New Fiction Beast Quest series, by Adam Blade Two young children go on a mission and must release six beasts from villainous hands. Adventure/ fantasy. Recommended for KS3/ Reluctant Readers Guardians of Magic, by Chris Riddell Fantasy/ adventure. Recommended for KS3/ Reluctant readers A House Without Walls, by Elizabeth Laird A story of hope amidst the refugee crisis in Syria. Adventure stories/ family Recommended for KS3 The Boxer, Nikesh Shukla Feeling isolated and disconnected, a young teen joins a boxing group following a racist attack. Recommended for KS3 & 4 Things a Bright Girl Can Do, by Sally Nicholls Three young women, from very diverse backgrounds, join the Suffragette movement and must consider the sacrifices such a decision entails. Historical fiction Recommended for KS3 & 4 The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo Fifteen year old Xiomara works through the tension and conflict in her family by writing poetry Recommended for KS4 CLASSIC FICTION: Anita and Me by Meera Syal Stone Cold by Robert Swindels The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NIght-Time by Mark Haddon I Am David by Anne Holme Skin / Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl Skellig / Kit’s Wilderness / Almond Eyes by David Almond Junk by Melvin Burgess Jaqueline Wilson Noughts and Crosses / Tell Me No Lies by Malorie Blackman American Gods by Neil Gaiman Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Nineteen-Eighty-Four by George Orwell Animal Farm by George Orwell Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkein The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby The Colour Purple by Alice Walker Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe The Reluctant Fundamentalist Non-Fiction We Are All Greta, by Valentina Giannella With in-depth text and data analysis, this book explores what climate change really means and what can be done to protect our world. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Mythologica by Dr Stephen P Kershav Graphic Novels: Maus by Art Spiegelman Gora Year 9 studied texts Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck ​ Animal Farm, George Orwell ​ Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte ​ Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare ​ Year 10 studied texts An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley ​ The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, RL Stevenson ​ Texts read in tutor time: I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee .