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City of Bones (1st in the Mortal Instruments Series) Casandra Clare Fantasy and Magic

Coraline Neil Gaiman Fantasy and Magic Evermore (1

st in a series) Alyson Noel Fantasy and Magic Magyk (Septimus Heap Series) Angie Sage Fantasy and Magic

Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism (1st in a series) Georgia Byng Fantasy and Magic

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (1st in a series) Rick Riordan Fantasy and Magic The Book of Dead Days Marcus Sedgwick Fantasy and Magic The Colour of Magic (1st in a Series) Terry Pratchett Fantasy and Magic The Harry Potter Series J.K. Rowling Fantasy and Magic The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S Lewis Fantasy and Magic

The Magic in the Weaving (1st in the Circle of Magic Series) Tamora Pierce Fantasy and Magic

A Monster Calls Patrick Ness Fantasy and Magic Abarat Clive Barker Fantasy and Magic Beauty Robin McKinley Fantasy and Magic Carter Beats the Devil Glen David Gould Fantasy and Magic Follow Me Down Julie Hearn Fantasy and Magic His Dark Materials Trilogy Philip Pullman Fantasy and Magic Kindred Olivia Butler Fantasy and Magic Midwinterblood Marcus Sedgwick Fantasy and Magic Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking Trilogy) Patrick Ness Fantasy and Magic My Swordhand is Singing Marcus Sedgwick Fantasy and Magic Over Sea and Under Stone (1st in a Series) Susan Cooper Fantasy and Magic Poison Chris Wooding Fantasy and Magic Poison Chris Wooding Fantasy and Magic River Boy Tim Bowler Fantasy and Magic Ruby Holler Sharon Creech Fantasy and Magic Shiver (1

st in a series) Maggie Stiefvater Fantasy and Magic Sisterland, Linda Newbury Fantasy and Magic The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud Fantasy and Magic The Artemis Fowl Series Eoin Colfer Fantasy and Magic The Changeover Margaret Mahy Fantasy and Magic The Chrestomanci Series Diane Wynne Jones Fantasy and Magic The Crystal Cave (1st in a Series) Mary Stewart Fantasy and Magic The Dark Horse Marcus Sedgwick Fantasy and Magic The Great Good Thing Roderick Townley Fantasy and Magic The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray Chris Wooding Fantasy and Magic The Headless Ghost Pete Johnson Fantasy and Magic The Hobbit J.R.R Tolkein Fantasy and Magic

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman Fantasy and Magic The Old Kingdom Series Garth Nix Fantasy and Magic The Ragwitch Garth Nix Fantasy and Magic The Sword in the Stone (1st in a Series) T.H. White Fantasy and Magic The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke Fantasy and Magic The Twilight Series Stephanie Meyer Fantasy and Magic The Witches of Eileanan Kate Forsyth Fantasy and Magic Thirteen Candles Mary Hooper Fantasy and Magic Wheel of Time Series Robert Jordan Fantasy and Magic

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clark Fantasy and Magic The Earthsea Trilogy Ursula K Le Guin Fantasy and Magic The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde Fantasy and Magic The Lord of the Rings J.R.R Tolkein Fantasy and Magic

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Title Author Genre

A Street Cat named Bob James Bowen Autobiography Boy Roald Dahl Autobiography Going Solo Roald Dahl Autobiography

Little House in the Big Woods (1st in a series)

Laura Ingalls Wilder Autobiography

Call of the White Felicity Aston Autobiography

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

Malala Yousafzai Autobiography

Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton Autobiography The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank Autobiography The Hiding Place Corrie Ten Bloom Autobiography

The Bite of the Mango (age 14 up) Mariatu Kamara, Susan McClelland

Autobiography

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Itch Simon Mayo Science Fiction

Mortal Engines Philip Reeve Science Fiction BZRK Michael Grant Science Fiction Dr Franklin's Island Ann Halam Science Fiction Exodus Julie Bertagna Science Fiction Tripods John Christopher Science Fiction

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Science Fiction The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham Science Fiction The Dispossessed Ursula K Le Guin Science Fiction The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K Le Guin Science Fiction The Time Machine H.G. Wells Science Fiction

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A Twist in Time Jean Ure War and Conflict

Biggles Learns to Fly Captain W.E. Johns War and Conflict

Billy the Kid Michael Morpurgo War and Conflict Carrie’s War Nina Bawden War and Conflict Kensuke's Kingdom Michael Morpurgo War and Conflict Once Morris Gleitzman War and Conflict Poppy Mary Hooper War and Conflict Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo War and Conflict Valentine Joe Rebecca Stevens War and Conflict War Horse Michael Morpurgo War and Conflict When Hitler stole a Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr War and Conflict

Across the Barricades Joan Lingard War and Conflict Alicia: My Story Alicia Applean-Jurman War and Conflict Between Shades of Gray Ruta Septys War and Conflict Blitzcat Robert Westall War and Conflict Bloodtide Melvin Burgess War and Conflict Caught in the Crossfire Alan Gibbons War and Conflict Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein War and Conflict Fire, Bed and Bone Henrietta Branford War and Conflict Fireweed Jill Paton Walsh War and Conflict

