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Recommended Reading
Please speak to the Librarian if you are not sure what to read. Some really good websites are:
www.lovereading.co.uk this site enables you to download free extracts
www.readingmatters.co.uk this site gives you guidance on what type of books you may enjoy based on its excellent "Bookchooser" quiz.
Ghost and Horror
Darren Shan - Death's Shadows www.darrenshan.com
Anthony Horowitz - Burnt www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Nick Gifford - Erased www.nickgifford.co.uk
Nicola Morgan - Fleshmarket / Mondays are Red www.nicolamorgan.co.uk
Theresa Breslin - Whispers in the Graveyard www.theresabreslin.co.uk
Sarah Singleton - Century www.crowmaiden.plus.com
Bram Stoker - Dracula
R.L.Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Thomas Bloor - Heart of the Serpent www.thomasbloor.co.uk
Gillian Cross - Wolf / Demon Headmaster Series www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Garth Nix - Ragwitch www.garthnix.co.uk
War
John Boyne - The Boy in Striped Pyjamas
Meg Rosoff - How I Live No www.megrosoff.co.uk
Ray Bradbury- Fahrenheit 451 www.raybradbury.com
Jerry Spinelli - Milkweed www.jerryspinelli.com
Morris Gleitzman - Once
Robert Westall - Blitzcat
Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr Tom, Just Henry www.michellemagorian.com
J.G. Ballard - Empire of the Sun
Robert Westall - Gulf
Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Michael Morpurgo - Private Peaceful www.michaelmorpugo.org
Louise Lawrence - Children of the Dust
My Story Battle of Trafalgar
Andy McNab - Boy Soldier Series www.andymcnab.co.uk
Jim Eldridge - Desert Danger www.jimeldridge.com
Adventure and Crime
David Almond - Heaven Eyes www.davidalmond.com
Robert Cormier - After the First Death
Sebastian Faulks - Devil May Care
Ian Fleming - James Bond Series www.ianflemingcentre.com
Anthony Horowitz - Stormbreaker www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Geraldine McCaughrean - Stop the Train www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk
Gary Paulsen - Hatchet
Phillippa Pearce - Minnow on the Say
Chris Ryan - Survival
Cynthia Voigt - The Homecoming
Robert Muchamore - The Cherub Series www.muchamore.com www.cherubcampus.com
Charlie Higson - Hurricane Gold www.youngbond.com
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* www.jkrowling.com
Frank Cottrell-Boyce - Millions
Robert Swindells - DOSH
Eion Colfer - Artemis Fowl www.eoincolfer.com
Sam Hutton - Special Agents: Deep End
Anne Cassidy - Blood Money www.annecassidy.com
Lemony Snicket -The Bad Beginning www.unfortunateevents.com
Animals
Christopher Woodall - One for Sorrow
William Wise - Christopher Mouse
Richard Adams - Watership Down
Shelia Burnford - Incredible Journey
K.M. Peyton - Blind Beauty www.kmpeyton.co.uk
Terry Pratchett - The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
www.terrypratchettbooks.com
Gillian Cross - The Great Elephant Chase www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Brian Jacques - Martin the Warrior
Melvin Burgess - Tiger, Tiger
Martin Booth - War Dog
Jack London - Call of the Wild www.jacklondon.com
Kenneth Grahame - Wind in the Willows www.kennethgrahamesociety.net
Gerald Durrell - My Family and other Animals www.durrell.org
Dick King-Smith - The Sheep-Pig
Michael Morpurgo - The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips www.michaelmorpurgo.org
Janni Howker - Badger on the Barge
Anna Sewell - Black Beauty
Michael Morpurgo - The Butterfly Lion
Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories www.kipling.org.uk
Robert O'Brien - Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
E.B. White - Charlotte's Webb
Nina Bawden - Peppermint Pig
Tove Jansson - Finn Family Moomintroll www.moomintrove.com
Jack London - White Fang www.jacklondon.com
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Kate Thompson - The New Policeman www.katethompson.info
Philip Pullman - Northern Lights www.philip-pullman.com
Mary Hoffman - Stravaganza: City of Masks www.maryhoffman.co.uk
Philip Reeve - Mortal Engines www.mortalengines.co.uk
Jonathan Stroud - The Amulet of Samarkand* www.jonathanstroud.com
Lian Hearn - Across the Nightingale Floor
William Nicholson - The Wind Singer www.williamnicholson.co.uk
Garth Nix - Sabriel www.garthnix.co.uk
Douglas Adams -The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy www.douglasadams.com
Eion Colfer - The Wish List www.eoincolfer.com
Robin Jarvis - The Whitby Witches www.robinjarvis.com
J.R.R Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings www.tolkiensociety.org
Christopher Paolini - Eragon
Patrick Wood - Electric Dragon
Jean Ure - Plague 99 www.jeanure.com
Eva Ibbotson - Monster Mission
H.G Wells - War of the Worlds
Robert Westall - The Cats of Serostar
Mary Norton - The Borrowers
Alex Shearer - The Hunted
Robert Swindells - Timesnatch
Jules Verne - Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Susan Price - Coming Down to Earth www.susanprice.org.uk
Lynn Reid-Banks - Indian in the Cupboard www.lynnereidbanks.com
