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 EATON BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Years 4 and 5

Classics Adams, Richard Watership Down Aiken, Joan Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea, Go Saddle the Sea, Bridle the Wind, The Teeth of the Gale Anderson, Hans Christian Selected Tales of Hans Christian Anderson Banks, Lynne Reid The Indian in the Cupboard (series) Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan BB Brendon Chase, Down the Bright Stream, Little Grey Men Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden Crompton, Richmal Just (series) Dahl, Roald Danny, Champion of the World, Boy, Matilda, Esio Trot… Falkner, J. Meade Moonfleet Garnett, Eve The Family from One End Street Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows Grimm, The Brothers Fairy Tales Hughes, Ted The Iron Man Jansson, Tove Moominsummer Madness, Comet in Moominland Johns, Captain W.E Biggles Learns to Fly, Biggles flies East (series) Jones, Terry The Saga of Erik the Viking, The Knight and the Squire, The Lady and the Squire Kastner, Erich Emil and the Detectives, Emil and the Three Twins Kipling, Rudyard Just So Stories, The Jungle Book Lewis, C.S. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (all the chronicles of Narnia) Linklater, Eric The Wind in the Moon, The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea Lively, Penelope The Voyage of QV66 Masefield, John The Box of Delights, The Midnight Folk Maurois, Andre Fattypuffs and Thinifers Milne, A.A Winnie-the-Pooh Moray Williams, U Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat Nesbit, Edith Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet Norton, Mary The Borrowers (series) Pearce, Philippa Tom’s Midnight Garden Seraillier, Ian The Sword Sewell, Anna Black Beauty Sutcliff, Rosemary The King Arthur Trilogy Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels Tolkein, J.R.R The Hobbit White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web Wilde, Oscar The Happy Prince, The Giant Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House in the Big Woods (entire series)

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Years 4 and 5

Series Banks, Lynne Reid The Indian in the Cupboard Blyton, Enid Famous Five series Brooks, Terry The Warlock Lord, The Druids’ Keep… Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal , The Lost Colony, The Time Paradox Cowell, Cressida How to Train your Dragon Series Cross, Gillian The Demon Headmaster and others Druitt, Tobias Croydon and the Island of Monsters (and others) Elboz, Stephen A Wild Kind of Magic, An Ocean of Magic, Land Without Magic Flanagan, John Rangers Apprentice Series Gibbons, Alan The Shadow of the Minotaur, Vampyr Legion... Golding, Julia Secret of the Sirens, The Gorgon’s Gaze… Hunter, Erin Warrior Cats Series Jacques, Brian Series Kay, Elizabeth The Divide, Back to the Divide, Jinx on the Divide Kilworth, Gary Welkin Weasels, Vampyr Voles, Gaslight Geezers D’Lacey, Chris The Fire Within, Icefire, Firestar, The Fire Eternal… Lawrence, Caroline The Roman Mysteries Murphy, Jill The Worst Witch series Nimmo, Jenny Charlie Bone Series, The Snow Spider Trilogy Riordan, Rick Percy Jackson Series Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater, The Outcast… Sachar, Louis Wayside School Series Sedgwick, Marcus Elf Girl and Raven Boy series, Raven Mysteries series Somper, Justin Vampirates Series Snicket, Lemony A Series of Unfortunate Events Stanton, Andy You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum… Stewart & Riddell The Edge Chronicles Wilkinson, Carole Dragonkeeper Series Wynne-Jones, Diana Christomanci Series

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Years 4 and 5

Funny Ardagh, Philip Awful End, Dreadful Acts, Terrible Times, The Grunts, The Eddie Dickens Trilogy Boyce, Frank Cottrell Millions, Framed, Cosmic Fine, Anne How to Write Really Badly Gleitzman, Morris The Other Facts of Life, The Gift of the Gab, Worry Warts Harrold, A F Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library), Fizzlebert Stump and the Bearded Boy Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth De Larrabeiti, Michael The Borribles Leeson, Robert The Third Class Genie Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking and others Perrot, Adam The Odds and The Odds Strike Back Poskitt, Kjartan Urgum the Axeman and others Reeve, Philip Goblins, Goblins vs Dwarves Temperley, Alan Harry and the Wrinklies and others Umansky, Kaye Pongwiffy, The Fwog Pwince: The Twuth and others Walliams, David The Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy & others

