WHAT TO READ NEXT?
WHAT TO READ NEXT?
Looking for inspiration? Here are some great recommendations from current Hamptonians, for you to enjoy!
For more ideas please visit the Hampton Bookworms page on our website: www.hamptonschool.org.uk
CLASSIC ADVENTURE
The Coral Island Robert Michael Ballantyne
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Lyman Frank Baum
The Ghost Behind the Wall Melvin Burgess
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
The BFG Roald Dahl
My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
Crowstarver Dick King-Smith
White Fang Jack London
The Railway Children E Nesbit
The Borrowers Mary Norton
Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransom
The Pearl John Steinbeck
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
Charlotte’s Web EB White
Swiss Family Robinson Johann David Wyss
Skellig David Almond
Eren Simon P Clark
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
Lion Boy Zizou Corder
The Letter for the King Tonke Dragt
Small Change for Stuart Lissa Evans
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke
The Lie Tree Francis Hardinge
The Midnight Zoo Sonya Hartnett
The Iron Man
Ted Hughes
Redwall series Brian Jacques
Solomon’s Tale
Sheila Jeffries
Skulduggery Pleasant Series Derek Landy
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe CS Lewis
The Nowhere Emporium Ross Mackenzie
The Haunting Margaret Mahy
Sabriel Garth Nix
Wolf Brother Michelle Paver
Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents Terry Pratchett
Northern Lights
Philip Pullman
Percy Jackson Series Rick Riordan
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone JK Rowling
Lampie Annet Schaap
My Swordhand is Singing Marcus Sedgwick
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Series JRR Tolkien
GROWING UP
The Girl Who Speaks Bear
Sophie Anderson
Asha and the Spirit Bird Jasbinder Bilan
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo
The Bubble Boy Stewart Foster
Tall Story Candy Gourlay
The Boy who Biked the World Alastair Humphreys
One Dog and his Boy
Eva Ibbotson
Lark Antony McGowan
The Dancing Bear
Michael Morpurgo
The Other Side of Truth Beverley Naidoo
Radio Boy
Christian O’Connell
Wonder RJ Palacio
Look Both Ways
Tsunami Girl
Liar and Spy
Goldfish Boy
A Boy called Hope
Jason Reynolds
Julian Sedgwick
Rebecca Stead
Lisa Thompson
Lara Williamson
WAR & CONFLICT
When the Sky Falls Phil Earle
Boy 87
Ele Fountain
Once Morris Gleitzman
Biggles Series
W.E.Johns
The Skylark’s War Hilary McKay
War Horse
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo
The Boy at the Back of the Class Onjali Q. Rauf
Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys
Silver Sword
The Eagle of the Ninth
Refugee Boy
Ian Seraillier
Rosemary Sutcliff
Benjamin Zephaniah
HUMOUR
Cosmic
Frank Cotterell Boyce
Framed Frank Cotterell Boyce
Millions Frank Cotterell Boyce
Superhero Street Phil Earle
Wed Wabbit Lissa Evans
Flour Babies Anne Fine
Granny Anthony Horowitz
Groosham Grange Anthony Horowitz
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen Susin Nielsen
Dragons at Crumbling Castle Terry Pratchett
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh Helen Rutter
Holes Louis Sachar
Mega-Mean Time Machine Francesca Simon
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 133/4 Sue Townsend
Time Travelling with a Hamster Ross Welford
THRILLER & MYSTERY
AUTHOR
Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
The Maze Runner James Dashner
The Original Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Silverfin
The Young Bond Series
Alex Rider series
Beetle Boy
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Running Wild
The Explorer
Beyond the Bright Sea
Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson
Anthony Horowitz
MG Leonard
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo
Katherine Rundell
Lauren Wolk
SCIENCE FICTION
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
I, Robot
Noughts and Crosses
Pig Heart Boy
Cogheart
Ready Player One
The Weathermonger
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
Maggot Moon
Mortal Engines
Scythe
Time Travelling with a Hamster
Isaac Asimov
Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman
Peter Bunzl
Ernest Cline
Peter Dickinson
Christopher Edge
Sally Gardner
Philip Reeve
Neal Shusterman
Ross Welford
The War of the Worlds H G Wells
Jeanette Winterson
HISTORICAL FICTION
Empire of the Sun
Carrie’s War
The Arthur Books
Last Kingdom Series
Sharpe Series
Tulku
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
The Wheel of Surya
JG Ballard
Nina Bawden
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell
Peter Dickinson
Natasha Farrant
Jamila Gavin
Ruby Red Linzi Glass
Pompeii
The Star of Kazan
To Kill A Mockingbird
Goodnight Mr Tom
The Kite Rider
Why The Whales Came
All Quiet on the Western Front
Eagle of the Ninth
The Book Thief
Robert Harris
Eva Ibbotson
Harper Lee
Michelle Magorian
Geraldine McCaughrean
Michael Morpurgo
Erich Remarque
Rosemary Sutcliffe
Markus Zusak
NON-FICTION
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Brian Floca
The Brontes: Children of the Moors Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom
Shackleton’s Journey William Grill
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Kay’s Anatomy
John Hendrix
William Kamkwamba
Adam Kay
Why is Snot Green? Glen Murphy
A Song for Will: The Lost Gardeners of Heligan Hilary Robinson
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved Mystery that Baffled All of France Mara Rockliff
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights
Steve Sheinkin
Jhumpa Lahiri
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