Year 8 Recommended Reading List
This list is designed to give general guidance, but please bear in mind that not all the books will be appropriate for every student.
Recommended Reading Website www.readingmatters.co.uk
David Almond The Fire Eaters
Bali Rai An Unarranged Marriage
John Boyne The Boy in Striped Pyjamas
Cathy Cassidy Summer’s Dream: The Chocolate Box
Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games
T.S. Easton Boys don’t Knit
Rae Earl OMG, I’m in Love With a Geek
Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book
A Gibbons Raining Fire
John Grisham Theodore Boone Series
Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-time
Mary Hooper At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
Cathy Hopkins Mates, Dates……..Series
Anthony Horowitz Storm Breaker; Horowitz Horror
Gabrielle Lord Conspiracy Theory 365
Pittacus Lore I am Number Four
Lowis Lowry The Giver
Karen McCombie Ally’s World Series
Andy McNab Drop Zone
Stephenie Meyers Twilight Series
James Patterson Maximum Ride, Double Cross
Louise Rennison Confessions of Georgia Nicholson: Lurve + Other Ramblings
Rick Riordan Percy Jackson Series
Meg Rossoff Just in Case
Chris Ryan Code Red Series, Alpha Force
Darren Shan Cirque du Freak: ZOM-B Series
Nicky Singer Feather Boy
Robert Swindells Brother in the Land
Mark Walden HIVE Series
Jacqueline Wilson Lizzie Zipmouth
This list is designed to give general guidance, but please bear in mind that not all the books will be appropriate for every student.
Recommended Reading Website www.readingmatters.co.uk
David Almond The Fire Eaters
Bali Rai An Unarranged Marriage
John Boyne The Boy in Striped Pyjamas
Cathy Cassidy Summer’s Dream: The Chocolate Box
Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games
T.S. Easton Boys don’t Knit
Rae Earl OMG, I’m in Love With a Geek
Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book
A Gibbons Raining Fire
John Grisham Theodore Boone Series
Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-time
Mary Hooper At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
Cathy Hopkins Mates, Dates……..Series
Anthony Horowitz Storm Breaker; Horowitz Horror
Gabrielle Lord Conspiracy Theory 365
Pittacus Lore I am Number Four
Lowis Lowry The Giver
Karen McCombie Ally’s World Series
Andy McNab Drop Zone
Stephenie Meyers Twilight Series
James Patterson Maximum Ride, Double Cross
Louise Rennison Confessions of Georgia Nicholson: Lurve + Other Ramblings
Rick Riordan Percy Jackson Series
Meg Rossoff Just in Case
Chris Ryan Code Red Series, Alpha Force
Darren Shan Cirque du Freak: ZOM-B Series
Nicky Singer Feather Boy
Robert Swindells Brother in the Land
Mark Walden HIVE Series
Jacqueline Wilson Lizzie Zipmouth