Year 7 Reading List
All these books are available in the Junior Fiction section of the school library.
Arranged by genre.
Titles marked *** are easy to read
FANTASY
Aiken, Joan
Anderson, R J
Augarde, Steve
Barrie, J M
Baum, L Frank
Byng, Georgia
Delaney, Joseph
Dunmore, Helen
Funke, Cornelia
Funke, Cornelia
Gaiman, Neil
Gaiman, Neil
Gardner, Lyn
Golding Julia
Grahame, Kenneth
Hale, Shannon
Hughes, Ted
Hughes, Ted
Hughes, Ted
Jones, Diana Wynne
Jones, Diana Wynne
Jones, Diana Wynne
Laird, Elizabeth
Landy, Derek
Leeson, Robert
Lewis, C S
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Mieville, China
Nix, Garth
Norton, Mary
O’Brien, Robert C
O’Brien, Robert C
O’Hearn, Kate
O’Shea, Pat
Pearce, Philippa
Pratchett, Terry
The wolves of Willoughby Chase (and sequels)
Knife (and sequels) Oakhaven series
The various (and sequels)
Peter Pan
The wizard of Oz (and sequels)
Molly Moon’s incredible book of hypnotism (and sequels)
The spook’s apprentice (and sequels) Wardstone Chronicles series
Ingo (and sequels)
Inkheart (and sequels)
Dragon rider
Coraline
The graveyard book
Into the woods (and sequel)
The secret of the sirens (and sequels) Companions series
The wind in the willows
The princess academy
The iron man
The iron woman
The dreamfighter and other creation tales
Chrestomanci series
Howl’s moving castle (and sequels)
Archer’s goon
The ogress and the snake: and other stories from Somalia***
Skulduggery Pleasant (and sequels)
Smart girls (and sequel)***
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe (and sequels) Narnia series
Peter Pan in scarlett
Un Lun Dun
Mister Monday Keys to the Kingdom series
The borrowers (and sequels)
Mrs Frisby and the rats of NIMH
The silver crown
Pegasus and the flame
The hounds of the Morrigan
Tom’s midnight garden
The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents
Pratchett, Terry
Pratchett, Terry
Pratchett, Terry
Pratchett, Terry
Prue, Sally
Pullman, Philip
Reeve, Philip
Reeve, Philip
Riordan, Rick
Sage, Angie
Saunders, Kate
Shipton, Paul
Stewart, Paul / Riddell, Chris
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Thompson, Kate
Thompson, Kate
Umansky, Kaye
The wee free men (and sequels) Tiffany Aching Books/Discworld series
Truckers (and sequels). Bromeliad series
Johnny and the dead (and sequel)
The carpet people
Cold Tom
Northern Lights (and sequels) His Dark Materials series
Fever Crumb (and sequels) World of Mortal Engines series
Larklight (and sequels)
Percy Jackson series
Magyk (and sequels) Septimus Heap series
Beswitched
The pig scrolls (and sequel)
Edge Chronicle series
Tristan and Iseult
Beowulf:dragonslayer
The sword and the circle (and sequels) King Arthur trilogy
The switchers (and sequels)
The new policeman (and sequels)
The stepsisters’ story***
SCIENCE FICTION
Babbit, Natalie
Blackman, Malorie
Diamand, Emily
DuPrau, Jeanne
Fisk, Nicholas
Haddix, Margaret
Haddix, Margaret
Kaaberbol, Lene
L’Engle, Madeleine
Lott, Tim
McKenzie, Sophie
Sparkes, Ali
Tuck everlasting
Pig-heart boy
Flood child (and sequel)
City of ember (and sequels)
Grinny
Running out of time
Turnabout
Silverhorse (and sequel)
A wrinkle in time
Fearless
The medusa project (and sequels)
Frozen in time
HORROR/GHOST
Dickens, Charles
Fine, Anne
Gibbons, Alan
Horowitz, Anthony
Kemp, Gene
Lawrence, Michael
Lawrence, Michael
Mayhew, John
Priestley, Chris
Shan, Darren
A Christmas carol
The tulip touch
The dying photo***
Horowitz Horror (short story collections)
Nothing scares me
Young Dracula***
Young Monsters***
Mortlock
Uncle Montague’s tales of terror (and sequel)
Cirque du freak (and sequels)
Shan, Darren
Swindells, Robert
Swindells, Robert
Swindells, Robert
