Independent Reading Library
Level 8

Alcatraz: Prison for America’s Most Wanted by C. J. Henderson. Copyright © 1999 by Scholastic Inc.
Published by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
Cover: (tl) AP/Wide World, ((tc) Archive Photos, (tr) AP/Wide World, (l) AP/Wide World, (c) AP/Wide World, (r) AP/Wide World, (bl) Archive Photos, (bc) AP/Wide World, (br) Archive Photos.

   
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman, illustrated by Goro Sasaki.
Copyright © 2001 by Alice Hoffman. Published by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
   
Derek Jeter: Shortstop Sensation by Brendan January.
Text copyright © 2000 by Children’s Press.
Published by Children’s Press, a division of Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
Cover: Joe Klein.
   
Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto.
Copyright © 1992 by Gary Soto.
Published by Scholastic Inc. by arrangement with Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved.
   
Ricky Martin by Judy Parker.
Copyright © 2001 by Rosen Book Works, Inc.
Published by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
Cover: Retna Ltd.
   
Running Back to Ludie by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Angelo.
Illustrations copyright © 2001 by Angelo.
Published by Orchard Books, Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
   
Scholastic Book of World Records, 2006 by Jennifer Corr Morse.
Copyright © 2005 by Georgian Bay Associates.
Published by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
   
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Copyright © 1995 by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Published by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
   
The Weather Channel Presents Floods! by Ellen Keller.
Copyright © 1999 by The Weather Channel, Inc.
Published by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
Cover: AP/Wide World Photo, FEMA, Army Corps of Engineers, National Weather Service.
   
Why Me? Totally True Embarrassing Stories by Rebecca Gómez. Copyright © 2001 by Kidsbooks Inc. Published by Scholastic Inc. by arrangement with Kidsbooks Inc. All rights reserved.
   
You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Titanic! One Voyage You’d Rather Not Make by David Stewart, illustrated by David Antram.
Copyright © 2001 by The Salariya Book Company Ltd.
Published by Franklin Watts, a division of Scholastic Inc. by arrangement with The Salariya Book Company Ltd. All rights reserved.