Great Stories Ahlberg, Allen Woof! Benedictus, David Return to the Hundred Acre Wood Booth, Martin War Dog Corlett, William Kitty Dann, Colin The Animals of Farthing Wood (series) Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Matilda Deary, Terry The Fire Thief, Flight of the Fire Thief… Defoe, Gideon The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists… DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn Dixie, The Tiger Rising, The Tale of Despereaux Farmer, Nancy The Sea of Trolls, Land of the Silver Apples Fine, Anne Goggle Eyes, Bill’s New Frock Fisher, Catherine Corbenic, The Oracle and others Ford, Michael The Fire of Ares Gantos, Jack Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Gordon, Roderick Tunnels, Deeper, Freefall Hendry, Diana Harvey Angell Hiaasen, Carl Hoot, Flush Higson, Charlie Silverfin, Blood Fever, Double or Die, Hurricane Gold… Hill, Stuart Cry of the Icemark, Blade of Fire, Last Battle of the Icemark

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Years 4 and 5

Horowitz, Anthony Groosham Grange, The Falcon’s Malteser, South by South East Hunter, Erin Warrior Cats (series) Ibbotson, Eva , , Secret of Platform 13, , , One Dog and His Boy, The Ogre of Oglefort, Beasts of Clawstone Castle, , Dial a Ghost, The Haunting of Hiram (and others) Kennen, Ally The Beast King-Smith, Dick Ace, The Fox Busters, Magnus Powermouse, The Sheep-Pig McCaughrean, Geraldine Golden Myths and Legends of the World McNish, Cliff The Doomspell, The Scent of Magic, The Silver Series Molloy, Michael The Witch Trade, The House on Falling Star Hill Morpurgo, Michael Out of the Ashes, Why the Wales Came, King of the Cloud Forests, Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, My Friend Walter, Running Wild, Twist of Gold, Born to Run and others Norriss, Andrew Aquila, The Touchstone, Matt’s Million Potts, Stephen Compass Murphy Pratchett, Terry Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead + others Pullman Philip The Firework Maker’s Daughter, The Adventures of the New Cut Gang Roberts, Katherine I am the Great Horse Rowling, J.K The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Harry Potter Series Sage, Angie Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke, Fyre Said, S.F Varjak Paw, The Outlaw Varjak Paw Shelton, Dave A Boy and a Bear in a Boat Strong, Jeremy The Hundred-mile-an-hour dog and others Stewart, Paul Corby Flood, Hugo Pepper, Fergus Crane Small, Charlie Gorilla City, Destiny Mountain, Forest of Skulls, Pirate Galleon, Frostbite Pass Swindells, Robert Timesnatch and others Walden, Mark H.I.V.E Wynne-Jones, Diana Howl’s Moving Castle

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Year 6

Classics Babbitt, Natalie Tuck Everlasting Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers Hoban, Russell The Mouse and his Child Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Book Linklater, Eric The Wind in the Moon, The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea Lively, Penelope The Ghost of Thomas Kempe London, Jack Call of the Wild O’Brien, Robert C Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Ransome, Arthur Old Peter’s Russian Tale, Swallows and Amazons series Sewell, Anna Black Beauty Tolkein, J.R.R The Hobbit Twain, Mark The Prince and the Pauper, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Verne, Jules Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea White, T.H Mistress Masham’s Repose, The Sword in the Stone Wilde, Oscar The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House in the Big Woods (entire series)

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Year 6

Series Bosch, Pseudonymous The Name of This Book is Secret, If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, This Book Is Not Good For You Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, The Time Paradox Corder, Zizou Lion Boy, Lion Boy – The Chase, Lion Boy – The Truth, Lee Raven Boy Thief Deary, Terry Horrible Histories French, Vivian Five Kingdom series Gibbons, Alan The Shadow of the Minotaur, Vampyr Legion, Warriors of the Raven Hill, Stuart Cry of the Icemark, Blade of Fire, Last Battle of the Icemark Horowitz, Anthony Power of Five, Raven’s Gate and others, Alex Rider Jacques, Brian Redwall, Castaways of the , Voyage of Slaves Lawrence, Caroline The Roman Mysteries Le Guin, Ursula The Earthsea Quartet Lewis, C.S, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Reeve, Philip , Predator’s Gold, Infernal Devices… Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter Scarrow, Alex Timeriders Snicket, Lemony Series of Unfortunate Events, All The Wrong Questions St John, Lauren The White Giraffe (African Adventures series) Sutcliff, Rosemary Black Ships Before Troy, The Wanderings of Odysseus Updale, Eleanor Montmorency Wood, Mary-Rose The Incorrigibles series

