Fiction
Gill Lewis – Swan Song, Run Wild (easy reads), Sky Dancer. Award winning author with a passion for animals and stories telling of young people saving those animals that are threatened – wild swans, wolves, birds of prey
Victoria Schwab – fantastic teller of ghost stories set in the States. Check out City of Ghosts, Tunnel of Bones and Bridge of Souls
Amy Sparkes – The House at the Edge of Magic. A magical trip into a magic house full of wonder
Katie and Kevin Tsang – award winning writing duo whose books Dragon Mountain and Dragon Legend come highly recommended by St James’ library users
Piers Torday – another award- winning author. Try The Frozen Sea – a rescue mission in the magical world of Folio or The Last Magician – another magical world hidden behind a door in the local library
Carlie Sorosiak – I, Cosmo. An enchanting book about a golden retriever called Cosmo who tries to save his failing family through the power of dance. Moving, heart warming and funny
Tania Unsworth – One Safe Place. A challenging story for more competent readers about the sinister secrets of a former orphanage uncovered by two young children
Helen Rutter – The Boy who Made Everyone Laugh. A lovely tale about a boy who has a stammer but wants to be a stand up comedian.
Non – Fiction
Football School – Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton (series 1 – 4) great football themed books packed with true stories, real science and fascinating facts
Ultimate Football Heros – Matt and Tom Oldfield. These easy – read biographies include a number of popular national and international football stars including Aguero and De Gea
100 Things to Know about Saving the Planet ( Usborne Books) an easy colourful book to dip into full of facts and figures including recycling, conservation and eating habits
Stephen and Lucy Hawking – Unlocking the Universe ( Everything you need to travel through space and time) – another book full of facts, figures and scientific theories fabulously illustrated. If you don’t know much about space and the solar system this easy read comes highly recommended
All these books are available to borrow from the library.
You might also want to check out schoolreadinglist.co.uk that has lists of both fiction and non-fiction books for Key Stage 3 students
