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CONTENTSIntroduction 3 Fantasy 4 Detective & Crime 5 Horror and Ghost Stories 6 Humour 7 Poetry and Drama 8 Historical Fiction 9 Science Fiction and Dystopia 10 Graphic Novels 11 Relationships 12 Adventure 13 Pre-1900 14 Have you read them all? 15

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INTRODUCTIONWelcome to the King Edward VI Five Ways English Department Reading List

for Year 7 and 8.

We want you to enjoy literature as much as we do; not only is it key to

success in English exams, but reading improves your imagination, memory,

verbal skills, empathy and reduces stress. Exploring novels opens your

mind to new places, cultures and ways of thinking.

You might be searching for a book that will change your life, or some lighter

reading for the beach - we are sure you will find something to suit in the

following pages.

Books are organised by genre or period, so you can get a sense of the

variety of literature you are reading.

By the end of Key Stage 3 (Y8), we in the English

department think you should have read…

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FANTASYHis Dark Materials - Philip Pullman

Ly ra i s d ra w n i n t o a

fantastic adventure when

her f r iend Roger

disappears under rather

mysterious circumstances. She soon finds out that

Mrs Coulter and her evil friends are after her, for

some purpose she must discover for herself. The

trilogy cannot be praised enough. Read and

marvel!

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins is a friendly hobbit

who is content with his quiet life.

One day he receives some strange

visitors: a wizard called Gandalf

and a band of dwarves. Life will

never be the same again.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis

Carroll

Now 150 years old, Alice’s tale

f o l l o w s a h a s t y h a r e

u n d e rg ro u n d — w h e re s h e

comes face-to-face with some

of the strangest adventures

and most fantastic characters in all of literature.

Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

Magic, humour, and adventures

abound when Artemis Fowl - a

12-year-old boy with a girl’s

name - is on a quest to find Fairy

Gold.

Sabriel - Garth Nix

T h e s u n i s s h i n i n g i n

Ancelstierre. A few yards away

across the border in the Old

Kingdom, it is snowing. Death

has been waiting for this

moment for centuries, and

on ly one person s tands

against them; Sabriel, a 16-year-old girl with a

terrible destiny.

The New Policeman - Kate Thompson

There’s a new policeman in

Kinvara, but he doesn’t seem to

do his job very well. Growing

numbers of missing socks, a small

matter of time itself disappearing,

and rumours flying are just some

of the odd occurrences - but could they be

connected? Myth, traditional music and Celtic

gods contribute to this exciting Irish mystery.

The Wind Singer series - William Nicholson

The Hath family live in Amaranth

and all of life is controlled by

exams. Even two year olds have

to take part, with results that

determine their families’ futures.

Kestrel Hath dares to rebel and

sets off a series of events

launching her on an epic journey. A fantasy series

you may well love, even if you think you aren’t into

fantasy.

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DETECTIVE & CRIMEDeath Cloud - Andrew Lane

The year is 1868, and

Sherlock Holmes is

fourteen. His life is

that of a perfectly

o r d i n a r y a r m y

officer’s son: boarding school, good manners, a

classical education – the backbone of the British

Empire. But all that is about to change.

Selected Sherlock Holmes stories - Arthur

Conan Doyle

Try ‘A Study in Scarlet, ‘The Red-

Headed League’, or ‘The Hound of

the Baskervilles’. There’s a reason

Holmes and his long-suffering

sidekick have lasted so long!

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-

Time - Mark Haddon

The most amazing thing about

a good book is that it can take

you inside the mind of a

completely different person.

When Christopher, a 14-year-

old boy with autism discovers a

murdered dog on his neighbour's lawn, he

decides to solves the mystery using the detective

methods of his idol, the identity of whom you can

probably guess given the previous two

suggestions…

The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency -

Alexander McCall Smith

A humorous first book in a series

of novels set in Botswana,

Precious Ramotswe founds a

detective agency and leads us to

discover such things as wayward

daughters, missing husbands,

phi landering partners, and

curious conmen, all in her rickety white van.

