Reading List

KS3

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Useful Websites

www.booktrust.org.uk

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www.lovereading4kids.com

www.worldbookday.com

Additional EGS Reading Lists

EGS Award—Bronze and Silver

Carnegie Shortlists

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Action / Adventure P4

Classics P6

Fantasy / Sci Fi P8

Horror / Thriller P10

Humour / Comedy P12

Real Life P14

Historical Fiction P16

Sports Fiction P18

Carnegie Selection P20

Contents

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Action/Adventure

Body Guard Series Bradford, Chris

Last Kids on Earth Brailler, Max

Alone Brazier, DJ

The Hunger Games Trilogy Collins, Susan

Gone Series Grant, Michael

13 Storey Treehouse Griffiths, Andy

Joshua Files Harris, MG

Alex Rider Series Horowitz, Anthony

Knights & Bikes Kent, Gabrielle

Masterminds Kormon, Gordon

Young Sherlock Holmes Lane, Andrew

Beetle Boy Leonard, MG

Call of the Wild (1903) London, Jack

Embassy of the Dead Mabbitt, Will

Click Here to Start Markell, Denis

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Itch Mayo, Simon

The Medusa Project Series McKenzie, Sophie

Cherub Series Muchamore, Robert

Robin Hood Muchamore, Robert

Airborn Oppel, Kenneth

Skybreaker Oppel, Kenneth

Percy Jackson series Riordan, Rick

The Explorer Rundell, Katherine

My Brother is a Superhero Soloman, David

Malmander Taylor, Thomas

H.I.V.E. Walden, Mark

Hamish and the World Stoppers Wallace, Danny

The Murderer's Ape Wegelius, Jakob

The 1000 Year Old Boy Welford, Ross

Extinction Trials Wilson, SM

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Classics

Watership Down Adams, Richard 1972

Aesop's Fables Aesop 600BC

Arabian Nights Unknown C8 AD

The Secret Garden Burnett, F Hodgson 1909

Alice in Wonderland Carroll, Lewis 1865

Norse Myths Crossley-Holland, K

James & the Giant Peach Dahl, Roald 1961

Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel 1719

Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 1838

Great Expectations Dickens, Charles 1861

Sherlock Holmes Conan-Doyle, A 1892

The Three Musketeers Dumas, Alexander 1844

A Kestrel for a Knave Hines, Barry 1968

Stig of the Dump King, Clive 1963

The Jungle Book Kipling, Rudyard 1894

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The Jungle Book Kipling, Rudyard 1894

