CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART SCHOOL FOUNDATION, ST. JULIAN’S

FORM 1 – 2012/ 2013

Here is a list of English and Maltese Books for your children to read during the summer holidays. Please encourage them to read as many of them as possible. They are expected to read one to two books a week. Students have to present a list of the books they have read to their teachers on the first day of school and they will be tested on them. RECOMMENDED TITLES The Giver L. Lowry Fra Mudest C. Casha Escape from Shangri-La M. Morpurgo Mal-Fatat Ma Ti``ajtax C. G. Cauchi The Silver Sword Ian Serraillier L-Arlogg tad-Deheb T. Zahra Squib Nina Bawden Villa Siko-Sao T. Zahra Flood Warning Nina Bawden L-G]ar tax-Xelter T. Zahra A Hundred Million Francs Paul Berna Wara l-G]ajn ta’ San Bastjan Kilin Christmas Carol C. Dickens Mastru Gerfex C. G. Cauchi The Family from One End Street E. Garnette Il-Praspar ta’ Kuncett u Marinton T. Zahra Miss Happiness and Miss Flower R. Godden }add ma jista’ jid]ak jew jiekol T. Zahra pastizzi tal-pi\elli Tom Brown’s School Days T. Hughes Il-[rajjiet ta’ Jacob Jones C. Cauchi Emil and the Detectives E. Kastner Il-fanal tas-sinjur I. Debattista Lottie and Lisa E. Kastner Martin’s Mice D. King-Smith Il-Ka\ kwa\i kollu tal-a]wa De C. Azzopardi The Sheep Pig D. King-Smith Molizz Just So Stories R. Kipling

The Servant Dog and other Dog Stories R. Kipling The Story of Dr. Dolittle H. Lofting

The Box of Delights J. Mansfield Harry the Poisonous Centipede L. Reid Banks I, Houdini L. Reid Banks The Farthest Away Mountain L. Reid Banks The Magic Hare L. Reid Banks Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson The Fast and the Curious Windmill Short Stories Cheaper by the Dozen Frank B. Gilbreth J. Five Children and It E. Nesbit Charlotte’s Web E. B. White The Lion the Witch and the L.C.S. Lewis Wardrobe Black Beauty Anna Sewell Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery Aesop’s Fables Complete and Unabridged The Wind in the Willows K. Grahame

Books available at the Duchesne Library :

Qrempucu T. Zahra French Connection A. Horrowitz Fra Mudest C. Casha The Greek who Stole Christmas A. Horrowitz Serje ta’ Avventuri T. Zahra I know what you did last Wednesday A. Horrowitz Gahan u Hrejjef Ohra G. Mifsud Ghostlands S. Elboz In-Nannu Lifop C. Cauchi The Snake Stone B. Doherty Holm tal-Milied T. Zahra The Other facts of life M. Gleitzman Darbtejn Insiru Tfal C. Casha Minn San Stiefnu sal-Milied T. Zahra L-istejjer tar-Ronnie J. Friggieri Hajjitna fl-Imghoddi G. Lanfranco Il-munita tad-deheb A. Busuttil Il-Bomblu ta’ rasu iebsa A. Busuttil

Cleopatra My Story Victoria My Story The amazing story fo Adolphus Tips Morpurgo The Birthday Bash Strong Where’s that dog Strong Just a bit of wind Strong Judy Moody declares independence Mc Donald Megan

The Duchesne Library is open every Saturday from June to September (5.00pm – 6.30pm)

FORM 2 - 2012/2013

Here is a list of English and Maltese Books for your children to read during the summer holidays. Please encourage them to read as many of them as possible. They are expected to read one to two books a week. Students have to present a list of the books they have read to their teachers on the first day of school and they will be tested on them.

