Year 8/9 Reading List Arranged by genre. All these books are available in the school library. J=Junior Fiction

S = Senior Fiction

*** = Easy to read

FANTASY Adams, Richards Aidinoff, Elise V Bray, Libba Burgess, Melvin Carroll, Lewis Clare, Cassandra Dickinson, Peter Garner, Alan Hardy, Janice Harris, Joanne Hearn, Lian Hill, Stuart Hoffman, Mary Le Guin, Ursula Mahy, Margaret Mahy, Margaret Mahy, Margaret Marr, Melissa Marr, Melissa McCaffrey, Anne McKinley, Robin McKinley, Robin Nicholson, William Nicholson, William Nix, Garth Paolini, Christopher Pierce, Tamora Pratchett, Terry Stroud, Jonathan Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Westerfeld, Scott White, T H Zevin, Gabrielle

Watership down The garden A great and terrible beauty (and sequels) Bloodtide (and sequel) Alice’s adventures in wonderland (and sequel) City of bones (and sequels) (Mortal Instruments series) The ropemaker (and sequel) any title The pain merchants Healing Wars series Runemarks Across the nightingale floor (and sequels) (The Otori series) The cry of the icemark (and sequels) Stravaganza: city of masks (and sequels) Talia series A wizard of Earthsea (and sequels) Alchemy The changeover Heriot Ink exchange Wicked lovely Dragonflight (and sequels) (Dragonriderss of Pern series) Beauty Spindle's end The wind singer (and sequels) Seeker (and sequels) Sabriel (and sequels) Old Kingdom series Eragon (and sequels) any title Discworld series Amulet of Samarkand (and sequels) (Bartimaeous series) The Hobbit The fellowship of the Ring (and sequels) (Lord of the Rings series) Leviathan (and sequels) The once and future king Elsewhere

J J J J J J J J J J S J J J J J J J J S J J J J J J J J/S J J S J S J

SCIENCE FICTION Adams, Douglas Adlington, L J Allen-Gray, Alison Allen-Gray, Alison Beckett, Bernard Bertagna, Julie Burgess, Melvin Burgess, Melvin Burgess, Melvin Dickinson, Peter Keyes, Daniel Lloyd, Saci Lore, Pittacus Lowry, Lois Malley, Gemma Mark, Jan Mark, Jan McKinley, Robin Mills, Sam Morgan, Nicola Ness, Patrick Pearson, Mary Pfeffer, Susan Shusterman, Neal Swindells, Robert Wasserman, Robin Wells, H.G. Wells, H.G. Westerfeld, Scott Wyndham, John

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (and sequels) The diary of Pelly-J (and sequel) Unique Lifegame Genesis Exodus (and sequel) Sara's face iBoy Blood tide (and sequels) Eva Flowers for Algernon The carbon diaries (and sequels) I am number four The giver (and sequels) The declaration (and sequels) Useful idiots Riding tycho Sunshine Black out Sleepwalking The knife of never letting go (and sequels) The adoration of Jenna Fox Life as we knew it (and sequels) Unwind Brother in the land Skinned (and sequels) Time Machine The war of the worlds Uglies (and sequels) any title

S J J J J J J J J J S J J J J J J S J J J J J J J J S S J S

The stuff of nightmares Jane Eyre Wuthering heights Leaving Poppy Possessing Rayne (and sequel) Fade I am the cheese Tenderness Short stories (can be found under various titles)

J J J J J J J J J/S

HORROR/GOTHIC Blackman, Malorie Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Cann, Kate Cann, Kate Cormier, Robert Cormier, Robert Cormier, Robert Dahl, Roald

Garcia & Stohl Geras, Adele Gibbons, Alan Hill, Susan Hill, Susan Hill, Susan Joyce, Graham Keaney, Brian Klein, Rachel Lassiter, Rhiannon Maguire, Eden Newbery, Linda Noyes, Deborah (editor) Poe, Edgar Allan Ryan, Carrie Sedgwick, Marcus Sedgwick, Marcus Sedgwick, Marcus Shelley, Mary W Singleton, Sarah Stevenson, Robert Louis Stiefvater, Maggie Stoker, Bram Wooding, Chris Wooding, Chris