The Chronicles of Narnia Lewis, CS 1950

The Railway Children Nesbit, E 1906

Five Children and It Nesbit, E 1902

Animal Farm Orwell, George 1945

Swallows and Amazons Ransome, Arthur 1930

The Silver Sword Serraillier, Ian 1956

I Capture the Castle Smith, Dodi 1948

Treasure Island Stevenson, R L 1883

Gulliver's Travels Swift, Jonathan 1726

The Hobbit Tolkein, JRR 1937

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Tolkein, JRR 1954

Twenty thousand Leagues Un-der the Sea

Verne, Jules 1870

War of the Worlds Wells, HG 1898

The Sword in the Stone White , TH 1938

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Fantasy/Sci Fi

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas

Children of Blood and Bone Adeyemi, Tomi

The Six Alpert, Mark

The House with Chicken Legs Anderson, Sophie

The Spellslinger Series Castelle, Sebastien De

Cogheart Series Bunzl, Peter

Artemis Fowl Series Colfer, Eoin

Gregor the Overlander Collins, Suzanne

Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth Cottrell-Boyce, Frank

The Many Worlds of Albie Bright Edge, Christopher

Last Day on Mars Emerson, Kevin

The Ranger’s Apprentice Flanagan, John

We Hunt the Flame Hafsah, Faizal

Darkmouth Hegarty, Shane

Skulduggery Pleasant Series Landy, Derek

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The Novice Matharu, Taran

Phoenix Files Series Morphew, Chris

The Knife of Never Letting Go Ness, Patrick

Meta Wars Series Norton, Jeff

His Dark Materials Trilogy Pullman, Philip

Mortal Engines Series Reeve, Philip

Magnus Chase Series Riordan, Rick

Percy Jackson Series Riordan, Rick

Harry Potter Series Rowling, JK

Knights of the Borrowed Dark Se-ries

Rudden, Dave

Scythe Shusterman, Neal

Slick Vaughan, MM

King Bones Wells, Chris Hallatt

Leviathan Westerfeld, Scott

The Extinction Trials Series Wilson, SM

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Horror/Thriller

Small Spaces Arden, Katherine

i-horror series Barlow, Steve

Charlotte Says Bell, Alex

Frozen Charlotte Bell, Alex

Blood Tide Burgess, Melvin

The Spooks Apprentice Delaney, Joseph

A Dark Inheritance D'Lacey, Chris

The Graveyard Book Gaiman, Neil

Coraline Gaiman, Neil

The Enemy Higson, Charlie

The Fear Higson, Charlie

Goosham grange Horowitz, Anthony

Horowitz Horror Horowitz, Anthony

Skulduggery Pleasant Series Landy, Derek

Monstrous Devices Love, Damien

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The Nest Oppel, Kenneth

Ghost Stadium Palmer, Tom

Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror Priestley, Chris

The Intruders Richardson, E E

Knights of the Borrowed Dark Rudden, Dave

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Schwartz, Alvin

My Sword Hand is Singing Sedgwick, Marcus

Cirque Du Freak Shan, Darren

13 Chairs Shelton, Dave

i-Horror series Skidmore, Steve

Thornhill Smy, Pam

Goosebumps Stine, RL

The Dogs Stratton, Allan

Room 13 Swindells, Robert

Shades of Darkness Westall, Robert

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Humour

Unlikely Exploits Ardagh, Philip

Little Badman Arshad, Humza

Head Kid Baddiel, David

The Name of this Book is Secret Bosch, Pseudonymous

Millions Boyce, Frank Cottrell

Al Capone Does my Shirts Choldenko, Gennifer

Boy Dahl, Roald

Joe Cowley Series Davis, Ben

Demolition Dad Earl, Phil

Who Let the Gods Out Evans, Maz

Toad Rage Gleitzman, Morris

Hoot Hiaasen, Carl

The Diamond Brothers Series Horowitz, Anthony

Kid Normal Series James, Greg

Unbelievable Jennings, Paul

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Pants are Everything Lowry, Mark

The World of Norm Meres, Jonathon

Planet Omar Mian, Zanib

Donut Diaries Milligan and McGowan

Ribblestrop Series Mulligan, Andy

Memoires of a Neurotic Zombie Norton, Jeff

Middle School series Patterson, James

Big Nate Series Peirce, Lincoln

Tom Gates Series Pichon, Liz

Holes Sachar, Louis

The Dark Lord series Thomson, Jamie

Adrian Mole Townsend, Sue

Slick Vaughan, M M

The Boy in the Dress Walliams, David

Time Travelling with a Hamster Wellford, Ross

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Real Life

My name is Mina (prequel to Skellig) Almond, David

Posted Anderson, David

Chains Anderson, L Halse

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Boyne, John

Boy 87 Fountain, Ele

The Bone Sparrow Fraillon, Zana

The Diary of Anne Frank Frank, Anne

George Gino, Alex

Once series Gleitzman, Morris

Grenade Gratz, Alan

Theodore Boone Grisham, John

High Rise Mystery Jackson, Sharna

The Unteachables Korman, Gordon

Private Peaceful Morpurgo, Michael

No Fixed Address Nielson, Susin

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Auggie and Me Palacio, RJ

Wonder Palacio, RJ

D-Day Dog Palmer, Tom

Timmy Failure Pastis, Stephen

My Sister Lives on the Man-tlepiece

Pitcher, Annabel

The Harder They Fall Rai, Bali

Stay a Little Longer Rai, Bali

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Rauf, Onjali Q

Long Way Down Reynolds, Jason

Ghost Boys Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Five Children on the West-ern Front

Saunders, Kate

Can You See Me Scott, Libby

I Survived Series Tarshis, Lauren

The Goldfish Boy Thompson, Lisa

The Boy who Fooled the World

Thompson, Lisa

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Real Life— Historical Fiction

