Summer Reading 2023

as recommended by
The School Library

The English Department

The Department of Modern Foreign Languages

St. George’s Students and Teachers

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Dear St. George’s Community,

Our list of recommendations for Summer Reading 2023 has everything you
need for a holiday of adventure, friendship, travel, discovery, and
imagination. We hope to inspire students, staff, and families to bring a book
wherever the summer sun takes them!

Recent releases include the year of publication. Ebooks and audiobooks may
be borrowed from our database on Sora all year long by logging in to
www.soraapp.com with your school email address and password.

For research tips, internet resources, previous Summer Reading lists, and a
link to Destiny Discover (our online library catalogue), please visit St.
George’s library website at www.sgislibrary.ch.

Happy reading!

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Table of contents
Chalet (ELS - Year 2) 4
Contemporary fiction 4
Classic fiction 4
Contemporary poetry 4
Contemporary nonfiction 5
Français 5
Deutch 5
Español 6
Russian 6
Chinese 6
Student Recommendations 6
Upper Junior School (Years 3-5) 7
Contemporary fiction 7
Classic fiction 7
Contemporary poetry 7
Contemporary nonfiction 8
Contemporary graphic novels 8
Français 8
Deutsch 9
Español 9
Russian 9
Chinese 9
Student Recommendations 10
Middle School (Years 6-9) 11
Contemporary fiction 11
Classic fiction 11
Contemporary graphic novels 11
Contemporary nonfiction 12
Contemporary poetry 12
Français 13
Deutsch 13
Español 13
Russian 13

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 Chinese 13
Student Recommendations 14
Senior School (Years 10-13) 15
Contemporary fiction 15
Classic fiction 15
Contemporary graphic novels 15
Contemporary poetry 16
Contemporary nonfiction 16
Français 16
Deutsch 17
Español 17
Russian 17
Chinese 17
Student Recommendations 18
Language Learners by Level 19
A1/A2: English 19
A1/A2: Français 19
A1/A2: Deutsch 19
A1/A2: Español 19
B1/B2: English 19
B1/B2: Français 20
B1/B2 Deutsch 20
B1/B2: Español 20
What are your teachers reading? 21

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Chalet (ELS - Year 2)
Contemporary fiction
● Hot Dog by Doug Salati (2022)
● Berry Song by Michaela Goede (2022)
● Knight Owl by Christopher Denise (2022)
● The Coquies Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding by Karina
Nicole González (2022)
● I Did It! by Michael Emberly (2022)
● The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda by Shoshana Nambi (2022)
● The Duck Who Didn’t Like Water by Steve Small (2021)
● Butterfly Child by Mark Majewski (2022)
● Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson (2022)
● A Wee Boo by Jessica Boyd (2022)
● Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers by Lina AlHathloul (2022)
● The Memory Book by Louise Gooding (2022)
● The Boy with Flowers in his Hair by Jarvis (2022)
● Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf by David Calli (2022)
● Mavis the Bravest by Lu Fraser (2023)
● I Am Quiet by Andie Powers (2022)
● The Comet by Joe Todd-Stanton (2022)
● We Want A Dog by Lo Cole (2022)
● The Speedy Sloth by Rebecca Young (2022)

Classic fiction
● The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson
● Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
● The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
● The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
● Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
● Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
● Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
● A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock
● Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
● The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl

Contemporary poetry
● 10 Delicious Teachers by Ross Montgomery (2022)
● Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler (2022)
● Mother Winter by James Christopher Carroll (2023)

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 ● At the Pond by David Elliot (2023)
● Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan (2023)
● Mother Goose Goes to India by Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal (2023)
● The Beasts Beneath Our Feet by James Carter (2023)
● A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Stevenson (2023)

Contemporary nonfiction
● A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis (2022)
● Blue by Eku Brew-Hammond (2022)
● Big Feelings and What They Tell Us by Rebekah Ballagh (2023)
● National Trust: Look What I found on the Farm by Moira Butterfield (2023)
● The Versatile Reptile by Nicola Davies (2023)
● My Mummy Marches by Samantha Hawkins (2023)
● Meet the Weather by Caryl Hart (2023)
● Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers (2023)
● That’s Mathematics by Tom Lehrer & Chris Smith (2023)
● The Big Book of Nature Art by Yuval Zommer (2023)
● Dodos are Not Extinct! by Paddy Donnelly (2023)

