Recommended books for Year 7 - Mangotsfield School
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<strong>Recommended</strong> <strong>books</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Year</strong> 7<br />
A Series of Un<strong>for</strong>tunate Events<br />
This book tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they<br />
are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe.<br />
From the very first page of this book when the children are at the beach and receive<br />
terrible news, continuing on through the entire story, disaster lurks at their heels. One<br />
might say they are magnets <strong>for</strong> mis<strong>for</strong>tune.<br />
In this short book alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive<br />
villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their <strong>for</strong>tune, and cold porridge<br />
<strong>for</strong> breakfast.<br />
An Urgent Message of Wowness<br />
My little sister's a princess.<br />
My brother's a pin-up.<br />
My parents are perfect.<br />
They've all got the wow-factor...<br />
But what about me?<br />
Artemis Fowl<br />
In arch criminal Artemis Fowl's first encounter with the Fairy People, you'll learn how<br />
he hatched a plot to restore his family's <strong>for</strong>tune. You'll read how he discovered an<br />
underground world of armed and dangerous fairies, farting dwarves and mind-blowing<br />
technology. And you'll see how, by kidnapping Captain Holly Short of the Lower<br />
Elements Police, Artemis almost triggered a cross-species war.<br />
Yours in deep cover,<br />
Eoin Colfer<br />
Arthur, King of Britain<br />
An engrossing and different account in which the reader is drawn into the magic and<br />
chivalry of the world of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.<br />
Ballet Shoes<br />
Pauline, Petrova and Posy are adopted and sent home by eccentric fossil collector<br />
and explorer Gum. In the care of his niece Sylvia and the family Nurse they choose<br />
the surname Fossil <strong>for</strong> themselves and vow to make the name famous. When Gum<br />
fails to return after five years, the money begins to run out and Sylvia decides that the<br />
girls should go to acting school in order to earn some money. Pauline loves the<br />
school and dreams of becoming an actress; Petrova hates it and only wants to learn<br />
about engines and fly planes; Posy loves it too and, as a gifted dancer, the school is<br />
the perfect place <strong>for</strong> her.<br />
Lemony<br />
Snicket<br />
Karen<br />
McCombie<br />
Eoin Colfer<br />
Michael<br />
Morpurgo<br />
Noel<br />
Streatfield
Beast Quest<br />
An evil wizard has enchanted the magical beasts of Avantia - only a true hero can<br />
free the beasts and stop them from destroying the land. Is Tom the hero Avantia has<br />
been waiting <strong>for</strong>?<br />
Black Beauty<br />
Black Beauty begins life in a loving home. But his owners are <strong>for</strong>ced to sell him, and<br />
Black Beauty's <strong>for</strong>tunes change. He is moved from place to place and job to job, often<br />
suffering cruel treatment and harsh conditions - until a chance encounter leads to a<br />
new turn of events.<br />
Blitz Boys<br />
A story set in London during the Blitz. With Gernan planes blitzing London, the<br />
wreckage can be an exciting place to play after the fear of the night has died down.<br />
Whilst exploring a bombed house one day, a lonely boy makes a friend whose father<br />
is an RAF pilot - much more exciting than his own air-raid warden dad. But it takes<br />
genuine danger to make him realise the difference between the heroism of fantasy<br />
and what people do when their courage is needed <strong>for</strong> real.<br />
Bloodhunters<br />
They know where you are...In the middle of the Mexican jungle a small scientific team<br />
prepare to embark on an exploration of the world's deepest sinkhole; a naturally<strong>for</strong>med<br />
underwater shaft that no one has ever reached the bottom of. What they are<br />
about to discover could change the world <strong>for</strong>ever. Three thousand miles away, Joe<br />
McDonald's father is arrested <strong>for</strong> murder. Joe and his friend Giles are desperate to<br />
prove his innocence, but when more people are attacked in mysterious<br />
circumstances, Joe begins to suspect that a predator is on the loose. Maybe the dark<br />
shapes he has seen in the woods and canal aren't just his imagination. Could the<br />
attacks in Joe's town be linked to his dad's research at the university? Could Dad's<br />
colleague have brought something back with him from the expedition in Mexico?<br />
Suddenly the search <strong>for</strong> justice becomes a desperate fight <strong>for</strong> survival...<br />
The Camels are Coming (First in Biggles series)<br />
The Camel closed up until it was flying beside him; the pilot smiling. Biggles showed<br />
his teeth in what he imagined to be an answering smile. 'You swine,' he breathed:<br />
'you dirty, unutterable, murdering swine! I'm going to kill you if it's the last thing I do<br />
on earth.' This story is set in the last years of the First World War. Air combat has<br />
now become the order of the day and air duelling is a fine art. Biggles and his fellow<br />