RECOMMENDED TITLES

Many of these books are available at the Duchesne Library:

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian Keeping Henry Nina Bawden The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively The Outside Child Nina Bawden The Wild Hunt for Hagworthy Penelope Lively The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum The Woods at the End of Autumn Street Lois Lowry The TV Kid Betsy Byars The Bully Jan Needle The Eighteenth Emergency Betsy Byars The Phoenix and the Carpet E. Nesbit Racso and the Rats of Nimh Jane L. Conly The Indian in the Cupboard (Series) Lynne Reid Banks Bagthorpes Unlimited Helen Cresswell Angela and Diabola Lynne Reid Banks Matilda Roald Dahl The Way of Danger Ian Serraillier Boy Roald Dahl Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfield Street Child Berlie Doherty Treasure Island R. Louis Stevenson Grinny Nicholas Fisk The Eagle of the Ninth Rosemary Sutcliffe Bill’s New Frock Anne Fine Becky Bananas Jean Ure The Family from One End Street Eve Garnett Double Act Jacqueline Wilson The Dikkakoi Rumer Godden Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo Premlata and the Festival of Lights Rumer Godden Charlie Bone series Jenny Nimmo Tales of Ancient Egypt R. Lancelyn Green Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan The Little Princess F. Hodgson Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne The Sheep Pig (Babe) D. King Smith

Flying Start Alexander Samantha Little Sister Allan T. Bridget and William and Horse Gardam Jane The Little Gymnast Haigh Sheila Pippi Longstocking Lindgren Astrid Anastasia (books in series) Lowry Lois A Dog so small Pearce Philippa The Irish Adventure of Worzel Waterhouse Keith Gummidge The Day the Ceiling Fell Down Jennifer Wayne

Il-praspar miktuba minn Dun X. Cortis G. Mifsud Leggendi Delia In-Nannu Lipp Cauchi Iz-zmien isajru l-bajtar Kilin Holm tal-Milied T. Zahra Hrejjef Missirijietna Patri M. Magri Minn San Stiefnu sal-Milied T. Zahra Fuq l-Ghajn ta’ San Bastjan Kilin Darbtejn insiru tfal C. Casha Wara San Bastjan Kilin Mela darba Zammit L-istejjer tar-Ronnie J. Friggieri Wied Wirdien Bartolo & Vella Tuzzana Mallia - Zahra Is-seher tal-folklor A. Attard Sqaq Infern Bartolo & Vella Hajjitna fl-imghoddi G. Lanfranco Wenzu u Rozi Zammit Il-princep u t-Trogloditi C. Casha

Ghostlands S. Elboz Arthur High king of Britain Morpurgo The Snake Stone B. Doherty Toro Toro Morpurgo The Other Facts of Life M. Gleitzman The Kites are flying Morpurgo The war of Jendkins’ ear Morpurgo The Road of Bones A. Fine Eating things on sticks Fine Ane Under the Golden Throne R. Batten Blitz My Story The Pinballs B. Byars Workhouse My Story The Demon Headmaster G. Cross Titanic My Story World’s End Series M. Dickens The Hunger My Story Trudy’s Island Holiday M. Faid The Sweep’s boy My Story The Snow Goose P. Gallico Parvana’s journey Ellis D. The Snow Miracle P. Gallico The breadwinner Ellis D. Bridget and William and Horse J. Gardam Mud City Ellis D. Madame Pamplemousse Kingfisher R. Raider S. Gates and Her Increditble Edibles Madame Pamplemousse The Other Facts of Life M. Gleitzman and the Time-Travelling Kingfisher R. Cafe French Connection A. Horrowitz Thornthwaite Inheritance Jones G. Here Comes Charlie Moon S. Hughes Soupy Saturdays Blume J. I Know What You Did Last A. Horrowitz Billy the Kid Morpurgo Wednesday The Greek who stole Christmas A. Horrowitz Snow Cloud Stallion G. Raftery When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit J. Kerr Maura’s Angel R. Lyne Banks Emil and the Clever Pig A. Lindgren Mercedes Ice P. Ridley A Stitch in time L. Lively The Dangerous Ones V. Scannell The School that went on P. Scobie Doctor Dolittle H. Lofting strike Anastasia L. Lowry Heracles the Strong I. Serailler No Guns for Asmir Mattingley Frog in a Coconut Shell S. Sherry The Shadow Cage P. Pearce After the Darkness Smith

We also recommend that if you find any difficulty in getting hold of the above titles, you may read another title by the same authors suggested above.