Français
● 10 escargots font la course de Isabelle Gil
● Paf! de Jérôme Camil
● Dis, c’est quoi le bonheur? d’Emma Robert
● Le parfum des grandes vacances de Thibault Prugne
● Un nouveau printemps pour Pépé Ours d’Elodie Balandras
● Le grand voyage de Gouti de Michel Bussi
● Tuk-tuk express de Didier Lévy
● Une fin de loup de Jérôme Camil
● Le bon còté du mur de Jon Agee
● Qu’y a-t-il sous la mer? de Maud Sene
● Le projet Barnabus de The Fan Brothers
● Le voisin de Walid Serageldine

Deutch
● Astor von Tito Noccia
● Herr Bert und Alfonso jagen einen Dieb von Laura D’Arcangelo
● Wir müssen zur Arbeit von Pija Lindenbaum
● Alle zählen von Kristin Roskifte
● Mein Bruder und ich und die Katze im Wald von Jürg Schubiger
● König Goldbart von Klaas Verplancke

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Español
● Así es mi mamá por Gabriela Burin
● Mi abuela tiene un león por María Elina
● Romances de la Rata Sabia por Paloma Díaz-Mas
● Vida del muerto por David Wapner
● Hacer dedo por Guilherme Karsten

Russian
● “Стихи” А. Барто
● “Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке” А. С. Пушкин
● “Сказка о царе Салтане” А. С. Пушкин
● “Приключения Карандаша и Самоделкина” Юрий Дружков
● “Золотой ключик, или приключения Буратино” Алексей Толстой
● “Мэри Поппинс” Памела Треверс
● “Заколдованная буква”, “Профессор кислых щей”, “Тайное становится
явным”, “Девочка на шаре” В. Драгунский

Chinese
● 阿妮塔·蓋恩瑞 《揭秘系列》(Reveal series) by Anita Gary
● 《泥叫叫》 (Animal-Shaped Earthen Whistles) by Wang Zumin
● 《三个朋友》 (Three Friends) by Liu Haiqi
● 《喜鹊窝》 (The Nest of Magpies) by Hai Fei

Student Recommendations
All recommended by Year 1 and 2:
● The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson
● The Three Little Pigs by James Halliwell-Phillipps
● Pete the Cat 5-minute stories by James & Kimberley Dean
● Children’s Chocolate Cookbook from Usborne
● The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Susanna Davidson
● Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
● The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole
● Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon

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Upper Junior School (Years 3-5)
Contemporary fiction
● The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat (2022)
● Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee (2022)
● A Land of Books by Duncan Tonatiuh (2022)
● Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson (2022)
● Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War by Mónica Montañés (2022)
● RUNT by Craig Silvey (2022)
● The Boy Who Lost his Spark by Maggie O’Farrell (2022)
● I Am the Moon by Nanae Aoyama (2021)
● Tyger by SF Said (2022)
● A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga (2022)
● Resist by Tom Palmer (2022)
● Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill (2022)
● The Treekeepers by Kieran Larwood (2022)
● Paper Boat Paper Bird by David Almond (2022)
● Rainbow Grey by Laura Ellen Anderson (2021)
● Agent Moose by Mo O’Hara & Jess Bradley (2021)
● Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers by Colm Field (2023)
● The Monkey Who Fell From the Future by Ross Welford (2023)

Classic fiction
● The BFG by Roald Dahl
● The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
● The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
● Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
● Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
● Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
● Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
● Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater
● Heidi by Johanna Spyri
● Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming

Contemporary poetry
● No Matter the Distance by Cindy Baldwin (2023)
● Patchwork by Matt De la Peña (2023)
● Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy Franco (2023)
● Ice Cycle: Poems about the Life of Ice by Maria Gianferrari (2023)

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 ● You Are the Loveliest by Hans & Monique Hagen (2023)
● Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech by Ted
Kooser & Connie Wanek (2023)
● Out of this World: Star-Studded Haiku by Sally M. Walker (2023)
● Maya’s Song by Renee Watson (2023)
● Behold Our Magic Garden: Poems Fresh from a School Garden by Allan
Wolf (2023)
● The Door of No Return by Alexander Kwame (2023)