Beautiful creatures (and sequel) Lily*** The cold heart of summer*** I'm the king of the castle Mist in the mirror, The The woman in black Do the creepy thing No stone unturned*** Moth diaries, The Bad blood Beautiful dead series Set in stone Gothic! – 10 original dark tales Short stories (can be found under various titles) The forest of hands and teeth My swordhand is singing White crow The book of dead days (and sequel) Frankenstein Any title Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Shiver (and sequels) Dracula Malice (and sequel) The haunting of Alaizabel Cray

J J J S S S J J S J J J J J/S J J J J S J S J S J J

Down the rabbit hole: an Echo Falls mystery Smokescreen No way to go Little soldier Whistle down the wind Noughts and Crosses (and sequels) What I saw and how I lied Black Rabbit Summer The road ahead Killing God Martyn pig i-boy Johnny Delgado Private Detective (and sequel)*** I see you baby...*** Bloodline*** Twocking***

J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J

CRIME/THRILLER Abrams, Peter Ashley, Bernard Ashley, Bernard Ashley, Bernard Bell, Mary Hayley Blackman, Malorie Blundell, Judy Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Kevin Brown, Eric

Buchan, John Cassidy, Anne Cassidy, Anne Cassidy, Anne Cassidy, Anne Christie, Agatha Collins, Suzanne Collins, Wilkie Collins, Wilkie Cross, Gillian Cross, Gillian Cross, Gillian David Keren Doyle, Arthur Conan Du Maurier, Daphne Du Maurier, Daphne Du Maurier, Daphne Goobie, Beth Grant, Helen Grant, Helen Grant, Michael Green, John Joyce, Graham Kennen, Ally Lovegrove, James Mark, Jan Muchamore, Robert Perera, Anna Peet, Mal Pratchett, Terry Pullman, Philip Rai, Bali Rendell, Ruth Sedgwick, Marcus Singer, Nicky Smith, Alexander McCall Swindells, Robert Vrettos A M Ward, Rachel Wray, Sarah Wray, Sarah Zafon, Carlos Ruiz

Thirty-nine steps, The any title Getting away with it*** The bones room*** Witness*** any title The hunger games (and sequels) Moonstone, The Woman in white, The Calling a dead man Tightrope Where I belong When I was Joe (and sequel) any Sherlock Holmes Jamaica Inn My cousin Rachel Rebecca The lottery The vanishing of Katharina Linden The glass demon Gone (and sequels) Paper towns TWOC any title Kill swap*** Eclipse of the century, The The Recruit (and sequels) CHERUB series Guantanamo boy Keeper (and sequels) Nation The ruby in the smoke (and sequels) The angel collector The thief*** Revolver The innocent's story The no.1 Ladies` Detective agency (and sequels) Stone Cold Sight Numbers (and sequels) The forbidden room The trap The shadow of the wind

S J J J S J S S J J J J S S S S J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J S J J J J J S

HISTORICAL Almond, David Anderson, Laurie Anderson, M T Anderson, Rachel Auel, Jean Banks, Lynne Reid Boyne, John Breslin, Theresa Breslin, Theresa Breslin, Theresa Burgess, Melvin Corder, Zizou Darke, Marjorie Darke, Marjorie Dogar, Sharon Donnelly, Jennifer Dowd, Siobhan Dowswell, Paul Fine, Anne Finn, Mary Gardner, Sally Gardner, Sally Geras, Adele Geras, Adele Geras, Adele Glass. Linzi Glass. Linzi Greene, Bette Harnett, Cynthia Hearn, Julie Hearn, Julie Hearn, Julie Hearn, Julie Hearn, Julie Hendry, Frances Heyer, Georgette Hoffman, Mary Hooper, Mary Hooper, Mary Hooper, Mary

Fire eaters, The Chains (and sequel) The pox party (and sequels) Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing series Bloom of youth (and sequels) The clan of the cave bear (and sequels) Tiger, tiger Boy in the striped pyjamas, The Remembrance The medici seal Prisoner of the inquisition Burning Issy Halo The first of midnight Question of courage, A Annexed Revolution The bog child Auslander The Road of bones Anila's journey The red necklace (and sequel) I, Coriander Dido Ithaka Troy The year the gypsies came Ruby Red Summer of my German soldier Thursday’s child The Merrybegot Ivy Hazel Rowan the strange Follow me down Victoria: born to be a warrior any title The falconer's knot At the house of the magician (and sequels) Newes from the dead Remarkable life and times of Eliza Rose

J J

1960s/Cuban Missile Crisis American Revolution/Slaves

S J S J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J S J J J J

American Revolution/Slaves 1950s Prehistoric Man Romans World War 2/Nazi Germany/Holocaust World War 1 Renaissance Spanish Inquisition 1600s/ witch hunts Ancient Greece/mythology/Sparta 1700s/Slave trade Suffragettes Holocaust/Anne Frank story retold French Revolution 1980s/Ireland "The Troubles" World War 2 / Germany /Nazis 1940s/Russia/Stalin 1700s. India. French Revolution 1600s/Puritans/Cromwell/Restoration Ancient Greeks/Myths/Dido & Aeneas Ancient Greeks/ Odyssey Ancient Greeks/Trojan War Apartheid/South Africa Apartheid/South Africa World War 2/prisoners of war Great depression/poverty 1600s/Puritans/Witch hunts 1800s/London/slums/Pre-Raphelites Suffragettes World War Two/ mental illness 1700s London/Freak Shows Roman Britain/Iceni/Boudicca/Gladiators

1800s/Regency Period Middle Ages/Italy Tudors/Elizabeth 1 Stuarts/Civil War Stuarts/Restoration/Nell Gwyn

Hooper, Mary Hooper, Mary Jansen, Hanna Johnston, Tony Jung, Reinhardt Kadohata Cynthia Kidd, Sue Monk Klein, Lisa Landman, Tanya Martin, S I Magorian, Michelle Napoli, Donna Jo Napoli, Donna Jo Newbery, Linda Newbery, Linda Newbery, Linda Orme, David Orme, David Page, Jan Pausewang, Gudrun Peet, Mal Peyton, K M Peyton, K M Provoost, Anne Provoost, Anne Rai, Bali Rees, Celia Rees, Celia Rees, Celia Rees, Celia Rhue, Morton Richter, Hans Peter Roberts, Katherine Rodman, Mary Ann Rodman, Mary Ann Rosoff, Meg Sedgwick, Marcus Sedgwick, Marcus Smucker, Barbara Spinelli, Jerry Sutcliff, Rosemary Sutcliff, Rosemary Taylor, Mildred D Turnbull, Ann Wallace, Jason

At the sign of the sugared plum (+ sequel) Fallen Grace Over a thousand hills I walk with you Bone by bone by bone Dreaming in black and white Weedflower The secret life of bees Ophelia Apache Jupiter Williams A litle love song Stones in water Daughter of Venice Shell house, The Sisterland Some other war Plague*** Fire!*** Selina Penaluna Final journey, The Tamar Flambards Small gains (and sequel) Falling In the shadow of the ark City of ghosts Pirates Sovay Witch child (and sequel) The fool’s girl Wave, The Friedrich (and sequels) I am the great horse Yankee girl Jimmy’s stars The bride’s farewell The Foreshadowing Blood red snow white Uderground to Canada Milkweed The eagle of the ninth (and sequels) The sword and the circe (and sequels) Roll of thunder, hear my cry (and sequels) No shame, no fear (and sequel) Out of shadows

J J J J J J S J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J

Stuarts/1665-1666/Plague and Great Fire Victorians 1990s Rwandan Civil War/genocide 1950s/Civil Rights/Ku Klux Klan World War 2/Nazis/Disability World War 2/prisoners of war 1960s/USA Civil Rights Movement Around 1600/ retelling of Hamlet 1800s/Native Americans/women Regency London/race relations World War 2/World War 1/Women World War 2/Nazis Renaissance /Women World War 1 World War 2 World War 1/ Trenches 1665/The Plague 1666/The Great Fire of London 1940s/World War 2/Evacuees World War 2/Holocaust World War 2/Resistance Movement Edwardians/World War 1/families 1800s/Rural life World War 2/Holocaust/ Extreme Nationalism