The Duchesne Library is open every Saturday from 5.00pm – 6.30pm

FORM 3 - 2012/13

Here is a list of English and Maltese Books for your children to read during the summer holidays. Please encourage them to read as many of them as possible. They are expected to read one to two books a week. Students have to present a list of the books they have read to their teachers on the first day of school and they will be tested on them.

RECOMMENDED TITLES.

Many of these books are available at the Duchesne Library:

Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer Daughter of the Sea Berlie Doherty The Dark is rising (1 of 5) Susan Cooper Break in the Sun Bernard Ashley A Stitch in Time Penelope Lively Badger on the Barge Janni Howker The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively The Owl Service Alan Garner Vet in a Spin James Herriot Goggle Eyes Anne Fine The Pinballs Betsy Byars Flour Babies Anne Fine Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars Taran Wanderer A. Lloyd Shades of Gray Carolyn Reeder The Lady with Iron Bones Jan Mark Cousins V. Hamilton The Secret Life of Sally Tomato Jean Ure Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm K. Douglas Parvana’s Journey Deborah Ellis Wiggin The Railway Children Edith Nesbit The Wizard of Earthsea (1 of 4) Ursula Le Guin The Borrowers Mary Norton The Way to Sattin Shore Philippa Pearce Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Tom’s Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce The Narnia Chronicles (Set of 7) C. S. Lewis Carrie’s War Nina Bawden Gumble’s Yard J. Rowe The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien Townsend Holly Starcross Berlie Doherty Jane Eyre C. Bronte Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Mud City Deborah Ellis Little Lord Fauntleroy F. Hodgson Burnett

Inez u Emilja Psaila L-istejjer tar-Ronnie Friggieri Tuzzana Mallia – Zahra Maskri zghar Suda Roderik u Gridoro Cauchi Sena mil-hajja mistura E. Formosa Inkwiet u Qaddisin Mizzi Leggendi Delia Mid-djarju ta’ Rikardu Fender Cauchi Fuq il-ghatba C. Casha Wenzu u Rozi Zammit Il-halliel tal-figurini Casha Ragel bil-ghaqal Galea Hrejjef Missirijietna Patri M. Magri Fuq il-ghajn ta’ San Bastjan Kilin Stejjer ghal qabel jidlam O. Friggieri Wara l-Ghajn ta’ San Bastjan Kilin Sereni u Serenati L. Brockdorff Iz-zmien isajru l-bajtar Kilin It-Tielet qamar J. Bonello Il-princep u t-Trogloditi C. Casha L-ahhar holma J. Bonello George’s Marvelous Medicine Dahl Roald The Ghost of Grania O’Maley Morpurgo Michael Swallow the star Peyton Kathleen M. Saucers Over the Moon Saville Malcolm Coma Miles Keith The Sound of Music Von Trapp After the Darkness Smith

Short Stories : Drama : The Rope P. Pearce The Country Boy B. Ashley Stories for You B. Wade Matthew, Come Home B. Doherty From Hereabout Hill M. Morpurgo The Granny Project A. Fine Poetry : The Oxford Treasury of Children’s R. McGough Poems The Oxford book of Story Poems D. Kitchen