Historical Doherty, Berlie Sweet Child Dowswell, Paul Powder Monkey, Prison Ship, Battle Ship, Auslander Harnett, Cynthia The Woolpack Hautzig, Esther The Endless Steppe Holland, James Duty Calls series Kerr, Judith When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Other Way Round, Bombs on Aunt Dainty Paton Walsh, Jill The Dolphin Crossing Toksvig, Sandi Hitler’s Canary

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Year 6

Great Stories Aiken, Joan Go Saddle the Sea, Bridle the Wind, The Teeth of the Gale Allen-Gray, Alison Unique Almond, David The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas Boyne, John The Terrible Thing That Happened To Barnaby Brocket, Noah Barleywater Runs Away Cotrell-Boyce, Frank The Unforgotten Coat Cross, Gillian The Great Elephant Chase, Tightrope, The Dark Ground, The Demon Headmaster Dahl, Roald Boy, The Story of Henry Sugar and Six More Davies, Nicola Whale Boy Elboz, Stephen The Prisoner’s Apprentice Ellis, Deborah The Breadwinner, Parvana’s Journey Evans, Lissa Small Change for Stuart, Big Change for Stuart Funke, Cornelia Inkheart, The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, Inkspell, Inkdeath Gaiman, Neil Coraline, The Graveyard Book Gibbons, Alan Caught in the Crossfire, The Shadow of the Minotaur Gordon, Roderick Tunnels, Deeper, Freefall Grogan, John Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog Hill, Christopher William Osbert The Avenger Ibbotson, Eva The Secret of Platform 13, Monster Mission, Journey to the River Sea, The Dragonfly Pool Jones, Gareth The Thornthwaite Inheritance, The Considine Curse Kay, Elizabeth The Divide, Back to the Divide, Jinx on the Divide Kennen, Ally The Beast Lovric, Michelle The Undrowned Child, Mourning Emporium Magorian, Michelle Goodnight Mr. Tom Moers, Walter The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo Morpurgo, Michael Private Peaceful, The War of Jenkins’ Ear + others Mulligan, Andy Trash Paolini, Christopher Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater, The Outcast Reeve, Philip Larklight, Starcross Riordan, James War Song Roberts, Katherine I am the Great Horse Sachar, Louis Holes, Small Steps Serrailier, Ian The Silver Sword Shearer, Alex The Great Blue Yonder Singer, Nicky Feather Boy Swindells, Robert Room 13 Torday, Piers The Last Wild Westall, Robert The Kingdom by the Sea

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Year 7

Classics Adams, Richard Watership Down Buchan, John The Thirty Nine Steps Crane, Stepehen Red Badge of Courage Dahl, Roald Boy, The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol Doyle, Arthur Conan The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Lost World, Durrell, Gerald My Family and Other Animals, A Zoo in My Luggage… Gallico, Paul The Snow Goose, The Small Mircale Green, Roger Lancelynn The Adventures of Robin Hood, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Hoban, Russell The Mouse and the Child Lowry, Lois The Giver Sutcliff, Rosemary The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch Verne, Jules Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Centre of the Earth White, T.H. The Sword in the Stone Wyndham, John The Chrysalids, The Kraken Wakes, The Day of the Triffids

Popular Series Bradford, Chris Young Samurai series Horowitz, Anthony Alex Rider series Iggulden, Conn Gates of Rome, Deaths of Kings, Fields of Swords, Gods of War (Emperor Series) Johns, Captain W.E. Biggles Le Guin, Ursula The Earthsea Quartet Muchamore, Robert The Cherub Series Mulligan, Andy Ribblestrop series Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater, The Outcast, The Oath Breaker, Ghost Hunter Pullman, Philip Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass Reeve, Philip Mortal Engines, Predator’s Gold, Infernal Devices, Darkling Plain, Fever Crumb Shann, Darren The Dark is Rising Stroud, Jonathan The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem’s Eye, Ptolemy’s Gate

