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We first heard about Sarah MacKenzie's blog in the summer of 2015, when our summer reading challenge was mentioned on her podcast (The Readaloud Revival). Since I'm a cheapskate and already drowning in literature resources, I decided not to pursue a membership on her site, but I signed up for her emails and have stalked her site and listened to occasional podcasts ever since.

Sarah, a Catholic home schooling mom of six, is a special gal. Author of Teaching from Rest, and a warm and vivacious host on her podcast, she has a mission to help families build their family culture around books. And her enthusiasm is contagious! The vibrancy of community on her site, the explosive growth of her email list and the incredible engagement level on her Facebook page all serve as evidence. Her site and podcast was also frequently mentioned as a favorite home school resource on our 2016 customer survey.

Early in 2015, Sarah and her team released their first-ever Read Aloud Revival booklist. Focused on including only books that are awesome read-alouds, the booklist is fairly short, but full of old favorites and a few new books and series we'd never heard of before. We received permission to duplicate what we carried on her list, but she presents her booklist so charmingly, you'll probably still want to sign up for the list from her site as well.

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8th grade (Ages 13-14)

	100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson from Random House Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Adventures of Tom Sawyer Puffin Classics by Mark Twain from Puffin Books Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $8.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Penguin Classics by Lewis Carroll from Penguin Classics Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00
	Andrew Lang Fairy Books by Andrew Lang from Dover Publications Fairy Tales for 3rd-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $152.32
	Anne of Green Gables Anne #1 by L. M. Montgomery Reprint from Puffin Books Orphan Stories for 5th-9th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $8.99
	Bark of the Bog Owl (May 2024) Wilderking #1 by Jonathan Rogers 2^nd edition from Rabbit Room Press for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $14.95
	Book of Three Prydain Chronicles #1 by Lloyd Alexander from Henry Holt and Company Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Book of Three Prydain Chronicles #1 by Lloyd Alexander Revised 1999 printing from Henry Holt and Company Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Chronicles of Narnia - Quality Softcover Boxed Set by C. S. Lewis from HarperCollins Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX) $90.93
	Chronicles of Narnia - Quality Softcover Set by C. S. Lewis from HarperCollins Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX)
	D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Yearling Greek Mythology for 4th-8th grade in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER) $19.99
	D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths - Audio CD by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Yearling Greek Mythology for 4th-8th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $25.00 $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery from Bantam Books Orphan Stories for 5th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.99
	Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson from Andrews McMeel for 5th-9th grade in Calvin and Hobbes (Location: COM-CAL)
	Fablehaven Fablehaven #1 by Brandon Mull Reprint from Aladdin Paperbacks for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Father Brown Reader Stories from Chesterton by G. K. Chesterton adapted by Nancy Carpenter Brown 1^st edition from Hillside Education for 4th-8th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $12.95
	Fellowship of the Ring Lord of the Rings Trilogy #1 by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 8th-12th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $17.99
	Five Children and It Puffin Classics by E. Nesbit, illustrated by H. R. Millar from Puffin Books Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99
	Heidi Puffin Classics by Johanna Spyri, translated by Eileen Hall and illustrated by Cecil Leslie from Puffin Books Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99
	Hobbit There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien from Houghton Mifflin Fantasy for 5th-9th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $17.99
	Jo's Boys Puffin Classics by Louisa May Alcott from Puffin Books for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $5.99
	Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott, Illustrated by Ellen Wetherald Ahrens 150th Anniversary from SeaWolf Press for 4th-8th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $9.95
	Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Reprint from Sandpiper Books Historical Fiction/Adventure for 5th-9th grade 1944 Newbery Medal winner in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $8.99
	Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization - Set A Mastery Learning Approach by Andrew Pudewa 2^nd edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing for 2nd-10th grade in Poetry Curriculum & Resources (Location: LIR-POET) $65.00
	Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Chronicles of Narnia Book 2 by C. S. Lewis from HarperCollins Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $11.99
	Little Britches Father and I Were Ranchers Little Britches Series #1 by Ralph Moody from University of Nebraska Biography for 5th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $16.95
	Little Britches Father and I Were Ranchers Little Britches Series #1 by Ralph Moody from Purple House Press Biography for 5th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Little Britches Father and I Were Ranchers Little Britches Series #1 by Ralph Moody from Purple House Press Biography for 5th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $24.99
	Little Men Puffin Classics by Louisa May Alcott from Puffin Books for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $8.99
	Little Men Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott, Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch 150th Anniversary from SeaWolf Press for 4th-8th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $9.95
	Little Men by Louisa May Alcott from Grosset & Dunlap in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Little Men Whitman Classics Library (Unabridged) by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by David K. Stone from Whitman Publishing Company for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery from Harvest House Fantasy for 3rd-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $11.99 $7.50 (2 in stock)
	Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery from Harvest House Fantasy for 3rd-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery, translated by Richard Howard from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Fantasy for 3rd-Adult in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $18.00
	Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery from Harcourt Fantasy for 3rd-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Little Princess Puffin Classics by Frances Hodgson Burnett from Puffin Books for 3rd-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99
	Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts Illustrated Fir from SeaWolf Press for 3rd-8th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $8.45
	Little Princess Puffin Classics by Frances Hodgson Burnett from Puffin Books for 3rd-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Little Women Puffin Classics by Louisa May Alcott from Puffin Books Realistic Romantic Fiction for 5th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $10.99
	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Judith Cheng Special from Simon and Schuster Realistic Romantic Fiction for 5th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Clara M. Burd from John C. Winston Realistic Romantic Fiction for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Little Women Reader's Digest World's Best Reading by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Hodges Soileau and Louis Jambor from Reader's Digest Realistic Romantic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Tasha Tudor Realistic Romantic Fiction for 5th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Louisa May Alcott Little Women / Good Wives / Little Men by Louisa May Alcott from Octopus Books Limited Realistic Romantic Fiction for 5th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Mary Poppins Mary Poppins Series #1 by P. L. Travers from Harcourt Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	Mary Poppins Illustrated Gift Edition Mary Poppins Series #1 by P. L. Travers, illustrated by Julia Sarda from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Men of Iron by Howard Pyle 2^nd edition from Bob Jones University Press Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $8.99
	Men of Iron by Howard Pyle 2^nd edition from Living Book Press Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $9.99
	My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George from Puffin Books Adventure for 4th-8th grade 1960 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $8.99
	Mysterious Benedict Society Mysterious Benedict Society #1 by Trenton Lee Stewart from Little, Brown & Company for 4th-8th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Mysterious Benedict Society Mysterious Benedict Society #1 by Trenton Lee Stewart from Little, Brown & Company for 4th-8th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier Reprint from Amulet Books for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Princess and the Goblin Puffin Classics by George MacDonald from Puffin Books Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $7.99 $4.00 (9 in stock)
	Princess and the Goblin Everyman Library by George MacDonald from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $18.00
	Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald from Living Book Press Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $9.99
	Princess and the Goblin Puffin Classics by George MacDonald from Canon Press Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $13.95
	Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald, illustrated by Charles Folkard from J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Redwall by Brian Jacques 1^st edition from Firebird Press for 4th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $10.99
	Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt Reissue from Square Fish Publishing Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.99
	Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt from Farrar, Straus and Giroux Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Secret Garden Puffin Classics by Frances Burnett from Puffin Books Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $8.99
	Secret Garden by Frances Burnett, illustrated by Charles Robinson from SeaWolf Press Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $8.95
	Secret Garden Puffin Classics by Frances Burnett from Puffin Books Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Secret Garden Everyman Children's Classics by Frances Burnett, illustrated by Charles Robinson from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt from Square Fish Publishing Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99 $5.00 (2 in stock)
	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt from Scholastic Inc. Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Watership Down by Richard Adams from Charles Scribner's Sons Animal Fiction for 7th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $19.99
	Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay & Neil Ardley 3^rd edition from Houghton Mifflin for 4th-10th grade in How Things Work (Location: SCIREF-HOW) $35.00
	Wind in the Willows Puffin Classics by Kenneth Grahame from Puffin Books Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $8.99
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Robert Ingpen from Sterling Publishing Co. Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $24.95
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame from Wordsworth Editions Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Helen Ward from Borders Press Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by John Burningham from Viking Kestrel Books Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Nancy Barnhart from Barnes & Noble Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by James Lynch from The Folio Society Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $25.00 (1 in stock)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyck from The Folio Society Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Joanne Moss from Breslich & Foss Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Michael Foreman from Harcourt Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Helen Ward from Templar Books Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz Book 1 by L. Frank Baum Unknown from Dover Publications for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $16.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz Book 1 by L. Frank Baum 100th Anniversary Edition from HarperCollins for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz Book 1 by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Michael Foreman Centenary Edition from Pavilion Books for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz Book 1 by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by W. W. Denslow & Cherie Zamazing from Canterbury Classics for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wonderful Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz Book 1 by L. Frank Baum 100th Anniversary Edition from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 3rd-8th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC)
	Wrinkle in Time Wrinkle in Time Series #1 by Madeleine L'Engle from Square Fish Publishing Fantasy for 4th-9th grade 1963 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Wrinkle in Time Wrinkle in Time Series #1 by Madeleine L'Engle from Square Fish Publishing Fantasy for 4th-9th grade 1963 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wrinkle in Time Wrinkle in Time Series #1 by Madeleine L'Engle from Quality Paperback Book Club Fantasy for 4th-9th grade 1963 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)

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