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10 September 2021

Dear Parent/Guardian

English Reading Books

We are keen to ensure that all pupils in years 7, 8 and 9 are engaging with

independent reading, and therefore require them to be equipped with a reading book, every day from Monday 13 September.

Pupils will be given a wide range of opportunities to engage with independent reading and teachers will use this as an opportunity to explore key aspects of language through texts, as well as to provide links with the themes of their English lessons.

Any good quality book is acceptable; we would like to encourage eclectic reading that engages the pupils and develops their linguistic skills.

I have included a list of some suggested books, but this is not comprehensive, and it will be possible to borrow books from the English department, if necessary.

Yours faithfully

Mr Mark Birch Head of English

FANTASY

Adams, Richards Watership down

Aidinoff, Elise V The garden

Bray, Libba A great and terrible beauty (and sequels)

Burgess, Melvin Bloodtide (and sequel)

Carroll, Lewis Alice’s adventures in wonderland (and sequel)

Clare, Cassandra City of bones (and sequels) (Mortal Instruments series)

Dickinson, Peter The ropemaker (and sequel)

Garner, Alan any title

Hardy, Janice The pain merchants Healing Wars series

Harris, Joanne Runemarks

Hearn, Lian Across the nightingale floor (and sequels) (The Otori series)

Hill, Stuart The cry of the icemark (and sequels)

Hoffman, Mary Stravaganza: city of masks (and sequels) Talia series

Le Guin, Ursula A wizard of Earthsea (and sequels)

Mahy, Margaret Alchemy

Mahy, Margaret The changeover

Mahy, Margaret Heriot

Marr, Melissa Ink exchange

Marr, Melissa Wicked lovely

McCaffrey, Anne Dragonflight (and sequels) (Dragonriders of Pern series)

McKinley, Robin Beauty

McKinley, Robin Spindle's end

Nicholson, William The wind singer (and sequels)

Nicholson, William Seeker (and sequels)

Nix, Garth Sabriel (and sequels) Old Kingdom series

Paolini, Christopher Eragon (and sequels)

Pierce, Tamora any title

Pratchett, Terry Discworld series

Stroud, Jonathan Amulet of Samarkand (and sequels) (Bartimaeous series)

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit

Tolkien, J.R.R. The fellowship of the Ring (and sequels) (Lord of the Rings series)

Westerfeld, Scott Leviathan (and sequels)

White, T H The once and future king

Zevin, Gabrielle Elsewhere

SCIENCE FICTION

Adams, Douglas The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (and sequels)

Adlington, L J The diary of Pelly-J (and sequel)

Allen-Gray, Alison Unique

Allen-Gray, Alison Lifegame

Beckett, Bernard Genesis

Bertagna, Julie Exodus (and sequel)

Burgess, Melvin Sara's face

Burgess, Melvin iBoy

Burgess, Melvin Blood tide (and sequels)

Dickinson, Peter Eva

Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon

Lloyd, Saci The carbon diaries (and sequels)

Lore, Pittacus I am number four

Lowry, Lois The giver (and sequels)

Malley, Gemma The declaration (and sequels)

Mark, Jan Useful idiots

Mark, Jan Riding tycho

McKinley, Robin Sunshine

Mills, Sam Black out

Morgan, Nicola Sleepwalking

Ness, Patrick The knife of never letting go (and sequels)

Pearson, Mary The adoration of Jenna Fox

Pfeffer, Susan Life as we knew it (and sequels)

Shusterman, Neal Unwind

Swindells, Robert Brother in the land

Wasserman, Robin Skinned (and sequels)

Wells, H.G. Time Machine

Wells, H.G. The war of the worlds

Westerfeld, Scott Uglies (and sequels)

Wyndham, John any title

HORROR/GOTHIC

Blackman, Malorie The stuff of nightmares

Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre

Bronte, Emily Wuthering heights

Cann, Kate Leaving Poppy

Cann, Kate Possessing Rayne (and sequel)

Cormier, Robert Fade

Cormier, Robert I am the cheese

Cormier, Robert Tenderness

Dahl, Roald Short stories (can be found under various titles)

Garcia & Stohl Beautiful creatures (and sequel)