pilots now have to contend with the enemy using their own British aircraft, a Sopwith<br />
Camel, to lure the British pilots to their deaths...<br />
Carrie’s War<br />
Set in WW2, Carrie and her little brother are evacuated to Wales and billeted at the<br />
home of the bullying Mr Evans and his timid sister Lou. Unhappy at home, they love<br />
visiting fellow evacue, Albert, at the farm of Druid's Bottom. Here they meet Hepzibah<br />
Green, who knows magical stories, and Mister Johnny, who speaks a language all his<br />
own. But then things go wrong and Carrie takes things into her own hands - without<br />
guessing the awful consequences.<br />
Adam Blade<br />
Anna Sewell<br />
Linda<br />
Newberry<br />
Steve Voake<br />
W.E. Johns<br />
Nina Bawden
CHERUB - The Recruit<br />
A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or<br />
intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the<br />
place. The terrorist doesn't know that a kid has bugged every room in her house,<br />
cloned the hard drive on her PC, and copied all the numbers in her phone book. The<br />
kid works <strong>for</strong> CHERUB. CHERUB is not James Bond. There are no master criminals<br />
or high-tech gadgets. CHERUB kids live in the real world. They slip under adult radar<br />
and get in<strong>for</strong>mation that sends criminals and terrorists to jail. For official purposes,<br />
these children do not exist.<br />
Clarice Bean - That's Me<br />
With one pesky younger brother who hangs upside down until he turns a funny color,<br />
an older brother in the "dark tunnel of adolescence," and a boy-crazy sister who won't<br />
notice her except to tell her to go away, Clarice Bean has her hands full. All she<br />
wants is a little peace and quiet. Her mother retreats to the bathtub with candles and<br />
language tapes, her father scoots off to his big fancy office, and Grandad spends all<br />
his time asleep with a cat on his head.<br />
Clockwork<br />
A tormented apprentice clock-maker - and a deadly knight in armour. A mechanical<br />
prince - and the sinister Dr Kalmenius, who some say is the devil - a story that is<br />
funny, frightening, exciting, and clever.<br />
The Falcon's Malteser - A Diamond Brothers Story<br />
When a dwarf comes into the office and leaves a package, Tim Diamond, the world's<br />
worst private investigator, is faced with his toughest case yet. The office is ransacked<br />
and the package is found to contain a box of Maltesers. Who was the dwarf and why<br />
was he murdered shortly after his visit?<br />
Diary of a Wimpey Kid<br />
Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize<br />
weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving.<br />
Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring,<br />
Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along <strong>for</strong> the ride. But<br />
when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his<br />
own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words,<br />
this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.<br />
Face<br />
Martin is a good-looking, self-assured boy who accepts a ride home from a drunken<br />
acquaintance and ends up in a horrible accident--badly burned, his face completely<br />
disfigured. Life as it was be<strong>for</strong>e is over...he loses his girlfriend and his friends, and<br />
finds that people are making judgements about him and how he feels without even<br />
knowing.<br />
As Martin struggles through the reconstruction of his face, he is also working hard to<br />
reconstruct his life. His character, however, remains intact.<br />
Robert<br />
Muchamore<br />
Lauren Child<br />
Phillip<br />
Pullman<br />
Anthony<br />
Horowitz<br />
Jeff Kinney<br />
Benjamin<br />
Zephaniah
Faerie Wars<br />
Henry thinks he is simply saving a butterfly from being eaten by Mr Fogarty's cat - but<br />
he is in fact saving the life of a misdirected exiled fairy prince. A prince who has to get<br />
back to his own land in order to thwart a threatened attack by the Faeries of the<br />
Night. But time is against Pyrgus Malvae and soon he is relying on Henry and Mr<br />
Fogarty not just to get him home but also to solve the puzzle that surrounds his exile.<br />
A wonderful, gripping, page-turning read full of the kind of detail that will ensure that<br />
this fabulous fantastic novel will have readers young and old holding their breath as<br />
the story unfolds.<br />
The Fire Within<br />
'David ran a hand through his mop of brown hair. Dragons. It was certainly different<br />
from his last set of lodgings, where all you got were spiders and the occasional<br />
mouse. "It's perfect," he said.' When David arrives at Wayward Crescent he has no<br />
idea what lurks inside the Pennykettle house. Only when he's given his own special<br />
dragon does he begin to unlock their mysterious secrets, and to discover the fire<br />
within...<br />
Flambards<br />
Christina is sent to live with her uncle in his country house, Flambards, and knows<br />
from the moment she arrives that she'll never fit in. Her uncle is fierce and<br />
domineering and her cousin, Mark, is selfish - but despite all this, Christina discovers<br />
a passion <strong>for</strong> horse-riding and finds a true friend in Will. What Christina has yet to<br />
