Language Arts Curriculum Book List Grade 8 to be purchased by students for the 2003-2004 school year.
| Title | Publisher | ISBN |
| Raisin in the Sun | Prentice Hall | 0-679-75533-0 |
| The Crucible | Penguin | 0-140-48138-9 |
| Frankenstein | Signet | 0-451-52771-2 |
| Animal Farm | Prentice Hall | 0-451-52634-1 |
| Macbeth | Folger's | 0-671-72275-1 |
| Shakespeare's Scribe** | Puffin | 0-142-30066-7 |
| Lord of the Flies** | Prentice Hall | 0-399-50148-7 |
| EB White Elements of Style | Allyn | 0-205-30902-X |
| The Double Helix: A Personal Account of DNA | 0-451-62787-3 |
** Independent Reading as assigned by teacher