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Suggested Reading List for Entering Year 7s

Fantasy

  1. "Fantasy Stories"

  2. "Tom's Midnight Garden"
    A young boy befriends a girl from the past
  3. "Beyond the Deepwoods" (+ the Edge chronicle series)
  4. "Magic in the Weaving" (+ the Circle of Magic series)
  5. "Northern Lights" (the Dark Materials Trilogy)

 

 

Chosen by D Wynne Jones (short stories)
Phillipa Pearce

P Stewart & C Riddell

Tamora Pierce

Philip Pullman (more difficult & controversial!)

Ghost

  1. "Ghost Stories"

  2. "The Ghost Dog"
  3. "Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone"

 

Chosen by Robert Westall (short stories)
Pete Johnson
J K Rowling

 

School

  1. "School Stories"
  2. "What a Week to Make It Big"
    About a teenage class trying to be famous
  3. "Flour Babies"
  4. "Utterly me, Clarice Bean "



Chosen by Jan Mark (short stories)
Rosie Rushton

Anne Fine
Lauren Child

 

Family/Relationships

  1. "Goodnight Mr Tom"
    Set during the war; a young boy finding happiness in the country
  2. "Starseeker"
    A poignant story of bullying and musical talent
  3. "Secret Diary of Adrian Mole"
  4. "Kit's Wilderness"
  5. "Stargirl"
    An unusual girl causes a stir and creates questions about how to live life.

 

 

Michelle Magorian


Tim Bowler

Sue Townsend
David Almond
J Spinelli

 

Animal

  1. "The Sheep Pig"
  2. "Leopard Trail" (Wild things series)
  3. "The Incredible Journey"
  4. "Redwall" (First of a large series)
  5. "Horses of Half moon ranch" (series)

 

 

Dick King Smith
Elizabeth Laird
Sheila Burford
Brian Jacques
Jenny Oldfield

Historical:

  1. "Tamar"

Mal Peet

Sport

  1. "Sports Stories"
  2. "Glory Gardens"
    Exciting cricket
  3. "Burn Out "
    Skateboarding
  4. "In the Net"
    But who won the cup?
  5. "Alan Shearer"
    Biography

 

 

Ed. Alan Durant (short stories)
Bob Cattell

Ben Bo

Michael Hardcastle

S Cambell

Adventure

  1. "Raspberries on the Yangtze"
    Nothing to do with China!
  2. "The Silver Sword"
  3. "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit"
    About a family escaping from Nazi Germany - First of a trilogy
  4. "Millions"
    Boys find a bag stuffed with money
  5. "River Boy"
  6. "Power of Five-Raven's Gate "
    Supernatural adventures with a boy hero

 

 

Karen Wallace

Ian Seraillier
Judith Kerr


Frank Cottrell Boyce

Tim Bowler
Anthony Horowitz

Science Fiction

  1. "Maphead"
  2. "Aliens in the Family"
  3. "Mortal Engines" (First in series)

 

 

Lesley Howarth
Margaret Mahy
Philip Reeve

Other Cultures

  1. "The Breadwinner"/"Parvana's Journey"/"Mud City"
    Story of a 13 year old girl in Afghanistan
  2. "Journey to the River Sea"
    An adventure set in the 1900s around the Amazon
  3. "Out of India"
    A fascinating biography, with a backdrop of wartime Britain and Indian independence.
  4. "Noughts and Crosses "
    Callum is a nought--a second-class citizen in a world dominated by the Crosses--and Sephy is a Cross, and the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. Powerful and provocative first in a trilogy.

 

 

Deborah Ellis


Eva Ibbotson


Jamila Gavin


Malorie Blackman

Humour

  1. "The Amazing Maurice"
    A witty fantasy adventure, with a wonderful variety of characters.
  2. "Love That Dog"
    Written in poetry form; a touching story.
  3. "Saffy's Angel"
    An uplifting story about an eccentric family.


Terry Pratchett


Sharon Creech

Hilary McKay

Quick Reads

  1. "Boring Bible" series

 

 

Andy Robb

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