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Reading list Year 8

Top 25 books for Year 8 students to read and enjoy.  A more comprehensive list can be downloaded below.

Adventure/Crime/Thriller

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night‐Time Mark Haddon
Trash by Andy Mulligan
The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
Looking For JJ by Anne Cassidy

Fantasy

Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeves

Family/Friendship/Coming of Age

Wink by Rob Harrell
The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo
A kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines

Historical

Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
Jane Eyre by Tanya Landman
Jane eEyre by Charlotte Bronte

Culture/Diversity/Social Issues

Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird
Small Steps by Louis Sacher
Lord of the Flies by William Goulding

Romance

Love Frankie by Jacqueline Wilson
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Science Fiction

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

 

Year 8 Suggested Reading List