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Year 7 & 8 Recommended Reading List
Year 7 & 8 Recommended Reading List
Key: - Action
- Adventure
*: for less confident readers - Animals
- Comedy
Bold writing: for readers ready for a challenge - Dystopian
- Family
- Fantasy
Action - Historical Fiction
- Horror/Thriller
Dashner, James The Maze Runner - Mystery
- Realistic Fiction
Fleming, Ian James Bond series - Classics
Adventure
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe
Animals
Adams, Richards Watership Down
Comedy
Lowery, Mark Socks Are Not Enough*
Dystopian
Blackman, Malorie Noughts and Crosses (and series)
1984
Family
Doyle, Roddy A Greyhound of a Girl
Reckless
Historical Fiction
Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Go Set a Watchman
Witch Child
Horror/ Thriller
Almond, David Kit’s Wilderness
Coraline*
Revolver
Mystery
Christie, Agatha Murder on the Orient Express
Realistic Fiction
Almond, David Jackdaw Summer
One
Classics
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
A Christmas Carol
Great Expectations
Macbeth
Non-fiction
Yousafzai, Malala I Am Malala