Year 9 Recommended Reading List

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1 Year 9 Recommended Reading List

2 This booklet is full of great books that you might enjoy. Use it to support your studies, not just for English but for all subjects; to improve your reading skills or simply for pleasure. The books have been divided up by genre (the type of book) to help you select. It is by no means an exhaustive list; you will find other books you love. Please recommend those to your friends and teachers! Read in order to live Gustave Flaubert There is no friend as loyal as a book Ernest Hemingway To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. Victor Hugo

3 Recommended by your peers: Boys Don t Cry Malorie Blackman Cherub (series) Robert Muchamore Delirium (series) Lauren Oliver Divergent (series) Veronica Roth Forest of Hands and Teeth (series) Carrie Ryan Girl, Missing Sophie McKenzie Gone (series) Michael Grant Junk Melvin Burgess Looking for JJ Anne Cassidy Martyn Pig Kevin Brooks Mortal Instruments (series) Cassandra Clare Noughts and Crosses (series) Malorie Blackman Teacher s Dead Benjamin Zephaniah The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon The Fault in Our Stars John Green The Hunger Games (series) Suzanne Collins The Kane Chronicles (series) Rick Riordan The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 4/4 Sue Townsend Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Uglies (series) Scott Westerfeld Zom-B (series) Darren Shan HISTORICAL/OTHER CULTURES John Boyne Boy In the Striped Pyjamas Siobhan Dowd Bog Child Ann Frank The Diary of a Young Girl Sally Gardner - I, Coriander Jamilia Gavin Coram Boy Morris Gleitzman Once, Then, Now, After Anne Holm I Am David Mary Hooper Petals in the Ashes Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Elizabeth Laird The Garbage King, Kiss The Dust Tanya Landman I am Apache Caroline Lawrence Roman Mysteries Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful Beverly Naidoo The Other Side of Truth Anna Perera Guantanamo Boy Doris Pilkington - Rabbit Proof Fence Phillip Pullman - The Ruby in the Smoke Bali Rai Rani and Sukh, (Un)arranged Marriage Celia Rees - Witch Child (series)

4 BOYS LOVE Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer Blood Red, Snow White Marcus Sedgwick Boy Soldier (series) - Andy McNab Boys Don t Cry Malorie Blackman Cherub (series) Robert Muchamore Cirque du Freak Series - Darren Shan Eragon, Eldest, Brisinar - Christopher Paolini Face Benjamin Zephaniah Gone (series) Michael Grant Keeper - Mal Peet Percy Jackson (series) - Rick Riordan Revolver Marcus Sedgwick Silverfin (Young James Bond series)- Charlie Higson Skullduggery Pleasant Derek Landy Socks Are Not Enough Mark Lowery Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series) - Anthony Horowitz The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon The Hunger Games (series) Suzanne Collins The Kane Chronicles (series) Rick Riordan The Outsiders SE Hinton The Private Blog of Joe Cowley Ben Davis The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 4/4 Sue Townsend Zom-B (series) Darren Shan GIRLS LOVE Divergent (series) Veronica Roth Forever Judy Blume* Girl, Missing Sophie McKenzie Gone (series) Michael Grant How I Live Now Meg Rosoff* I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith Noughts and Crosses (series) Malorie Blackman The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon The Fault in our Stars John Green* The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky* The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 4/4 Sue Townsend Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher The Book Thief Marcus Zusak To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Twilight (series) Stephanie Meyer Uglies (series) Scott Westerfeld *more mature themes, 14+

5 FANTASY Cassandra Clare Mortal Instruments (series) Sally Gardner Maggot Moon Patrick Ness - A Monster Calls (series) Patrick Ness - The Knife of Never Letting Go Christopher Paolini - Eragon (series) Terry Pratchett The Discworld Series Phillip Pullman - Northern Lights (series) Rick Riordan Percy Jackson (series) J.K Rowling Harry Potter (series) JRR Tolkien -The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings (series) CRIME & MYSTERY Agatha Christie The Body in the Library Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sign of the Four Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Guy de Maupassant - Short Stories Daphne Du Maurier Rebecca, Jamaica Inn Phillip Pullman - The Ruby in the Smoke Robert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde GOTHIC HORROR & SUSPENSE Susan Hill - The Woman in Black Stephanie Meyer Twilight (series) Edgar Allen Poe Selected Short Stories Carrie Ryan - Forest of Hands and Teeth (series) Mary Shelley Frankenstein Bram Stoker Dracula John Wyndham Day of the Triffids PLAYSCRIPTS Alan Bennett The History Boys Mark Haddon - The Curious Incidents of the Dog in the Night-time Dennis Kelly DNA Arthur Miller The Crucible J.B Priestly An Inspector Calls Willy Russell - Blood Brothers William Shakespeare Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest R.C Sherriff Journey s End