Contemporary nonfiction
● The Tower of Life by Chana Stiefel (2022)
● Windrush by Colin Grant (2023)
● Earth’s Incredible Places: Everest by Sangma Francis (2023)
● Earth’s Incredible Places: Yellowstone by Cath Ard (2023)
● Maths Like a Ninja: An Essential Maths Toolkit for Every Child by Andrew
Jennings (2023)
● Tutankhamun by Alex Novials (2023)
● Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Sheila Kanani (2023)
● The Happy Tank: Fill Your Life With Happy Habits by John Magee (2023)
● Our Planet by Matt Whyman (2023)
● Interview with Blackbeard & Other Vicious Villains by Andy Seed (2023)
● 100 Things to Know About Architecture: In a Nutshell by Louise O’Brien
(2023)
● Darwin’s Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular by Polly Owen (2023)

Contemporary graphic novels

● First Time for Everything by Don Santat (2022)
● The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett (2022)
● The Flamingo by Guojing (2022)
● The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp (2022)
● Sir Ladybug by Corey Tabor (2022)
● Red Scare by Liam Francis-Walsh (2022)
● Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos (2022)
● Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case (2022)
● Freestyle by Gale Galligan (2022)
● Dionysos by George O’Connor (2022)
● Frizzy by Claribel Ortega (2022)

Français
● Résidence beau séjour de Gilles Bachelet

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 ● Les idées sont de drôles de bestioles d’Isabelle Simier
● Les héritiers de Brisaine de David Bry
● Mon passage secret de Max Ducos
● J’aurais voulu d’Olivier Tallec
● L’épouvantable bibliothécaire d’Anne-Gaëlle Balpe
● Les mamies attaquent de Claire Renaud
● Peur dans la neige de Sandrine Beau
● Capitaine Rosalie de Timothée de Fombelle

Deutsch
● Es war einmal und wird noch lange sein von Johanna Schaible
● Moni heisst mein Pony von Andrea Gerster
● Gorm Grimm: Gross, stark, hungrig von Patrick Wirbeleit
● Das Goldene BMX von Katja Alves
● Von wegen Freundschaft von Daniel Höra
● Sechs Leben von Véronique Petit

Español
● El alumno nuevo por Pablo De Santis
● Aníbal: Perro fantasma por Joaquín Camp
● El bolso por María José Ferrada
● Pepa Guindilla por Ana Campoy
● Voy a contaros la nieve por Beatriz Giménez de Ory

Russian
● “Басни” И. А. Крылов
● “Серая шейка” Д. Н. Мамин-Сибиряк
● “20 лет под кроватью”, “Похититель собак”, “Англичанин Павля”, “Надо
иметь чувство юмора”, “Главные реки Америки” В. Драгунский
● “Вредные советы” Г. Остер
● “Приключения Алисы” (“Девочка, с которой ничего не случится” или
другие рассказы) Кир Булычев
● “Каштанка”, “Ванька”, “Хамелеон”, “Лошадиная фамилия”, “Пересолил”
А. П. Чехов

Chinese
● 朱莉娅 •磨纳森 《小野人》(A Small Wild Man) by Julia Morrison
● 弗兰齐斯卡·比尔曼《狐狸侦探》(Fox Detective) by Franziska Biermann

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 ● 《和平方舟的孩子》 (Children of Peace Ark) by Jian Ping
● 《逐光的孩子》 (Children who Follow the Light) by Shu Huibo
● 《最后的比分》 (The Final Score) by Zhang Pincheng

Student Recommendations
● Pizza and Taco series by Stephen Shaskan (Year 3 class)
● The Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osbourne (Year 3 class)
● Tom Gates by Liz Pichon (Year 3 class)
● Judy Moody by Megan McDonald (Year 3 class)
● Narwhal and Jelly by Ben Clanton (Year 3 class)
● The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis (Sofiia, Year 4)
● Le secret de l'île des baleines de Théa Stilton (Grace, Year 5)
● The Boy, the Mole, the Fox & the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (Oleksii, Year 5)
● The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo (Year 5 class)
● The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes (Year 5 class)

