GRADE 8 BOOK LIST – middle grade & YA books I’m recommending my 8th grader read in our homeschool
Here’s a list of books I am recommending to my daughter, who is going into grade 8, to read.

Here’s a list of books I am recommending to my daughter, who is going into grade 8, to read.
I love taking time to notice the year a book is published and I am noticing such a great trend in picture books. 2019 was a good year for picture books. I’ll admit, we didn’t read as many published in 2019 books at the end of the year but there were so many great ones…
I shared a list of Christmas books a few weeks ago, they are sweet Christmas books, but I also wanted to share a list of our favorite Christmas books that keep Christ at the center. Because, truly, without Christ, there would be no Christmas. Right now we get most of our Christmas books from the…
I’ve been requesting lots of books from the library lately so I thought it was time for a library haul! All the books are linked in the video description here.
When sharing about our homeschool rhythm a few weeks ago I mentioned that I wanted to write a post about how I plan our year without a curriculum and I got a few online and in-person questions and comments on how I do it so here it is! When people find out that we homeschool…
The sinking of the Titanic has always been one of those historical events I’ve been fascinated with but I’ve never really paid much attention to the anniversary. This year that’s different. I think it all started with the fact that Jennifer A. Nielsen’s book Iceberg came out in March and it just sparked something in…
Let’s continue our list of kids classics by looking at some great novels for grades 3 and 4. If you missed it you can check out the other lists: Classic Novels for Kindergarteners (ages 4-6) Classic Novels for Grades 1 & 2 Classic Novels for Grades 5 & 6 Classic Novels for Grades 7, 8…