The Secret Passage N. Bawden City Hospital K. Miles The Peppermint Pig N. Bawden Alone on a wide wide sea M. Morpurgo Earth to Matthew P. Danziger War Horse M. Morpurgo Woof T. Dicks Waiting for Anya M. Morpurgo Spellhorn B. Doherty House of Arden E. Nesbit Charlotte Sometimes P. Farmer The Devil’s Cauldron D. Wiseman The Road of Bones A. Fine The Song of the Whale A. Masters Cuckoo in the nest M. Magorian The Shadow Cage P. Pearce Charm School A. Fine The Elm Tree Kit P. Pearce The Family from One end Street E. Garnett The Battle of Bubble and P. Pearce Squeak Further adventures of the Family from E. Garnett What the Neighbours Did P. Pearce one End Street The Jaws of the Dragon A. Gibbons North to Adventure K. M. Peyton Midnight J Wilson Swallow Tale K. M. Peyton The Battle of Villa Fiorita R. Godden The Wild Boy and Queen Moon K. M Peyton My. Mc. Fadden’s Halloween R. Godden Pollyanna Grows Up E. Porter The Wind in the Willows K. Grahame Pollyanna E. Porter A Dream of Sadler’s Wells L. Hill Rain from the West M. Ray Veronica at the Wells L. Hill Song of Thunder M. Ray Dancer in the Wings L. Hill Grange Hill with Tucker & Co P. Redmon The Whisperer N. Shadow Red Sky in the Morning E. Reid The Lost Prince F. Hodgson The Luck of Sallowby M. Saville Burnett Dear Olly M. Morpurgo The Thin Grey Man M. Saville Gowie Gorby Plays Chicken G. Kemp A Pair of Jesus Boots S. Sherry The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler G. Kemp Goodbye Gemma C. Storr Charlie Lewis Plays For Time G. Kemp Rufus C. Storr Puck of Pook’s Hill R. Kipling Kidnap Strachan The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas J. Boyne The Goat Boy A. Walker The Three Witch Maidens R. Manning- Mary Poppins/ Mary Poppins P. L. Travers Sanders Comes Back The lost diaries of Adrian Mole S. Townsend The trenches My Story The road to war My Story Sophie’s secret war My Story The robe of skulls V. French The bag of bones V. French Another Me C. Macphal Megan M. Hooper Megan 2 M. Hooper Megan 3 M. Hooper Witch Child C. Rees The Switch Horrowitz Pendragon:The merchant of death Machale The boy in the striped pyjamas J. Boyne Percy Jackson and the lightning thief R. Riordan

The Duchesne Library is open every Saturday from 5.00pm – 6.30pm

FORM 4 – 2012/2013

Here is a list of English and Maltese Books for your children to read during the summer holidays. Please encourage them to read as many of them as possible. They are expected to read one to two books a week. Students have to present a list of the books they have read to their teachers on the first day of school and they will be tested on them.

RECOMMENDED TITLES

Everything is Not Enough Asher Sandy Anne of Green Gables (series) L. M. Montgomery On the Run Nina Bawden A Pattern of Roses Kathleen M. Peyton The Witch’s daughter Nina Bawden Firehead Kathleen M. Peyton River Boy Tim Bowler Maplin Bird Kathleen M. Peyton Other Bells for us to Ring Robert Cornier Windfall Kathleen M. Peyton The Tulip Touch Anne Fine Adventure Stories Willard Price Nobody’s Family is going to Louise Fitzhugh Adventure stories (books in series) Arthur Ransome Change The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank Dangerous Summer Lance Salway The Pleasure Garden Leon Garfield Second to the Right and Straight Lance Salway on Till Morning The Moon of Gomrath Alan Farfield Mystery at Witch End Malcolm Saville The Owl Service Alan Garner Sea witch comes home Malcolm Saville The Stone Book Quartet Alan Garner Spring comes to Nettleford Malcolm Saville Julie of the Wolves Jean George The secret of Grey Walls Malcolm Saville My Side of the Mountains Jean George There’s No Escape Ian Serailler She M. Haggard The Pied Piper Neville Shute The Endless Steppe Esther Hautzig Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall Chandra F. May Hendry Treasures in the Snow P. St. John Beaver Towers Nigel Hinton Nothing Else Matters P. St. John The Nature of the Beast Janni Howker The Red Pony John Steinbeck The Dream Catcher Monica Hughes Vicky Catherine Storr The Lord of the Rings J RR Tolkien The Painted Garden Noel Streatfield Little House on the Prairie L. Ingalls Wilder The Growing Summer Noel Streatfield series Private Peaceful M. Morpurgo The Flying Summer Pamela Skyes The Other Side of Truth Beverly Naidoo A Welsh Childhood Alice Thomas Ellis Village by the Sea Anita Desai King of Shadows Susan Cooper