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Middle School (Years 6-9)
Contemporary fiction
● Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango (2022)
● Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson (2022)
● In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington (2022)
● Honestly Elliot by Gillian McDunn (2022)
● A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (2021)
● I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (2022)
● We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley (2021)
● The Songs that Sing Us by Nicola Davies (2022)
● The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow (2022)
● Saint by Adrienne Young (2022)
● Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Strouth (2021)
● What the Jaguar Told Her by Alexandra V. Méndez (2022)
● Holler of the Fireflies by David Barclay Moore (2022)
● Worser by Jennifer Ziegler (2022)
● Storm by Nicola Skinner (2022)
● Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy (2022)
● Merci Suarez Plays it Cool by Meg Medina (2022)
● Roll for Initiative by Jaime Formato (2022)

Classic fiction
● Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
● What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
● Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
● The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett
● Matilda by Roald Dahl
● The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
● The Giver by Lois Lowry
● Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
● Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
● Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Contemporary graphic novels

● Numb to This by Kindra Neely (2022)
● Oxygen Mask by Jason Reynolds (2022)
● Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth (2022)
● Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case (2022)

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 ● Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos (2022)
● Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (2022)
● Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor (2022)
● Wingbearer by Marjorie Liu (2022)
● The Woman Who Split the Atom by Marissa Moss (2022)
● The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat (2022)
● Twig by Scottie Young (2022)
● Bridges by Dan Zettwoch (2022)

Contemporary nonfiction
● Piece by Piece by David & Ferran Aguilar (2022)
● Voices of the People by Joseph Bruchac (2022)
● The Hanmoji Handbook byJason Li (2022)
● Seen and Unseen by Elizabeth Partridge (2022)
● The Real Dada Mother Goose by Jon Scieszka (2022)
● Full of Life by Isabelle Thomas (2022)
● How to Build a Human by Pamela S. Turner (2022)
● Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King (2022)
● The Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now by Deborah Hopkinson (2022)
● A Field Guide to Mermaids by Emily B. Martin (2022)
● Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda (2022)
● Rewilding by David A. Steen (2022)

Contemporary poetry
● One Last Shot by Kip Wilson (2023)
● Ain’t Burned All That Bright by Jason Reynolds (2022)
● A Passing On of Shells: 50 Fifty-Word Poems by Simon Lamb (2023)

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Français
● L’Œil du loup de Daniel Pennac
● Comment Wang Fô fut sauvé de Marguerite Yourcenar
● La Sorcière de la rue Mouffetard de Pierre Gripari
● Les loups du clair de lune: histoires naturelles de Xavier-Laurent Petit
● Mystères sur les rails de M. G. Leonard
● La fleur perdu de chamane de K. de Davide Morosinotto
● Les enfants des Otori de Lian Hearn
● Prospérine Virgule-Point et la Phrase sans fin de Laure Dargelos
● D.O.G. de Nathalie Bernard

Deutsch
● Heimat von Nora Krug
● Schön wie die Acht von Nikola Huppertz
● Echo Mountain. Ellie geht ihren eigenen Weg von Lauren Wolk
● Das Unvermögen von Andreas Kiener
● Das Goldene BMX von Katja Alves
● Wasser – lebenswichtig und bedrohlich von Mathias Plüss

Español
● Yo no soy tu perfecta hija Mexicana por Erika L. Sanchez
● Futbolisimos: El misterio de los arbitros dormidos por Roberto Santiago
● Las Lagrimas de Naraguya por Catalina Gonzalez Vilar

Russian
● “Филиппок” Л. Н. Толстой
● “Дубровский”, “Повести Белкина” А. С. Пушкин
● “Мцыри”, “Демон” М. Ю. Лермонтов Поэмы
● “Портрет” “Ревизор” Н. В. Гоголь
● “Злоумышленник”, “Толстый и тонкий”, “Володя большой и Володя
маленький”, “Не в духе” и другие рассказы А. П. Чехов
● “Приключения Тома Сойера” М. Твен