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Year 7

Funny Jerome, Jerome K Three Men in a Boat Jones, Gareth P Constable and Toop Lowery, Mark Socks Are Not Enough Townsend, Sue The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ Wallace, Danny Yes Man Willans, Geoffrey Molesworth Wodehouse, P.G. Blandings Castle, Summer Lightning, Right-Ho Jeeves, The Code of Woosters

Historical Cornwall, Bernard Sharpe Series, Heretic, Vagabond, Harlequin Dowswell, Paul Powder Monkey. Prison Ship, Battle Feet, Auslander Gavin, Jamila Coram Boy Geras, Adele Troy Gombrich, E.H. A Little History of the World Holm, Anne I Am David Hughes, Shirley Hero on a Bicycle Marshall, H.E. Our Island History Price, Susan The Sterkarm Handshake Sutcliff, Rosemary Black Ships Before Troy, The Wanderings of Odysseus, Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers, The Silver Branch Welch, Ronald The Gauntlet

Non Fiction Frank, Anne Diary of Anne Frank Gribbin, John Science: A History Keenan, Brian An Evil Cradling Sachs, Oliver Uncle Tungsten Simpson, Joe Touching the Void Sobel, Dava Longitude, The Planets Thompson, Harry Penguins Stopped Play

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Year 7

Fiction Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Story of a Part-time Indian Almond, David Skellig, Kit’s Wilderness, Clay Benedictus, David Return to the Hundred Acre Wood Booth, Martin POW Bowler, Tim , , , Apocalypse, Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Burgess, Melvin Kite, The Ghost Behind the Wall Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Does My Shirts Clement Davies, David Firebringer Creech, Sharon Walk Two Moons, Ruby Holler Dahl, Roald Skin and Other Stories Dickinson, Peter The Ropemaker, AK, The Blue Hawk Dowd, Siobhan The London Eye Mystery DuPrau, Jeanne City of Ember Garner, Alan The Weirdness of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath Gifford, Nick Piggies Gleitzman, Morris Once, Then, Now Gordon, Roderick Tunnels, Deeper, Freefall Haddon, Mark Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Harnett, Sonya Surrender Hill, Stuart Cry of the Icemark, Blade of Fire, Last Battle of the Icemark Jacques, Brian Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, Voyage of Slaves Kelly, Tom The Thing with Finn Laird, Elizabeth A Little Piece of the Ground MacCaughrean, G A Pack of Lies, The Stones are Hatching, Stop the Train Manfredi, Valerio The Oracle Mayo, Simon Itch, Itch Rocks Morpurgo, Michael War Horse, The War of Jenkins’ Ear, Private Peaceful, Alone on a Wide Wide Sea Naidoo, Beverly No Turning Back, The Other Side of Truth Ness, Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go Palacio, R J Wonder Paolini, Christopher Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Peet, Mal Tamar, Keeper, The Penalty Pitcher, Annabel My Sister Lives On The Mantlepeice Pratchett, Terry Nation Rees, Celia Witch Child, Truth or Dare Rushdie, Salmon Haroun and the Sea of Stories Singer, Nicky Feather boy Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed Westall, Robert The Kingdom of the Sea Winterson, Jeanette Tanglewreck Zephaniah, Benjamin Face

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Year 8

Classics Christie, Agatha Murder of the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, Appointment with Death etc Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan The Lost World, The Hound of the Baskervilles Gallico, Paul The Snow Goose Lowry, Lois The Giver du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca Orwell, George Down and Out in Paris and London, Animal Farm Peake, Mervyn Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone Rushdie, Salmon Haroun and the Sea of Stories Stevenson, Robert Louis Island, Kidnapped Waugh, Evelyn Scoop(!) Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds

Funny Fforde, Jasper The Eyre Affair, The Well of Lost Plots, Lost in a Good Book Jerome, Jerome, K Three Men in a Boat Jonasson, Jonas Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of the Window and Disappeared Moore, Tim Do Not Pass Go Northcote, Wendy The Darwin Awards Townsend, Sue The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ and others Villans, Geoffrey Molesworth Whyman, Matt The Savages Wodehouse, P.G. Blandings Castle, Right-Ho Jeeves, Summer Lightning

Science Fiction Adams, Douglas A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and series Asimov, Isaac Foundation Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game Clarke, Arthur C Rendezvous with Rama, 2001: A Space Odyssey Clement, Hal Mission of Gravity Herbert, Frank Dune

