Recommended Reading
List For Key Stage 3
Historical Stories
Brief Synopsis
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by
John Boyne
One of the saddest books I’ve ever read. Set around the time of
the Holocaust. Saying anything else will give it away. Read it!
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Against the Day by Michael Cronin
Uncannily believable accounts of what might have happened if
Germany had successfully invaded the UK during World War 2.
Highly recommended
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Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle
Magorian
A young boy with a disturbed mother is sent to the English
countryside during World War II to avoid the horrors of
war.
In England, Albert is growing up on a Devon farm with his
young horse, Joey. However Albert, Joey and many other
people will all be drawn into the nightmare of war as they all
struggle to survive in the blasted wilderness of the Western
Front.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II,
Death relates the story of Liesel, a young German girl whose
book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her
family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their
neighbours. Amazing read..
Bombs were falling on London, and Carrie and Nick were
wartime evacuees billeted in Wales on old Mr Evans. They
were happy to visit their friend Albert at Druid's Bottom
until Carrie did the worst thing she ever did in her life
Whan Parvana's father is arrested and taken away, Parvana
and her mother and sisters face starvation; under Taliban
law women and girls must not leave the house alone. In
desperation, Parvana pretends to be a boy to save her family
Follows the terrifying journey of a young Kurdish girl who
flees the Iraqi Secret Police with her family and takes
temporary shelter in the mountains of Kurdistan
Whilst on a school trip to Eyam, Seth, Kim and Wes steal
some coins from a well. Along with the coins is a piece of
lead which carries a curse. When Kim and Wes come down
with the plague, Seth must try to lift the curse.
The story of two young cousins in London during the onset of
the plague.
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These are very popular historical fiction covering many
subjects.
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War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden
The Breadwinner by Debbie Ellis
Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird
Kiss of Death by Malcolm Rose
The Plague by Philip Wooderson
My Story.... series
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The stars represent the difficulty of the book 5 ***** being the more challenging