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List of Book Series for 8th Graders Reading Below Grade Level
Age-appropriate book series easier to read than 8th grade reading level

Below Grade Level

13th Reality by James Dashner (Ages 8-15)
Abhorsen by Garth Nix (Ages 12-17)
Adventurers Wanted by M. L. Forman (Ages 10-14)
Adventures Down Under by Robert Elmer (Ages 8-14)
Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz (Ages 9-15)
Alex Rider Graphic Novels by Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston (Ages 9-15)
Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey (Ages 12 and up)
Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Ages 10 and up)
American Girl Addy Mystery by Evelyn Coleman (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Caroline Mystery by Kathleen Ernst, Laurie Calkhoven (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Cecille Mystery by Evelyn Coleman (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Felicity Mystery by Elizabeth McDavid Jones (Ages 9-13)
American Girl History Mysteries by Sarah Masters Buckey, Holly Hughes, Elizabeth McDavid Jones, et al. (Ages 10-14)
American Girl Josefina Mystery by Kathleen Ernst (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Julie Mystery by Kathryn Reiss, Kathleen O'Dell (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Kaya Mystery by Janet Shaw (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Kirsten Mystery by Kathleen Ernst (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Kit Mystery by Kathleen Ernst, Sarah Masters Buckey, Elizabeth McDavid Jones, et al. (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Marie-Grace Mystery by Sarah Masters Buckey (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Molly Mystery by Alison Hart, Sarah Masters Buckey, Kathleen Ernst (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Rebecca Mystery by Jacqueline Dembar Greene, Kathryn Reiss (Ages 9-13)
American Girl Samantha Mystery by Sarah Masters Buckey, Barbara Steiner (Ages 9-13)
Angel on the Square by Gloria Whelan (Ages 8-14)
Animorphs Alternamorphs by K. A. Applegate (Ages 8-13)
Animorphs Chronicles by K. A. Applegate (Ages 8-13)
Animorphs Megamorphs by K. A. Applegate (Ages 8-13)
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (Ages 9 and up)
Artemis Fowl Graphic Novels by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin (Ages 9 and up)
Ascendance by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Ages 9-14)
Author at Work by Margaret Mooney, Ralph Fletcher, Nikki Grimes, et al. (Ages 9-14)
Bartimaeus by Jonathan Stroud (Ages 10 and up)
Bartimaeus Graphic Novels by Jonathan Stroud, Jonathan Stroud, Andrew Donkin (Ages 10 and up)
Baseball Card Adventures by Dan Gutman (Ages 8-13)
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl (Ages 12-17)
Beautiful Creatures Manga by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl (Ages 12-17)
Beka Cooper by Tamora Pierce (Ages 12-17)
Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi (Ages 7 and up)
Beyonders by Brandon Mull (Ages 8-13)
Blood Guard by Carter Roy (Ages 9-14)
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead (Ages 12-18)
Bonnets and Bugles by Gilbert Morris (Ages 10-17)
Book of the Crow by Catherine Fisher (Ages 12-17)
Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale (Ages 11-16)
Born Free by Joy Adamson (Ages 10 and up)
Boy/Girl Battle by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Ages 8-13)
Brian's Saga by Gary Paulsen (Ages 12-17)
Brotherband Chronicles by John Flanagan (Ages 10-14)
Bruce Coville's Alien Adventures by Bruce Coville (Ages 8-13)
Case File 13 by J. Scott Savage (Ages 8-13)
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques (Ages 10-15)
Cecelia and Kate by Caroline Stevermer, Patricia C. Wrede (Ages 12-17)
Chamber of Horrors by Bruce Coville (Ages 12-14)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Ages 7 and up)
Children of the Lamp by Philip B. Kerr (Ages 9-13)
Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones (Ages 9-14)
Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, Michael O. Tunnell (Ages 10-17)
Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer (Ages 10-14)
Chronoptika by Catherine Fisher (Ages 12-17)
Circle of Magic by Tamora Pierce (Ages 10-15)
Circle Opens by Tamora Pierce (Ages 11-16)
Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan (Ages 10 and up)
Cirque Du Freak Manga by Darren Shan (Ages 9-13)
Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones (Ages 12-18)
Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl (Ages 12-17)
Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper (Ages 8-14)
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones (Ages 12-18)
Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (Ages 12-17)
Daughter of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce (Ages 11-16)
Daughters of the Sea by Kathryn Lasky (Ages 12-17)
Dear America by Kathryn Lasky, Kristiana Gregory, Barry Denenberg, et al. (Ages 8-13)
Demonata by Darren Shan (Ages 12 and up)
Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones (Ages 12-18)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Ages 8-14)
Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell (Ages 9-13)
Dr. Seuss Classics and More by Dr. Seuss, Tish Rabe, Jack Prelutsky (Ages 3 and up)
Dragon King Trilogy by Stephen R. Lawhead (Ages 12 and up)
Dragonborn by Toby Forward (Ages 8-13)
Elf Realm by Daniel Kirk (Ages 10-17)
Emily the Strange Novels by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner (Ages 12-17)
Emma-Jean Lazarus by Lauren Tarshis (Ages 10-14)
Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede (Ages 9-15)
Ender Quintet by Orson Scott Card (Ages 12-18)
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card (Ages 12-18)
Enemy by Charlie Higson (Ages 12-17)
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Ages 12 and up)
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (Ages 8-13)
Fairy Wings by E. D. Baker (Ages 10-14)
Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente (Ages 10-14)
Fallen by Lauren Kate (Ages 12-17)
Farworld by J. Scott Savage (Ages 9-13)
First Formic War by Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston (Ages 12-18)
First Person Fiction by Edwidge Danticat, Ana Veciana-Suarez, John Son, et al. (Ages 9-15)
Flaxfield Quartet by Toby Forward (Ages 8-13)
Forestwife Trilogy by Theresa Tomlinson (Ages 10-14)
Frontier Magic by Patricia C. Wrede (Ages 12-16)
Girls of Many Lands by Mary Casanova, Annie Dalton, Kirkpatrick Hill, et al. (Ages 9-13)
Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry (Ages 10 and up)
Gryphon Chronicles by E. G. Foley (Ages 10 and up)
Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky (Ages 8-14)
Half Upon a Time by James Riley (Ages 8-15)
Hardy Boys Casefiles by Franklin W. Dixon (Ages 11-14)
Hardy Boys Casefiles Ring of Evil Trilogy by Franklin W. Dixon (Ages 11-14)
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne (Ages 9 and up)
Haunting of Derek Stone by Tony Abbott (Ages 9-13)
Heir Chronicles by Cinda Williams Chima (Ages 10-17)
Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan (Ages 9-14)
Hidden Talents by David Lubar (Ages 10-14)
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (Ages 10 and up)
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (Ages 11-18)
Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade (Ages 12-17)
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Ages 12 and up)
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Ages 12-17)
I Funny by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein (Ages 8-13)
Immortal Game by Ann Aguirre (Ages 12-18)
Immortals by Tamora Pierce (Ages 11-16)
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (Ages 12-17)
Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (Ages 12 and up)
Jack Blank Adventures by Matt Myklusch (Ages 8-14)
James Bond Adventure Graphic Novels by Charlie Higson, Kev Walker (Ages 10-15)
James Bond Adventures by Charlie Higson (Ages 10-15)
Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan (Ages 9-15)
Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis (Ages 10-16)
Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix (Ages 8-15)
Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson (Ages 10-14)
Lady Grace Mysteries by Patricia Finney, Sara Vogler, Jan Burchett (Ages 9-13)
Legend by Marie Lu (Ages 12-18)
Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld (Ages 12-17)
LionBoy by Zizou Corder (Ages 8 and up)
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (Ages 12 and up)
Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore (Ages 12-17)
Lorien Legacies Reborn by Pittacus Lore (Ages 12-17)
Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (Ages 12-17)
Magic and Malice by Patricia C. Wrede (Ages 10-18)
Magids by Diana Wynne Jones (Ages 12-18)
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan (Ages 10-14)
