BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Dragons and Beasts
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
How to Train
Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F. Steadman
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
Land of Roar by Jenny Mclachlan
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Dragons and Beasts
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
A Song of Magic Series by S.A.Patrick
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Dragons and Beasts
High School (5rd and 6th Form)
Eragon by Christopher Paolini The Extinction Trials by S.M.Wilson
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Last Dragon Slayer by Jasper FForde
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Magic
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
Harry Potter
Series by J.K. Rowling
The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes
Orphan of the
Tide by Struan
Murray
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Magic
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Magyk by Angie Sage
Shadow Town by Richard Lambert
Malamander by Thomas Taylor
Spooks Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Fantasy-Magic
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
Chronicles of Ixia
by Maria V. Snyder
(also her Healer Series and Glass Series is great!)
The World We leave Behind by A.F.
The Darkest Mind by Alexandra Bracken
Harrold
Sabriel by Garth Nix
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Dystopian
Lower School (1st and 2ndForm)
The Day the Sreens went Blank
The Memory Thieves by Darren Simpson
by Danny Wallace
Euuugh Eyeball
Stew by Alan MacDonald
Boot by Shane Hegarty
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Dystopian
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
The Girl of Ink and Stars
The Last Wild by Piers Torday
The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble
The Roar by Emma Clayton
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Dystopian
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Anima Farm by George Orwell
Mortal Engine by Philip Reeves
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Gods and Religious References
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
Louie Stowell
Hero by Cat
Weldon
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis
Hercules by Tom Vaughan
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Gods and Religious References
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Series by
(and his other series)
Percy Jackson
Rick Riordan
Who let the God’s Out by Max Evans
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Gods and Warriors by Michelle Paver
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Gods and Religious References
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
Good Omens by Niel Gaiman
Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppards
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
His dark Materials Series by Philip Pullman
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Fantasy-Science Fiction
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
by Ross Welford
Space Band by Tom Fletcher
Space Oddity by Christopher Edge
Time Travelling with a Hamster
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Fantasy-Science Fiction
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Cosmic b Frank
Cottrell-Boyce
Orion Lost by Alastair Chisolm
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine
L’Engle
The Time Machine by H.G.Wells (thought to be the original Scifi novel)
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Science Fiction
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
Hitch Hiker’s
Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Rail Head by Philip Reeves
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Dune by Frank Herbert (6th Form only)
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Superpowers and Superheroes
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
Kid Normal by Greg James and Chris Smith
The Adventured of Captain Underpants by dav Pilkey
Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City
The Spectaculars by Jodie Garnish
and Superheroes
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Person Controller by david Baddiel
The Boy who Flew by Fleur Hitchcock
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Fantasy-Superpowers and Superheroes
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
by Ransom Riggs
Gone Series by Michael Grant Itch
Simon Mayo
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Historical-War and Conflict
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson
An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
The Swallows Flight by Hilary McKay
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Historical-War and Conflict
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Until the Road
Ends by Phil Earle
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
Journey Back to
Freedom by Catherine Johnson
When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Historical-War and Conflict
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Once by Morris Gleitzman
The Boy in Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Classics
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Wizard of Oz by Frank L.Baum
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Classics
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
E.B.White
The Phantom
Tollbooth by Norton Juster!!!!
Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Classics
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
Around the World
in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Charles Dickens
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Life Skills and Self Help
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
by Matthew Syed
You are Awesome
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Me and My Feeling by Vanessa Green Allen
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Life Skills and Self Help
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Life Skills and Self Help
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
The Art of Being
Andy Cope and Amy Bradley
Mind Your Head
by Juno dawson
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Diversity-Understanding Neurodiversity Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Frankie World by Aoife Dooley
by Louise Gooding
The Asparagus
Bunch by Jessica Scott-Whyte
by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Diversity-Understanding Neurodiversity
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
A Different Sort of Normal by Abigail
Balfe
The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONSDiversity-Understanding Other Cultures
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
Other Words for Home by
Jasmine Warga
The Star that Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson
The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird
1783 Freedom by Catherine Johnson
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Diversity-Understanding Other Cultures
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Windrush Child
by Benjamin Zephaniah
The Girl who stole an elephant by Nizrana Farook
Front Desk by Kelly Tang
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONSDiversity-Understanding Other Cultures
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
The Boy who harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
The Bone
Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
Kick by Mitch Johnson
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Diversity-Physical Differences
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
by Tom Fletcher
The Christmasaurus
Jst Ask by Sonia Sotomayor
Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes by Jonathon Auxler
in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Diversity-Physical Differences
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
by Lynne Kelly
We are Giants
by Amber Lee Dodd
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Song for a Whale
As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Diversity-Physical Differences
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
Face by Benjamin Zephaniah
Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
War of the Wind
by Victoria Williamson
The Way to Impossible Island by Sophie Kirtley
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONSBooks that will make you Laugh!
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
The Book that No
Ayoade
The Falcon’s Malteser by Anthony Horowitz
The Secret
School Invasion
by Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham
The Parent Agency by David Baddiel
BOOK
RECOMMENDATIONS
Books that will make you Laugh!
Middle
School
(3rd and 4th Form)
The Day I Fell Down the Toilet
by Stephan Mangan
The Creakers by Tom Fletcher
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson
Doctor Proctor’s Series by Jo Nesbo
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONSBooks that will make you Laugh!
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (has been made into a movie on Netflix)
The Summer I robbed a Bank by
What if? by Randall
David O’Doherty
Munroe
Humble Pi by Matt Parker
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Biographies
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
Finley Mosca
The Girl Who thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr Temple Grandin by
Changed
Boy and Going Solo by Roald Dahl
Children who
the World by Marcia Williams
A Ben of All Trades by Michael Rosen
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Biographies
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Just Like Me by Louise Gooding
Football School: Star Player by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton
Looking at the
Stars by Lewis Hine
Michael Morpurgo: War Child to War Horse by Maggie Fergusson
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Biographies
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
Survivors by Collin Maps
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Michael Bond
Story of Paddington Bear by Rosanne Tolin
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Mystery
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
he Clockwork Conspiracy by Sam Sedgman
The Royal Jewel Plot by A.M. Howell
The Famous Five Series by Enid Blyton
Diamond Brother Detectives by Anthony Horowitz
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Mystery
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Murder Most Unladylike Series
by Robin Stevens
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Agatha Oddly
Series by Lena Jones
Murder on the Safari Star by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Mystery
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
Girls
Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Agatha Christie
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Action-Thriller
Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)
(adapted for younger audiences)
for younger audience)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Beast and the Bethany by Jack MeggittPhillips
The Devil Walks by Anne Fine
Dracula by Bram Stoker (adapted
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Action-Thriller
Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)
Alex Rider Sereis by Anthony Horowitz
The Boy in the Burning House by Tim WynneJones
Dead Lock by Simon Fox
Car-Jacked by Ali Sparkes
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Action-Thriller
Higher School (5th and 6th Form)
The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
The Medusa
Project by Sophie McKenzie
The Bodyguard Series by Chris Bradford