FORM I Some of these titles might be recommended with caution- please seek advice from the English Department if you are unsure.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams Little Women, Louisa May Alcott Chains/ Forge, Laurie Halse Anderson Unheard Voices, Malorie Blackman (ed.) Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Judy Blume Frozen Fire, Tim Bowler Farenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte My Left Foot, Christy Brown Shakespeare, Bill Bryson Notes From a Small Island, Bill Bryson Looking for JJ, Anne Cassidy Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins Ghost Hawk, Susan Cooper One/ Apple and Rain, Sarah Crossan The Maze Runner series, James Dashner Roald Dahl’s Ghost Stories, Roald Dahl (ed.) Great Expectations, Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens A Gathering Light, Jennifer Donnelly A Swift Pure Cry, Siobhan Dowd My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell Lord of the Flies, William Golding Front Lines, Michael Grant Gone series, Michael Grant The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge Fly by Night, Frances Hardinge A Kestrel for a Knave, Barry Hines The Outsiders, S E Hinton Slam/Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby Tom Brown’s School Days, Thomas Hughes Wolf of the Plains series, Conn Iggulden Red Sky in the Morning, Elizabeth Laird To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Call of the Wild, Jack London Taking On the World, Ellen MacArthur Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier The Crucible, Arthur Miller Such Stuff: A Story-Maker’s Inspiration, Michael Morpurgo The Lake House, Kate Morton Things A Bright Girl Can Do, Sally Nichols Animal Farm, George Orwell Dark Matter, Michelle Paver Ruby in the Smoke series, Philip Pullman Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs Sweet Clarinet, James Riordan How I live Now, Meg Rosoff What I Was, Meg Rosoff The Catcher in the Rye, J D Salinger Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi Revolver, by Marcus Sedgwick Other Worlds (sci-fi short stories), Jon Scieszka (ed.) Frankenstein, Mary Shelley On the Beach, Nevil Shute Touching the Void, Joe Simpson Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck A Vicarage Family, Noel Streatfield Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, Mildred D. Taylor Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkein Out of Shadows, Jason Wallace Jonny, Jonny Wilkinson Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
Poetry A Book of Matches, Simon Armitage Collected Poems by U A Fanthorpe New Collected Poems, Seamus Heaney The Nation’s Favourite Poems, Griff Rhys Jones (ed.) Poetry- Life in Verse, Alexis Kirschbaum (ed.) Read Me 2: A Poem For Every Day of the Year, Gaby Morgan (ed.) One Hundred Favourite Poems, Mike Read (ed.) The Oxford Book of War Poetry, Jon Stallworthy (ed.) Rough Water, Clint Willis (ed.)
FORM II
Abridged classics, including: Oliver Twist, Frankenstein, Gulliver’s Travels Watership Down, Richard Adams Skellig/ My Name is Mina, David Almond Soldier Dog series, Sam Angus The Thing About Jellyfish, Ali Benjamin Noughts and Crosses sequence, Malorie Blackman The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne Moth Girls, Anne Cassidy Agatha Christie - any detective novel Shoot to Kill/Heads You Die (Young Bond), Steve Cole Illegal, Eoin Colfer King of Shadows, Susan Cooper Just William series, Richmal Crompton The Weight of Water, Sarah Crossan 13 Hours, Narinder Dhami Auslander, Paul Dowswell Arrowhead, Ruth Eastham The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon Anne Frank’s Diary Maggot Moon, Sally Gardner Once series, Morris Gleitzman I was Jane Austen’s Best Friend series, Cora Harrison I Have No Secrets, Penny Joelson Biggles, Cpt. W E Johns Just So stories, Rudyard Kipling Garbage Kings, Elizabeth