realize, though, is the important part she has to play in the future of this strange<br />
household...<br />
Girl Writer - Castles and Catastrophes<br />
At twelve, Cordelia Arbuthnot has two major worries. One is whether she should be<br />
fancying boys yet. The other is whether her long surname will make it too expensive<br />
to have gold lettering at the bottom of her soon to be famous <strong>books</strong>. Cordelia longs to<br />
be a famous writer, but not like her aunt. Everyone loves her aunt's <strong>books</strong>, but<br />
Cordelia is determined to write something far more interesting and complex...<br />
Gold of the Gods<br />
Lost in the jungle! Beck Granger is on a trip to Colombia in his school holidays. His<br />
anthropologist uncle has taken him along on a visit to Don Rafael de Castillo, a<br />
descendent of a great explorer who is claimed to have discovered a lost City of Gold.<br />
But the secret of the city died with the explorer - until now...His uncle and Don Rafael<br />
believe they know where to find the city and Beck gets to go along <strong>for</strong> the ride. But<br />
when the two men are kidnapped, Beck is left to solve this new mystery on his own.<br />
With Marco and Christina, the Don's children. he must set off into the wilds of<br />
Colombia to find the city - and bring his uncle back. Beck must build a raft and<br />
negotiate wild river rapids, make camp, defend his friends from wild animals and keep<br />
them all alive in the jungle. A fast-paced, exciting new adventure full of real survival<br />
details and gruesome tips.<br />
Goodnight Mr. Tom<br />
Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of<br />
World War 2. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old<br />
Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his<br />
mother back in London...This title is winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.<br />
Herbie<br />
Brennan<br />
Chris<br />
D’Lacey<br />
K.M. Peyton<br />
Ros Asquith<br />
Bear Grylls<br />
Michelle<br />
Magorian
Groosham Grange<br />
Two ghoulish chillers from an award-winning author - in one fang-tastic volume! David<br />
quickly discovers that his new school, Groosham Grange, is a very weird place<br />
indeed. New pupils sign their names in blood; the French teacher disappears every<br />
full moon and the assistant headmaster keeps something very chilling in his room..<br />
What's the meaning of the black rings everyone wears? Where do the other pupils<br />
vanish to at night? Most important of all, how on earth can David get away - alive?<br />
H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education<br />
H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a top-secret school of applied<br />
villainy where children with a precocious gift <strong>for</strong> wrongdoing are sent to develop their<br />
talents into criminal masterminds. After all, 'villains have the best lines and wear the<br />
best costumes'. One small catch is that the children cannot leave until training is<br />
complete, six years later. With villainy comes a certain freedom of thought, and every<br />
year one student in particular will show exceptional talent - after all, it takes the best<br />
to produce the worst. This year there are two students: Otto Malpense and his new<br />
friend Wing Fanchu are both exceptionally bad, and they are definitely not keen on<br />
being held against their will <strong>for</strong> six long years...<br />
Hacker<br />
MESSAGE: THIS IS THE SYSTEM OPERATOR. WHO IS USING THIS ACCOUNT?<br />
PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF ...When Vicky's father is arrested, accused of<br />
stealing over a million pounds from the bank where he works, she is determined to<br />
prove his innocence. But how? There's only one way - to attempt to break into the<br />
bank's computer files. Even if Vicky is the best hacker in the world, will she find the<br />
real thief be<strong>for</strong>e they find her?<br />
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone<br />
Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt<br />
Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal <strong>for</strong> someone like him<br />
who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt<br />
cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his<br />
hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl<br />
turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally<br />
rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of<br />
the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts <strong>School</strong><br />
of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is<br />
out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled<br />
Philosopher's Stone! All this and muggles too. Now, what are they?<br />
Heartbeat<br />
Twelve year old Annie loves running, and drawing. Annie's best friend Max thinks she<br />
is spoilt because she has two parents and a grandfather. Max is in a bad mood.<br />
Annie's mother is having another baby and Annie's grandfather is getting old and<br />
<strong>for</strong>getting a lot. There is a lot going on in Annie's life...<br />
Heidi<br />
Little Heidi goes to live with her grandfather in his lonely hut high in the Alps and she<br />