L-Istejjer tar-Ronnie J. Friggieri Fuq l-G]atba ta’ Tfuliti C. Casha Stejjer ghal Valentina L. Spiteri It-Tfal Ji[u bil-vapuri O. Friggieri I\-|mien Isajru l-Bajtar Kilin La Jibnazza ni[i lura O. Friggieri Is-Surmast T. Zahra L-G]ar tax-Xitan J. J. Camilleri }rejjef M. Magri mi[bur minn G. Il-Praspar Dun Xand Cortis Mifsud Chircop Wied Wirdien Bartolo & Vella Provenz T. Zahra Sqaq l-Infern Bartolo & Vella Sepia T. Zahra Sfidi T. Zahra Kien kwinta l-qamar L. Brockdorff Il-bieb numru 11 u stejjer ohra L. Brockdorff Bellus u bizzilla L. Brockorff

Many of these books are available at the Duchesne Library :

The Pleasure Garden Garfield Leon Everything is not Enough S. Asher The Sherlock Holmes series Sir A. Conan Doyle On the Run N. Bawden The Trapp family on wheels; Von Trapp Little Women L. M.Alcott Yesterday and Today Forever Old Mali and the Boy Sherman D. Other Bells for us to ring R. Cormier The intruder Townsend J. Secret of the Sirens J. Godling The Eagle of the Ninth Sutcliff Rosemary The Great Automatic R. Dahl Grammatizator and Other Stories Marassa and Midnight Stuart M. The Gordon’s Gaze J. Golding The Pearl Steinbeck J. Shots N. Gray Round the Bend Shute Neville The Red Pony J. Steinbeck Cowboys Don’t Cry Halvorson Marilyn Snakehead A. Horrowitz The Dark is Rising Cooper Susan The Watcher Melwood mary Shots Gray Nigel Out of the Darkness Hinton Nigel Brat Farrar Tey Zed Harris Rosemary Blind Beauty K. M. Peyton Blue Skin of the Sea Salisbury Blood Red Snow White M. Sedgewick

Tiger Tiger L. Reid Banks Sea Witch Comes Home M. Saville Mystery at Witch End M. Saville Percy Jackson and the Titan’s curse R. Riordan The secret Grey Walls M. Saville Dangerous Summer L. Salway Second to the Right and Straight On L. Salway Till Morning Spring comes to Nettleford M. Saville

Anther Me C. Macphal Evis Star A. Horrowitz Megan M. Hooper Necropolis A. Horrowitz Megan 2 M. Hooper Point Blanc A. Horrowitz Megan 3 M. Hooper Shadow M. Morpurgo The boy in the striped pyjamas J. Boyne Bad Company C. Macphal Percy Jackson and the lightning thief R. Riordan Breathing Underwater J. Green Girls to Total Goddesses S. Limb Girl, 15, Charming but insane S. Limb Girls, Guilty but somehow glorious S. Limb Girl, 15, Flirting for England S. Limb Storm Breaker A. Horrowitz Scared A. Horrowitz Point blanc A. Horrowitz The night bus A. Horowitz The king’s speech Logue & Jasmine blossoms for all time O. Friggieri Conradi

The Duchesne Library is open every Saturday from 5.00pm – 6.30pm

FORM 5 – 2012/2013

Here is a list of English and Maltese Books for your children to read during the summer holidays. Please encourage them to read as many of them as possible. They are expected to read one to two books a week. Students have to present a list of the books they have read to their teachers on the first day of school and they will be tested on them.