Julie Bertagna - Zenith www.juliebertagna.com
Quick Reads
Darren Shan - Koyasan www.darrenshan.com
Anthony Horowitz - Burnt www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Anne Fine - Flour Babies
Ted Hughes - The Iron Man
Anthony Horowitz - The Phone goes Dead www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Alexander McCall-Smith - The Bubblegum Tree www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk
Anthony Horowitz - Killer Camera www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Paul Jennings - Unbelievable
Anthony Horowitz - Night Bus www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Anthony Horowitz - Twist Cottage www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Roald Dahl - George's Marvellous Medicine
Alexander McCall-Smith - Popcorn Pirates www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk
Anthony Horowitz - Scared www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Sport
Harlan Coban - Drop Shot (Tennis) www.harlancoben.com
Michael Hardcastle - Kickback (Horse Racing)
Alan Gibbons - Julie and Me and Michael Owen Makes Three www.alangibbons.com
Mike Gould - Perfect Match
Josephine Feeney - The Dadhunters www.josephinefeeney.co.uk
Michael Hardcastle - One Good Horse (Horse Racing)
Jean Ure - Proper Little Nooryeff (Ballet) www.jeanure.com
Neil Arkey - MacB
Narinder Dhami - Bend it Like Beckham www.narinderdhami.com
Michael Coleman - Shocking Shooting
Life
Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time www.markhaddon.com
Geraldine McCaughrean - The White Darkness www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk
Louis Sacher- Holes www.louissachar.com
Gareth Thompson - The Great Harlequin Grim
Julia Bell - Massive www.juliabell.net
Geraldine McCaughrean - Not the End of the World www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk
Sharon Creech - Bloomability www.sharoncreech.com
Melvin Burgess - Billy Elliot
Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist
Frank Boyce Cottrell - Millions
Frances-Hodgson Burnett - The Little Princess
Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
Susan Coolidge - What Katy Did
Sharon Creech - Ruby Holler www.sharoncreech.com
Gillian Cross -Tightrope www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Sonya Hartnett - Thursday's Child
Ann Pilling - Black Harvest
Cathy Cassidy - Scarlett www.cathycassidy.com
Robert Swindells - Stone Cold
Morris Gleitzman - Bumface
Berlie Doherty - Granny was a Buffer Girl
Edith Nesbit - The Railway Children
Cathy Cassidy - Indigo Blue
Louis Sacher - Small Steps www.louissachar.com
Cultural Differences/Racism/Prejudice
Bali Rai - Unarranged Marriage www.balirai.co.uk
Malorie Blackman - Noughts and Crosses www.malorieblackman.co.uk
Nick Gifford - Piggies www.nickgifford.co.uk
Carol Hedges - Jigsaw
Benjamin Zephaniah - www.benjaminzephaniah.com
Mildred Taylor - Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Beverly Naidoo - Chain of Fire www.beverleynaidoo.com
Geraldine McCaughrean -The Kite Rider www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk
Bali Rai - Rani & Sukh www.balirai.co.uk
Geraldine McCaughrean - Stop the Train www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk
Catherine Forde - Fat Boy Swim www.catherineforde.co.uk
Sally Grindley - Spilled Water www.sallygrindley.co.uk
Graham Gardner - Inventing Elliot
Jamila Gavin - Wheel of Surya www.jamilagavin.co.uk
Morris Gleitzman - Two Weeks with the Queen
Gillian Lobel - Hazel, Not A Nut
Carl Hiaasen - Hoot www.carlhiaasen.com
Barry Hines - Kestrel for the Knave
Jacqueline Wilson - Bad Girls www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk
Cathy Cassidy - Driftwood www.cathycassidy.com
Celia Rees - Witch Child www.celiarees.com
Malorie Blackman - Eye for an Eye www.malorieblackman.co.uk
Faroukh Dhoudy - Come to Mecca
Andre Brink - Chain of Voices
Robert Swindells - Abomination
Robert Cormier - Tunes for Bears to Dance to
Linzi Glass - Ruby Red www.linziglass.com
Historical
Mary Hooper Historical Series - www.maryhooper.co.uk
My Story series (Scholastic)
Philip Pullman - The Ruby and the Smoke www.philip-pullman.com
Sally Gardner - I Coriander
Eve Ibbotson - Journey to the River Sea
New Reads
Recent excitement surrounding the Stephenie Meyer Twilight series has vastly increased interest in reading. I have found myself seeking out many new authors and some of our favourite new reads include:
Cassandra Clare -The Mortal Instruments Series. These come highly recommended by Stephenie Meyer and are being advertised as her favourite books of recent . Year 9 girls and boys have absolutely loved this series and are anticipating the 4th book with great excitement. They are a really good stepping stone from year 7 and 8 reads into slightly more sophisticated genres.
As ever the Booked Up scheme has been a great success. Every year 7 pupils received a free fiction book chosen from a varied list. Popular this year with boys and girls alike were:
Underworld by Cathy MacPhail
Blood Hunters by Steve Voake
Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
Flood child by Emily Diamand.
