ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Recommended Reading List
Year 7 and Year 8
Title
The Diary of Pelly D
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Face at the Window
Unique
City of the Beasts
Clay
Skellig
Kit's Wilderness
The Fire Eaters
Counting Stars
Heaven Eyes
The Doll's House
Playing on the Edge
Little Soldier
Tiger Without Teeth
Celandine
Jonathan
Livingston Seagull
The Printer's Devil
Author
Adlington, L.J
Aiken, Joan
Alcock, Vivien
Allen-Gray, Alison
Allende, Isobel
Almond, David
Anderson, Rachel
Arksey Neil
Ashley, Bernard
Augarde, Steve
Bach, Richard
Bajoria, Paul
Chasing Vermeer
Broken Bridge
Tiger, Tiger
The Thief of Always
The boy who didn't want to rule the world
The Seagulls have Landed
Hope was Here
Rules of the Road
Carrie's War
The Looking Glass War
Dead Guilty
Fish feet
Exodus
I Sound track
Cloud Busting
Dead Gorgeous
Dangerous Dare
Hacker
Tell me no lies
Pig Heart Boy
Double Fudge
Coyote Moon
POW
War Dog
Starseeker
RiverBoy
Storm Catchers
Framed
Millions
The sisterhood of the travelling pants
Death or Glory Boys
Divided City
Whispers in the Graveyard
Being Bindy
Tiger, Tiger
The Secret Garden
Spyhigh series
Calypso Dreaming
Door in the Lake
Molly Moon series
All American Girl
When Lightning Strikes
The Princess Diaries
Wenny has Wings
Birthday Blues
Missing Judy
Dizzy, Indigo Blue, Drift wood
Down the Wicket series
Number 99
Balliett, Blue
Banks, Lynne Reid
Barker, Clive
Barker, Dominic
Bateman, Colin
Bauer, Joan
Bawden, Nina
Beddor, Frank
Belbin, David
Bertagna, Julie
Blackman, Malorie
Blume, Judy
Booth, Martin
Bowler, Tim
Boyce, Frank Cottrell
Brashares, Ann
Breslin, Theresa
Brugman, Alyssa
Burgess, Melvin
Burnett, Francis
Butcher, A.J
Butler, Charles
Butts, Nancy
Byng, Georgia
Cabot, Meg
Carey, Janet Lee
Cassidy, Anne
Cassidy, Cathy
Cattell Bob
Cave, Patrick
The Present Takers
Warrior Girl
Michigan Moorcroft RIP
Tripods (series)
Kalpana's dream
Wolf on the Fold
Chasing Rainbows
The Other Alice
Fire Bringer
Seven Daughters and Seven sons
The Wereling
Weirdo's War
Ruby Parker hits the small time
Artemis Fowl series
The Wish List
Benny and Babe
Daughter of Storms
Demon crossing
Wings to fly
Victory
King of Shadows
The Dark is Rising
Lion Boy
The Chocolate War
Heroes
Aliens ate my homework
How to train your dragon
Jimmy Coates series
I heard the owl call my name
Heartbeat
The Wanderer
Calling a dead man
Demon Headmaster
Harriet's ghost
Feast of Fools
Cloudworld
The Named
The Dark
Catherine called Birdy
Boy
Going solo
Danny Champion of the world
A Question of Courage
The spook's apprentice
Oliver Twist
The Cup of the world
The Ropemaker
The Kin (series)
The Conch Bearer
Chambers, Aidan
Chandler, Pauline
Chatterton, Martin
Christoper, John
Clarke, Judith
Clarke, Julia
Clement-Davies, David
Cohen
Cole Stephen
Coleman, Michael
Coleman, Rowan
Colfer, Eoin
Cooper, Louise
Cooper, Patrick
Cooper, Susan
Corder, Zouzou
Cormier, Robert
Cormier, Robert
Coville, Bruce
Cowell, Cressida
Craig, Joe
Craven
Creech, Sharon
Cross, Gillian
Crowley, Bridget
Cunningham, David
Curley, Marianne
Cushman, Karen
Dahl, Roald
Darke, Marjorie
Delaney, Joseph
Dickens, Charles
Dickinson, John
Dickinson, Peter
Divakaruni, Chitra Banarjee
Firestar
Tough Luck
Power monkey
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Georgie
Who is Jesse Flood?
