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1 JOHN MASEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SUGGESTED READING LIST 2018

2 Here are a list of books you might enjoy. Most are available from the school library. You can also find books at your local public library, for more information on these please visit: The reading list has been organised by genre/subject ACTION & ADVENTURE Noughts & Crosses (Series) Stormbreaker (Series) How To Train your Dragon (Series) The Explorer Carjacked The Cherub Series Holes The Hobbit Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) Where the World Ends Malorie Blackman Anthony Horowitz Cressida Cowell Katherine Rundell Ali Sparkes Robert Muchamore Louis Sachar J.R.R Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien Geraldine McCaughrean ANIMALS The White Giraffe Warrior Cats (Series) Black Beauty Gorilla Dawn Charlotte s Web The Wind in the Willows Lauren St. John Erin Hunter Anna Sewell Gill Lewis E.B. White Kenneth Grahame

3 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Hanna s Suitcase Anne Frank Karen Levine I am Malala: The girl who stood up for education And was shot by the Taliban Fever Pitch Cider with Rosie Boy: Tales of Childhood Going Solo I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Malala Yousafzai Nick Hornby Laurie Lee Roald Dahl Roald Dahl Maya Angelou BULLYING (Stories with characters affected by bullying) A Monster Calls Eleanor & Park Liar & Spy Star Girl Smile Blubber Carrie We Are All Made of Molecules Patrick Ness Rainbow Rowell Rebecca Stead Jerry Spinelli Raina Telgemeier Judy Blume Stephen King Susin Nielsen

4 CLASSICS Lord of the Flies Pride & Prejudice The War of the Worlds Treasure Island Oliver Twist The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Borrowers A Christmas Carol Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Great Expectations Little Women Brave New World Stig of the Dump William Golding Jane Austen H.G.Wells R.L Stevenson Charles Dickens Mark Twain Mary Norton Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll Charles Dickens Louisa May Alcott Aldous Huxley Clive King COMING OF AGE NOVELS (BILDUNGSROMAN) The Perks of Being a Wallflower David Copperfield Northanger Abbey Never Let Me Go Paper Towns Looking for Alaska The Catcher in the Rye The Bell Jar The Secret Life of Bees Stephen Chbosky Charles Dickens Jane Austen Kazuo Ishiguro John Green John Green J.D Salinger Sylvia Plath Sue Monk Kidd

5 CRIME, THRILLERS & MYSTERY Silverfin (Series) Stone Cold The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes We Were Liars The Murder Notebooks (Series) Theodore Boone (Series) Murder Most Unladylike (Series) Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Series) Charlie Higson Robert Swindells Arthur Conan Doyle E. Lockhart Anne Cassidy John Grisham Robin Stevens James Patterson DYSTOPIA The Hunger Games (Trilogy) Suzanne Collins 1984 George Orwell Divergent (Trilogy) The Maze Runner (Series) Gone (Series) The Giver The Knife of Never Letting Go (Trilogy) The Wind Singer (Trilogy) Fahrenheit 451 Uglies (Series) The Handmaids Tale Flawed Maggot Moon Veronica Roth James Dashner Michael Grant Lois Lowry Patrick Ness William Nicholson Ray Bradbury Scott Westerfield Margaret Attwood Cecilia Aherne Sally Gardner

6 FANTASY Skellig Percy Jackson & The Lightening Thief (Series) Artemis Fowl (Series) The Fire Within (Series) The Spiderwick Chronicles (Series) The Lion the Witch & The Wardrobe (Series) Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone (Series) Northern Lights (Trilogy) A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series) The Spooks Apprentice (Series) Coraline Lionboy (Trilogy) Magyk (Series) David Almond Rick Riordan Eoin Colfer Chris d Lacey Tony DiTerlizzi C.S.Lewis J.K. Rowling Philip Pullman Lemony Snicket Joseph Delaney Neil Gaiman Zizou Corder Angie Sage FRIENDSHIP & FAMILY Wonder My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Starseeker Silence is Goldfish The Fault in Our Stars How I Live Now Apple & Rain The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time Face The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair R.J. Palacio Annabel Pitcher Tim Bowler Annabel Pitcher John Green Meg Rosoff Sarah Crossan Mark Haddon Benjamin Zephaniah Lara Williamson

7 FUNNY Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Series) Tom Gates (Series) World of Norm (Series) Barry I am Not a Loser (Series) Mr Stink Demon Dentist Grandpa s Great Escape You re a Bad Man Mr Gum (Series) Jeff Kinney Liz Pichon Jonathan Meres Jim Smith David Walliams David Walliams David Walliams Andy Stanton GOTHIC Dracula Frankenstein Rebecca Wuthering Heights Jane Eyre The Picture of Dorian Gray The Yellow Wallpaper The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde The Raven & Other Tales The Metamorphosis The Woman In White The Red Room The Woman in Black Bram Stoker Mary Shelley Daphne Du Maurier Emily Bronte Charlotte Bronte Oscar Wilde C. Perkins Gilman R.L Stevenson Edgar Allan Poe Franz Kafka Wilkie Collins H.G. Wells Susan Hill

8 HISTORICAL Buffalo Soldier Street Child The Book Thief Anne of Green Gables A Little Princess To Kill a Mockingbird My Story (Series) The Middle of Nowhere Tanya Landman Berlie Doherty Markus Zusack L.M. Montgomery F. Hodgson Burnett Harper Lee Various Authors G. McCaughrean HORROR Skulduggery Pleasant (Series) The Graveyard Book Cirque du Freak (Series) My Sword Hand is Swinging Mister Creecher Tinder The Girl With All The Gifts The Bunker Diary Derek Landy Neil Gaiman Darren Shan Marcus Sedgwick Chris Priestley Sally Gardner M.R.Carey Kevin Brooks

9 REFUGEES & IMMIGRATION Refugee Boy The Bone Sparrow Kiss the Dust My Name is Parvana The Prince Who Walked with Lions Looking At The Stars Welcome to Nowhere Benjamin Zephaniah Zana Fraillon Elizabeth Laird Deborah Ellis Elizabeth Laird Jo Cotterill Elizabeth Laird SCIENCE FICTION Time Riders (Series) The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy I am Number Four (Series) More Than This The 5th Wave I Boy The Supernaturalist The Eye of Minds The Illuminae Railhead Alex Scarrow Douglas Adams Pittacus Lore Patrick Ness Rick Yancey Kevin Brooks Eoin Colfer James Dashner Amie Kaufman Philip Reeve

10 MAGICAL REALISM The BFG James & the Giant Peach Five Children & It The Secret Garden Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Watcher in the Shadows The Iron Man Tom s Midnight Garden The Cuckoo Song The Lie Tree Roald Dahl Roald Dahl E. Nesbit F. Hodgson Burnett Lewis Carroll Carlos Ruiz Zafon Ted Hughes Philippa Pearce Frances Hardinge Frances Hardinge WAR Stay where you are then leave The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Salt to the Sea War Horse Private Peaceful Once (Series) Carrie s War When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Goodnight Mr Tom I am David John Boyne John Boyne Ruta Sepetys Michael Morpurgo Michael Morpurgo Morris Gleitzman Nina Bawden Judith Kerr Michelle Magorian Anne Holm

11 How To Choose A Good Book Ask your FRIENDS, have any of them read a great book they could recommend? Ask your TEACHER or the LIBRARIAN, they will be able to point you in the right direction of a great book. Has the AUTHOR written other books that you really enjoyed? Do you like the COVER? Check out the BLURB on the back and try reading some of the FIRST PAGE You can also visit these websites to help you choose a great book to read

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