English Reading List S1-2

Recommended titles

The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Road of Bones by Anne Fine

My Family and Other Natural Disasters by Josephine Feeney

Skarrs by Catherine Forde

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Silverfin by Charlie Higson

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

Beast by Ally Kennan

Boy meets Boy by David Levithan

The Sign of the Black Dagger by Joan Lingard

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman

Witch Child by Celia Rees

Just in Case by Meg Roscoff

My swordhand is singing by Marcus Sedgwick

Cirque de Freak by Darren Shan

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker

Treasure Island by Robert L Stevenson

Bad Alice by Jean Ure

The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson

Other recommended authors:

Malorie Blackman; Meg Cabot; Zizou Corder; Chris D’Lacey; Morris Gleitzman; Keith Gray; Robin Jarvis; Louise Lawrence; Anthony Masters; Catherine Macphail; Karen McCombie: Michael Morpurgo; Gary Paulson; Garth Nix; Christopher Paolini; Phillip Reeve; Louise Rennison; Malcolm Rose; JK Rowling; Chris Ryan; Louis Sachar; Simon Scarrow; Robert Swindells; Robert Westall.

Recommended websites:

Have trouble choosing a book? http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/bookchooser.php
Want to read something Scottish? http://www.braw.org.uk/Home/tabid/53/Default.aspx
Want to know what people your age think of books? http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/
Want to read reviews and extracts of good teenage books? http://www.teenreads.com/

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