Entering Grade 8

HISTORICAL FICTION

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Illegal
by Eoin Colfer
Ebo leaves Ghana to find his brother and sister in Europe. His journey will take him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea, all in the hope of finding a better life.
Projekt 1065
by Alan Gratz
Michael and his parents move from Ireland to Germany to infiltrate the Nazi regime and live as spies. The stakes are high when he infiltrates the ranks of the Hitler Youth to disband Projekt 1065, a secret Nazi mission.
I Must Betray You
​​by Ruta Sepetys
Living under Nicolae Ceaușescu's brutal dictatorship in Romania 1989, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves—or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in ​
The Awakening of Malcom X: A Novel
​ by Ilyasah Shabazz & Tiffany D. Jackson
A narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson.
Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) 
by Daniel Nayeri
Khosrou (known as Daniel to his classmates) stands in front of his hostile Oklahoman middle school class and captivates his classmates with the epically fantastical story of his family, their life in Iran, and their lives as refugees.  
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