Recommended Reads

Younger Readers

• Stone Cold – R Swindells
• Goldfish Boy – L Thompson
• Trash – A Mulligan
• Rail Head – P Reeves
• The Fastest Boy in the World – E Laird
• Wonder – R J Palacio
• Rook – A McGowan
• The Falcon’s Malteser – A Horowitz
• Hacker – M Blackman
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – J Boyne
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• Goodnight Mr Tom – M Magorian
• Private Peaceful – M Morpurgo
• A Greyhound of a Girl – R Doyle
• Carrie’s War – N Bawden
• Flip – M Bedford
• Tins – A Shearer
• Harry Potter – JK Rowling
• Holes – L Sacher
• Danny Champion of the World – R Dahl
• Refugee Boy – Benjamin Zephaniah
• The Bubble Wrap Boy – P Earle
• The Call of the Wild – J London
• Millions – F Cottrell Boyce
• Talking to the Moon – S E Durrant
• Percy Jackson – R Riordan
• The Girl Who Walked on Air – E Carroll
• River Ink – H Dennis
• Shapeshifter – A Sparkes
• Waiting for Gonzo / 15 Days Without a Head – D Cousins
• Young Bond – S Cole
• Football  – D Freedman
• Ultimate Football Heroes – M & T Oldfield
• Dancing the Charleston – J Wilson
• Journey to the River Sea – E Ibbotson
• A Murder Most Unladylike series – R Stevens
• Beast – A Kennon

The Great Book Debate 2020

• Lightning Mary – A Simmons
• The Dog Runner – N Macdibble
• Race to the Frozen North – C Johnson
• Looking at the Stars – L Hine
• Ghost – Y Reynolds

Older Readers

• Noughts and Crosses – M Blackman
• A Monster Calls – P Ness
• Buffalo Soldier – T Landman
• A Thousand Splendid Suns / The Kite Runner – K Hosseini
• My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece / Ketchup Clouds – A Pitcher
• Long Way Down – J Reynolds
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – M Haddon
• Things a Bright Girl Can Do – S Nicholls
• Welcome to Nowhere – E Laird
• Beyond the Bright Sea – L Wolk
• Maggot Moon  – S Gardner
• One / Moonrise – S Crossan
• Saving Daisy – P Earle
• Salt of the Sea – Ruta Sepetys
• Birdsong – S Faulks
• Hate U Give – A Thomas
• Animal Farm – G Orwell
• The Outsiders – S E Hinton
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – D Adams
• To Kill a Mocking Bird – H Lee
• The Book Thief – M Zusak
• The Librarian of Auschwitz – A Iturbe
• A Woman in Black – S Hill
• Lord of the Flies – W Golding
• Christmas Carol – C Dickens
• The Amber Spy Glass = P Pullman
• Paper Avalanche / A Boy Called Hope – L Williamson

The Carnegie Book Awards Shortlist 2020

• The Black Flamingo – D Atta
• Nowhere on Earth – N Lake
• Lark – A McGowan
• Patron Saints of Nothing – R Ribay
• Lampie – A Schaap
• Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black – M Sedgwick
• On the Come Up – A Thomas
• Girl. Boy. Sea – C Vick