The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman

‘Have you ever heard the

phrase The Seven Blessings?’

That question causes a man to

die of shock, and propels Sally

Lockhart into an adventure that

will expose the deepest secrets

of the corrupt and murderous

opium trade. Sally is sixteen

when the story begins, orphaned and alone.

A Gathering Light - Jennifer Donnelly

This wonderful book brilliantly

intertwines fiction and reality.

Set in a small New England

resort town in 1906, it tells the

story of Mattie and how her life

interacts with that of drowned

Grace Brown.

P U B L I S H E R

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HORROR AND GHOST STORIESThe Red Room - H.G. Wells

"Eight-and-twenty years," said I, "I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.” Things are about to change in this

gripping short story…

The Company of Ghosts- Berlie Doherty

Over the past year many things

have changed in Ellie’s life.

Fortunately she meets Morag, a

friend from orchestra, who says

she can stay at her house.

When events take a tragic turn,

in the confusion Ellie is left

alone on the island. But she soon starts to wonder

whether she may not be on her own after all…

Darren Shan - Lord Loss

Lord Loss is the first title in

Darren Shan's The Demonata

series. Grubbs Grady thinks he's

having a bad day when he's sent

home from school. Very soon

however, he learns that this is

the least of his worries. On

opening his bedroom door, Grubbs finds Hell and

the dead bodies of his father, mother and

younger sister, all murdered by Lord Loss and his

demons.

Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Coraline lives in a big old house

with her mum and dad. One day

she opens a door she’s never

found before and enters a parallel

un iverse . But s t ranger and

stranger things start to happen.

Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale - Holly Black

As a child, Kaye took her faerie

friends for granted. Dragged

back into their world as an

independent 16-year-old, she

discovers that it is no longer

friendly, and is now patrolled by

two competing rulers.

City of Bones - Cassandra Clare

An evening takes an unexpected

turn for Clary when she witnesses

what looks like a murder - but the

victim's body has vanished into

thin air. New York is the city that

never sleeps — but evil spirits,

angels, warlocks, faeries and shadow-hunters

don’t need much rest anyway.

The Signalman - Charles Dickens

A story of supernatural powers, and

of the men who believe, and

struggle not to believe, in them. At

first tricky because of the older

language, but worth it for the spine

tingles and chills!

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HUMOURMy Family and Other Animals - Gerald

Durrell

Gerald Durrell loved animals, and

in this laugh-out-loud yarn he

recounts the astonished and

often-horrified reaction of his

mother and siblings, newly

settled in Corfu, as he ferries home a selection of

furry and creepy creatures…

The Chronicles of Narmo - Caitlin Moran

Morag Narmo doesn't want to go

to school: she and her rabble of

siblings would rather feed their

heads into a waste disposal unit

than 'do the academical'. When

the children convince their parents

to take them out of school and educate them at

home, a muddle of chaotic events ensue.

All Creatures Great and Small - James

Herriot

Delve into the unforgettable world

of James Herriot, the world's most

beloved veterinarian, and his

menagerie of heartwarming, funny,

and tragic animal patients.

Dodger - Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett proves himself a

master storyteller in this tribute to

one of Dickens' best-known

characters, the Artful Dodger.

Boys Don’t Knit - T S Easton

Ben Fletcher must get to grips with his more

'feminine' side following an

unfortunate incident with a

lollipop lady and a stolen bottle of

Martini Rosso from Waitrose. All a

misunderstanding of course. To

avoid the Young Offenders unit,

Ben is ordered to give something back to the

community and develop his sense of social

alignment.

The Positively Last Performance - Geraldine

McCaughrean

Gracie’s parents arrive in a

seaside town with a plan to

restore its run-down theatre – but

it is there that Gracie meets the

ghosts. There’s Miss Melluish, who

faced a freak wave; Joanie and Jim who met a lion

on the beach; and actor Roland and the trauma of

the day he died his hair - we are treated to the

entertaining and exuberant life stories of them all.