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

 EATON HOUSE BELGRAVIA PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Reading Suggestions for Year 8

Non Fiction Bragg, Melvyn On Giants’ Shoulders Carey, John Faber Book of Science Carson, Rachel Silent Spring Darwin, Charles Voyage of the Beagle Diamond, Jared Guns, Germs and Steel, Collapse Durrell, Gerald A Zoo in my Luggage, My Family and other Animals Eastaway, Rob How Long is a Piece of String? Why do Buses come in threes? What is a Googly? Frank, Anne Diary of Anne Frank Lovelock, James The Revenge of Gaia Gombrich, E.H. A Little History of the World, The Story of Art Graves, Robert Goodbye to all That Gould, Stephen J The Strange Case of Spotted Mice, Wonderful Life Gribbin, John Science: A History, In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat Keegan, John The Face of Battle Lansing, Alfred Endurance Parsons, Tony Man and Boy du Sautoy, Marcus The Music of the Primes Simpson, Joe Touching the Void Woodham-Smith, Cecil The Reason Why

Fiction Almond, David Clay, Jackdaw Summer Arksey, Neil MacB Banks, Lynne Reid One More River Beddor, Frank Looking Glass Wars Bedford, Martyn Flip Bertagna, Julie Exodus, Zenith Blackman, Malorie Noughts and Crosses, Knife Edge, Checkmate, Double Cross, Noble Conflict Booth, Martin Music on the Bamboo Radio, POW Bowler, Tim Starseeker, Apocalypse, Fire Brooks, Kevin Lucas Burgess, Melvin The Ghost Behind the Wall Canavan, Trudi The Magician’s Guild Cassidy, Anne Looking for JJ Castor, H M VIII Cave, Patrick Sharp North Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Does My Shirts, Al Capone Shines My Shoes Cooper, Susan The Dark is Rising Cormier, Robert After the First Death, Heroes, I am the Cheese, The Chocolate War Cornwall, Bernard Sharpe’s Rifles

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.

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Reading Suggestions for Year 8

Fiction (continued) Cross, Gillian The Great Elephant Chase, The Dark Ground Dann, Elon Clockwise To Titan Dogar, Sharon Annexed Doherty, Bertie Deep Secret Dashner, James Maze Runner Dowd, Siobhan Bog Child Earle, Phil Being Billy, Saving Daisy, Heroic Gardner, Sally Maggot Moon Grant, Michael Gone series, Bzrk series Harnett, Sonya Surrender Harris, Robert Imperium, Lustrum Iggulden, Conn Gates of Rome, Death of Kings, Field of Swords, Gods of War, Wolf of the Plains Klass, David You Don’t Know Me Landman, Tanya Apache Laird, Elizabeth A Little Piece of Ground, Red Sky in the Morning Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird Lewis, Ali Everybody Jam Martell, Yann The Life of Pi McCaughrean, Geraldine The Stones are Hatching, Gold Dust, The Death Defying Pepper Roux Naidoo, Beverly No Turning Back, The Other Side of Truth Ness, Patrick A Monster Calls, Chaos Walking series Pausewang, Gudrun The Final Journey, Traitor Peet, Mal Tamar, Keeper, The Penalty, Exposure Perera, Anna Guantanamo Boy Philbrick, Rodman Freak the Mighty Pratchett, Terry Nation Rees, Celia Witch Child Rosoff, Meg How I Live Now, Just in Case, What I Was Sedgwick, Marcus My Swordhand is Singing, Floodland Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed Swindells, Robert Stone Cold Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings Valentine, Jenny Finding Violet Park Wallace, Danny Yes Man Wallace, Jason Out Of Westall, Robert The Scarecrows Westerfield, Scott Leviathan Trilogy , Leslie Last Train for Kummersdorf Wynne Jones, Tim The Boy in the Burning House Zephaniah, Benjamin Face, Refugee Boy Zusak, Marcus The Book Thief

N.B. This list is not prescriptive. If your son enjoys a particular author or genre, which is not represented on the list, he may, of course read these books. Furthermore, if your son has exhausted the suggestions on his year’s sheet, he may explore books on the other sheets. We encourage the boys to speak with us in the Library during lunchtimes should they need any assistance with their reading.