Lord Loss (and sequels)
Abomination***
Room 13 (and sequel)***
Nightmare stairs***
MYSTERY/ADVENTURE
Banks, Lynne Raid
Blackman, Malorie
Blackman, Malorie
Blackman, Malorie
Blackman, Malorie
Blackman, Malorie
Blackman, Malorie
Bosch, Pseudonymous
Boyce, Frank Cottrell
Boyce, Frank Cottrell
Boyce, Frank Cottrell
Burne, Cristy
Corder, Zizou
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Dhami, Narinder
Donaldson, Julia
Dowd, Siobhan
Dowell, Frances O’Roark
Gavin, Jamila
Gibbons, Alan
Golding, Julia
Golding Julia
Higson, Charlie
Higson, Charlie
Horowitz, Anthony
Horowitz, Anthony
Horowitz, Anthony
Ibbotson, Eva
Ibbotson, Eva
Ibbotson, Eva
Landman, Tanya
Lawrence, Caroline
McCaughrean, Geraldine
McCaughrean, Geraldine
McCaughrean, Geraldine
McCaughrean, Geraldine
McKenzie, Sophie
McKenzie, Sophie
I, Houdini: the autobiography of a self-educated hamster
ANTIDOTE
Dangerous reality
Dead gorgeous
Hacker
Tell me no lies
Thief
The name of this book is secret (and sequels)
Millions
Framed
Cosmic
Takeshita demons (and sequels)
Lionboy (and sequels)
Storm***
Bang bang you’re dead
Running on the cracks
The London eye mystery
Dovey Coe
The robber baron’s daughter
The shadow of the minotaur (and sequels) Legendeer series
The diamond of Drury Lane (and sequels) Cat Royal series
The ringmaster (and sequels) Darcie Lock series
SilverFin (and sequels) Young Bond series
The enemy (and sequels)
Stormbreaker (and sequels) Alex Rider series
Raven’s gate (and sequels) Power of Five series
The Falcon’s malteser (and sequels) Diamond Brothers series
Journey to the river sea
The star of kazan
The dragonfly pool
Mondays are murder (and sequels) Poppy Fields Mysteries series***
The thieves of Ostia (and sequels) Roman Mysteries series
The death-defying Pepper Roux
The white darkness
Not the end of the world
Plundering paradise
Girl missing
Blood ties (and sequel)
Morpurgo, Michael
Morpurgo, Michael
Morpurgo, Michael
Morpurgo, Michael
Morpurgo, Michael
Morpurgo, Michael
Rushdie, Salman
Sachar, Louis
Said, S F
Sedgwick. Marcus
Smith, Dodie
Snicket, Lemony
St John, Lauren
St John, Lauren
Updale, Eleanor
Kensuke’s kingdom
Why the whales came
The ghost of Grania O’Malley
The wreck of the Zanzibar
Running wild
Born to run
Haroun and the sea of stories (and sequel)
Holes
Varjak Paw (and sequel)
Floodland
The hundred and one dalmations
The bad beginning (and sequels) A Series of unfortunate events
White giraffe (and sequels)
Deadman’s cove
Montmorency (and sequels)
HISTORICAL
Banks, Lynne Reid
Bawden, Nina
Branford, Henrietta
Chandler, Pauline
Choldenko, Gennifer
Cooper, Susan
Crossley-Holland, K
Crossley-Holland, K
Deary, Terry
Doyle, Malachy
Edwards, Dorothy
Gavin, Jamila
Gavin, Jamila
Geras, Adele
Gleitzman, Morris
Grant, Pamela
Grice, Natalie
Hooper, Mary
Kerr, Judith
Laird, Elizabeth
MacLachlan, Patricia
Magorian, Michelle
Magorian, Michelle
Magorian, Michelle
Magorian, Michelle
Magorian, Michelle
Mark, Jan
Tiger tiger
Carrie’s war
Fire, bed and bone
The mark of Edain
Al Capone does my shirts (and sequel)
King of the shadows
Arthur - the seeing stone (and sequels)
Gatty’s tale
Knights’ tales series***
The great hunger***
A strong and willing girl
The wheel of Surya (and sequels)
Coram boy
A candle in the dark***
Once (and sequels)
When a girl is born
A school for girls***
The great raj***
When Hitler stole pink rabbit (and sequel)
Crusade
Sarah, plain and tall***
Goodnight Mister Tom
Back home
Cuckoo in the nest
Just Henry
A spoonful of jam
Something in the air
Ancient Rome/Circus
World War 2/evacuees
Middle Ages/Peasants’ Revolt
Roman Britain/Emporer Claudius
1930s/Great Depression/Alcatraz Is.
Shakespeare’s England/Globe
Middle Ages/Crusades
Middle Ages/Crusades
Middle Ages/Knights/Crusades
Ireland/1840s/Potato famine
Victorians/daily life of young servant
1947/Partition of India/Civil War
1700s/treatment of children/slave trade
World War 2/Refugees/Kindertransport
World War 2/ Holocaust
China early 20th century/ treatment of women
Victorians/Frances Mary Buss
India 1876/Colonialism
World War 2/Refugees
Middle Ages/Crusades
Late 1800s/American prairies/family life
World War 2/Evacuees
Post war 1940s
Post war 1940s
Post war 1940s
Post war 1940s
1920s/family life/ women
McCaughrean, Geraldine
McCaughrean, Geraldine
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Morpurgo, Michael
Morpurgo, Michael
Morpurgo, Michael
Morpurgo, Michael
Paulsen, Gary
Reeve, Philip
Serraillier, Ian
Toksvig, Sandi
Tomlinson, Theresa
Tomlinson, Theresa
Wallace, Karen
Wallace, Karen
Walsh, Pat
Tamburlaine’s elephants
Stop the train (and sequel)
The kite rider
Private Peaceful
War horse
An elephant in the garden
Alone on a wide wide sea
Nightjohn (and sequel)
Here lies Arthur
The silver sword
Hitler’s canary
The forestwife (and sequels)
The moon riders (and sequel)
The unrivalled spangles
Fight for the vote***
The cowfield curse
1300s/India/Mongolian invaders
Skellig
My name is Mina
Cloud busting***
Desirable***
Artichoke hearts
The secret garden
A little princess
Any title
Ruby Holler
Walk two moons
Wanderer, The
Chasing redbird
Bloomability
Love that dog (and sequel)
Heartbeat
Bindi Babes (and sequels)
Abela
The tower room (and sequels)
Boy overboard
Girl underground
Grace
Tall story
Any title
Unhooking the moon
Diary of an (un)teenager***
Shut it!
Family crisis/friendship/outcasts
Outcasts
Peer pressure, anaphylaxis
Outcasts
Death
Edwardians/Orphans/friends/disability
Victorians/Social class/orphans/
Families/friends/growing up
Orphans/Families
Death/identity/Growing up
Families/Identity
Growing up
Growing up
Outcasts (written in free verse)
Families/growing up
Families/Sisters/Friends/Growing up
Cross-cultural adoption, HIV
Boarding school/friends
Refugees
Refugees
Christian fundamentalism/extremism
Cultural difference/ gigantism
Families/friends/growing up
Orphans/outcasts/journey/epilepsy
Peer pressure
Families/Brothers
1890s/USA (Oklahoma)/railroad/ settlers
1200s China/Kublai Khan/Circuses
World War 1/Trenches/Pacifism
World War 1/Trenches
World War 2/bombing of Dresden, Germany
English orphans sent to Australia in 20th c.
