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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