Recommended Reading List for Years 7 and 8

2019-2020

Here is a list of excellent books that Ms Everill, (School Librarian) recommends for Year 7 and Year 8 students. Books have been chosen within Accelerated Reader Middle Years banding, which are appropriate for ages 9-13. It is by no means comprehensive, but includes books that your daughter may not have considered reading before. Enjoy!

Recent Award Winners

The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson MY 5.0A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge MY 5.9Rebound by Kwame Alexander MY 4.3The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders MY 5.1Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans MY 6.0Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean MY 6.4Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce MY 4.0A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle MY 4.7

Books that Promote Empathy

The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson MY 5.0Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes MY 3.0Wonder By R.J. Palacio MY 4.8Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine MY 3.6The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf MY 5.4928 Miles From Home by Kim Slater MY 4.8

Books for Harry Potter Fans

The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell MY 6.5Nevermore by Jessica Townsend by Jessica Townsend MY 4.8The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward MY 5.4Spellslinger by Sebastian De Castell MY 5.7Knights of the Borrowed Dark MY 5.6

Top Tip!

Look out for books that are on the short list for book awards or have won prizes. CILIP CARNEGIE, Costa Book Awards, Blue Peter Awards and Lollies

(Laugh Out Loud Awards) are reputable awards.

New and Notable

The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Braken MY 5.7The Explorer by Katherine Rundell MY 4.5The Murderer’s Ape by Jakob Wegelius MY 6.4Boy 87 by Ele Fountain MY 4.8The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millward Hargrave MY 5.0The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper MY 6.2

Novels by Established Authors

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness MY 4.8The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken MY 6.5Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl MY 6.0The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman MY 5.1 Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman MY 4.3Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan MY 4.5

Historical

The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Colabek and Lee Cohen my 6.0 Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian MY 5.1 War Horse by Michael Morpurgo MY 5.9Once by Morris Gleitzman MY 4.1Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin MY 6.3 The Skylarks’ War by Hilary Mckay MY 5.1

Classics

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll MY 7.4Black Beauty by Anna Sewell MY 7.7David Copperfield by Charles Dickens MY 8.2Little Women by Louisa May Alcott MY 7.5Pollyanna by Eleanor H Porter MY 5.2The Prince and the Pauper MY 9.6Treasure Island by What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge MY 7.2A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett MY 6.0The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham MY 8.4 The Wizard of Oz by Frank.L. Baum MY 7.0

Top Tip!

There are many Classics that have been adapted from the original (Unabridged) version by different authors to make for easier reading. You can also find a range of Classics that have been made into graphic novels

which can help to visualise the story.