Aliens don't eat bacon sandwiches
Ingo
The City of Ember
Behind Enemy Lines
Tank Attack
London Siege
Under a war-torn sky
Murkmere
Ambergate
The Breakwinner
The Heaven shop
Goldenwing
Laura Silva and the charmed bracelet
The 7 professors of the far north
Girl Named Disaster
The Sea of trolls
Charlotte
Sometimes
Helicopter man
Flour babies
Goggle Eyes
The tulip touch
Up on Cloud Nine
Darkhenge
Oracle trilogy
Abracadabra kid
Grinny
The Mrs Marridge project
The cinnamon tree
Fat Boy Swim
The moonlight man
The Diary of Anne Frank
Hitler's Daughter
Change the locks
Dragon rider
The thief lord
Hello? Is anybody there?
Sophie’s World
Through a glass darkly
Coraline
I, Coriander
The invisible boy
Devil in the Fog
D'Lacey, Chris
Docherty, Berlie
Dowswell, Paul
Doyle, Conan
Doyle, Malachy
Dunmore, Helen
Duprau, Jeanne
Eldridge, Jim
Elliot, L.M
Elliot, Patricia
Ellis, Deborah
Everrey, Jordan
Everrey, Jordin
Fardell, John
Farmer, Nancy
Farmer, Penelope
Fensham, Elizabeth
Fine, Anne
Fisher, Catherine
Fleishman
Fisk, Nicholas
Fisk, Pauline
Flegg, Aubrey
Forde, Catherine
Fox, Paula
Frank, Anne
French Jackie
French, Simon
Funke, Cornelia
Gaarder, Jostein
Gaiman, Neil
Gardner, Sally
Garfield, Leon
Elidor
Rebels
Don't mess with angels
35 kilos of hope
Coram boy
Chicken
The Edge
Shadow of the Minotaur trilogy
The defender
Piggies
Adults only
Once
Face to face
It didn't happen
The diamond of Drury Lane
Dork in Disguise
Dork on the run
The lottery
Little white horse
How the hangman lost his heart
When a girl is born
Hunting the cat
The lasting
The disappearance
The ice road
Taylor 5
Fly by night
The cockroach war
Leonardo and the death machine
Thursday's child
Soraya the storyteller
The merrybegot
Chains
Chandra
The music of dolphins
Flush
Girl in Red
Blood fever
Silverfin
The cry of the icemark
A Kestrel for a knave
Buddy
Time bomb
I Am David
Rice without Rain
Amy
At the sign of the Sugared Plum
Mates, dates series
Alex Rider series
Garner, Alan
Gascoigne, Russell
Gates, Susan
Gavalda, Anna
Gavin, Jamila
Gibbons Alan
Gifford, Nick
Gleitzman, Morris
Glover, Sandra
Golding, Julia
Gorman, Carol
Goobie, Beth
Goudge, Elizabeth
Grant, K.M
Grant, Pamela
Gray, Keith
Gross, Philip
Guy, Rose
Haar, Japter
Halam, Ann
Hardinge, Francis
Harlan, Jonathan
Harris, Robert J.
