Recommended Nonfiction Books (3rd-8th Grades)

recommending reading and book list for 3rd to 8th grade students looking to improve their reading skills

8/15/20221 min read

  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

  • Hidden Figures by Winifred Conkling

  • The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix

  • Itch: Everything you don't know about what makes you scratch by Anita Sanchez and Gilbert Ford

  • Spooked: How a radio broadcast and the war of the worlds sparked the 1938 Invasion of America by Gail Jarrow

  • The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum By Candance Fleming and Ray Fenwick

  • Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions By Women By Catherin Thimmesh and Melissa Sweet

  • Becoming Kareen: Growing up and off the court by Kareem Abdul-Jabar