Geras, Adele Lily

Gibbons, Alan The cold heart of summer

Hill, Susan I'm the king of the castle

Hill, Susan Mist in the mirror, The

Hill, Susan The woman in black

Joyce, Graham Do the creepy thing

Keaney, Brian No stone unturned

Klein, Rachel Moth diaries, The

Lassiter, Rhiannon Bad blood

Maguire, Eden Beautiful dead series

Newbery, Linda Set in stone

Noyes, Deborah (editor) Gothic! – 10 original dark tales

Poe, Edgar Allan Short stories (can be found under various titles)

Ryan, Carrie The forest of hands and teeth

Sedgwick, Marcus My swordhand is singing

Sedgwick, Marcus White crow

Sedgwick, Marcus The book of dead days (and sequel)

Shelley, Mary W Frankenstein

Singleton, Sarah Any title

Stevenson, Robert Louis Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The

Stiefvater, Maggie Shiver (and sequels)

Stoker, Bram Dracula

Wooding, Chris Malice (and sequel)

Wooding, Chris The haunting of Alaizabel Cray

CRIME/THRILLER

Abrams, Peter Down the rabbit hole: an Echo Falls mystery

Ashley, Bernard Smokescreen

Ashley, Bernard No way to go

Ashley, Bernard Little soldier

Bell, Mary Hayley Whistle down the wind

Blackman, Malorie Noughts and Crosses (and sequels)

Blundell, Judy What I saw and how I lied

Brooks, Kevin Black Rabbit Summer

Brooks, Kevin The road ahead

Brooks, Kevin Killing God

Brooks, Kevin Martyn pig

Brooks, Kevin i-boy

Brooks, Kevin Johnny Delgado Private Detective (and sequel)

Brooks, Kevin I see you baby..

Brooks, Kevin Bloodline

Brown, Eric Twocking

Buchan, John Thirty-nine steps, The

Cassidy, Anne any title

Cassidy, Anne Getting away with it

Cassidy, Anne The bones room

Christie, Agatha any title

Collins, Suzanne The hunger games (and sequels)

Collins, Wilkie Moonstone, The

Collins, Wilkie Woman in white, The

Cross, Gillian Calling a dead man

Cross, Gillian Tightrope

Cross, Gillian Where I belong

David Keren When I was Joe (and sequel)

Doyle, Arthur Conan any Sherlock Holmes

Du Maurier, Daphne Jamaica Inn

Du Maurier, Daphne My cousin Rachel

Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca

Goobie, Beth The lottery

Grant, Helen The vanishing of Katharina Linden

Grant, Helen The glass demon

Grant, Michael Gone (and sequels)

Green, John Paper towns

Joyce, Graham TWOC

Kennen, Ally any title

Lovegrove, James Kill swap

Mark, Jan Eclipse of the century, The

Muchamore, Robert The Recruit (and sequels) CHERUB series

Perera, Anna Guantanamo boy

Peet, Mal Keeper (and sequels)

Pratchett, Terry Nation

Pullman, Philip The ruby in the smoke (and sequels)

Rai, Bali The angel collector

Rendell, Ruth The thief

Sedgwick, Marcus Revolver

Singer, Nicky The innocent's story

Smith, Alexander McCall The no.1 Ladies` Detective agency (and sequels)

Swindells, Robert Stone Cold

Vrettos A M Sight

Ward, Rachel Numbers (and sequels)

Wray, Sarah The forbidden room

Wray, Sarah The trap

Zafon, Carlos Ruiz The shadow of the wind

HISTORICAL

Almond, David Fire eaters, The 1960s/Cuban Missile Crisis

Anderson, Laurie Chains (and sequel) American Revolution/Slaves

Anderson, M T The pox party (and sequels) Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing series

American Revolution/Slaves

Anderson, Rachel Bloom of youth (and sequels)

1950s

Auel, Jean The clan of the cave bear (and sequels)