Geek Girl - Holly Smale

Everyone at school knows Harriet

Manners is a geek – she’s always

spouting random facts, has zero

fashion sense and can often be

found in a tangled heap on the

floor after falling over. But Harriet

just can’t see why this means everyone seems to

hate her.

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POETRY AND DRAMARomeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

A street brawl between their rival

families is the prelude to Romeo’s

first encounter with Juliet. Despite

this, they fall in love. But any plans

for their future happiness are

cruelly destroyed by renewed

violence between their families.

Billy Liar - Keith Waterhouse

Billy Fisher is a young Yorkshireman

living at home with his parents. He

fights the boredom of his

humdrum existence by constant

daydreaming. Much of this fantasy

life is centred on an imaginary

country called Ambrosia, where Billy is the ruler

and military hero.

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (adapted by

Philip Pullman)

Frankenstein is the famous story

of a young man who thinks he

can change the world by making

better human beings. Instead he

creates a living monster with a mind of its own.

The Best Poems Ever - ed. by Edric S.

Mesmer

These are some of the most

amazing poems ever written,

touching the heart, challenging the

mind, and conjuring worlds of

experience and imagination.

What are We Fighting About? - B. Moses and

R. Stevens

Starting from 1914, this collection of poems

explores individual as well as

universal experiences of life, love,

death and bereavement at times of

unrest from the perspective of

adults, children, soldiers and

civilians.

The Weight of Water - Sarah Crossan

When Kasienka’s father leaves the

family home in Poland in search of

a new life, her mother resolves to

follow him to England. Kasienka

finds their shabby home in

Coventry damp and depressing.

She is constantly made to feel like an outsider in

her new school and finds no solace at home, as

her mother spends all her free time determinedly

searching the streets of Coventry for her missing

husband. The only release Kasienka finds from her

problems is through swimming and an important

friendship she makes. This beautiful book is

written in verse.

Unheard Voices - Malorie Blackman

This collection of writing about

slavery was published to coincide

with the 200 year anniversary of

the Abolition of the Slave Trade

Act 1807.

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HISTORICAL FICTIONCoram Boy - Jamila Gavin

C a p t a i n C o r a m w a s a

philanthropist who opened a

hospital for abandoned children

in the mid-18th century. Here is

the tale of two young boys that

came into its care and discovered dark and

horrifying secrets.

Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah

This isn’t a fairy story, it’s a true

story, an autobiography. When

Adeline was born in China, her

mother died shortly afterwards,

and she was blamed. Her father

thought her unlucky, and she was

treated with contempt by the family. Despite the

ill-treatment, Adeline’s story is inspiring.

Troy - Adele Geras

You probably know the story of

Helen of Troy, whose face

launched a thousand ships. If you

don’t it doesn’t matter; Geras tells

you what you need to know and

more.

Witch Child - Celia Rees

Witch Child is so vivid that you

forget it’s set in 17th century

New England. A vivid insight

into witchcraft with a twist in the

t e l l i n g , h i g h l i g h t i n g h o w

prejudice and bullying have

shaped lives for centuries.

The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier

The classic tale of a journey

through war-torn Europe. Alone

and fending for themselves in a

Poland devastated by World War

Two, Jan and his three friends

cling to the silver sword as a

symbol of hope. As they travel through Europe

towards Switzerland, where they believe they will

be reunited with their parents, they encounter

hardships and dangers.

The Executioner’s Daughter - Jane Hardstaff

The crowds at the Tower of

London love nothing better than

the grisly spectacle of an

e x e c u t i o n . B u t a s t h e

executioner's daughter, Moss

has seen more than her fair share

of horror. Every day she longs to escape,

dreaming of the freedom that lies beyond the

Tower's walls, though she knows that she and her

father are prisoners.

Goodnight Mr Tom - Michelle

Magorian

London is on the brink of World

War Two. Scrawny Willie Beech --

an abused child -- is evacuated to

the English countryside. At first,

he is terrified of everything, even of Mr. Tom, the

gruff old man who has taken him in. But gradually

Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past.

