Unit Book List

Unit 1: Genetics and DNA [S]

• Genetics: Breaking the Code of Your DNA by Carla Mooney

Unit 1: History of Your State [SS]

Unit 1: The House of the Scorpion [LA]

• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
• The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

Unit 2: Living Organisms [S]

• Behavior in Living Things by Michael Bright
• Life Processes by Anna Claybourne

Unit 2: Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration [SS]

• We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose

Unit 2: Watership Down [LA]

• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
• Watership Down by Richard Adams

Unit 3: A Dynamic Planet [S]

• Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be by Daniel Loxton
• The Field Guide to Geology by David Lambert and the Diagram Group

Unit 3: The Great Depression and World War II [SS]

• We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
• World War II for Kids: A History with 21 Activities by Richard Panchyk

Unit 3: The Book Thief [LA]

• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Unit 4: Human Body Systems [S]

• The Concise Human Body Book by Steve Parker

Unit 4: Global Conflict and Civil Rights [SS]

• Free at Last: A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the Struggle by Sara Bullard
• We Were There, Too: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose

Unit 4: To Kill a Mockingbird [LA]

• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Unit 5: Health and Nutrition [S]

• Boy's Guide to Becoming a Teen by Amy B. Middleman and Kate Gruenwald Pfiefer
• Girl's Guide to Becoming a Teen by Amy B. Middleman and Kate Gruenwald Pfiefer

Unit 5: Technology Explosion [SS]

• We Were There, Too: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose

Unit 5: Great American Poets [LA]

• 101 Great American Poems by The American Poetry & Literacy Project
• Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page