Matched by Ally Condie (Ages 12-18)
Maximum Ride by James Patterson (Ages 11-17)
Maximum Ride Manga by James Patterson, NaRae Lee (Ages 11-17)
Maze Runner by James Dashner (Ages 12-17)
Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland, Kari Sutherland (Ages 8-14)
Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans (Ages 12-17)
Middle School by James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Lisa Papademetriou, et al. (Ages 8-13)
Midnighters by Scott Westerfeld (Ages 11-17)
Misadventures of Max Crumbly by Rachel Renee Russell (Ages 9-13)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, Leah Gallo, Tim Burton, et al. (Ages 13 and up)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Graphic Novels by Ransom Riggs (Ages 13 and up)
Missing by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Ages 8-14)
Moon Riders by Theresa Tomlinson (Ages 13-17)
Morpheus Road by D. J. MacHale (Ages 10-16)
Mortality Doctrine by James Dashner (Ages 12-17)
My Name is America by Jim Murphy, Barry Denenberg, Walter Dean Myers, et al. (Ages 9-14)
My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville (Ages 8-13)
Mysteries Through Time by Sarah Masters Buckey, Holly Hughes, Elizabeth McDavid Jones, et al. (Ages 10-14)
Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Ages 8-13)
Myth-O-Mania by Kate McMullan (Ages 9-13)
Nancy Drew Files by Carolyn Keene (Ages 12-17)
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories by Carolyn Keene (Ages 8-14)
Navigator Trilogy by Eoin McNamee (Ages 9-15)
Never Land by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson (Ages 8-14)
Nightmare Room by R. L. Stine (Ages 9-14)
Nightmare Room Thrillogy by R. L. Stine (Ages 9-14)
Noble Warriors by William Nicholson (Ages 12-17)
Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher (Ages 12-17)
Old Kingdom by Garth Nix (Ages 12-17)
Old Turtle by Douglas Wood, Joseph M. Martin, Douglas Wood (Ages 5 and up)
Oracle Prophecies by Catherine Fisher (Ages 11-16)
Palace Chronicles by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Ages 10-14)
Pendragon by D. J. MacHale (Ages 10-15)
Pendragon Before the War by Carla Jablonski, D. J. MacHale, Walter Sorrells (Ages 10-15)
Pendragon Graphic Novels by D. J. MacHale, Carla Speed McNeil (Ages 10-15)
Pet Trouble by Tui T. Sutherland (Ages 8-14)
Pete the Cat Mysteries by Peg Kehret (Ages 9-13)
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson (Ages 10 and up)
Platypus Police Squad by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Ages 8-13)
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (Ages 10-14)
Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce (Ages 9-15)
Provost's Dog by Tamora Pierce (Ages 12-17)
Punished by David Lubar (Ages 8-13)
Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan (Ages 10-14)
Ranger's Apprentice: The Early Years by John Flanagan (Ages 10-14)
Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan (Ages 10-14)
Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (Ages 13-17)
Razorland Trilogy by Ann Aguirre (Ages 12-18)
Redwall by Brian Jacques (Ages 9-15)
Redwall Illustrated Storybooks by Brian Jacques (Ages 5-14)
Relic Master by Catherine Fisher (Ages 12-17)
Ring of Five by Eoin McNamee (Ages 10-15)
Roald Dahl Autobiographies by Roald Dahl (Ages 8 and up)
Roald Dahl Classics by Roald Dahl (Ages 7 and up)
Roald Dahl Collections of Short Stories by Roald Dahl (Ages 12 and up)
Roald Dahl Short Stories by Roald Dahl (Ages 5-17)
Rod Allbright and the Galactic Patrol by Bruce Coville (Ages 8-13)
Royal Diaries by Kathryn Lasky, Kristiana Gregory, Carolyn Meyer, et al. (Ages 8-13)
RPM by Chris Fabry (Ages 10-14)
Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan (Ages 10 and up)
Saga of Darren Shan Manga by Darren Shan (Ages 9-13)
Saga of Larten Crepsley by Darren Shan (Ages 10 and up)
Sammy Keyes by Wendelin Van Draanen (Ages 9-13)
Samurai Detectives by Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler (Ages 9-14)
Scientists in the Field by Stephen Swinburne, Sy Montgomery, Nic Bishop, et al. (Ages 10-15)
Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi (Ages 10-14)
Seeds of America Trilogy by Laurie Halse Anderson (Ages 10-16)
Seekers by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-13)
Seekers: Return to the Wild by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-13)
Selection by Kiera Cass (Ages 12-18)
Selection Novellas by Kiera Cass (Ages 12-18)
Seven Realms by Cinda Williams Chima (Ages 12-17)