Prehistoric Man

Banks, Lynne Reid Tiger, tiger Romans

Boyne, John Boy in the striped pyjamas, The

World War 2/Nazi Germany/Holocaust

Breslin, Theresa Remembrance World War 1

Breslin, Theresa The medici seal Renaissance

Breslin, Theresa Prisoner of the inquisition Spanish Inquisition

Burgess, Melvin Burning Issy 1600s/ witch hunts

Corder, Zizou Halo Ancient Greece/mythology/Sparta

Darke, Marjorie The first of midnight 1700s/Slave trade

Darke, Marjorie Question of courage, A Suffragettes

Dogar, Sharon Annexed Holocaust/Anne Frank story retold

Donnelly, Jennifer Revolution French Revolution

Dowd, Siobhan The bog child 1980s/Ireland "The Troubles"

Dowswell, Paul Auslander World War 2 / Germany /Nazis

Fine, Anne The Road of bones 1940s/Russia/Stalin

Finn, Mary Anila's journey 1700s. India.

Gardner, Sally The red necklace (and sequel)

French Revolution

Gardner, Sally I, Coriander 1600s/Puritans/Cromwell/Restoration

Geras, Adele Dido Ancient Greeks/Myths/Dido & Aeneas

Geras, Adele Ithaka Ancient Greeks/ Odyssey

Geras, Adele Troy Ancient Greeks/Trojan War

Glass. Linzi The year the gypsies came Apartheid/South Africa

Glass. Linzi Ruby Red Apartheid/South Africa

Greene, Bette Summer of my German soldier

World War 2/prisoners of war

Harnett, Cynthia Thursday’s child Great depression/poverty

Hearn, Julie The Merrybegot 1600s/Puritans/Witch hunts

Hearn, Julie Ivy 1800s/London/slums/Pre-Raphelites

Hearn, Julie Hazel Suffragettes

Hearn, Julie Rowan the strange World War Two/ mental illness

Hearn, Julie Follow me down 1700s London/Freak Shows

Hendry, Frances Victoria: born to be a warrior

Roman Britain/Iceni/Boudicca/Gladiators

Heyer, Georgette any title 1800s/Regency Period

Hoffman, Mary The falconer's knot Middle Ages/Italy

Hooper, Mary At the house of the magician (and sequels)

Tudors/Elizabeth 1

Hooper, Mary Newes from the dead Stuarts/Civil War

Hooper, Mary Remarkable life and times of Eliza Rose

Stuarts/Restoration/Nell Gwyn

Hooper, Mary At the sign of the sugared plum (+ sequel)

