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