Seven Sleepers by Gilbert Morris (Ages 10-17)
Seven Sleepers: The Lost Chronicles by Gilbert Morris (Ages 10-17)
Shadow Children by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Ages 8-14)
Shadow Falls by C. C. Hunter (Ages 12-18)
Shadow Falls: After Dark by C. C. Hunter (Ages 12-18)
Shakespeare Retellings by Bruce Coville (Ages 7-14)
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Ages 8-13)
Shiver Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater (Ages 12-17)
Slayer Chronicles by Heather Brewer (Ages 12-17)
Snow-Walker by Catherine Fisher (Ages 10-15)
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld (Ages 12-18)
Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce (Ages 10-14)
Spartan Quest by Michael Ford (Ages 10-15)
Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi (Ages 7 and up)
Spirit Animals by Brandon Mull, Maggie Stiefvater, Garth Nix, et al. (Ages 8-13)
Spirit Animals Special Edition by Brandon Mull, Nick Eliopulos, Billy Merrell, et al. (Ages 8-13)
Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts by Eliot Schrefer, Victoria Schwab, Varian Johnson, et al. (Ages 8-13)
St. Petersburg by Gloria Whelan (Ages 8-14)
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (Ages 13-17)
Starlight Animal Rescue by Dandi Daley Mackall (Ages 8-13)
Steel Trapp by Ridley Pearson (Ages 10-14)
Stranded by Jeff Probst, Chris Tebbetts (Ages 8-13)
Stranded: Shadow Island by Jeff Probst, Chris Tebbetts (Ages 8-13)
Survivors by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-13)
Survivors: The Gathering Darkness by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-13)
SYLO Chronicles by D. J. MacHale (Ages 10 and up)
Tales of the Frog Princess by E. D. Baker (Ages 8-14)
Tales of the Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker (Ages 8-14)
Tapestry by Henry H. Neff (Ages 8-13)
Tartan Magic by Jane Yolen (Ages 8-13)
Teardrop by Lauren Kate (Ages 13-18)
Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison (Ages 10-13)
Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck (Ages 12-17)
Time Quintet by Madeleine L'Engle (Ages 9-15)
Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan (Ages 10-14)
Tricksters by Tamora Pierce (Ages 11-16)
Troy and the Women Warriors by Theresa Tomlinson (Ages 13-17)
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (Ages 12-17)
Uglies Graphic Novels by Scott Westerfeld, Devin Grayson (Ages 12-17)
Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins (Ages 8-14)
Underworld Chronicles by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Ages 8-13)
Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville (Ages 8-14)
Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson by Stephanie Burgis (Ages 10-16)
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, Michelle Rowen, Brandon T. Snider (Ages 12-18)
Vampire Academy Graphic Novels by Richelle Mead, Leigh Dragoon (Ages 12-18)
Vesper Holly by Lloyd Alexander (Ages 10-15)
Visions by Lisa McMann (Ages 12-17)
W.A.R.P. by Eoin Colfer (Ages 12-18)
Warriors by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Warriors Guides by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Warriors Short Stories by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Warriors Super Edition by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Warriors: Omen of the Stars by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Warriors: Power of Three by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Warriors: The New Prophecy by Erin Hunter (Ages 8-14)
Westmark Trilogy by Lloyd Alexander (Ages 12-17)
Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce (Ages 11-16)
Wind On Fire Trilogy by William Nicholson (Ages 10-17)
Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland (Ages 8-13)
Witch by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Ages 8-13)
Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater (Ages 12-17)
Wolves of the Beyond by Kathryn Lasky (Ages 9-14)
World of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones (Ages 9-14)
Wormling by Jerry B. Jenkins, Chris Fabry (Ages 10-14)
York Trilogy by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Ages 10-14)
Young Bond by Charlie Higson (Ages 10-15)
Young Bond Graphic Novels by Charlie Higson, Kev Walker (Ages 10-15)
Young Underground by Robert Elmer (Ages 8-14)
Zeke Armstrong Mysteries by Daniel J. Hale, Matthew LaBrot (Ages 9-14)



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