Lower School Reading List

Year 7 and 8 Recommended Reading

 Try something a little off this year’s beaten track.

 The Earthsea Quartet / Ursula Le Guin,  

Frozen Fire / Tim Bowler,

Holes / Louis Sachar,

The Hound of the Baskervilles / Arthur Conan Doyle,

The Ruby In The Smoke / Philip Pullman,

Swallows and Amazons / Arthur Ransome,

Wolf Brother: Book 1 / Michelle Paver,  

The Diary of a Young Girl / Anne Frank,

Watership Down / Richard Adams,

Ostrich Boys / Keith Gray,  

Year 9 Recommended Reading

 Tried and Tested modern classics from brilliant writers.

Across The Nightingale Floor: Book 1 / Lian Hearn,  

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain,

Black Rabbit Summer / Kevin Brooks,

The Catcher in the Rye / J.D. Salinger,

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time / Mark Haddon,

Fade / Robert Cormier,  

The Long Patrol / Brian Jacques,

Lord of the Flies / William Golding,

Northern Lights / Philip Pullman,

Noughts and Crosses / Malorie Blackman,