Fulham Prep

Year 7 & 8 Recommended Reading List

Key: - Action
- Adventure
*: for less confident readers - Animals
- Comedy
Bold writing: for readers ready for a challenge - Dystopian
- Family
- Fantasy
Action - Historical Fiction
- Horror/Thriller
Dashner, James The Maze Runner - Mystery
- Realistic Fiction
Fleming, Ian James Bond series - Classics

Horowitz, Anthony Stormbreaker (and series)*

Lore, Pittacus I Am Number Four (and series)

Marsden, John Tomorrow, When the War Began (and series)

Muchamore, Robert The Cherub series

Mulligan, Andy Trash*

Reeve, Philip Mortal Engines

Ryan, Chris Wildfire

Zephaniah, Benjamin Terror Kid*

Adventure
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe

French, Jackie Slave Girl

Laird, Elizabeth The Garbage King*

Martel, Yann The Life of Pi

Ness, Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go (and series)

Paulsen, Gary Hatchet*

Sachar, Louis Holes*

Animals
Adams, Richards Watership Down

*: for less confident readers

Bold writing: for readers ready for a challenge M. McGavin
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel The Child’s Elephant*

Hartnett, Sonya Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf

Hines, Barry A Kestrel for a Knave

Comedy
Lowery, Mark Socks Are Not Enough*

Pants Are Everything*

Sachar, Louis Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes

Townsend, Sue The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ *

Dystopian
Blackman, Malorie Noughts and Crosses (and series)

Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games series

Cross, Gillian After Tomorrow

Gardner, Sally Maggot Moon

Golding, William Lord of the Flies

Grant, Michael Gone (and series)

Malley, Gemma The Declaration (and series)

Orwell, George Animal Farm

1984

Roth, Veronica Divergent (and series)

Terry, Teri Slated (and series)

Young, Moira Blood Red Road

Family
Doyle, Roddy A Greyhound of a Girl

Durrell, Gerald My Family and Other Animals (autobiography)

Pitcher, Annabel My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece*

Rosoff, Meg Picture Me Gone

*: for less confident readers

Bold writing: for readers ready for a challenge M. McGavin
Fantasy
Almond, David Skellig

Clement-Davies, David Fire Bringer

Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl

Fisher, Catherine The Obsidian Mirror

Funke, Cornelia Inkheart

The Thief Lord*

Reckless

Garner, Alan The Owl Service

Hardinge, Frances The Lie Tree

Hartman, Rachel Seraphina

Meyer, Marissa The Lunar Chronicles series

Meyer, Stephanie Twilight (and series)

Ness, Patrick A Monster Calls

Paolini, Christopher Eragon

Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother (and series)*

Gods and Warriors series

Pullman, Philip His Dark Materials trilogy

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter series

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Historical Fiction
Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

Doerr, Anthony All the Light We Cannot See

Dowswell, Paul Powder Monkey series

Frank, Anne The Diary of Anne Frank (non-fiction)

*: for less confident readers

Bold writing: for readers ready for a challenge M. McGavin
Gardner, Sally I, Coriander

Gavin, Jamila Coram Boy

The Wheel of Surya

Gleitzman, Morris Once (and series)*

Lee, Harper To Kill A Mockingbird

Go Set a Watchman

Landman, Tanya Buffalo Soldier

Magorian, Michelle Goodnight Mister Tom

McCaughrean, Geraldine The Kite Rider

Morpurgo, Michael War Horse*

Escape from Shangri-La*

Naidoo, Beverly Out of Bounds

Rees, Celia Pirates!

Witch Child

Smith, Dodie I Capture the Castle

Spiegelman, Art The Complete Maus (graphic novel)

Taylor, Mildred Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Yen Mah, Adeline Chinese Cinderella (Autobiography)

Zuzak, Markus The Book Thief

Horror/ Thriller
Almond, David Kit’s Wilderness

Berry, Julie All the Truth That’s in Me

Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book*

Coraline*

Hardinge, Frances Cuckoo Song

Hendry, Diana The Seeing

Lake, Nick There Will Be Lies

*: for less confident readers

Bold writing: for readers ready for a challenge M. McGavin
McKenzie, Sophie Girl, Missing

Riggs, Ransom Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Sedgwick, Marcus She Is Not Invisible

Revolver

Shan, Darren Cirque du Freak (and series)*

Mystery
Christie, Agatha Murder on the Orient Express

Death on the Nile

Conan Doyle, Arthur The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Donnelly, Jennifer A Gathering Light

Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time*

Pullman, Philip The Ruby in the Smoke (and series)

Realistic Fiction
Almond, David Jackdaw Summer

Blackman, Malorie Pig Heart Boy*

Boys Don’t Cry

Brahmachari, Sita Red Leaves

Crossan, Sarah Apple and Rain*

The Weight of Water*

One

Fine, Anne The Tulip Touch

Gray, Keith Ostrich Boys

Greder, Armin The Island*

Laird, Elizabeth A Little Piece of Ground

McCaughrean, Geraldine The Middle of Nowhere

Naidoo, Beverly The Other Side of Truth

Sachar, Louis The Cardturner

*: for less confident readers

Bold writing: for readers ready for a challenge M. McGavin
St John, Lauren One Dollar Horse (and series)*

Thomas, Angie The Hate U Give

Valentine, Jenny Fire Colour One

Wheatle, Alex Crongton Knights

Zepheniah, Benjamin Refugee Boy*

Classics
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women

Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre

Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights

Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden

Carroll, Lewis Alice in Wonderland

Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist

A Christmas Carol

Great Expectations

McCaughrean, Geraldine The Odyssey

Shakespeare, William A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men

Stevenson, R.L. Treasure Island

Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray

Non-fiction
Yousafzai, Malala I Am Malala

Frank, Anne The Diary of Anne Frank

*: for less confident readers

Bold writing: for readers ready for a challenge M. McGavin