‘ Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ’
Margaret Fuller
Here are some ideas for enjoyable stories, mainly for Key Stage 3 students:
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Adventure Exodus (Julie Bertagna) Hacker (Malorie Blackman) Storm Catchers (Tim Bowler) Millions (Frank Cottrell Boyce) Silverfin (Charlie Higson) Stormbreaker (Anthony Horowitz) Journey to the River Sea (Eva Ibbotson) Thunder and Lightnings (Jan Mark) Underworld Catherine Macphail – Trash (Andy Mulligan) Windsinger (William Nicholson) Seeker (William Nicholson) Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Patterson) Johnny and the Bomb (Terry Pratchett) Brother in the Land (Robert Swindells) The Emerald Atlas (John Stephens) Finding The Fox (Ali Sparkes) Itch (Simon Mayo) Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer) Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm (Ash Bond) The Island at the End of Everything (Kiran Millwood Hargrave) The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Joan Aiken) |
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Eragon (Christopher Paolini) The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) Shadow of the Minotaur (Alan Gibbons) Northern Lights (Philip Pullman) Mortal Engines (Phillip Reeve) Percy Jackson series (Rick Riordon) Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling) Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) Cirque du Freak series (Darren Shan) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis) The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper) A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula Le Guin) The Book of Three (Lloyd Alexander) The Phoenix Files (Chris Marphew) The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin) The Kill Order (James Dashner) Railhead (Phillip Reeve) The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Alan Garner) The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham) |
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Comedy / Sports Agent Z (Mark Haddon) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) The World of Norm (Jonathan Meres) The Race for the Lost Keystone (Val Rutt) Billionaire Boy (David Walliams) King of Nothing (Nathanael Lessore) Shakespeare: The World as a Stage (Bill Bryson) Foul Play (Tom Palmer) Glory Gardens (Bob Cattell) Rugby Academy (Tom Palmer) Pride and Penalties (Chris Higgins) The Fastest Boy In The World (Elizabeth Laird) The Boy Who Biked The World (Alastair Humphreys) The Fix (Sophie McKenzie) Kick (Mitch Johnson) Rugby Flyer (Gerard Siggins) |
Historical Fiction King of Shadows (Susan Cooper) Changeling (Phillipa Gregory) War Horse (Michael Morpurgo) Private Peaceful (Michael Morpurgo) Over The Line (Tom Palmer) A Medal for Leroy (Michael Morpurgo) The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne) Soldier Dog (Sam Angus) The Kite Rider (Geraldine McCaughrean) The Silver Sword (Ian Serraillier) The Way of the Warrior (Chris Bradford) Windrush Child (Benjamin Zephaniah) The Seeing Stone (Kevin Crossley-Holland) The Last Tudor (Phillipa Gregory) Coram Boy (Jamila Gavin) Freedom (Catherine Johnson) The Eagle of the Ninth (Rosemary Sutcliff) The Cay (Theodore Tyler) Cue for Treason (Geoffrey Trease) I Am David (Anne Holm) |
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Friendships / Relationships / Coming of Age They Both Die At The End (Adam Silvera) Heartstopper (Alice Oseman) Gwen and Art Are Not In Love (Lex Croucher) Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz) Artichoke Hearts (Sita Brahmachari) Some Places More Than Others (Renee Watson) The Icarus Show (Sally Christie) A Kestrel for a Knave (Barry Hines) Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson) |
Non-Fiction You Are A Champion (Marcus Rashford) You Have The Power (Leah Williamson) Failosophy For Teens (Elizabeth Day) I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai) The Diary of A Young Girl (Anne Frank) Boy and Going Solo (Roald Dahl) The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing (Tanya Goodin) Wink (Rob Harrell) Anything Is Possible (Gareth Southgate)
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Gothic / Horror The Woman In Black (Susan Hill) Dracula (Bram Stoker) Jekyll and Hyde (R.L. Stevenson) Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Room 13 (Robert Swindells) Haunted: Short Stories (Susan Cooper) The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman) Cirque Du Freak (Darren Shan) The Crowfield Curse (Pat Walsh) More Bloody Horowitz (Anthony Horowitz) The Spook’s Apprentice (Joseph Delaney) Lockwood and Co (Jonathan Stroud) The Stuff Of Nightmares (Malorie Blackman) Thirteen Chairs (Dave Shelton) |
Crime / Mystery Murder On The Orient Express (Agatha Christie) Hallowe’en Party (Agatha Christie) The London Eye Mystery (Siobhan Dowd) The Murder of the Whistling Caves (Helen Moss) The Falcon’s Malteser (Anthony Horowitz) Twelve Minutes to Midnight (K.M. Peyton) Mystery and Mayhem (Short Stories) The Girl of Ink and Stars (Kiran Millwood Hargrave) The Marvellers (Dhonielle Clayton) Catch Your Death (Ravena Guron) Thirteen (Tom Hoyle) I Must Betray You (Ruta Sepetys) The Five Clues (Anthony Kessel) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle) |
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Classics Watership Down (Richard Adams) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) Wizard of Oz (F.L. Baum) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Caroll) A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (R.L. Stevenson) Treasure Island (R.L. Stevenson) The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells) Lord of the Flies (William Golding) Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck) The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien) Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) The Railway Children (Edith Nesbit) Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) The Borrowers (Mary Norton) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) Animal Farm (George Orwell) |
Modern *Skellig (David Almond) Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman) The Fault In Our Stars (John Green) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) Rani and Sukh (Bali Rai) Anita and Me (Meera Syal) Refugee Boy (Benjamin Zephaniah) The Illustrated Mum (Jacqueline Wilson) The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne) A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness) Chinese Cinderella (Adeline Yen Mah) Oranges in No Man’s Land (Elizabeth Laird) Fight Back (A.M. Dassu) Glowrushes (Roberto Piumini) Welcome to Nowhere (Elizabeth Laird) |
Here are some ideas to celebrate Black History Month 2024:
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Contemporary Fiction Manifesto by Bernarnide Evaristo A Visible Man by Edward Enninful People Person by Candice Carty-Williams Abolition, Feminism, Now by Angela Davis Just Sayin’ by Malorie Blackman A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game by Calum Jacobs An American Marriage by Tayari Jones The List by Yomi Adegoke Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Assembly by Natasha Brown Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow |
Black British History Natives by Akala Black and British by David Olusoga Black Tudors by Miranda Kauffman African and Caribbean People in Britain by Hakim Adi Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch Black Victorians by Keshia N. Abraham Black England by Gretchen Gerzina Black Britain by Paul Gilroy Black London by Avril Nanton Biracial Britain by Remi Adekoya Back to Black by Kehinde Andrews |
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Classic Fiction Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adicihi Beloved by Toni Morrison Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead And Still I Rise by Dr Maya Angelou The Color Purple by Alice Walker In the Castle of my Skin by George Lamming |
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Adult Fiction The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James Rosewater by Tade Thompson Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates |
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Children’s and Young Adult Fiction Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James If You Read This by Kereen Getten Beasts of Ruin by Ayana Gray Felix Ever After by Kacen Collander The Dark Lady by Akala Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta The Breakfast Club Adventures by Marcus Rashford The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
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Films and Documentaries Hidden Figures PG-13 Harriet 12A 13th 15 Moonlight 15 The Hate U Give PG-13 Selma 12A Judas and the Black Messiah 15. Malcolm X 15 Fences 12 BlacKkKlansman 15 |