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SCIENCE FICTION AND DYSTOPIA

Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve

Mortal Engines fol lows the

fortunes of city boy Tom and a

disfigured outcast girl, Hester. It’s

set in a world where gigantic

motorised cities roam the earth; a

future in which our civilisation is

just a fragment of memory and technological

advancement has proved flawed and fleeting.

Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman

Here, the population is divided

into two: the white Noughts are

second-class citizens, and the

black Crosses are revered and

perceived as the superior race. 15-

year-old Callum is a Nought, and

his best friend, Sephy, as well as being a Cross, is

the daughter of an influential politician. The story

focuses on their condemned relationship.

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle

When Charles goes searching

through a 'wrinkle in time' for his

lost father, he finds himself on an

evil planet where all life is

enslaved by a huge pulsating

brain known as ‘It'. Finding his

father makes for an exciting mixture of fantasy and

science fiction.

The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness

The story begins in a small town

w h e r e w o m e n h a v e b e e n

banished and only men remain.

Due to a virus, everyone can hear

each other’s thoughts, which they

call ‘Noise'.

Exodus - Julie Bertagna

At the turn of the next century

global warming has reached

extremes. The polar ice caps

have melted and the world is

drowning. As Mara's island is

swallowed up by the advancing

ocean, she becomes one of

thousands of refugees seeking sanctuary in the

'cities in the sky' of the New World. The city

administrators however, are elitist, cruel and

discriminatory.

The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells

The night after a shooting star is

seen streaking through the sky

f r o m M a r s , a c y l i n d e r i s

discovered in London. At first,

locals approach armed just with a

white flag only to be quickly killed

by an all-destroying heat-ray, as

terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the

whole of human civilisation is under threat.

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GRAPHIC NOVELSMaus - Art Spiegelman

This is the story of Vladek

Spiegelman and his wife, living

and surviving in Hitler's Europe.

By addressing the horror of the

Holocaust through cartoons,

whereby the Nazis are depicted

as cats and the Jews as mice, the

author captures the everyday reality of fear and is

able to explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary

sensation of survival. An absolute must-read!

When the Wind Blows - Raymond Briggs

James arrives home, his wife

g r e e t s h i m . P e a c e a n d

domesticity reigns. But soon this

tranquility and this routine are

about to be broken. It is 1982,

the height of the Cold War, and

the Russians are about the drop The Bomb.

Britten and Brulightly - Hannah Berry

'Nowadays I don't get out of bed

for less than a murder. Until

today.' Private Researcher Britten

would view being shot as a

b less ing. The years spent

uncovering people's secret

dramas and helping to confirm

their darkest suspicions have taken their toll but

new revelations re-energise even the cynical

Britten.

Jane, the Fox, and Me - Fanny Britt

Hélène spends her school days trying to hide

from girls who whisper behind

her back. She seeks consolation

in the pages of Charlotte

Bronte's Jane Eyre, 'the best

book I've ever read', identifying

with Jane's hardships. When she

has to undertake a class trip and finds herself

relegated to the outcasts' tent, there is even more

humil iat ion ahead of her; but Jane, an

unexpected encounter with a fox, and a new girl

all play their part in helping to point her in a more

hopeful direction.

The Arrival - Shaun Tan

This classic, wordless graphic

novel perfectly expresses what it

means to leave your country and

your family and start a new life in a

new country.

King Lear - Manga

The story of Lear, the old

c h i e f t a i n , w h o d i v i d e s h i s

k i n g d o m a m o n g h i s t h re e

daughters is the most terrifying

t r a g e d y e v e r w r i t t e n .

Shakespeare’s apocalyptic play is

vividly transferred to the colonial frontiers of 18th-

century America, where it is the last of the

Mohicans who is bound upon a wheel of fire…

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RELATIONSHIPSBridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson

Jess doesn’t have any friends until

new girl Leslie comes to his

school. Like Jess, Leslie is an

outsider. Together they create a

magical kingdom. Life is perfect

until tragedy strikes.

Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson Orphan Maia is thrilled to learn

she is to live with relatives in

South America. She cannot wait

to experience the Amazon.

When Maia arrives, however, the

family is hostile and they have

blocked out all evidence of the

rainforest from their stuffy home. Maia turns to her

strict yet kindly governess, and strikes up some

unusual and rewarding friendships.

The Shell House - Linda Newbury

Graveney Hall is a beautiful home

that burned down during the First

World War. It links the stories of

Greg, who is photographing the

hall for his project, and Edmund,

the Graveney family’s last heir, who

disappeared in 1917.

The Outsiders - SE Hinton

An exciting story of gang warfare,

written by the author when she

was only seventeen years old.

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - Annabel

Pitcher

We meet Jamie in the midst of his

family falling apart after the traumatic

death of his older sister Rose. His

mother leaves, his father turns to

alcohol, and Jamie and his sister

Jasmine are left to fend for themselves.

The Kite Rider - Geraldine McGauchrean

Haoyou's father is dead - his spirit

lives among the clouds above

Ancient China. Feeling powerless

when the man responsible for his

father's death demands to marry

his mother, Haoyou determines to

follow in his father's footsteps and joins a

travelling circus. The Jade Circus offers him the

chance to escape his enemies and perform:

strapped to a kite, he takes to the skies.

Being Billy - Philip Earle

He is angry with his ineffectual,

a lcohol ic mother, with his

abusive stepfather, with the

supervisors at his residential

home, the teachers and the

pupils. And yet, with his younger

brother and sister he is kind,

caring, protective and responsible - so when it

looks as though they may be taken from him, what

is left of his world begins to fall apart.

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ADVENTURELord of the Flies - William Golding

Golding tells the story of a group of

boys stranded without adults on a

deserted island after a plane crash. A

promising beginning descends into

savagery…

Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

Scared that his drunken father

might pursue him for the money

he has discovered, Huck escapes

to Jackson’s Island where he

meets his friend Jim, a runaway

slave. Considered one of the best

sequels ever!

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S

Lewis

When Peter, Susan, Edmund and

Lucy take their first steps into the

w o r l d b e h i n d t h e m a g i c

wardrobe, little do they realise

what adventures are about to

unfold. The epic story of Narnia.

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

After the sinking of a cargo

carrying his family and their

zoo, Pi is shipwrecked. Think

things could not get any

worse? Add the endless Pacific

Ocean, a hyena, zebra and a

450-pound Bengal tiger.

The Moonriders - Theresa Tomlinson

Myrina, a young Moon Rider, who

were known historically as the

Amazons, rides to the aid of Troy

when the city is besieged by the

Greeks.

The Call of the Wild - Jack London

This is a book about appalling

a n i m a l c r u e l t y . B u c k , h a l f

sheepdog and half St. Bernard, is

kidnapped from him home and

taken to the wild north of Canada.

Things get worse and worse until it

seems that a happy ending is impossible - or is it?

Across the Nightingale Floor - Gillian

Rubenstein

An epic fantasy story set in a

feudal Japanese society, this is an

exciting tale of treason, violence

and death. Tomasu is a young boy

from the Hidden clan. This is a taut,

compelling love story in the

Samurai warrior tradition.

Around the World in Eight Days - Jules Verne

One ill-fated evening at the

Reform Club, Phileas Fogg

rashly bets his companions that

he can travel around the entire

globe in just eighty days - and

he is determined not to lose.

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PRE-1900Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

The perfect story of exotic

adventure. Treasure maps,

L o n g J o h n S i l v e r ,

bloodcurdling action and black

treachery.

The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson

Burnett

Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish

and spoilt, she was sent to stay

with her hunchback uncle in

Yorkshire. She hated it. But

when she finds the way into a

secret garden and begins to

tend it, a change comes over

her and her life.