Noah’s Ark retold 1919/India/Amritsar Massacre 1700s/Slave Trade 1700s/French Revolution 1600s/witchcraft/American pioneers 1601/Shakespeare’s theatre World War 2/Nazis World War 2/Nazi Germany/Holocaust Ancient Greeks/Alexander the Great 1960s/USA Civil Rights Movement World War 2/USA 1800s/Rural life/Southern England World War 1 Russian Revolution USA/Slaves/Plantations/Underground Railroad

World War 2/Poland/Holocaust Roman Britain/Hadrian’s Wall King Arthur/Camelot 1930s/Great Depression/Deep South 1600s/Quakers 1980s/ Zimbabwean Independence

Wilkinson, Lili Wilson, Leslie Zusak, Markus

Scatterheart Saving Rafael The book thief

J J S

Early 1800s/transportation to Australia World War 2/Berlin/Nazis/Jews World War 2/Nazis

Does my head look big in this? Ten things I hate about me Absolutely true diary of a p/t Indian Claiming Georgia Tate Speak Wintergirls This strange new life Hard luck*** 13 reasons why Playing against the odds Massive Dirty work Star Sullivan*** Fighting back*** The oppposite of chocolate Boys don’t cry Going bovine Lucas Candy Sugar rush Billy Eliot Loving April Junk Nicholas Dane Diving in (and sequels) Breaking up Crow girl (and sequel) *** Text game*** Postcards from no man`s land This is all - pillow book of Cordelia Kenn My brother Johnny The truth about forever Along for the ride Walking with rainbows*** (also called Briggsy) Waves Falling Dear nobody Gathering light, A

J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J

Cultural differences Cultural differences Cultural differences/disability/outcasts Child abuse Outcasts Eating disorders M.E. Children in Public Care/Homelessness Suicide/bullying Friends/relationships Eating disorders Child exploitation Families, relationships Race relations Teenage pregnancy Teenage fathers BSE, death Outcasts Runaways/streetlife/relationships Same sex relationships Gender roles Outcasts Drugs/homelessness Children in Public Care/Child abuse Relationships Relationships Bullying Relationships/Stalking Growing up/identity Relationships Identity Families/relationships Families/relationships Friends/Relationships Families/death Relationships Teenage pregnancy Identity/gender roles

REAL LIFE/TEENAGE Abdel-Fattah, Randa Abdel-Fattah, Randa Alexie, Sherman Amateua, Gigi Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Rachel Arrigan, Mary Asher, Jay Ashley, Bernard Bell, Julia Bell, Julia Binchy, Maeve Bird, Helen Bertagna, Julie Blackman, Malorie Bray, Libba Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Kevin Burchill, Julie Burgess, Melvin Burgess, Melvin Burgess, Melvin Burgess, Melvin Cann, Kate Cann, Kate Cann, Kate Cann, Kate Chambers, Aidan Chambers, Aidan D'Adamo, Francesco Dessen, Sarah Dessen, Sarah Dewar, Isla Dogar, Sharon Dogar, Sharon Doherty, Berlie Donnelly, Jennifer

Dowd, Siobhan Dowd, Siobhan Downham, Jenny Downham, Jenny Earle, Phil Forde, Catherine Foreman, Gayle French, Viv French, Viv*** Gibbons, Alan Gibbons, Alan Green, Julia Green, Julia Haddon, Mark Hanika, Teresa Beate Hines, Barry Hinton, S.E. Hooper, Mary Hooper, Mary Hooper, Mary Hornby, Nick Hornby, Nick Howell, Simmone Johnson, Harriet M Kadohata Cynthia Kenrick, Joanna Kenrick, Joanna Kenrick, Joanna Kenrick, Joanna Kenrick, Joanna Kenrick, Joanna Kerr, M E Kuipers, Alice Levithan, David Le Vann, Kate Limb, Sue Long, Hailey Manning, Sarra Manning, Sarra Manning, Sarra McGowan, Anthony Mendes, Valerie Morgan, Nicola Morgan, Nicola Morgan, Nicola