Chinese
● 托比• 利特尔《亲爱的世界，你好呀》(Dear World, How Are You?) by
Toby Little

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 ● 乔• 维泰克《我家没有英雄》(There are No Heroes in My Family) by Jo
Witek
● 《世界上没有真正的空房子》(There is No Real Empty House in the World)
by Liu Dong
● 《绿珍珠》(Green Pearl) by Tang Tang

Student Recommendations
● Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton (ELS) (SiOn, Year 6)
● Agatha Oddly and the Secret Key by Lena Jones (Adn, Year 6)
● The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (Beren, Year 6)
● Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior by Cube Kid (Archer, Year 6)
● Just Beyond: The Scare School by R.L. Stine (Syahmi, Year 6)
● Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd (Maria, Year 6)
● Drama by Raina Telgemeier (Nuala, Year 6)
● Last Kids on Earth by Max Braillier (Mati, Year 6)
● Merlin series by T. A. Barron (Musa, Year 7)
● Scythe by Neal Shusterman (Emilia, Year 7)
● Face by Benjamin Zephaniah (Kameron, Year 7)
● The Tiger Who Came to the Tea Party by Judith Kerr (ESL) (Isabella, Year 7)
● The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer and The Land of School for Good and Evil
series by Soman Chainani (Moemi, Year 7)
● The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Ananya, Year 8)
● The World's Worst Children by David Walliams (Alp, Year 8)
● Matilda by Roald Dahl (Sofia, Year 8)
● Short Stories by Ernest Hemmingway (Dean, Year 9)
● Normal People by Sally Rooney (Sofia V, Year 9)
● Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks (Alexey N, Year 9)
● Odd and the Giants by Neil Gaiman (Archer, Year 9)
● Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Syaza, Year 9)
● The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (Victoria, Year 9)
● The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Varvara, Year 9)
● Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz (Zane, Year 9)
● Boy in a White Room by Karl Oslberg (Pavlos, Year 9)
● Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Pola, Year 9)

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Senior School (Years 10-13)
Contemporary fiction
● All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir (2022)
● Scout’s Honor by Lily Anderson (2022)
● The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart (2022)
● Girl (In Real Life) by Tasmin Winter (2022)
● Learning to Fall by Sally Englefried (2022)
● The Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin (2022)
● Grace Notes by Karen Comer (2022)
● One Giant Leap by Ben Gartner (2023)
● The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll (2022)
● Fritz and Kurt by Jeremy Dronfield (2023)
● Hands by Torry Maldonado (2023)
● The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by James Bird (2022)
● Team Chu and the Battle of Blackwood Arena by Julia Dao (2022)
● Answers in the Pages by David Leviathan (2022)
● Tsunami Girl by Julian Sedgwick (2022)
● The Gaps by Leanne Hall (2022)
● The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor (2022)
● I Miss You, I Hate This by Sara Saedi (2022)

Classic fiction
● Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
● The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
● Moby Dick by Herman Melville
● Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
● The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
● North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
● The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
● To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
● The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
● Animal Farm by George Orwell

Contemporary graphic novels

● Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks (2022)
● Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas (2022)
● Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod (2022)
● New Masters by Shobo Coker (2022)

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 ● The Well by Jake Wyatt (2022)
● Notes From a Sickbed by Tessa Brunton (2022)
● Amazona by Canizales (2022)
● All Rise by Richard Conyngham (2022)
● The Devil’s Music by Nathan Page (2022)
● Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki (2022)

Contemporary poetry
● Alias Anna by Susan Hood (2022)
● The Dragons Club by Cyn Bermudez (2022)
● Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu (2022)
● The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero (2022)
● The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson (2022)
● Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk (2022)
● Augusta Savage by Marilyn Nelson (2022)

Contemporary nonfiction
● Victory. Stand! Raising my Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith & Derrick
Barnes (2023)
● Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle (2023)
● American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South by Gail Jarrow
(2023)
● A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley
(2023)
● Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau
(2023)
● Close Up on War by Mary Cronk Farrell (2022)
● Where Have All the Birds Gone? by Rebecca Hirsch (2022)
● Inuunira by Brian Koonoo (2022)
● Big Lies by Mark Kurlansky (2022)
● Socrates by Devra Lehmann (2022)
● What the Fact? by Seema Yasmin (2022)
● Inaugural Ballers by Andrew Maraniss (2022)

