The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

Homer manages to escape from his evil foster father to go search for his older brother, Harold, who has been enlisted to fight in the civil war. He journey’s across the United States (well, some of it) to find his brother. Along the way he meets new people, and goes on the adventure of a lifetime. The book is a historical fiction book about one of the bloodiest times in American History. It is very interesting and also very funny because it is aimed for middle schoolers. I really recommend people to read it.

Luqman Sattar

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Chains is about an African slave girl during the revolutionary war that was supposed to be freed, but instead got sold to a really mean family. The girl’s name is Isabel, and she and her sister are alone. Along the way Isabel learns more about the family she is working for, and decides to help people that promise to get her freed. This is a historical fiction book that is exciting and really hard to stop reading once you start. I recommend this to the 8th grade mainly because I read it in Humanities in 8th grade. The book is really worth reading. I promise.

Luqman Sattar

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Tale of Two Cities is a historical fiction, and social criticism novel written by Charles Dickens in 1859. The story takes place in the cities, London and Paris during then 1789– 1799 French Revolution. The novel shows the events leading up to the revolution from showing how the lower class masses of French society were treated by the monarchy and the aristocracy. I loved reading this novel because it was a literary classic written more than a hundred years ago and I found it interesting to read literature work from back then. I would definitely recommend high school students to take the time out and read this book.    

Sameer Khan