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Gone to Soldiers Marge Piercy War and Conflict Heretic Bernard Cornwall War and Conflict Little Soldier Bernard Ashley War and Conflict Master and Commander Patrick O'Brien War and Conflict Music on the Bamboo Radio Martin Booth War and Conflict Number the Stars Lois Lowry War and Conflict Stasiland: stories from behind the Berlin Wall Anna Funder War and Conflict Stay Where you are Then Leave John Boyne War and Conflict The Auschwitz Violin Maria Āngels Anglada War and Conflict The Chocolate War Robert Cormier War and Conflict The Track of the Wind Jamilla Gavin War and Conflict The White Fox Chronicles Gary Poulsen War and Conflict Troy Adele Geras War and Conflict War Michael Foreman War and Conflict We are witnesses Edited by Jacob Boas War and Conflict

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernieres War and Conflict Catch 22 Joseph Heller War and Conflict Charlotte Gray Sebastian Faulks War and Conflict Wild Swans Jung Chang War and Conflict

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Title Author Genre

Down Under Bill Bryson Travel Notes from a Big Country Bill Bryson Travel Notes from a Small Island Bill Bryson Travel

The Lost Continent : Travels in Small-town America Bill Bryson Travel

Around the world in 80 days Jules Verne Travel Around the world in 80 days Michael Palin Travel Full Circle Michael Palin Travel

India : One Man's Personal Journey Round the Subcontinent Sanjeev Bhaskar

Travel

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5 Children and It E Nesbit Classic

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Classic / Pre 1900

Black Beauty Anna Sewell Classic / Pre 1900 Heidi Johanna Spyri Classic / Pre 1900

Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Classic / Pre 1900 Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome Classic The Railway Children E Nesbit Classic

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett Classic

Tom Sawyer Mark Twain Classic / Pre 1900 Tom’s Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce Classic Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Classic / Pre 1900

Anne of Green Gables L M Montgomery Classic

I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith Classic Little Women Louisa M Alcott Classic / Pre 1900 Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Classic / Pre 1900 The Water Babies Charles Kingsley Classic / Pre 1900

Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy Classic / Pre 1900 Great Expectations Charles Dickens Classic / Pre 1900 Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte Classic / Pre 1900 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Classic / Pre 1900 Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier Classic Silas Marner George Eliot Classic / Pre 1900 The Mill on the Floss George Eliot Classic / Pre 1900 The Woman in White Wilkie Collins Classic / Pre 1900 Three Men in a Boat Jerome. K. Jerome Classic / Pre 1900 White Fang Jack London Classic / Pre 1900 Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte Classic / Pre 1900

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Beware, Princess Elizabeth Carolyn Meyer Historical

Fallen Grace Mary Hooper Historical

Henry VIII H M Castor Historical A Parcel of Patterns Jill Paton Walsh Historical Cat’s Cradle Julia Golding Historical Cecily’s Portrait Adele Geras Historical Crusade Elizabeth Laird Historical Fleshmarket Nicola Morgan Historical Forge Laurie Halse Anderson Historical Here Lies Arthur Philip Reeve Historical I, Coriander Sally Gardner Historical Milkweed Jerry Spinelli Historical Music and Silence, Rose Trenein Historical No Shame, No Fear, Ann Turnbull Historical Prisoner of the Inquisition Teresa Breslin Historical Raider's Tide Maggie Prince Historical Smith Leon Garfield Historical The Children of the New Forest Captain Marryat Historical The Eagle of the Ninth Rosemary Sutcliffe Historical The Other Boleyn Girl Philippa Gregory Historical The Shell House Linda Newbery Historical The Silver Pigs Lindsay Davis Historical The Winter Mantle Elizabeth Chadwick Historical

Ivanhoe Walter Scott Historical Pompeii Robert Harris Historical Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel Historical

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Title Author Genre

Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson Other Cultures Out of India: An Anglo-Indian Childhood Jamila Gavin Other Cultures Burn My Heart Beverly Naidoo Other Cultures

China Boy Gus Lee Other Cultures Fasting, Feasting Anita Desai Other Cultures Grass for His Pillow Lian Hearn Other Cultures Out of Shadows Jason Wallace Other Cultures Sounds of the River Chen Da Other Cultures The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis Other Cultures The Chosen Chaim Potok Other Cultures The Other Side of Truth Beverly Naidoo Other Cultures

Ties That Bind Ties That Break Lensey Namioka

Other Cultures

To the Edge of the Sky Anhua Gao Other Cultures Trash Andy Mulligan Other Cultures

We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo

Other Cultures

Web of Lies Beverly Naidoo Other Cultures When a Girl is Born Pamela Grant Other Cultures When I was a soldier Valerie Zenatti Other Cultures

