MPMS ELA Required Novel Lists

8th Grade EL Novel List

This year we will be reading four required novels. Each student may purchase a copy of his/her own to annotate
directly in the book. However, if one cannot be purchased the student will be provided with a school copy of the
novels. Teachers will collect names of students who need copies during the first 2 weeks of school.

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
A Mighty Long Way by Carlotta Walls LaNier & Lisa Frazier Page
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

7th Grade EL Novel List

This year we will be reading two required novels. Each student may purchase a copy of his/her own to annotate
directly in the book. However, if one cannot be purchased the student will be provided with a school copy of the
novels. Teachers will collect names of students who need copies during the first 2 weeks of school.

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

6th Grade EL Novel List

This year we will be reading five required novels. Each student may purchase a copy of his/her own to annotate
directly in the book. However, if one cannot be purchased the student will be provided with a school copy of the
novels. Teachers will collect names of students who need copies during the first 2 weeks of school.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz
World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky
Flushed by Carl Hiassen
Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George