quickly learns to love her new life. But her strict aunt decides to send her away again<br />
to live in the town. Heidi cannot bear being away from the mountains and is<br />
determined to return to the happiness of life with her grandfather.<br />
Anthony<br />
Horowitz<br />
Mark Walden<br />
Malorie<br />
Blackman<br />
J.K. Rowling<br />
Sharon<br />
Creech<br />
J. Spryi
Holes<br />
Stanley's family has a history of bad luck going back generations, so he is not too<br />
surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile<br />
Detention Centre. Nor is he very surprised when he is told that his daily labour at the<br />
camp is to dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, and report anything that he<br />
finds in that hole. The warden claims that it is character building, but this is a lie and<br />
Stanley must dig up the truth. In this wonderfully inventive, compelling novel that is<br />
both serious and funny, Louis Sachar has created a masterpiece that will leave all<br />
readers amazed and delighted by the author's narrative flair and brilliantly handled<br />
plot.<br />
Ink Heart<br />
Meggie loves <strong>books</strong>. So does her father, Mo, a bookbinder, although he has never<br />
read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared. They live quietly until<br />
the night a stranger knocks at their door. He has come with a warning that <strong>for</strong>ces Mo<br />
to reveal an extraordinary secret - a storytelling secret that will change their lives <strong>for</strong><br />
ever.<br />
Journey to the River Sea<br />
It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at 13, has been sent from England to start a<br />
new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is<br />
accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of<br />
her own <strong>for</strong> making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new<br />
experiences in this highly colourful, joyous and award-winning adventure.<br />
Just So Stories<br />
These twelve magical stories tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump,<br />
the leopard his spots, the elephant his trunk, how the alphabet was made and how a<br />
butterfly caused mayhem at the court of Solomon when he stamped.<br />
Just William<br />
Just William makes his mark in this hilarious collection of twelve classic stories.<br />
Whether it's trying to arrange a marriage <strong>for</strong> his sister or taking a job as a boot boy as<br />
step one in his grand plan to run away, William manages to cause chaos wherever he<br />
goes.<br />
Knife (Concorde Book Award winner 2011)<br />
Once upon a time, a fairy is born. She lives in an old oak tree at the bottom of a<br />
garden with the rest of the fairy folk. Never has she known a time when life hasn't<br />
been hard, with many dangers and much adversity. But when she becomes the<br />
Hunter of the group and learns to do battle in the outside world, her adventures really<br />
take off...Don't read this book if you're expecting fairy dust - the last thing Knife is<br />
likely to wield is a magic wand...<br />
Louis Sachar<br />
Cornelia<br />
Funke<br />
Eva Ibbotson<br />
Rudyard<br />
Kipling<br />
Richmal<br />
Crompton<br />
R.J.<br />
Anderson
Lionboy<br />
Charlie Ashanti can speak Cat. He takes it <strong>for</strong> granted - but when his mum and dad<br />
go missing, the cats are the only friends he can turn to. Setting out to find his parents,<br />
Charlie stows away on an incredible circus ship bound <strong>for</strong> Paris. On board he meets<br />
six proud, beautiful lions who need his help.<br />
Together they embark on the adventure of a lifetime.<br />
Little Women<br />
The story of four girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as they grow up in 19th-century New<br />
England. They are faced with the prospect of a dreary Christmas the year their father<br />
is away at war. Money is tight, and what they do have the family shares with their<br />
even poorer neighbors. But the girls are resourceful, and they can never be really<br />
poor when they have each other.<br />
As the year progresses, the girls have many domestic adventures. They meet Laurie,<br />
"that Lawrence boy," who lives in the immense house next door. He and his<br />
grandfather become good neighbors and friends, and Laurie seems to be falling <strong>for</strong><br />
Jo. Meanwhile, Jo embarks on a writing career, publishing a story in the local<br />
newspaper. The girls all experience social triumphs and disasters as they try to find<br />
their place in the world.<br />
Millions<br />
Two bothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during<br />
Britain's countdown to join the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount<br />
of cash, the boys have just one glorious, appalling dilemma how to spend it in the few<br />
days be<strong>for</strong>e it becomes worthless. Torn between the vices of buying a million pizzas<br />
and the virtues of ending world poverty, the boys soon discover that being rich is a<br />
mug's game. For not only is the clock ticking the bungling bank robbers are closing in.<br />
Pizzas or World Peace, what would you choose?<br />
Mortal Engines (1st in series)<br />
A brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight<br />