Sold: A Story of Modern Day Slavery Zana Muhsen Other Cultures

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My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Annabel Pitcher Action /Adventure Black Harvest Ann Pilling Action /Adventure Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff Action /Adventure Bog Child Siobhan Dowd Action /Adventure Coram Boy Jamila Gavin Action /Adventure Looking for JJ, Anne Cassidy Action /Adventure Maggot Moon Sally Gardner Action /Adventure Moonfleet J. Meade Faulkner Action /Adventure The Edge Alan Gibbons Action /Adventure

The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle Catherine Webb

Action /Adventure

The Firework Makers Daughter Phillip Pullman Action /Adventure

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The God Beneath the Sea, Leon Garfield Action /Adventure

The Kite Rider Geraldine McCaughrean

Action /Adventure

The Wanderer Sharon Creech Action /Adventure Trash Andy Mulligan Action /Adventure

Lord of the Flies William Golding Action /Adventure

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Title Author Genre

Adrian Mole Susan Townsend Family / Coming of Age Forever Judy Blume Family / Coming of Age Girls Under Pressure Jacqueline Wilson Family / Coming of Age Horace Chris d'Lacey Family / Coming of Age Kelp Linda Aranson Family / Coming of Age My Name is Mina David Almond Family / Coming of Age The Fire-Eaters David Almond Family / Coming of Age America is Me E.R. Frank Family / Coming of Age Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Joyce Carol Oates Family / Coming of Age Black Swan Green David Mitchell Family / Coming of Age Coming of Age Valerie Mendes Family / Coming of Age Everybody Jam Ali Lewis Family / Coming of Age Heartbeat Sharon Creech Family / Coming of Age How I Live Now Meg Rosoff Family / Coming of Age In Darkness Nick Lake Family / Coming of Age Inventing Elliot Graham Gardner Family / Coming of Age Just in Case Meg Rosoff Family / Coming of Age Lucas Kevin Brooks Family / Coming of Age My Family and other Animals Gerald Durrell Family / Coming of Age Silent Snow, Secret Snow Adele Geras Family / Coming of Age Stripes of the Side Step Wolf Sonya Hartnett Family / Coming of Age The Boy in the Bubble Ian Strachan Family / Coming of Age

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Mark Haddon

Family / Coming of Age

The Frozen Waterfall Gaye Hicyilmaz Family / Coming of Age The Great Blue Yonder Alex Shearer Family / Coming of Age The Night After Tomorrow Sue Welford Family / Coming of Age The Tower Room Adele Geras Family / Coming of Age The Wedding Present Adele Geras Family / Coming of Age What the Birds See Sonya Hartnett Family / Coming of Age Wonder R.J. Palacio Family / Coming of Age Wringer Jerry Spinelli Family / Coming of Age The Catcher in the Rye J D Salinger Family / Coming of Age

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Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet M C Beaton Crime / Mystery Dead Time Anne Cassidy Crime / Mystery

A Gathering Light Jennifer Donnelly Crime / Mystery A Pocket Full of Rye Agatha Christie Crime / Mystery All Fall Down Ally Carter Crime / Mystery Black Ice (Young Sherlock Holmes) Andrew Lane Crime / Mystery Death and the Arrow Chris Priestley Crime / Mystery Heist Society Ally Carter Crime / Mystery Martyn Pig Kevin Brooks Crime / Mystery The Falconer's Knot Mary Hoffman Crime / Mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles A Conan. Doyle Crime / Mystery The London Eye Mystery Siobhan Dowd Crime / Mystery The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency A McCall Smith Crime / Mystery Up on Cloud Nine Anne Fine Crime / Mystery

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Title Author Genre

Brother in the Land Robert Swindells Dystopian

Divergent Veronica Roth Dystopian

Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman Dystopian

Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut Dystopian

The Declaration Gemma Malley Dystopian

The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Dystopian

Z for Zachariah Robert O’Brien Dystopian

1984 George Orwell Dystopian

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Chilli of Challenge

Title Author Genre

Cirque du Freak Darren Shan Gothic Horror High R L Stine Gothic The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman Gothic

A Great and Terrible Beauty Libba Bray Gothic Beastly Alex Flinn Gothic Before I wake Rachel Vincent Gothic Bite Club Rachel Caine Gothic Bloodlines Richelle Mead Gothic Bone Jack Sara Crowe Gothic Divine Freaks Fiona Dunbar Gothic Marked (first in House of Night Series) Kristian Cast Gothic Nocturnes John Connolly Gothic Savannah Grey Cliff McNish Gothic Scarlett Dedd Cathy Brett Gothic The Book of Dead Days Marcus Sedgwick Gothic The City of Shadows Celia Rees Gothic The Forbidden Game L J Smith Gothic

Dracula Bram Stoker Gothic The Woman in Black Susan Hill Gothic

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Before I Die Jenny Downham Ethics / Health Life on the Refrigerator Door Alice Kuipers Ethics / Health My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult Ethics / Health Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher Ethics / Health Ugly Constance Briscoe Ethics / Health

A Child Called ‘It’ David Pelzer Ethics / Health Veronika Decides to die Paulo Coelho Ethics / Health