Stuarts/1665-1666/Plague and Great Fire

Hooper, Mary Fallen Grace Victorians

Jansen, Hanna Over a thousand hills I walk with you

1990s Rwandan Civil War/genocide

Johnston, Tony Bone by bone by bone 1950s/Civil Rights/Ku Klux Klan

Jung, Reinhardt Dreaming in black and white

World War 2/Nazis/Disability

Kadohata Cynthia Weedflower World War 2/prisoners of war

Kidd, Sue Monk The secret life of bees 1960s/USA Civil Rights Movement

Klein, Lisa Ophelia Around 1600/ retelling of Hamlet

Landman, Tanya Apache 1800s/Native Americans/women

Martin, S I Jupiter Williams Regency London/race relations

Magorian, Michelle A litle love song World War 2/World War 1/Women

Napoli, Donna Jo Stones in water World War 2/Nazis

Napoli, Donna Jo Daughter of Venice Renaissance /Women

Newbery, Linda Shell house, The World War 1

Newbery, Linda Sisterland World War 2

Newbery, Linda Some other war World War 1/ Trenches

Orme, David Plague 1665/The Plague

Orme, David Fire! 1666/The Great Fire of London

Page, Jan Selina Penaluna 1940s/World War 2/Evacuees

Pausewang, Gudrun Final journey, The World War 2/Holocaust

Peet, Mal Tamar World War 2/Resistance Movement

Peyton, K M Flambards Edwardians/World War 1/families

Peyton, K M Small gains (and sequel) 1800s/Rural life

Provoost, Anne Falling World War 2/Holocaust/ Extreme Nationalism

Provoost, Anne In the shadow of the ark Noah’s Ark retold

Rai, Bali City of ghosts 1919/India/Amritsar Massacre

Rees, Celia Pirates 1700s/Slave Trade

Rees, Celia Sovay 1700s/French Revolution

Rees, Celia Witch child (and sequel) 1600s/witchcraft/American pioneers

Rees, Celia The fool’s girl 1601/Shakespeare’s theatre

Rhue, Morton Wave, The World War 2/Nazis

Richter, Hans Peter Friedrich (and sequels) World War 2/Nazi Germany/Holocaust

Roberts, Katherine I am the great horse Ancient Greeks/Alexander the Great

Rodman, Mary Ann Yankee girl 1960s/USA Civil Rights Movement

Rodman, Mary Ann Jimmy’s stars World War 2/USA

Rosoff, Meg The bride’s farewell 1800s/Rural life/Southern England

Sedgwick, Marcus The Foreshadowing World War 1

Sedgwick, Marcus Blood red snow white Russian Revolution

Smucker, Barbara Uderground to Canada USA/Slaves/Plantations/Underground Railroad

Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed World War 2/Poland/Holocaust

Sutcliff, Rosemary The eagle of the ninth (and sequels)

Roman Britain/Hadrian’s Wall

Sutcliff, Rosemary The sword and the circe (and sequels)

King Arthur/Camelot

Taylor, Mildred D Roll of thunder, hear my cry (and sequels)

1930s/Great Depression/Deep South

Turnbull, Ann No shame, no fear (and sequel)

1600s/Quakers

Wallace, Jason Out of shadows 1980s/ Zimbabwean Independence

Wilkinson, Lili Scatterheart Early 1800s/transportation to Australia

Wilson, Leslie Saving Rafael World War 2/Berlin/Nazis/Jews

Zusak, Markus The book thief World War 2/Nazis

REAL LIFE/TEENAGE

Abdel-Fattah, Randa Does my head look big in this?

Cultural differences

Abdel-Fattah, Randa Ten things I hate about me Cultural differences

Alexie, Sherman Absolutely true diary of a p/t Indian

Cultural differences/disability/outcasts

Anderson, Laurie Speak Outcasts

Anderson, Laurie Wintergirls Eating disorders

Anderson, Rachel This strange new life M.E.

Arrigan, Mary Hard luck Children in Public Care/Homelessness

Asher, Jay 13 reasons why Suicide/bullying

Ashley, Bernard Playing against the odds Friends/relationships

Bell, Julia Massive Eating disorders

Bell, Julia Dirty work Child exploitation

Binchy, Maeve Star Sullivan Families, relationships

Bird, Helen Fighting back Race relations

Bertagna, Julie The oppposite of chocolate

Teenage pregnancy

Blackman, Malorie Boys don’t cry Teenage fathers

Brooks, Kevin Lucas Outcasts

Brooks, Kevin Candy Runaways/streetlife/relationships

Burchill, Julie Sugar rush Same sex relationships

Burgess, Melvin Billy Eliot Gender roles

Burgess, Melvin Loving April Outcasts

Burgess, Melvin Junk Drugs/homelessness

Burgess, Melvin Nicholas Dane Children in Public Care/Child abuse

Cann, Kate Diving in (and sequels) Relationships

Cann, Kate Breaking up Relationships

Chambers, Aidan Postcards from no man`s land

Growing up/identity

Chambers, Aidan This is all - pillow book of Cordelia Kenn

Relationships

D'Adamo, Francesco My brother Johnny Identity

Dessen, Sarah The truth about forever Families/relationships

Dessen, Sarah Along for the ride Families/relationships

Dogar, Sharon Waves Families/death

Dogar, Sharon Falling Relationships

Doherty, Berlie Dear nobody Teenage pregnancy

Donnelly, Jennifer Gathering light, A Identity/gender roles

Dowd, Siobhan A swift pure cry Dysfunctional families/teenage pregnancy

Dowd, Siobhan Solace of the road Children in care/Identity

Downham, Jenny Before I die Cancer/Death

Earle, Phil Being Billy Children in care/neglect

Forde, Catherine Bad wedding Families/Step-sisters

Foreman, Gayle If I stay Death

French, Viv Baby baby Teenage mother

French, Viv*** Staying awake Drugs

Gibbons, Alan Caught in the crossfire Race relations

Gibbons, Alan Edge, The Race relations/dysfunctional families

Green, Julia Breathing underwater Death

Haddon, Mark The curious incident of the dog---------

Asperger’s Syndrome

Hines, Barry A kestrel for a knave (also called Kes)