Français
● Même les araignées ont une maman de Alain Gagnol
● L’année de grâce de Kim Liggett
● Je te plumerai la tête de Claire Mayard
● RC 2722 de David Moitet
● #SauverLou de Muriel Zürcher

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 ● A quoi rêvent les étoiles de Manon Fargetton
● Le libraire de Cologne de Catherine Ganz-Muller
● Magic Charly de Audrey Alwett
● Le syndrome du spaghetti de Marie Vareille

Deutsch
● Dunkelnacht von Kirsten Boie
● Krummer Hund von Juliane Pickel
● Ausser Kontrolle. Wenn aus Spiel bitterer Ernst wird von Bali Rai
● Mats & Milad. Oder: Nachrichten vom Arsch der Welt von Eva Rottmann
● Klima- und Umweltschutz von Anja Reumschüssel
● WTF?! so tickt das Netz von Tobias Schrödel

Español
● Caperucita en Manhattan por Carmen Martín Gaite
● Soy Alfonso Jones por Tony Medina
● La Historia Interminable por Michael Ende
● El bucanero de Bombay por Satyajit Ray
● La desobediente por Paula Bombara
● El cofre de Nadie por Chiki Fabregat

Russian
● “Муму” И. С. Тургенев
● “Мальчик у Христа на елке”, “Честный вор”, “Кроткая” Ф. М.
Достоевский
● “Горе от ума” А. С. Грибоедов
● “Княжна Мери” (новелла из романа “Герой нашего времени”) М. Ю.
Лермонтов
● “Ася” И. С. Тургенев
● “Дама с собачкой”, “Попрыгунья”, “Дом с мезонином” А. П. Чехов
● “Вино из одуванчиков” Рэй Брэдбери

Chinese
● 弗雷德里克·巴克曼《外婆的道歉信》(Grandma’s Apology Letter) by
Fredrik Backman
● 曹禺 《雷雨》(Thunderstorm) by Cao Yu
● 龙应台《目送》(Gazing After You) by Lung Ying-tai

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 ● 余华《许三观卖血记》 (Chronicle of a Blood Merchant) by Hua Yu
● 三毛《撒哈拉的故事》 (Stories of the Sahara) by Sanmao
● 杨绛《我们仨》 (The Three of Us) by Yang Jiang

Student Recommendations
● Lirael by Garth Nix (Khalif, Year 10)
● The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Raynee, Year
10)
● The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Ariana, Year 10)
● 《活着》“To Live” Author: Hua Yu (Ference, Year 10)
● Orangeboy by Patrick Lawrence (Paloma, Year 10)
● Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (Matia, Year 10)
● Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan (Sarad, Year 10)
● Cool! by Michael Morpurgo (Alfie, Year 10)
● Flesh and Blood by Michael Cunningham (Nora, Year 10)
● Your Fathers, Where are They? The Prophets They Live Forever by Dave
Eggars (Luvina, Year 10)
● Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett; The Song of Achilles by
Madeline Miller; Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (Annabelle J, Year
11)
● To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Victoria, Year 11)
● The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (Annabelle D, Year 11)
● 1984 by George Orwell (Roman, Year 11)
● My System by Aron Nimzowitsch; Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden
Braid by Douglas Hofstadter; Prisoner’s Dilemma by William Poundstone
(Raum, Year 11)
● On the road by Jack Kerouac (Dounia, Year 11)
● Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Thomas, Year 12)
● 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene & William Richmond (Marco, Year 12)
● Geronimo Stilton: The Way of the Samurai by Elisabetta Dami (Oscar, Year
12)
● The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney (Tia, Year 12)
● Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (Ivy, Year 12)
● The Trial by Franz Kafka (Tamer, Year 12)
● The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Marina, Year 12)
● Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; Atonement by Ian McEwan (Badrinur,
Year 10)
● Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé; The Other Half of Happy by
Rebecca Balcárcel (Isabella, Year 12)

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Language Learners by Level
A1/A2: English
● Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton
● Hello Harvest Moon by Ralph Fletcher
● The Music of the Dolphins by Karen Hess
● Goosebumps by R.L. Stine

