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Grade 6, 7, 8 Common Core Text Exemplars
Description: These books exemplify the level of complexity that Common Core State Standards require students to engage with. While the choices serve to help educators select texts of similar complexity, quality, and range, this not a required reading list. #teachers
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Black Ships Before Troy
by Rosemary SutcliffThe Story of the Iliad Homer's epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. In it, the abduction of the legendary beauty, Helen of Troy, leads to a conflict in which even the gods and goddesses take sides and intervene.
It is in the Trojan War that the most valiant heroes of the ancient world are pitted against one another. Here Hector, Ajax, Achilles, and Odysseus meet their most formidable challenges and in some cases their tragic ends.
[This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 6-8 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Astronomy & Space
by Phillis EngelbertFeatures include approximately 300 entries; approximately 240 illustrations; sidebars; a historical timeline of famous astronomers, events and discoveries; glossary of terms; and a cumulative index.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark TwainAdventure in three acts based on the novel by Mark Twain. Great for young audiences.