Great Marlow School Reading List KS3 The Classics Alcott, Louisa May Baum, Frank L Burnett, Frances Hodgson Caroll, Lewis De Foe, Daniel Dickens, Charles Grahame, Kenneth Kipling, Rudyard Lewis, C S Little Women Wizard of Oz The Secret Garden Alice in Wonderland Robinson Crusoe Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol The Wind in the Willows The Jungle Book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Chronicles of Narnia Lee, Harper Pearce, Phillippa Smith, Dodie Stevenson, Robert Louis Swift, Jonathan Verne, Jules Wells, H G White, EB Wilde, Oscar To Kill a Mockingbird Tom s Midnight Garden; A Dog So Small I Capture the Castle Treasure Island; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; Kidnapped Gulliver s Travels Journey to the Centre of the Earth The Time Machine; The War of the Worlds Charlotte s Web The Selfish Giant; The Happy Prince 1 P a g e
Modern Classics/ Challenging Reads Great Marlow School Reading List Boyne, John Dahl, Roald Golding, William Morpurgo, Michael Ransome, Arthur Salinger, J. D. Steinbeck, John Swift, Jonathan Tolkein, J. R. R. Wells, H. G. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and anything else Lord of the Flies Private Peaceful; War Horse; Butterfly Lion Swallows and Amazons The Catcher in the Rye Of Mice and Men; The Grapes of Wrath Gulliver s Travels The Hobbit; Lord of the Rings Complete Short Stories; Time Machine 2 P a g e
Modern/Current Issues Great Marlow School Reading List Almond, David Bawden, Nina Blackman, Malorie Brooks, Kevin Chambers, Aidan Cross, Gillian Crossnan Sarah Creech, Sharon Doherty, Bertie Gardiner, Sally Gibbons, Alan Gleitzman, Morris Green, John Haddon, Mark Laird, Elizabeth Magorian, Michelle Naidoo, Beverley Newbery, Linda Pielichaty Helena Rai, Bali Skellig; Almond Eyes; Kit s Wilderness Carrie s War Noughts and Crosses; Tell Me No Lies Martyn Pig Postcards From No Man s Land Tightrope Apple and Rain; The Weight of Water Love that Dog; Hate that Cat Dear Nobody I Coriander The Lost Boys Appreciation Society Once; Now; Then; After The Fault in Our Stars The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Fastest Boy in the World; The Garbage King Goodnight Mr Tom; Back Home The Other Side of Truth The Shell House; Sisterland Jade s Story; Getting Rid of Karenna; Never Ever The Crew; Rani and Sukh; (Un)arranged Marriage Sachar, Louis Swindells, Robert Syal, Meera Taylor, Mildred D Wyndham, John Westall, Robert Holes Dosh; Stone Cold; Smash Anita and Me Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry Day of the Triffids; Chocky; The Chrysallids Love Match; Machine Gunners 3 P a g e
Great Marlow School Reading List Wilson, Jacqueline Cat Mummy; Bad Girls; The Illustrated Mum; Falling Apart Zephaniah, Benjamin Face; Gangsta Rap; Refugee Boy 4 P a g e
Science Fiction/Fantasy Great Marlow School Reading List Adams, Douglas Clarke, Arthur C. Colfer, Eoin Collins Suzanne Crichton, Michael Corder, Zizou Dashner, James Dickinson, John Eddings, David Funke, Cornelia Gaiman, Neil Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy (series) 2001: a Space Odyssey; Artemis Fowl series; The Wish List The Hunger Games Trilogy Jurassic Park; Lost World; Prey; Next Lionboy Trilogy; Halo; Lee Raven Boy Thief The Maze Runner (series) The Cup of the World Belgarath the Sorcerer; Polgara the Sorceress Inkspell Trilogy Neverwhere; Anansi Boys; The Ocean at the End of the Lane Garner, Alan Goldman, William Grant, Michael Grant, Rob Hawking, Lucy & Prof Stephen Higson, Charlie Hobb, Robin Hoffman, Mary Horowitz, Anthony Jaques, Brian McCaughrean, Geraldine McKenzie, Sophie Meyer, Stephanie Ness, Patrick Nicholson, William The Weirdstone of Brisingamen The Princess Bride Gone (series) Backwards; Colony George s Secret Key to the Universe The Enemy (series); Young Bond series Assassin s Apprentice (trilogy) Stravaganza (series) Power of 5 series Redwall series Kite Rider; The Stones are Hatching Medusa Project (series); Sister, Missing (series) Twilight (series) The Knife of Never Letting Go (trilogy) Wind on Fire series 5 P a g e
Great Marlow School Reading List Nix, Garth Paolini, Christopher Pascal, Francine Patterson, James Paver, Michelle Pratchett, Terry Mister Monday series; Sabriel (trilogy) Eragon (trilogy) Fearless series Maximum Ride; Daniel X; Witch & Wiz Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Mort; Sourcery; Small Gods; Johnny and the Bomb Pullman, Philip Rees, Celia Reeve, Philip Rowling, J. K Sedgwick, Marcus Selznick, Brian Thompson, Kate Northern Lights series; Clockwork; Ruby in the Smoke The Bailey Game; Blood Sinister; Sorceress; The Vanished Mortal Engines; Rail Head Harry Potter series The Dark Horse Stroud; Jonathan Bartimaeus Trilogy The Invention of Hugo Cabret The Switchers trilogy; Origins series Humour Abdel-Fattah, Randa Asquith, Ros Does My Head Look Big In This? I Was a Teenage Worrier The Teenage Worrier s Guide to Life Griffiths, Andy Cabot, Meg Davidson, Gina Gleitzman, Morris Green, Julia Jennings, Paul Kinney, Jeff Rennison, Louise Townsend, Sue Zombie Butts from Uranus Princess Diaries series What Treasure Did Next Two Weeks with the Queen; Bumface Blue Moon Uncanny! Unseen! Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) Georgia Nicholson series Adrian Mole series 6 P a g e
Great Marlow School Reading List Whytock, Cherry Angel; Haggis Horrors and Heavenly Bodies 7 P a g e
Sports Fiction Great Marlow School Reading List Barker, Dominic Dhami, Narinder Flint, Helen Forde, Catherine Maekawa, Takeshi Morpurgo, Michael Palmer, Tom Paul, Bette Peet, Mal Redmond, Diane Riordan, James Rushton, Rosie Voigt, Cynthia Sharp Shot Bowler; Tim Shadows Bend it like Beckham Not Just Dancing Fat Boy Swim Kung Fu Boy Cool Foul Play; Own Goal Becca s Race Keeper United! Young Oxford Book of Football Stories Break Point The Runner 8 P a g e