, Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011, Lauren Tarshis
If you're interested, you can get
I Survived: Ten Thrilling Books (Boxed Set)
In addition to this GREAT list of books for 5th-8th grade homeschool kids, all of the following are classes we've taught in our homeschool group. Each of the titles has completed lesson plans for co-ops.
- If you are not a member of Life Adventures, contact us below to purchase a digital copy of the lesson plans from the author for $25 per class.
- If you are teacher for Life Adventures, get with your site coordinator for access to the lesson plans.
Fiction can be abridged or unabridged as parent sees fit. It is suggested that all versions of adult books be abridged and any book over 50 pages be read with the avarage reading expectation limited to 30- 50 pages per week.
American Jr. High Literature
24 weeks of lesson plans
- Beorn the Proud, Polland
- Columbus
- Madeline Takes Command, Brill
- The Sign of the Beaver, Speare
- Struggle for a continent : the French and Indian Wars, 1689-1763 Maestro
- Paul Revere's Ride Longfellow
- The Preamble to the Constitution / Bill of Rights
- Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell
- By the great horn spoon! Fleischman
- Nory Ryan's song Griff
- A Kick in the Head
- Code Talker, Joseph Bruchac
- I survived the attacks of September 11, 2001
In addition to this GREAT list of books for 5th-8th grade homeschool kids, all of the following are classes we've taught in our homeschool group. Each of the titles has completed lesson plans for co-ops.
- If you are not a member of Life Adventures, contact us below to purchase a digital copy of the lesson plans from the author for $25 per class.
- If you are teacher for Life Adventures, get with your site coordinator for access to the lesson plans.
Modern World Jr. High Literature
24 weeks of lesson plans
- Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
- Tales from Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb - Read As You Like It
- Don Quixote (abridged)
- Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal
- You Wouldn't Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century
- Treasure Island abridged
- Peter the Great by Diane Stanley
- You Wouldn't Want to Be an Aristocrat in the French Revolution!
- David Livingstone
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, abridged
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, abridged by Lisa Church
- The Secret Garden abridged by Martha Hailey DuBose
- War Horse by Morpurgo, Michael
- Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum
In addition to this GREAT list of books for 5th-8th grade homeschool kids, all of the following are classes we've taught in our homeschool group. Each of the titles has completed lesson plans for co-ops.
- If you are not a member of Life Adventures, contact us below to purchase a digital copy of the lesson plans from the author for $25 per class.
- If you are teacher for Life Adventures, get with your site coordinator for access to the lesson plans.
Middle Ages Literature for Jr. High
24 weeks of lesson plans
- Beowulf
- Brendan the Navigator
- Once and Future King: Sword in the Stone
- Wulf the Saxon
- Arabian Nights
- D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths
- The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow
- Robin Hood
- Cathedral, David Macaulay
- Francis and Clare Francis
- DK Knight
- The Three Musketeers
- Canterbury Tales Nun’s Priest’s Tale
- Chanticleer and the Fox
- Joan of Arc
In addition to this GREAT list of books for 5th-8th grade homeschool kids, all of the following are classes we've taught in our homeschool group. Each of the titles has completed lesson plans for co-ops.
- If you are not a member of Life Adventures, contact us below to purchase a digital copy of the lesson plans from the author for $25 per class.
- If you are teacher for Life Adventures, get with your site coordinator for access to the lesson plans.
Jr. High Literature: Stories of the Ancients
24 weeks of lesson plans
- Gilgamesh, Man’s First Story, Bernarda Bryson
- Tales of Ancient Egypt, Green
- Golden Goblet, Eloise Jarvis McGraw
- Hittite Warrior, Williamson
- D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
- The Children's Homer, Padraic Colum
- Horatius at the Bridge
- Victory on the Walls: A Story of Nehemiah
- Detectives in Togas by Winterfeld, Henry
- Augustus Caesar's World
- The Bronze Bow
- The Ides of April
- For the Temple, G.A. Henty
- Eagle of the Ninth
In addition to this GREAT list of books for 5th-8th grade homeschool kids, all of the following are classes we've taught in our homeschool group. Each of the titles has completed lesson plans for co-ops.
- If you are not a member of Life Adventures, contact us below to purchase a digital copy of the lesson plans from the author for $25 per class.
- If you are teacher for Life Adventures, get with your site coordinator for access to the lesson plans.
Shakespeare & Classic Literature for Jr. High
24 weeks of lesson plans
- Macbeth
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O'Brien
- A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L’Engle
- The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner Chandler
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare
- Treasure Island abridged
- The Black Arrow abridged
No Fear Shakespeare (side by side) is a wonderful option for 7th-8th graders
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb is great for 5th-6th grades.
Parents, as always, should be the final judge of which version is best for their student.
Jr. High Literature Lesson Plans
Contact us below to purchase a digital copy of the lesson plans from the author for $25 per class.
