Book Recommendations

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 Darkest Mind

by Alexandra Bracken

The World We leave Behind by A.F. Harrold

Sabriel by Garth Nix

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Fantasy-Dystopian

Lower School (1st and 2ndForm)

The Memory Thieves by Darren Simpson

The Day the Sreens went Blank 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)

Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell

How to be a 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)

Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan (and his other series)

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)

Space Band by Tom Fletcher

Space Oddity by Christopher Edge

Time Travelling with a Hamster

by Ross Welford

The Wild Robot

by Peter Brown

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Fantasy-Science Fiction Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)

Cosmic b Frank Cottrell-Boyce

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Orion Lost by Alastair Chisolm

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

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Fantasy-Superpowers and Superheroes Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Just Call Me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy by Lara Williamson

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)

Gone Series by Michael Grant

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

Itch Series by Simon Mayo

I am Number 4

by Pittacus Lore

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)

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster!!!!

Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott

Charlottes Web

by E.B.White

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Classics

Higher School (5th and 6th Form)

Right Ho, Jeeves

by P.G. Wodehouse

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne

The Borrowers by Mary Norton

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Life Skills and Self Help Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)

You are Awesome

by Matthew Syed

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

Big Life Journal for Kids

Me and My Feeling by Vanessa Green Allen

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Life Skills and Self Help Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)

Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going by Clare Balding

You are a Champion by Marcus Rashford

Good News Why the world is not as Bad as you think by Rashmi Sirdeshpande

Be the Change: Be Kind Rise Up and Make a Difference to the World by Marcus Sedgwick

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Life Skills and Self Help Higher School (5th and 6th Form)

The Art of Being a Brilliant Teenager by Dr Andy Cope and Amy Bradley

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Mind Your Head

by Juno dawson

Looking after your Mental Health

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Diversity-Understanding Neurodiversity Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)

Check Mate by Stewart Foster

Call Me Lion by Camilla Chester

The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter

Marvin’s Monster Diaries: ADHD Attack! by Dr Raun Melmed

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Diversity-Understanding Neurodiversity Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)

Frankie World by Aoife Dooley

Wonderfully Wired Brains by Louise Gooding

The Asparagus Bunch by Jessica Scott-Whyte

Can you See Me?

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 RECOMMENDATIONS Diversity-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 RECOMMENDATIONS Diversity-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)

The Christmasaurus

by Tom Fletcher

Jst Ask by Sonia Sotomayor

Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes by Jonathon Auxler

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

by Dusti Bowling

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Diversity-Physical Differences Middle School (3rd and 4th Form)

We are Giants

by Amber Lee Dodd

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Song for a Whale

by Lynne Kelly

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 RECOMMENDATIONS Books that will make you Laugh!

Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)

The Book that No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade

The Secret School Invasion

by Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham

The Falcon’s Malteser by Anthony Horowitz

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 RECOMMENDATIONS Books 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 David O’Doherty

What if? by Randall Munroe

Humble Pi by Matt Parker

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Biographies Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)

The Girl Who thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr Temple Grandin

by Finley Mosca

Boy and Going Solo by Roald Dahl

Children who Changed 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)

Extreme Survivors by Collin Maps

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy

More than Marmalade: Michael Bond and the 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)

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

A Good Girls Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Action-Thriller Lower School (1st and 2nd Form)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (adapted for younger audiences)

The Beast and the Bethany by Jack MeggittPhillips

The Devil Walks

by Anne Fine

Dracula by Bram Stoker (adapted for younger audience)

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