Laird The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis Gorilla Dawn/ Sky Hawk/ Scarlet Ibis/ Sky Dancer/ Moon Bear/ White Dolphin, Gill Lewis Pretty Monsters: Tall Tales to Keep You Up All Night, Kelly Link Goodnight Mr Tom, Michelle Magorian Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah How to Look For a Lost Dog, Ann M. Martin Itch series, Simon Mayo Tamburlaine’s Elephants, Geraldine McCaughrean Private Peaceful/War Horse, Michael Morpurgo Trash, Andy Mulligan The Knife of Never Letting Go, Patrick Ness The Boundless/ The Nest Half Brother, Kenneth Oppel Wonder/ Auggie and Me, R.J. Palacio Northern Lights series, Philip Pullman Witchchild, Celia Rees Mortal Engines series, Phillip Reeve Five Children on the Western Front, Kate Saunders My Swordhand is Singing, Marcus Sedgwick Wonder, Brian Selznick The Silver Sword, Ian Seraillier The Hobbit, J R R Tolkein The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole series, Sue Townsend Dandelion Clocks, Rebecca Westcott My Story, Bradley Wiggins Eliza Rose/ Lady Mary/ My Name is Victoria, Lucy Worsley I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin
Poetry Penguin’s Poems by Heart, Laura Barber (ed.) If: A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility, Allie Esiri and Rachel Kelly (eds) Poems from the Second World War, Gaby Morgan (ed.) Read Me 2: A Poem For Every Day of the Year, Gaby Morgan (ed.) Best-Loved Poems, Neil Phillip (ed.) One Hundred Favourite Poems, Mike Read (ed.) Penguin Book of First World War Poetry, George Walter (ed.)
FORM III The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Joan Aiken The House on Hummingbird Island, Sam Angus Carrie’s War, Nina Bawden The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne Running on the Roof of the World, Jess Butterworth In Darkling Wood/ Letters from the Lighthouse/ Skychasers/ Strange Star/ Frost Hollow Hall/ The Girl Who Walked On Air, Emma Carroll What Katy Did, Susan Coolidge Raymie Nightingale, Kate DiCamillo The London Eye Mystery, Siobhan Dowd The Monkey’s Secret, Gennifer Choldenko Ruby Redfort series, Lauren Child The Underland Chronicles, Suzanne Collins The Breadwinner series, Deborah Ellis The Bubble Boy, Stewart Foster Coram Boy, Jamila Gavin Diamond of Drury Lane series, Julia Golding Children of the King, Sonya Hartnett Young Bond series, Charlie Higson Murder in Midwinter, Fleur Hitchcock Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz Where Monsters Lie, Polly Ho-Yen When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Judith Kerr Welcome to Nowhere/ Lost Riders, Elizabeth Laird Skulduggery Pleasant series, Derek Landy Gorilla Dawn/ Sky Hawk/ Scarlet Ibis/ Sky Dancer/ Moon Bear/ White Dolphin by Gill Lewis Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery An Eagle in the Snow/ Flamingo Boy, Michael Morpurgo The Boundless, Kenneth Oppel Eragon series, Christopher Paolini Wolf Brother series, Michelle Paver Percy Jackson/ Trials of Appollo/ Heroes of Olympus series, Rick Riordan Kiss of Death, Malcolm Rose Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling The Blood Guard, Carter Roy Knights of the Borrowed Dark, Dave Rudden The Explorer/ Rooftoppers/ The Wolf Wilder, Katherine Rundell Holes, Louis Sachar Phoenix, SF Said Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick Cirque du Freak series, Darren Shan Rugby Warrior series, by Gerard Siggins The Secret of Nightingale Wood, by Lucy Strange Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend The Goldfish Boy, Lisa Thompson Montmorency, Eleanor Updale Usborne Stories from Shakespeare The Machine Gunners, Robert Westall The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow/ The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth/ The Midnight Peacock by Katherine Woodfine
