Reading at home The below list is a guide for you for the next few weeks. There are a variety of different ways that you can access literature online: www.openculture.com – This is a free website with access to hundreds of ebooks that you can download directly to your phone/tablet. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/childrens - This is a free website from the BBC where you can listen to a number of audio books through the BBC app. https://liverpool.gov.uk/libraries/ereading/ - This link is for Liverpool Libraries. You will need to register your details (for free) and have a Liverpool address; once you have registered you have access to hundreds of free ebooks that you can read online/on your phone.
Recommended reads – Year 8
Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine
Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
The Coral Island by RM Ballantyne
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Flambards by KM Peyyton
The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley
Goggle Eyes by Anne Fine
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
How I Live now by Meg Rosoff
I am David by Anne Holme
Joby by Stan Barstow
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines
Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1984 by George Orwell
The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett