Year 10 and 11 parents: Are you wondering how you can support your
child over the summer holidays in preparation for their upcoming GCSE
exams?
You can support your child by reading some of their prescribed texts to inform your
discussions with your son/daughter, but also for enjoyment. You may also wish to read some of the recommended 19 th
and 20th century novels which now form part of the new GCSE curriculum.
Finally, we are including a recommended list of revision guides which you may wish to purchase.
Thank you very much!
The English team
Suggested revision guides to purchase:
AQA GCSE English Language and English Literature: All-in-One Revision and Practice
New GCSE English Language AQA Workbook - for the Grade 9-1 Course (includes
New GCSE English Language AQA Revision Guide - for the Grade 9-1 Course
New GCSE English Language and Literature Revision Guide - for the Grade 9-1
AQA GCSE English Language: Targeting Grades 6-9 :Revision Workbook
AQA GCSE English Language: Targeting Grade 5 :Revision Workbook
GCSE English Literature for AQA Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet Student Book or York Notes The Merchant of Venice or
Much Ado About Nothing
GCSE English Literature for AQA A Christmas Carol or The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Student Book or York
Notes for GCSE Pride and Prejudice
GCSE English AQA Unseen Poetry Study & Exam Practice Book
New GCSE English Literature AQA Poetry Guide: Power & Conflict Anthology
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
York Notes for GCSE 2015
Lord of the Flies Revision guides
Blood Brothers Revision guide
Macbeth:
York Notes for GCSE (9-1) 2015
A Christmas Carol:
York Notes for GCSE 2015
Recommended reading list:
Reading is a fundamental requirement of a successful student, students will be expected to read a collection of the
books listed below by the time they finish Year 11, thereby ensuring that they are well-read individuals who have
the ability to discuss great writing.
Year 7,8 and 9 parents: Are you wondering how you can support your child over the summer
holidays with their reading and English?
AQA KS3 English Language: Year 7 Test Workbook
AQA KS3 English Language: Year 8 Test Workbook
AQA KS3 English Language: Year 9 Test Workbook
Suggested Reading for KS3
Classics
Baum, L Frank
Wizard of Oz
Caroll, Lewis
Alice in Wonderland
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Casebook of Sherlock
Holmes; Red-headed League; Sign of Four; Speckled Band
Du Maurier, Daphne
Jamaica Inn
Grahame, Kenneth
The Wind in the Willows
Kipling, Rudyard
The Jungle Book
L’Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time
Lewis, C S
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Verne, Jules
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Modern Classics/Challenging Reads
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
De Foe, Daniel
Robinson Crusoe
Swift, Jonahtan
Gulliver’s Travels
Tolkein, J. R. R.
The Hobbit; Lord of the Rings
Modern/Current Issues
Almond, David
Skelig; Almond Eyes; Kit’s Wilderness
Blackman, Malorie
Noughts and Crosses; Tell Me No Lies
Doherty, Bertie
Dear Nobody
Haddon, Mark
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Holm, Anne
I am David
Sachar, Louis
Holes
Westall, Robert
Love Match; Machine Gunners
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Face; Gangsta Rap; Refugee Boy
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Adams, Douglas
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (series)
Clarke, Arthur C.
2001: a Space Odyssey;
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games (trilogy)
Crichton, Michael
Jurassic Park; Lost World; Prey; Next
Curley, Marianne
Guardians of Time
Dashner, James
The Maze Runner (series)
Higson, Charlie
The Enemy (series); Young Bond series
Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Apprentice (trilogy)
Paolini, Christopher
Eragon (trilogy)
Paver, Michelle
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
Rowling, J. K
Harry Potter series
Sedgwick, Marcus
The Dark Horse
Humour
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Does My Head Look Big In This?
Asquith, Ros
I Was a Teenage Worrier;
Morris Gleitzman,
Blabber Mouth
Cabot, Meg
Princess Diaries series
Davidson, Gina
What Treasure Did Next
Gray, Keith
Malarkey
Green, Julia
Blue Moon
Kinney, Jeff
Diary of a Wimpy kid (series)
Horror
Pike, Christopher
Last Vampire series
Sedgewick, Marcus
My Swordhand is singing
Shan, Darren
Saga of Darren Shan (series); Zom-B (series
Shearer, Alex
The Hunted; The Lost
Stine, R L
Goosebumps series
Autobiography
Dahl, Roald
Boy: Tales of Childhood
Durrell, Gerald
My Family and Other Animals
Mandela, Nelson
Long Walk to Freedom
Lampard, Frank
Totally Frank
Gerrard, Steven
Gerrard My Autobiography
Travel
Bryson, Bill
Lost Continent; Neither Here Nor There; Notes From a Small Island
Palin, Michael
Pole to Pole; Full Circle
Sports Fiction
Barker, Dominic
Sharp Shot
Bowler, Tim
Shadows
Dhami, Narinder
Bend it like Beckham
Flint, Helen
Not Just Dancing
Forde, Catherine
Fat Boy Swim
Hornby, Nick
Fever Pitch
Maekawa, Takeshi
Kung Fu Boy
Paul, Bette
Becca’s Race
Peet, Mal
Keeper
Redmond, Diane
United!
Riordan, James
Young Oxford Book of Football Stories
Rushton, Rosie
Break Point
Voigt, Cynthia
The Runner