<strong>for</strong> survival in a post-apocalyptic future. The first installment introduces young<br />
apprentice Tom Natsworthy and the murderous Hester Shaw flung from the fastmoving<br />
city of London into heart-stopping adventures in the wastelands of the Great<br />
Hunting Ground.<br />
My Family and Other Animals<br />
Soaked in the sunshine of Corfu where the author lived as a boy, we hear of the the<br />
family, with its many eccentric hangers-on, and the animals Gerry studies and brings<br />
home. The procession includes toads, and tortoises, bats and butterflies scorpions<br />
and geckos, ladybirds, glow-worms, octopuses and rose-beetles, Quasimodo the<br />
pigeon, the puppies Widdle and Puke, and of course the magpies.<br />
Northern Lights (1st in Series)<br />
'Without this child, we shall all die'. Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live halfwild<br />
and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Ox<strong>for</strong>d. The destiny that awaits<br />
her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and icebears<br />
fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far<br />
beyond her own world...<br />
Zizou Corder<br />
Louisa M.<br />
Allcott<br />
Frank<br />
Cottrell<br />
Boyce<br />
Philip Reeve<br />
Gerald<br />
Durrell<br />
Phillip<br />
Pullman
Refugee Boy<br />
Alem is on holiday with his father <strong>for</strong> a few days in London. He has never been out of<br />
Ethiopia be<strong>for</strong>e and is very excited. They have a great few days together until one<br />
morning when Alem wakes up to find that his father has left him. Alem is left a letter in<br />
which his father admits that political problems in Ethiopia mean they have decided he<br />
will be safer in London. Alem is now on his own, in the hands of the social services<br />
and the Refugee Council. This story charts Alem's fate as he is moved from children's<br />
home to foster family, and in and out of court hearings. Winner of the 2002<br />
Portsmouth Book Award - Longer Novel category.<br />
Ring of Bright Water<br />
Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west<br />
coast of Scotland. A haven <strong>for</strong> wildlife - he named his home Camusfearna and settled<br />
there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. "Ring of Bright Water" chronicles Gavin<br />
Maxwell's first ten years with the otters and touched the hearts of readers the world<br />
over, brilliantly evoking life with these playful animals in this natural paradise.<br />
Scarlet<br />
Scarlett's not red like a sunset, she's red with rage. She cannot believe her mum's<br />
sunk so low as to pack her off to Ireland to stay with the dad who left them. Surely<br />
he's the reason <strong>for</strong> everything going wrong, her never being able to stay in a school,<br />
rules always just, somehow, seeming to get broken? Ha! They won't get round her so<br />
easily. But she hasn't reckoned the gorgeous Kian, and he might just find a way to<br />
change Scarlett's mind. There's a chance that - this time - things will be different...<br />
Jane Blonde - Sensational Spylet<br />
Janey Brown feels like she is practically invisible. With her stick-thin legs, mousy<br />
brown hair and grey eyes, no one ever notices her. Then a crazy woman turns up at<br />
the school gates, claiming to be Janey's godmother. According to hip-hop-talking,<br />
larger-then-life 'G-Mamma', Janey Brown really is something special. She's Jane<br />
Blonde, Sensational Spylet and it's time <strong>for</strong> her first mission.Swapping her too-big<br />
school uni<strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> a silver spysuit, and her battered satchel <strong>for</strong> a set of amazing<br />
gadgets, Janey soon discovers that nothing in her life, or in her past, is as it seems.<br />
Her elusive Uncle Solomon happens to be the head of SPI (Solomon's Politicational<br />
Investigations) and the greatest spy the world has ever known. Recruited by the<br />
government to work on top-secret Project Crystal Clear, Solomon has made a<br />
scientific discovery that could change the world. But now he's gone missing. Can<br />
Jane Blonde get to him first? Or will The Sinerlesse, a rogue spying group with evil<br />
purposes (and a very nasty dog), hunt him down and take his secret?<br />
The Sheep Pig<br />
When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is<br />
adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything<br />
he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might<br />
be a sheep-pig.<br />
Benjamin<br />
Zephaniah<br />
Gavin<br />
Maxwell<br />
Cathy<br />
Cassidy<br />
Jill Marshall<br />
Dick King-<br />
Smith
Shooting Star<br />
Jelly might be rubbish at maths, but she's great at netball and she loves it. So when a<br />
ruthless local politician decides to ban competitive sports in school, Jelly is<br />
determined to fight. Especially as her team are about to go through to the inter-school<br />
finals.<br />
Silverfin<br />
How does an ordinary boy become the world's most famous secret agent? Discover<br />
how the legend began in Silverfin, the first in a series <strong>for</strong> younger readers about the<br />
young James Bond, a 13-year-old growing up in Britain in the 1930's.<br />
Skellig<br />