Poetry 101 Poems for Children, Carol Ann Duffy (ed.) Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, T. S. Eliot If: A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility, Allie Esiri and Rachel Kelly (eds) 101 Poems to Get You Through the Day, Daisy Goodwin (ed.) The Nation’s Favourite Comic Poems, Griff Rhys Jones (ed.) Shades of Green, Anne Harvey (ed.) The Ring of Words, Roger McGough Because A Fire Was in My Head, Michael Morpurgo (ed.) One Hundred Favourite Poems, Mike Read (ed.) FORM IV
The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop/The Racehorse Who Disappeared, Clare Balding S.C.R.E.A.M.: The Mummy’s Revenge, Andrew Beasley Chronicles of Avantia series, Adam Blade Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series, Frank Cottrell Boyce The Astounding Broccoli Boy/ Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth/ Millions/ Cosmic, Frank Cottrell Boyce Skychasers/ In Darkling Wood/ Letters from the Lighthouse/ The Girl Who Walked on Air/ Snow Sister, Emma Carroll Boy by Roald Dahl Wilderness, Roddy Doyle Small Change for Stuart, Lissa Evans The Thief Lord, Cornelia Funke Gold of the Gods series, Bear Grylls Jungle Book Adventure series, Bear Grylls Shadow Forest, Matt Haig The Imaginary, A.F. Harrold The Iron Man, Ted Hughes Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz One Dog and His Boy, Eva Ibbotson Finding Black Beauty, Lou Kuenzler Hero/ A Dog Called Homeless, Sarah Lean Beetle Boy, MG Leonard Shadowsmith/ The Nowhere Emporium Ross MacKenzie Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea/Kensuke’s Kingdom/Toro, Toro/Adolphus Tips, Michael Morpurgo South Sea Adventure/any other Adventure series, Willard Price Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling Black Beauty, Anna Sewell Rugby Warrior series, Gerard Siggins Just Binnie, by Dick King Smith A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series, Robin Stevens The White Giraffe series, by Lauren St. John The Last Wild series, Piers Torday Nevermoor, Jessica Townsend The Boy In the Dress/ The Midnight Gang, David Walliams The Water Horse, by Holly Webb The Princess and the Suffragette, Holly Webb Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White Wave Me Goodbye, Jacqueline Wilson
Poetry 101 Poems for Children, Carol Ann Duffy (ed.) Poetry Pie, Roger McGough Silly Verse for Kids, Spike Milligan Bananas in my Ears, Michael Rosen (ed.) Space, Time, Rhythm and Rhyme, Russell Stannard I Like This Poem, Kaye Webb (ed.)
FORM V
The No 1 Car Spotter series/ Anna Hibiscus, Atinuke Sandy Lane Stables series, Michelle Bates Beast Quest series, Adam Blade Dream Master series, Theresa Breslin How to Train Your Dragon series, Cressida Cowell Wild Rescue series, Burchett and Volger Diamonds and Daggers series, Elen Caldecott The Twits/BFG/Matilda/The Witches, Roald Dahl The Giggler Treatment. Roddy Doyle My Naughty Little Sister series, Dorothy Edwards Marge in Charge, Isla Fisher Pony Club series, Pippa Funnell Atticus Claw series, Jennifer Gray Bear Grylls Adventures series, Bear Grylls Flying Fergus series, Chris Hoy Lupo series, Aby King Tiger Days and the Secret Cat, Sarah Lean Fairy Tales, Hilary McKay Stone Goblin series, David Melling The Fox and the Ghost King/ Snow Tales/ The Best Christmas Present in the World, Michael Morpurgo The Worst Witch series, Jill Murphy Witch Wars series, Sibeal Pounder The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner, Terry Pratchett Mr Gum series, Andy Stanton Owl Afraid of the Dark/The Cat Who Wanted to Go Home, Jill Tomlinson Hamish and the Neverpeople/ Hamish and the Worldstoppers, Danny Wallace Mr Stink/Billionaire Boy/Ratburger/Gangsta Granny/Demon Dentist, David Walliams
Poetry Please Mrs Butler, Allan Ahlberg Word Whirls and Other Shape Poems, John Foster (ed.) Poetry Pie, Roger McGough Silly Verses for Kids, Spike Milligan Bananas in my Ears, Michael Rosen (ed.) I Like This Poem, Kaye Webb (ed.)