Eagle of the Ninth Sutcliff, R Roman

William the Conqueror No-where to Hide

Corby, Caroline 1000s

Who Killed Kit Marlow? A Tu-dor Mystery

Deary, Terry 1500s

A Skinful of Shadows Hardinge, F 1600s

Where the World Ends McCaughrean, G 1700s

Witch Child Rees, Celia 1700s

Revolution Donnely, J Fr Rev

Prison Ship Dowswell, Paul Fr Rev

Hornblower Series Forester, CS Fr Rev

Ruby in the Smoke Pullman, Philip Vict Eng

War Horse Morpurgo, M WW1

Things a Bright Girl Can Do Nicholls, Sally WW1

When the Guns Fell Silent Riordan, James WW1

The Boy at the Top of The Mountain

Boyne, John WW2

Auslander Dowswell, Paul WW2

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Bomber Dowswell, Paul WW2

I am David Holm, Anne WW2

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Kerr, Judith WW2

Orphan, Monster, Spy Kileen, Matt WW2

Goodnight Mr Tom Magorian, M WW2

Tamar Peet, Mal WW2

Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black

Sedgwick, M WW2

Salt to the Sea Sepetys, Ruta WW2

I Capture the Castle Smith, Dodie WW2

Hitler's Canary Toksvig, Sandi WW2

Code Name Verity Wein, Elizabeth WW2

The Enigma Game Wein, Elizabeth WW2

Machine Gunners Westall, Robert WW2

Blitz Cat Westall, Robert WW2

The Book Thief Zusak, Marcus WW2

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Real Life—Sports Fiction

Booked Alexander, Kwame

Rebound Alexander, Kwame

The Crossover Alexander, Kwame

Tangerine Bloor, Edward

Glory Gardens series Cattell, Bob

The Big Match Childs, Rob

The Weight of Water Crossan, Sarah

Running on Empty Durrant, SE

Barmy Army Durant, Alan

Jamie Johnson series Freedman, Dan

Skills from Brazil Freedman, Dan

Divided We Fall Gibbons, Alan

Dream Team Gibbons, Alan

Striker Series Hale, Nick

Kick Johnson, Mitch

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The Silent Striker Kalu, Pete

The Fastest Boy in the World Laird, Elizabeth

Respect Morgan, Michaela

Billy the Kid Morpurgo, Michael

Ultimate Football Heroes Series Oldfield, Tom and Matt

Football Detective Series Palmer, Tom

Football Academy Palmer, Tom

Armistice Runner Palmer, Tom

Keeper Peet, Mal

The Penalty Peet, Mal

Dream On Rai, Bali

Gloves Off Reid, Louisa

Ghost Reynolds, Jason

Glory Days: Goal Rigby, Robert

The Boxer Shukla, Nikesh

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Carnegie Selection

The Poet X Acevedo, Elizabeth

Skellig Almond, David

Pig Heart Boy Blackman, Malorie

The Ghost Behind the Wall Burgess, Melvin

Looking for JJ Cassidy, Anne

Apple and Rain Crossan, Sarah

One Crossan, Sarah

Bog Child Dowd, Siobhan

Wed Rabbit Evans, Lissa

The Bone Sparrow Fraillon, Zana

Maggot Moon Gardner, Sally

Bone Talk Gourlay, Candy

Rowan the Strange Hearne, Julie

After the Fire Hill, Will

Fastest Boy in the World Laird, Elizabeth

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Buffalo Soldier Landman, Tanya

Lark McGowan, Anthony

Trash Mulligan, Andy

Other Side of The Truth Naidoo, Beverley

A Monster Calls Ness, Patrick

Nation Pratchett, Terry

Rooftoppers Rundell, Katherine

Lampie Schapp, Anne

Midwinter Blood Sedgwick, M

Liar and Spy Stead, Rebecca

The Wall Sutcliffe, William

On The Come Up Thomas, Angie

The Hate You Give Thomas, Angie

Fire Colour One Valentine, Jenny

Girl Boy Sea Vick, Chris

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