Hartnett, Sonia
Hawke, Rosanne
Hearn, Julie
Hendry, Frances Mary
Hesse, Karen
Hiaasen, Carl
Hicyilmas, Gaye
Higson, Charlie
Hill, Stuart
Hines, Barry
Hinton, Nigel
Hintin, Nigel
Holm, Anne
Ho, Minfong
Hooper, Mary
Hopkins, Cathy
Horowitz, Anthony
Raven's gate
The dream merchant
Across Five Aprils
Meltdown
Dial a Ghost
Journey to the river sea
The Star of Kazan
My scary fairy godmother
Peace weavers
How Hedley Hopkins did a dare etc
Tongue-tied
Pagan's crusade
Traitor
Conrad's fate
Fire and hemlock
The boy in the burning house
Dance of the assassins
The Shamer's daughter
Strawgirl
The divide trilogy
If this is the real world
Jacob's ladder
Noodle head
The burying beetle
The naming of William Rutherford
The tail of Emily Windsnap
The water Babies
The raiders
Trouble in two centuries
The rainbow opera
Epic
The book of everything
The fire within etc
Nostradamus
Instant noodles
The last word according to Alex
Jake's tower
A little piece of ground
Borderland trilogy
The Roman mystery series
Small eternities
Shield of fire
Red white and blue
Narnia Series
The flame tree
Across the Barricades
Quadehar the sorcerer (The book of stars)
Little darlings
The book of three series
Hoving, Isabel
Hunt, Irene
Hutton, Sam
Ibbotson, Eva
Impey, Rose
Jarman, Julia
Jennings, Paul
Jinks, Catherine
Johnson, Pete
Jones, Diana Wynne
Jones, Tim Wynne
Jubert, Herve
Kaaberbol, Lene
Kay, Jackie
Kay, Elizabeth
Keaney, Brian
Kebbe, Johnathan
Kelly, Ann
Kepton, Linda
Kessler, Liz
Kingsley, Charles
Kilworth, Gary
Kitchen, David
Knox, Elizabeth
Kostic, Conor
Kuijer, Guus
Larkin, John
Lamb, Kathryn
Laird, Elizabeth
Lassiter, Rhiannon
Lawrence, Caroline
Lawrence, Michael
Leader, Alice
Leeson, Robert
Lewis C. S
Lewis, Richard
Lingard, Joan
L'Homme, Erik
Llewellyn, Sam
Lloyd, Alexander
Whitefang
The giver
Roxy's baby
Goodnight Mr Tom
A Spoonful of jam
The Chinese Cinderella
The changeover
The haunting
A bridge to the stars
Riding Tycho
Blazing star
Bitter sweet
Flight of the fisherbird
The mob (Crow Chronicles Part 1)
Wicked
Bullies don't hurt
The Outcasts
Greenfingers
One chance
The life shop
Cyrano
The Kite Rider
Stop the train
The gods and their machines
Boy band blues
Totally Lucy
Saffy's Angel
Thirteen
The doomspell trilogy
The silver child
The drowning
Girl in the attic
A writer's cauldron
The flowing queen
The whispering roads
Peter Raven under fire
The book of lies
Anne of Green Gables (series)
Cloud sailors
Feeling sorry for Celia
Mondays are red
Fleshmarket
The last wolf
Private Peaceful
War Horse
Out of the ashes
Toro! Toro!
The riddles of Epsilon
The Worst Witch Series
London, Jack
Lowry, Lois
MacPhail, Catherine
Magorian, Michelle
Mah, Adeline Yen
Mahy, Margaret
Mankell, Henning
Mark, Jan
Markham, Lynne
Marks, Nadia
Martin, Nora
Martini, Clem
Masters, Anthony
Masters, Anthony
Matthews, Laura S.
May, Paul
May, Steve
McAllister, Margaret
McCaughrean, Geraldine
McGann, Oisin
McKain, Kelly
McKay, Hilary
McLay, John
McNish, Cliff
Mendes, Valerie
Menon, Esther
Meyer, Kai
Michael, Livi
Molloy, Michael
Moloney, James
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Montgomery, Hugh
Moriarty, Jaclyn
Morgan, Nicola
Morpurgo, Michael
Morton-Shaw, C.
Murphy, Jill
The Cherub series
The other side of truth
Web of lies
Daughter of Venice
Myths, murder and mysteries
The railway children
At the firefly gate
The Wind Singer
Seeker
Milo's wolves
Sabriel, Lireal and Abhorsen
Mister Monday etc
No fire, no candle
Airborn
Animal farm
Eragon, Eldest
Four kids, three cats, two cows etc
Sisters… No way
Bridge to Terabithia
Harris and me
Hatchet
Wolf Brother
Owl light
Brief candle
Charley Feather
Tales of beauty and cruelty
Fire pony
Freak the mighty
No way am I living with her!
The ship thief
Johnny Maxwell (trilogy)
Count Karlstein
The Firework Maker’s Daughter
Northern Lights
The subtle knife
The amber spy glass
The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents
Goldkeeper
Missing persons series
Sorceress
Witch Child
The making of May
Mortal engine series
The ring of the slave prince
The devil's footsteps
Zip's Apollo
War song
Invisible detective
When the guns fall silent
Muchamore, Robert
Naidoo, Beverley
Napoli, Donna Jo
Naylor, Louise
Nesbit, Elizabeth
Newbery, Linda
Nicholson, William
Nicholson, William
Nimmo, Jenny
Nix, Garth
Oldham, Mary
Oppel, Kenneth
Orwell, George
Paolini, Christopher
Parkinson, Siobhan
Paterson, Katherine
Paulsen, Gary
Paver, Michelle
Pearson, Gudrun
Pennington, Kate
Petty, K & Castle, C.