RECOMMENDED TITLES

Austen Jane Pride and Prejudice Laird Elizabeth Kiss the Dust Stephen Fry The Ode Less Travelled A Secret Place , Across the Barricades Lingard Joan The Pilgrimage , The Twelfth of July Branfield J. The Falklands Summer Lowry Lois Find a Stranger Say Goodbye Watson Ticket to Prague Montgomery L.M. Emily Books (Series)

Godden Rumer An Episode of Summer Peyton Kathleen M Flambards , Flambards in Summer Battle of the Villa Fiorita Pennington’s Summer, Snowfall Thursday’s Child The Beethoven Medal, The Edge of the Cloud B. Zephaniah Refugee Boy Riordan James Sweet Clarinet Davison Janis The White Cockade Shute Nevill A Town Like Alice Fleming David Now Then, Al Smith Joel Mixed Doubles Fox Paula In a Place of Danger Slave Dancer Steinbeck J. The Moon is Down Gallico Paul Love of Seven Dolls Hinton Nigel Buddy D, Pelzer A Child Called Ít’ Hinton S.E. The Outsiders Hope Anthony The Prisoner of Zenda Bronte Emily Wuthering Heights Beverly Naidoo Burn My Heart Mary Shelley Frankenstein M. Morpurgo Mr. Jenkin’s War S. Meyer The Host Helen Prejean Dead Man Walking B. Naidoo Out of Bounds A.Horowitz Evil Star Isabel Allende City of the Beasts(trilogy) Isabel Allende Kingdom of the Golden Dragon Isabel Allende Forest of the Pygmies Harper Lee To Kill a Mocking Bird

Samuraj F. Sammut Il-}arsa ta’ Ru\ann F. Ebejer |dejn in-Nixxieg]a Trevor }ahra |mien l-Ispanjoli G. Galea L-Ibleh G. Orlando Is-Salib tal-Fidda Winston Born L-G]ar tax-Xitan J. J. Camilleri Fuq l-G]ajn ta’ San Bastjan Kilin Id-Dawl tal-}ajja {. Chetcuti Wied Wirdien Bartolo & Vella Sqaq l-Infern Bartolo & Vella Sfidi T. Zahra Sepia T. Zahra Provenz T. Zahra Il-bieb numru 11 u stejjer ohra L. Brockdorff Kien kwinta l-qamar L. Brockdorff Bellus u bizzilla L. Brockorff

Many of these books are available at the Duchesne Library :

The White Cockade Davison Janis The Quelling Eye Gordon John Choices Tada The Peacock Spring Godden Rumer The Great Automatic Grammatizator and other stories R. Dahl Somehow Tenderness Survives Stories The Baron’s Hostage Trease G. The Go-between Hartley L. P. Prospero’s Children Siegel The Fire Proof Hero Jacobs Barbara The Inheritors Golding William

Blind Beauty K. M. Peyton Secret of the Sirens J. Golding The Gordon’s gaze J. Golding My Family and Other Animals G. Durrel Tiger Tiger L. Reid Banks Buddy N. Hinton The Outsiders S. E. Hinton Dear Nobody B. Doherty

Percy Jackson and the lightning thief R. Riordan Evis Star A. Horrowitz Girls to Total Goddesses S. Limb Necropolis A. Horrowitz Girls, Guilty but somehow glorious S. Limb Point Blanc A. Horrowitz Storm Breaker A. Horrowitz Shadow M. Morpurgo Point blanc A. Horrowitz Bad Company C. Macphal The king’s speech Logue & Breathing Underwater J. Green Conradi Scared A. Horrowitz Girl, 15, Charming but insane S. Limb The night bus A. Horowitz Girl, 15, Flirting for England S. Limb Jasmine blossoms for all time O. Friggieri

The Duchesne Library is open every Saturday from 5.00pm – 6.30pm