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world<br />
seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into<br />
the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange<br />
creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive.<br />
With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health, while his baby<br />
sister languishes in the hospital. But Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and<br />
as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes <strong>for</strong>ever ...<br />
Skulduggery Pleasant<br />
Twelve year old Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he<br />
dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written<br />
horror, it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil <strong>for</strong>ces intent on recovering a<br />
mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source -- the wisecracking<br />
skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose, it's lucky <strong>for</strong> Skulduggery that<br />
he's already dead. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop<br />
you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. And if there's anything<br />
Skulduggery hates, it's torture! Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery<br />
stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's <strong>for</strong> sure: evil won't know what's hit<br />
it.<br />
Stormbreaker<br />
When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider<br />
finds his world turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part<br />
in gruelling SAS training exercises. Then, armed with his own special set of secret<br />
gadgets, he's off on his first mission to Cornwall, where Middle-Eastern multibillionaire<br />
Herod Sayle is producing his state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers.<br />
Sayle has offered to give one free to every school in the country - but there's more to<br />
the gift than meets the eye.<br />
The Butterfly Lion<br />
A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong<br />
friendship with a white lion. "All my life I'll think you you, I promise I will. I won't ever<br />
<strong>for</strong>get you." Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They are<br />
inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is<br />
sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is<br />
the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be <strong>for</strong>gotten.<br />
Rose Impey<br />
Charlie<br />
Higson<br />
David<br />
Almond<br />
Derek Landy<br />
Anthony<br />
Horowitz<br />
Michael<br />
Morpurgo
The Colour of Home<br />
Hassan feels out of place in a new cold, grey country. At school, he paints a picture<br />
showing his colourful Somalian home, covered with the harsh colours of war from<br />
which his family has fled. He tells his teacher about their voyage from Mogadishu to<br />
Mombasa, then to the refugee camp and on to England. But gradually things change.<br />
When Hassan's parents put up his next picture on the wall, Hassan notices the<br />
maroon prayer mat, a bright green cushion and his sister Naima's pink dress - the<br />
new colours of home.<br />
The Curse of the Gloamglozer (1st in the Edge Chronicles)<br />
In the floating city of Sanctaphrax, fusty old professors scheme and bicker with each<br />
other as they study the weather in minute detail - mistshifting, fogprobing, researching<br />
the air blowing in from beyond the Edge. But some experiments are best left alone…<br />
Quint is the son of a sky pirate captain. He arrives in Sanctaphrax at the request of<br />
Linius Pallitax, the Most High Academe, who needs an apprentice he can trust to<br />
carry out a series of highly important tasks. Just how important, Quint is about to find<br />
out as he and Linius’s only daughter, Maris, are plunged into the midst of a terrifying<br />
adventure that takes them deep within the rock upon which Sanctaphrax is built.<br />
The Hobbit<br />
The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in<br />
search of dragon-guarded gold. A reluctant partner in this perilous quest is Bilbo<br />
Baggins, a com<strong>for</strong>t-loving unambitious hobbit, who surprises even himself by his<br />
resourcefulness and skill as a burglar. Encounters with trolls, goblins, dwarves, elves<br />
and giant spiders, conversations with the dragon, Smaug, and a rather unwilling<br />
presence at the Battle of Five Armies are just some of the adventures that befall<br />
Bilbo. Bilbo Baggins has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of<br />
children's fiction.<br />
The Illmoor Chronicles<br />
The Duke of Dullitch is in distress -- several reports are coming in that the city is<br />
beginning to be over-run by a plague of rats. Naturally he has killed off all witnesses,<br />
but daily the problem is becoming more obvious. His corrupt council, led by the<br />
hapless ex-wizard Tambor has no solutions. He must send <strong>for</strong> mercenaries to rid his<br />
city of the rampant rodents. Heralds ride out from every gate, each hoping to bring<br />
back the saviour of the city. Part-time herald, full-time thief, and grandson to Tambor,<br />
Jimmy Quickstint is the lucky man -- falling haphazardly upon the skills of Diek<br />