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre caused a storm of

p r o t e s t w h e n i t w a s fi r s t

published. - it was deemed too

revolutionary, too depressing

and too controversial. Well, see

for yourself. Having survived a

grim and loveless childhood,

Jane ventures into the world on her own, and falls

in love with her rich employer who is harbouring a

dark secret.

Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery

Orphaned Anne Shirley, begins

her adventures at Green

Gables, a farm outside Avonlea,

Prince Edward Island. When the

freckled girl realises that the

elderly Cuthberts wanted to

adopt a boy instead, she begins

to try to win them and, consequently, the reader,

over.

The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole

The first ever Gothic novel. It

tells the story of Manfred, the

prince of Otranto, who is keen

to secure the castle for his

descendants in the face of a

mysterious curse.

King Solomon’s Mines - H. Rider Haggard

Three men trek to the

remote African interior in

search of a lost friend - and

reach, at the end of a

p e r i l o u s j o u r n e y , a n

unknown land cut off from

the world, where terrible

dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the

spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon.

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HAVE YOU READ THEM ALL?FANTASY

His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer Sabriel - Garth Nix The New Policeman - Kate Thompson The Wind Singer series - William Nicholson

DETECTIVE & CRIME

Death Cloud - Andrew Lane Selected Sherlock Holmes stories - Arthur Conan Doyle The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman A Gathering Light - Jennifer Donnelly

HORROR AND GHOST STORIES

The Red Room - H.G. WellsThe Company of Ghosts - Berlie DohertyDarren Shan - Lord LossCoraline - Neil GaimanTithe : A Modern Faerie Tale - Holly BlackCity of Bones - Cassandra ClareThe Signalman - Charles Dickens

HUMOUR

My Family and Other Animals - Gerald DurrellThe Chronicles of Narmo - Caitlin MoranAll Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot Dodger - Terry PratchettBoys Don’t Knit - T S EastonThe Positively Last Performance - Geraldine McCaughreanGeek Girl - Holly Smale

POETRY AND DRAMA

Romeo and Juliet - William ShakespeareBilly Liar - Keith WaterhouseFrankenstein - Mary Shelley (adapted by Philip Pullman)The Best Poems Ever - ed. by Edric S. MesmerWhat are We Fighting About? - B. Moses and R. Stevens The Weight of Water - Sarah CrossanUnheard Voices - Malorie Blackman

HISTORICAL FICTION

Coram Boy - Jamila GavinChinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen MahTroy - Adele GerasWitch Child - Celia ReesThe Silver Sword - Ian SerraillierThe Executioner’s Daughter - Jane HardstaffGoodnight Mr Tom - Michelle Magorian

SCIENCE FICTION AND DYSTOPIA

Mortal Engines - Philip ReeveNoughts and Crosses - Malorie BlackmanA Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’EngleThe Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick NessExodus - Julie BertagnaThe War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Maus - Art SpiegelmanWhen the Wind Blows - Raymond BriggsBritten and Brulightly - Hannah BerryJane, the Fox, and Me - Fanny BrittThe Arrival - Shaun TanKing Lear - Manga

RELATIONSHIPS

Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine PatersonJourney to the River Sea - Eva IbbotsonThe Shell House -Linda NewburyThe Outsiders - SE HintonMy Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - Annabel PitcherThe Kite Rider - Geraldine McGauchreanBeing Billy - Philip Earle

ADVENTURE

Lord of the Flies - William GoldingHuckleberry Finn - Mark TwainThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S LewisLife of Pi - Yann MartelThe Moonriders - Theresa TomlinsonThe Call of the Wild - Jack LondonAcross the Nightingale Floor - Gillian RubensteinAround the World in Eight Days - Jules Verne

PRE-1900

Treasure Island - Robert Louis StevensonThe Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

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Anne of Green Gables - LM MontgomeryThe Castle of Otranto - Horace WalpoleKing Solomon’s Mines - H. Rider Haggard


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