A swift pure cry Solace of the road Before I die You against me Being Billy Bad wedding*** If I stay Baby baby*** Staying awake Caught in the crossfire Edge, The Blue moon (and sequel) Breathing underwater The curious incident of the dog--------Learning to scream A kestrel for a knave (also called Kes) any title Megan (and sequels) Amy Zara Slam About a boy Everything beautiful Accidents of nature Outside beauty Red tears Babyfather*** Mine*** Mind set*** Perfect*** Out*** Deliver us from Evie Life on the refrigerator door Boy meets boy any title Girl 15 charming but insane (and sequels) Lotte Biggs is not mad (and sequel) Let’s get lost Nobody’s girl Pretty things The knife that killed me any title Mondays are red Wasted The passion flower massacre

J J J J J J J J J J J J J S J S J J J J S S J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J

Dysfunctional families/teenage pregnancy

Children in care/Identity Cancer/Death Dysfunctional families/Relationships/Rape

Children in care/neglect Families/Step-sisters Death Teenage mother Drugs Race relations Race relations/dysfunctional families Teenage pregnancy Death Asperger’s Syndrome Child abuse Outcasts, poverty Gangs Teenage pregnancy Online relationships Friends Relationships/teenage pregnancy Relationships, single parents, growing up Outcasts/Disability/Religion Disability Dysfunctional families Self harm Teenage pregnancy Relationships, rape Race relations Love, relationships Same Sex Relationships Same Sex Relationships/Outcasts Cancer, Death Relationships/homosexuality Growing up/Relationships Friends/relationships Mental illness Death/friends/relationships Identity Relationships Peer pressure/knife crime Dysfunctional families Synaesthesia Dysfunctional families/relationships Cults

Moriarty, Jaclyn Nicholson, William Oates, Joyce Carol Oates, Joyce Carol Paterson, Anna Philip, Gillan Rai, Bali Rai, Bali Rai, Bali Rai, Bali Rai, Bali Rai, Bali Rees, Celia Rennison, Louise Rennison, Louise Robert, Na’ima B Robert, Na’ima B Rosoff, Meg Rosoff, Meg Rosoff, Meg Rushton, Rosie Salinger, J. D Smith, Dodie Spinelli, Jerry Stone, Tanya Lee Stratton, Allan Suzuma, Tabitha Suzuma, Tabitha Suzuma, Tabitha Valentine, Jenny van Lieshout, Ted Vrettos, A M Wilkinson, Lili Wolff, Virginia E Woodson, Jacqueline Ye, Ting-Xing Zei, Alki Zephaniah, Benjamin Zephaniah, Benjamin Zephaniah, Benjamin Zephaniah, Benjamin

any title Rich and mad Big mouth and ugly girl Freaky green eyes Running on empty Life of the party*** The Crew (and sequel) The last taboo Rani and Sukh (Un)arranged marriage Dream on*** Two timer The wish house Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging (and sequels) Georgia Nicholson series Withering tights From Somalia with love Boy vs girl How I live now Just in case What I was 21st century Austen series Catcher in the rye, The I capture the castle Stargirl (and sequel) A bad boy can be good for a girl Chanda’s secrets From where I stand A note of madness (and sequels) Forbidden Any title Brothers Skin Pink Make lemonade (and sequel) If you come softly Throwaway daughter Tina's web Refugee boy Teacher’s dead Gangsta rap Face

J J J J J J J J J J J J J

Families/Relationships Relationships Outcasts Dysfunctional families/Domestic Violence Eating Disorders Alcohol abuse Gangs/Crime/Drugs Relationships/Racism Forbidden Relationships

J J J J J J J S S S J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J

Friends, relationships Friends/relationships Cultural differences Cultural differences Identity, relationships Outcasts, identity Identity, relationships Relationships Identity Identity, outcasts Outcasts Relationships Africa / HIV-AIDS Mental illness/bullying/self-harm Mental illness/bipolar disorder Incest Identity, families, relationships Brothers/Death/Homosexuality Eating disorders Outcasts Poverty, teenage mothers First love, culutral differences Cross-cultural adoption Drugs Cultural differences, refugees Gangs Gangs Disability

Identity/Cultural differences/Arranged marriages

Families Relationships Dysfunctional families

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