Entering Grade 8

ADVENTURE

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One Wrong Step
​by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Set in the late 1930s, this book chronicles Atlas' attempt to be among the first to summit Mount Everest with his father's expedition. He's hoping the adventure will help him move on from his mother's death three years earlier and bring him closer to his father. But all the things that can go wrong on Mount Everest happen to Atlas, including getting separated from his father. And then the groups receive word that war has returned to Europe and that the Nazis are also trying to win the race to the top of Mount Everest. Is that a Nazi spy following Atlas? 
The Burning Season
by Caroline Starr Rose
Opal comes from a long line of fire-spotters and is deathly afraid of fire, but when she's all alone and spots smoke rising from her New Mexico forest on Wolf Mountain, she knows she must face her fears to save her town, her family, and herself.
Yuyu Hakusho (series, vol 1)
by Yoshiro Togashi
Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life...by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. 
Northwind
by Gary Paulson
When a plague forces Leif to take to his canoe and flee into the coastal wilderness, he must learn to survive on his own.
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
As Ryland Grace awakens from a coma, he doesn’t know who he is or where he is, but a mix of calculations, deductions, and slowly returning memories enlightens him: He’s a junior high school science teacher on a small space ship. His mission? Save Earth.
Full Metal Alchemist
by Hiromu Arakawa
In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical ""auto-mail"" limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother's bodies...the legendary Philosopher's Stone.
The Loop
by Benjamin Oliver
Life inside The Loop--the futuristic death row for teens under eighteen--is one long repetitive purgatory. But when news of the encroaching chaos in the outside world reaches the inmates and disorder begins to strike, the prison becomes the least of their worries. Perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave and The Darkest Minds.
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read
A plane carrying 45 passengers and crew crashes into the Andes mountains, this is their true story of survival. (nonfiction)
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