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Literature Ages 11-14 UK Years 7-9 US Grades 6-8
Year 7 Year 8
Novels
The Perfect
Enemy
F.E. Higgins
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When Ralph Bennett hears a voice
coming from inside a box he ignores
a stranger’s warning and opens
it, unwittingly releasing his own
Doppelganger – his perfect double.
Havoc ensues, and in the ultimate
showdown between good and evil,
which Ralph will survive?
Ghost Game
Nigel Hinton
Following the recent deaths of his
brother and mother, Danny and his
Dad have barely begun unpacking in
their rented Victorian house when
Danny feels the deathly chill of an evil
presence. A haunting tale of terror
unfolds as Danny battles the malign
forces to free himself and his family.
The Demon
Hunter
Bali Rai
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Teenager Jai Winters is on an
archaeological dig in Egypt when
he accidently opens a portal to
Annubis, God of the Dead. His father
is captured and Jai is set a terrible
challenge to capture an ancient
Egyptian demon that has escaped the
Underworld.
Blood Oath
Chris Priestley
Roman Britain, north of Hadrian’s
Wall 180AD. A teenage boy witnesses
the savage killing of his father. Blind
with rage he swears vengeance and
trains to become a Roman legionary.
But how far will his conscience allow
him to take his revenge?
Eg and Me
David Grant
I have never left my house. It has no
front door or back gate. I’m so scared
and a tunnel. Stumbling into a strange
world I do not recognise I meet Eg,
But I never knew how dangerous the
world could be!
i-ssassins
Chris Edge
Training with ELITE, a crack team
of young hackers used by MI5, Luke
Kitson is investigating YourLife, a
new social networking site with vast
ambitions. When disappearances
begin – including one of the ELITE
YourLife’s skyscraper headquarters
Do Not Wake the
Devil
Andrew Peters
Dark tales are more than superstition
to the villagers beneath the rocks
of the mist-shrouded Devil’s Chair.
Searching for his missing father, Arthur
and his best friend Yaz encounter
strange beasts, a fallen angel and a
broken spell. An ancient menace is
stirring.
Monster Island
Justin Richards
After three weeks from hell on an
island with his friend Vicky, Owen
is stuck on her uncle’s boat sailing
back to the mainland when they are
shipwrecked on another remote
island. They begin to hear strange
an empty research station...then the
monsters begin hunting!
Cathy Forde
Plays
Ski Jump
Frank Cottrell Boyce
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Shouted at by teachers, irritated by his
dad and nagged by his mum, Bradley’s
life is on the slide. Given a last chance
and allowed to go on a school ski
trip, he unwittingly stumbles upon a
far some people will go in the name
of revenge.
The Death of Jude Hill
Richard Conlon
Two boys, thrown together in an
unlikely friendship, discover Jude, a
young man dying after a fall from a
railway bridge. Jude’s whispered dying
words reveal that what was thought
to be a sad case of suicide was
actually the result of something far
evil ensues..
Already Dead
Tom & Tony Bradman
A group of survivors have been living
on a large boat since the endead
apocalypse began. No-one has been
ashore or has much information
about what happened. Supplies are
running out and the survivors must
face the Zombies.
ALREADY
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Chamber of Nothing
Cathy Forde
On a school outing to the Hidden
City Tour, a group of students descend
the rickety staircase to a bland warren
of bare brick chambers. But the tour
is abandoned when stories told by the
guide get spookier and mass hysteria
erupts... but does everyone return
safely?
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