A1/A2: Français
● La chambre aux oiseaux de Catherine Jorissen
● Le jour où j'ai raté le bus de Jean-Luc Luciani
● Les Trois Mousquetaires de Alexandre Dumas (Hachette FLE)
● La guerre des boutons de Louis Pergaud (Lectures CLE)
● Le match de Thomas de Nicolas Boyer (Hachette FLE)
● Rémi et Juliette de Léo Lamarche (Hachette FLE)

A1/A2: Deutsch
● Ein Sommer mit Überraschung von Angelika Allmann
● Das Fußballturnier von Angelika Allmann
● Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten von Alessandra Vitelli
● Mira Zeiht ans Meer von Heike Baake
● Beste Freunde von Annette Vosswinkel
● Short Stories in German for Beginners von Olly Richards & Alex Rawlings
● Nina geht von Arwen Schnack & Svenja Hothum

A1/A2: Español
● Pepe y el campeonato por Jane Cadwallader
● Aventura en la Habana por Elvira Sancho & Jordí Surís

B1/B2: English
● Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
● Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
● The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
● Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

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B1/B2: Français
● Zouk la petite sorcière (BD, environ 20 livres dans la collection) de Serge
Bloch & Nicolas Hubesch
● Pas de whisky pour Méphisto (éditions Mini Syros) de Paul Thiès
● Nour et le peuple des loups (édition Roman du Monde) de Michel Piquemal
● Frankestein de Mary Shelley (Lectures CLE)
● Chantage danse les vignes de Nicolas Guerrier (Lectures CLE)
● Découverte le Tartuffe de Molière (adapté de Catherine Barnoud Bedel -
Lectures CLE)

B1/B2 Deutsch
● Allein in der Wildnis von Gary Paulsen
● Wie ich plötzlich reich würde von Stephanie Polak
● Am Freitag sehen wir uns wieder von Karin Koch
● Morgen irgendwo am Meer von Adriana Popescu
● Schau mir in die Augen von Audrey Sophie Kinsella
● Tote Tulpen von Jaromir Konecny

B1/B2: Español
● Pulsaciones por Javier Ruescas
● Bodas de Sangre por Federico García Lorca

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What are your teachers reading?
● Mrs Romö: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer
● Ms Homayoonpoor: Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
● Dr Norris: Landlines by Raynor Winn
● Mrs Jupp: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
● Mr Lineham: Learning to Breathe by Andy Cave
● Mr Hubert: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
● Mr Jupp: The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
● Mrs Travis: The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
● Mr Riley: Nuts and Bolts (Seven small inventions that changed the world in a big
way) by Roma Agrawal
● Mrs Najjar: The Child by Fiona Barton
● Mrs Jefferiss-Jones: Traced by Nathaniel T. Jeanson
● Mr Norris: The Avoidable War? The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the
US and XI Jinping’s China by Kevin Rudd
● Ms Brown: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
● Mme Niel: L'amie prodigieuse by Elena Ferrante
● Mrs Policinska: Atomic Habits by James Clear
● Mme Gaudin: Le siècle d’Emma d’Eric Burnand & Fanny Vaucher
● Ms Walker: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
● Ms Calderon Fort: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
● Ms Clergé: Il nous restera ça by Virginie Grimaldi
● Mme Bodenmann: Trois by Valerie Perrin
● Ms Blythe: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
● Mrs Elman: Boy Meets Girl by Ali Smith
● Mr Hughes: The Beautiful Ones Trilogy by O.M. Faure
● Mrs Kaeser: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
● Mme Marabotto: Le tabac Tresniek by Robert Seethaler
● Mme Jacquier: Éteignez tout et la vie s’allume by Marc Levy
● Mr Ward: Love on the Dole by Walter Greenwood
● Mr Robinson: The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer
● Mr Arnold: Prague Spring by Simon Mawer
● Mme Rostato-Rossi: Tant que le café est encore chaud by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
● Mrs Figueira Ricardo: La première enquête de Sharko by Franck Thilliez
● Ms Meyer: Un abri de Fortune by Agnès Ledig
● Ms Andrews: The Buddha, Geoff & Me by Edward Canfor-Dumas
● Mr Shennan-Barker: The Face on Your Plate: The Truth about the Food on your
Plate by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

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