6 DYSTOPIAN Brave New World Aldous Huxley Divergent (series) Veronica Roth Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Gone (series) Michael Grant Lord of the Flies William Golding Maggot Moon - Sally Gardner Matched (series) Ally Condie Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman The Age of Miracles Karen W Thompson The Declaration (series) Gemma Malley The Giver Lois Lowry The Hunger Games (series) Suzanne Collins The Maze Runner (series) James Dashner Uglies (series) Scott Westerfeld Wool (series) Hugh Howey 1984 George Orwell SCIENCE FICTION Isaac Asimov- I, Robot Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy HG Wells - The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds NON-FICTION Maya Angelou - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Bill Bryson - Notes from a Small Island Roddy Doyle - Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Ann Frank The Diary of a Young Girl Dave Pelzer A Child Called It Joe Simpson - Touching the Void Adeline Yen Mah - Chinese Cinderella CLASSICS: Jane Austen Emma, Pride and Prejudice Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights Lewis Carroll - Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Wilkie Collins The Moonstone Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sign of the Four Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist Thomas Hardy The Withered Arm and Other Wessex Tales Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea Robert Louis Stevenson - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Treasure Island Jonathan Swift - Gulliver s Travels

7 Challenging Modern Classics: Maya Angelou - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings J.G Ballard - Empire of the Sun Kevin Brooks Martyn Pig Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby Ian Fleming Casino Royale Barry Hines Kes Nick Hornby About A Boy Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea Susan Hill The Woman in Black Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go Lloyd Jones Mister Pip Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird Yann Martel - Life of Pi George Orwell - Animal Farm, 1984 Alan Patton - Cry the Beloved Country Bali Rai Rani and Sukh Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men Kathyrn Stockett - The Help Meera Syal - Anita and Me Marcus Zusak - The Book Thief

8 POETRY Try Googling the following poets and read a selection of their poetry. The notable works you might enjoy appear in brackets. Modern Poets: John Agard (Flag, Put the Kettle On) Simon Armitage (Kid, Clown Punk) Gillian Clarke (Catrin, Cold Knap Lake) Imtiaz Dharker (Blessing) Carol Ann Duffy (Valentine, Before You Were Mine, Stealing, War Photographer) Seamus Heaney (Follower) Tony Harrison (Long Distance II) Grace Nichols (Hurricane Hits England) Literary Greats: William Blake (Tyger, Tyger, The Lamb) Robert Browning (My Last Duchess, Porphyria s Lover) Walter De La Mare (The Listeners) Emily Dickinson (Sonnet 43) Thomas Hardy (The Ruined Maid) Rudyard Kipling (If) Christina Rossetti (Cousin Kate) William Shakespeare (Sonnet 116, Sonnet 130) Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Dylan Thomas (The Hunchback in the Park) Alfred Tennyson (The Charge of the Light Brigade) William Wordsworth (Daffodils, Upon Westminster Bridge) War Poets: Rupert Brooke (The Soldier) Wilfred Owen (Futility, Anthem for Doomed Youth, Dulce et Decorum Est) Jessie Pope (The Call, Who s for the Game?) Isaac Rosenburg (In the Trenches) Siegfried Sassoon (Suicide in the Trenches)

9 English Challenge The challenge: You have two English challenges to attempt (if you wish to) before the beginning of May Both will help you to read more widely and both will utilise a variety of your reading, writing and speaking and listening skills. Details for each one are on the next page, but don t forget to see your English teacher if you get stuck! The deadline: Early May Your work should be ready to present to your English teacher by this time at the latest. However, you may complete your work in stages and submit it before this date. Make sure you leave yourself enough time this is a lengthy challenge! The Prize: If you complete a challenge you will be entered into a prize draw to win 25 itunes vouchers.

10 English Challenge Extended English Challenge 1: Genre. 1. Choose a genre from the following: dystopian, gothic horror, fantasy, adventure, science fiction or crime and mystery. 2. Prepare an oral presentation to include information about: The history and development of the genre through time (when and why did it become popular?) The typical plot and character conventions. What are the recognisable features of the genre? Three significant works from the genre. Give a plot summary of each one, information about the author and information about why the novel is important. This must be at least 5 minutes long, with or without a PPT. 3. Film yourself delivering this presentation and share it on Google Drive. 4. Read a novel from your chosen genre (it has to be on the reading list here) and write a lively and interesting blog style review (Amazon has good examples). It will be published in the school newsletter. 5. Write a short story of no more than 500 words in the genre you have chosen. EXTENSION: Create a response to your chosen genre or any individual text from the reading list. It could be a story, a poem, a movie, a newspaper article, an artistic response whatever you like.

11 English Challenge Extended English Challenge 2: Persuasive Speeches 1. Research famous persuasive speeches, including but not limited to the following: Martin Luther King I have a dream Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg address Nelson Mandela An ideal for which I am prepared to die Winston Churchill We shall fight on the beaches 2. Choose two and annotate the persuasive features used. Include commentary about the intended effects on the audience. 3. Write your own persuasive speech to persuade your fellow students to support a charity of your choice. 4. Film yourself delivering this speech and share it with your English teacher on Google Drive.