Wustapha -- a charmer -- recently inhabited by magic and suddenly irresistible to<br />
girls, sheep -- and rats. Diek fulfils his task and is promised £500 <strong>for</strong> his troubles. But<br />
once the rats have gone, the council renege on their deal. Full of anger (and magic),<br />
Diek charms the children of Dullitch out of the city, playing on his mouth organ, where<br />
he disappears into the caves and woodland of the surrounding area. The Duke is now<br />
in despair. Jimmy and his useless friends Groan, a barbarian mercenary, and Gordo,<br />
a dwarf -- decide they will bring the children back, and garner a huge reward. But<br />
their adventure is only just beginning...<br />
The Lightening Thief<br />
Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I<br />
was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual.<br />
Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really<br />
going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my<br />
friends and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky,<br />
thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea...<br />
Mary<br />
Hoffman<br />
Paul Stewart<br />
& Chris<br />
Riddell<br />
J.R.R.Tolkein<br />
David Lee<br />
Stone<br />
Rick Riordan
The Narnia Chronicles - The Magician's Nephew (1st in series)<br />
When Digory and Polly discover Uncle Andrew's secret workshop, they are tricked<br />
into touching some magic rings that take them right out of this world. But even Uncle<br />
Andrew doesn't realise the wonders that lie ahead as they discover the gateway to<br />
the magical land of Narnia, where many thrilling adventures await them!<br />
The Narnia Chronicles - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2nd in series)<br />
The most loved of all the Chronicles, this wonderful tale can be enjoyed again and<br />
again. Lucy steps into the Professor's wardrobe but steps out again into a snowy<br />
<strong>for</strong>est. She's stumbled upon the magical world of Narnia, land of unicorns, centaurs,<br />
fauns! and the wicked White Witch, who terrorises all. Lucy soon realises that Narnia,<br />
and in particular Aslan, the great Lion, needs her help if the country's creatures are<br />
ever going to be free again.<br />
The Poltergoose<br />
Something's after Jiggy McCue! Something big and angry and invisible. Something<br />
which hisses and flaps and stabs his bum and generally tries to make his life a<br />
misery. Where did it come from? And, more importantly, will Jiggy and Co ever be<br />
able to make the poltergoose go away?<br />
The Railway Children<br />
When Father goes away one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are<br />
shattered. They and their mother have to move from their com<strong>for</strong>table London home<br />
to go and live in a simple country cottage, They soon come to love the railway near<br />
their cottage and all associated with it.<br />
Bugs on the Brain - The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury (1st in series)<br />
Alistair Fury is out <strong>for</strong> revenge. No more running errands. No more being called<br />
'Alice'! It's payback time <strong>for</strong> his embarrassing mum, his bone-idle dad, and his<br />
constantly teasing older brother and sister. Only Alistair's two best friends - and this,<br />
his private diary - share his secrets. Culminating in a scene involving a snake, a<br />
toupee and a live TV broadcast, Alistair tries to wreak spectacular revenge but it<br />
doesn't exactly go according to plan...In lively and accessible diary <strong>for</strong>m, this is a<br />
story of family life at its funniest.<br />
The Secret Garden<br />
Mary Lennox was horrid, selfish and spoilt, and was sent to stay with her uncle in<br />
Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the entrance to a secret garden a change<br />
overcomes her. With a local boy and her cousin the three children work magic in<br />
themselves and those around them.<br />
C. S. Lewis<br />
C. S. Lewis<br />
Michael<br />
Lawrence<br />
E. Nesbit<br />
Jamie Rix<br />
Frances<br />
Hodgson<br />
Burnett
The Circle of Power - The Sprite Sisters (1st in Series)<br />
In the gently undulating countryside of North Norfolk is a huge, mysterious house,<br />
with rolling grounds. This is Sprite Towers, the home of the Sprite family. Magic runs<br />
through the Sprite family, but not all of it is good and nobody knows who has it.<br />
Unknown to their parents, the four Sprite Sisters each has a magical power that<br />
relates to one of the elements of Fire, Water, Earth & Air. When little Ariel gains her<br />
power of Air on her ninth birthday, dark <strong>for</strong>ces are soon at work to hurt the sisters.<br />
The Sprite Sisters must work together and balance their power, to keep themselves<br />
and Sprite Towers safe from harm.<br />
The Sword in the Stone<br />
The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart -- ignored by everyone except his tutor,<br />
Merlyn -- who goes on to become King Arthur. When Merlyn the magician comes to<br />
tutor Sir Ector's sons Kay and the Wart, schoolwork suddenly becomes much more<br />
fun. After all, who wouldn't enjoy being turned into a fish, or a badger, or a snake?<br />
But Merlyn has very particular plans <strong>for</strong> the Wart. This new edition of T.H White's<br />