Outcasts, poverty

Hinton, S.E. any title Gangs

Hooper, Mary Megan (and sequels) Teenage pregnancy

Hooper, Mary Amy Online relationships

Hooper, Mary Zara Friends

Hornby, Nick Slam Relationships/teenage pregnancy

Hornby, Nick About a boy Relationships, single parents, growing up

Howell, Simmone Everything beautiful Outcasts/Disability/Religion

Johnson, Harriet M Accidents of nature Disability

Kadohata Cynthia Outside beauty Dysfunctional families

Kenrick, Joanna Red tears Self harm

Kenrick, Joanna Babyfather Teenage pregnancy

Kenrick, Joanna Mind set Race relations

Kenrick, Joanna Perfect Love, relationships

Kenrick, Joanna Out Same Sex Relationships

Kerr, M E Deliver us from Evie Same Sex Relationships/Outcasts

Kuipers, Alice Life on the refrigerator door

Cancer, Death

Levithan, David Boy meets boy Relationships/homosexuality

Le Vann, Kate any title Growing up/Relationships

Limb, Sue Girl 15 charming but insane (and sequels)

Friends/relationships

Long, Hailey Lotte Biggs is not mad (and sequel)

Mental illness

Manning, Sarra Let’s get lost Death/friends/relationships

Manning, Sarra Nobody’s girl Identity

Manning, Sarra Pretty things Relationships

McGowan, Anthony The knife that killed me Peer pressure/knife crime

Mendes, Valerie any title Dysfunctional families

Morgan, Nicola Mondays are red Synaesthesia

Morgan, Nicola Wasted Dysfunctional families/relationships

Morgan, Nicola The passion flower massacre

Cults

Moriarty, Jaclyn any title Families/Relationships

Nicholson, William Rich and mad Relationships

Oates, Joyce Carol Big mouth and ugly girl Outcasts

Oates, Joyce Carol Freaky green eyes Dysfunctional families/Domestic Violence

Paterson, Anna Running on empty Eating Disorders

Philip, Gillan Life of the party Alcohol abuse

Rai, Bali The Crew (and sequel) Gangs/Crime/Drugs

Rai, Bali The last taboo Relationships/Racism

Rai, Bali Rani and Sukh Forbidden Relationships

Rai, Bali (Un)arranged marriage Identity/Cultural differences/Arranged marriages

Rai, Bali Dream on Families

Rai, Bali Two timer Relationships

Rees, Celia The wish house Dysfunctional families

Rennison, Louise Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging (and sequels) Georgia Nicholson series

Friends, relationships

Rennison, Louise Withering tights Friends/relationships

Robert, Na’ima B From Somalia with love Cultural differences

Robert, Na’ima B Boy vs girl Cultural differences

Rosoff, Meg How I live now Identity, relationships

Rosoff, Meg Just in case Outcasts, identity

Rosoff, Meg What I was Identity, relationships

Rushton, Rosie 21st century Austen series

Relationships

Salinger, J. D Catcher in the rye, The Identity

Smith, Dodie I capture the castle Identity, outcasts

Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl (and sequel) Outcasts

Stone, Tanya Lee A bad boy can be good for a girl

Relationships

Stratton, Allan Chanda’s secrets Africa / HIV-AIDS

Suzuma, Tabitha From where I stand Mental illness/bullying/self-harm

Valentine, Jenny Any title Identity, families, relationships

Vrettos, A M Skin Eating disorders

Wilkinson, Lili Pink Outcasts

Wolff, Virginia E Make lemonade (and sequel)

Poverty, teenage mothers

Woodson, Jacqueline If you come softly First love, cultural differences

Ye, Ting-Xing Throwaway daughter Cross-cultural adoption

Zei, Alki Tina's web Drugs

Zephaniah, Benjamin Refugee boy Cultural differences, refugees

Zephaniah, Benjamin Teacher’s dead Gangs

Zephaniah, Benjamin Gangsta rap Gangs

Zephaniah, Benjamin Face Disability