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