classic story includes a special "Why You'll Love This Book" introduction by<br />
bestselling-author, Garth Nix.<br />
The World According to Humphrey<br />
You can learn a lot about life by observing another species. That's what Humphrey<br />
was told when he was bought as a classroom pet <strong>for</strong> Room 26. And it's definitely true!<br />
In addition to his classroom escapades, each weekend he gets to sleep over with a<br />
different student, like Stop-Giggling-Gail and Repeat-That-Please-Richie. Humphrey<br />
learns to read, write, shoot rubber bands and much more. With adventures galore,<br />
Humphrey's life would be absolutely perfect if only the teacher, Mrs Brisbane, wasn't<br />
out to get him...<br />
The Woven Path<br />
The Woven Path is the first book in the compelling Wyrd Museum trilogy. All readers<br />
will be drawn in by the gripping storytelling of Robin Jarvis, where the fantastical<br />
elements combine with the seriously chilling. In a grimy alley in the East End of<br />
London stands the Wyrd Museum, cared <strong>for</strong> by the strange Webster sisters -- and<br />
scene of even stranger events. Wandering through the museum, Neil Chapman, son<br />
of the new caretaker, discovers it is a sinister place crammed with secrets both dark<br />
and deadly. Forced to journey back to the past, he finds himself pitted against an<br />
ancient and terrifying evil, something which is growing stronger as it feeds on the<br />
destruction around it. Dare to enter the chilling and fantastical world of the Wyrd<br />
Museum in this first book of a compelling trilogy.<br />
Two Weeks with the Queen<br />
This is a humorous but deeply moving story about Colin who refuses to believe that<br />
his younger brother is dying of cancer and decides to take things into his own hands.<br />
Colin decides to go to the top <strong>for</strong> help, to none other than the Queen. Colin's ef<strong>for</strong>ts to<br />
penetrate the British establishment are hilarious, surprising and doomed to failure, but<br />
although Colin can't find a cure <strong>for</strong> cancer, he does find a way to help some of the<br />
new friends he makes, as well as discovering the best thing he can do <strong>for</strong> Luke.<br />
Watership Down<br />
Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren - he<br />
felt sure of it. So did his brother Hazel, <strong>for</strong> Fiver's sixth sense was never wrong. They<br />
had to leave immediately, and they had to persuade the other rabbits to join them.<br />
And so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a<br />
safe home. Fiver's vision finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face<br />
their most difficult challenge of all...<br />
Sheridan<br />
Winn<br />
T.H. White<br />
Betty Birney<br />
Robin Jarvis<br />
Morris<br />
Gleitzman<br />
Richard<br />
Adams
Ways to Live Forever<br />
My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the<br />
time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts. He wants to know about<br />
UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to<br />
kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying.<br />
Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer. "Ways to Live Foreover" is<br />
the award-winning novel from an extraordinarily talented young writer. Funny and<br />
honest, it is one of the most powerful and uplifting <strong>books</strong> you will ever read.<br />
What Katy Did<br />
Katy Carr is untidy, tall and gangling, planning <strong>for</strong> the day when she will be "beautiful<br />
and beloved, and amiable as an angel". An accidental fall from a swing seems to<br />
threaten her hopes <strong>for</strong> the future, but Katy struggles to overcome her difficulties with<br />
pluck, vitality and good humour.<br />
Winging It<br />
Meet Melanie Beeby! Mel is a trainee time-travelling angel. She's feisty, witty,<br />
streetwise and! dead! The hilarious, fast-moving, other-worldly adventure that started<br />
it all!<br />
Wolf Brother- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Bk. 1<br />
Thousands of years ago the land is one dark <strong>for</strong>est. Its people are hunter-gatherers.<br />
They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time of<br />
enchantment and powerful magic. Until an ambitious and malevolent <strong>for</strong>ce conjures a<br />
demon: a demon so evil that it can be contained only in the body of a ferocious bear<br />
that will slay everything it sees, a demon determined to destroy the world. Only one<br />
boy can stop it - 12 year old Torak, who has seen his father murdered by the bear.<br />
With his dying breath, Torak's father tells his son of the burden that is his. He must<br />
lead the bear to the mountain of the World Spirit and beg that spirit's help to<br />
overcome it. Torak is an unwilling hero. He is scared and trusts no one. His only<br />
companion is a wolf cub only three moons old, whom he seems to understand better<br />
than any human. Theirs is a terrifying quest in a world of wolves, tree spirits and<br />
Hidden People, a world in which trusting a friend means risking your life.<br />
Sally<br />
Nicholls<br />
S.M.<br />
Coolidge<br />
Annie Dalton<br />
Michelle<br />
Paver