Philbrick, Rodman
Plaisted, Caroline
Potts, Stephen
Pratchett, Terry
Pullman, Philip
Pratchett, Terry
Prue, Sally
Rabb, M.E.
Rees, Celia
Rees, Gwyneth
Reeve, Philip
Reuter, Bjarne
Richardson, E.E.
Ridley, Philip
Riordan, James
Richards, Justin
Riordan, Jamie
Johnny Casanova
Ann Yankee girl
Clone
Bloodline
Luke Harding series
Plague
Harry Potter series
Last seen wearing trainers
Tell me I'm OK really
The race for the last keystone
Alpha force series
Dogs don't tell Jokes
Holes
The boy who lost his face
There's a boy in the girl's bathroom
Magyk
The Outlaw Varjak Paw
Hite
The dark horse
The Foreshadowing
The Vampire prince
Vampire Mountain
The Fugitives
The Lost
The Speed of the dark
The Stolen
The Pig Scrolls
Father boy
Star
Century
Endymion Spring
A series of unfortunate events (series)
Wringer
The journal of Danny Chaucer (poet)
All the King's horses
Treasure Island
Kidnapped
Chris The edge chronicles
Illmoor Chronicles
The yowler foul-up
The if game
The underground conspiracy
Journey of 1000 miles
The Thowaways
Which way is home?
Red Pony
Ballet shoes
The amulet of Samarkand etc
Gulliver’s Travels
Rodman, Marry
Rose Malcolim
Rowling J.K.
Rushton, Rosie
Rutt, Val
Ryan, Chris
Sachar Louis
Sage, Angie
Said, S.F.
Saksena, Kate
Sedgwick, Marcus
Shan, Darren
Shearer, Alex
Shipton, Paul
Singer, Nicky
Singleton, John
Singleton, Sarah
Skelton, Matthew
Snicketts, Lemony
Spinelli,Jerry
Stevens, Roger
Stevenson, Laura C.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stewart, Paul & Riddell
Stone, David Lee
Stone, David Lee
Storr, Catherine
Strachan, Ian
Steinbeck, John
Streatfield Noel
Stroud, Jonathan
Swift, Jonathon
Blitzed
Abomination
Brother in the Land
Stone cold
Timesnatch
Invisible
Room 13
World Eater
Shadowmancer trilogy
Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry
The great Harlequin Grim
Switchers (Trilogy)
The missing link
The new policeman
Hitler's canary
The Moon Riders
The Hobbit
The secret diary of Adrian Mole (Series)
Forged in the Fire
No shame, no fear
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
My life upside down
Journey Home
Is anybody there?
Keep your hair on!
20,000 leagues under the sea
Journey to the centre of the earth
The dreamwalker's child
The web of fire
Raspberries on the Yangtze
The secret of the crocodile
The Unrivalled Spangles
Finding Sophie
Goodbye Marianne
Remember me?
Space race
Breakfast at Sadie's
Child X
Missing abby
Blitz
Gulf
The Kingdom by the sea
The Machine Gunners
The adventures of Jimmy Scar
Adam’s Common
Dragonkeeper
Bed and breakfast star
Cliffhanger
The Lottie project
Swindells, Robert
Taylor, G.P.
Taylor, Mildred D.
Thompson, Gareth
Thompson, Kate
Toksvig, Sandi
Tomlinson, Theresa
Tolkien, JRR
Townsend, Sue
Turnbull, Ann
Twain, Mark
Tym, Kate
Uchida
Ure, Jean
Vercoe, E.
Veme, Jules
Voake, Steve
Wallace, Karen
Watts, Irene
Waugh, Sylvia
Westall, Robert
Willis Jeanne
Wiseman, David
Wilkinson, Carole
Wilson, Jacqueline
Storm thief
The Secret of Jamie B
The extraordinary of Alfred Kropp
Refugee Boy
Face
Elsewhere
Stunt girl
Pigman
Pigman's Legacy
Wodding, Chris
Worman, Ceri
Yancey, Rick
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Zevin, Gabrielle
Zucker, Jonny
Zindel, Paul