1850s/USA/slaves/plantations
Dark Ages/alternative King Arthur
World War Two/refugees/journey
World War 2/Denmark/Nazi Occupation
Middle Ages/Women/Maid Marian
Greek Mythology/Amazons/Trojan War
Victorian London/women/circus
Suffragettes
Middle ages/Monasteries
REAL LIFE
Almond, David
Almond, David
Blackman, Malorie
Boyce, Frank Cottrell
Brahmachari, Sita
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Cassidy, Cathy
Creech, Sharon
Creech, Sharon
Creech, Sharon
Creech, Sharon
Creech, Sharon
Creech, Sharon
Creech, Sharon
Dhami, Narinder
Doherty, Berlie
Geras, Adele
Gleitzman, Morris
Gleitzman, Morris
Gleitzman, Morris
Gourlay, Carol
Higgins, Chris
Hughes, Gregory
Johnson, Pete
Johnson, Pete
Johnson, Pete
Kemp, Gene
King-Smith, Dick
Kinney, Jeff
Kuijer, Guus
La Fleur, Suzanne
Laird, Elizabeth
Laird, Elizabeth
Laird, Elizabeth
Laird, Elizabeth
Laird, Elizabeth
Laird, Elizabeth
McCaughrean, Geraldine
McKay. Hilary
Montgomery, L M
Morpurgo, Michael
Naidoo, Beverley
Nicholls, Sally
Orme, Helen
Paterson, Katherine
Pearce, Philippa
Philbrick, Roderick
Sachar, Louis
Sachar, Louis
Sachar, Louis
Sachar, Louis
Sachar, Louis
Singer, Nicky
Smiley, Jane
Streatfeild, Noel
Strong, Jeremy
Swindells, Robert
Townson, Hazel
Ure, Jean
Wallace, Karen
Weatherly, Lee
Weatherly, Lee
Weatherly, Lee
Weatherly, Lee
Weatherly, Lee
Weatherly, Lee
Withrow, Sarah
Runaway teacher
Seriously weird
The crow-starver
Diary of a wimpy kid (and sequels)***
The book of everything
Love Aubrey
The garbage king
Kiss the dust
A little piece of ground
Lost riders
Red sky in the morning
Secret friends***
Forever X
Saffy’s angel (and sequels) Casson Family series
Anne of Green Gables (and sequels)
The kites are flying
The other side of truth
Ways to live forever
Siti’s Sisters series***
Bridge to Terabithia
The battle of Bubble and Squeak
Freak the mighty
Pig city
Sideways stories from Wayside School
(and sequels)***
Dogs don’t tell jokes
There’s a boy in the girls bathroom
The boy who lost his face
Feather boy
The Georges and the Jewels
Any title
Any title***
Ruby Tanya
Ignorance is bliss***
Any title
Raspberries on the Yangtze (and sequel)
Child X
Missing Abby
Breakfast at Sadie’s
Kat got your tongue
Them***
Watcher***
Bat
Frinds
Autism
Learning Disability
Families/Frinds
Dysfunctional families
Families/death/mental illness
Ethiopia/street children
Iraq/ refugees
Palestine/Israeli occupation
United Arab Emirates/Child Slaves
Familes/Friends/Disability/Hydrocephalus
Starting secondary school/Outcasts
Families
Families
Orphans, friends
Friendship/Death/Palestine/Gaza
Refugees
Cancer, death
Friends/families/Growing up
Outcasts/Friends/Death
Families/gerbils
Outcasts/Disability
Bullying
Friends
Outcasts
Outcasts/bullying
Peer pressure, infatuation
Bullying
Friendship/poverty/horses
Families/friends/ambition
Families/Friends/humour
Families/Racism/Immigrants
Growing up/Relationships
Growing up/Friends/Families
Families/Friends
Dysfunctional families
Bullying, Running Away
Families
Amnesia
Infatuation/Peer Pressure
Dysfunctional families
Outcasts
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