KS3 Reading List

The books on this list are all suitable for KS3 students to read and it is
recommended that students read other works by the selected authors.
The list includes both contemporary and traditional titles so hopefully
there will be something for everyone to enjoy.

With the Fire on High Acevedo, Elizabeth

Watership Down Adams, Richard
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Aiken, Joan
Little Women Alcott, Louisa May
Skellig Almond, David
Freedom Flight Ashley, Bernard
Red Queen, Glass Sword, King’s Cage and War Storm Aveyard, Victoria
Tuck Everlasting Babbitt, Natalie
Count Me In Bajaj, Varsha
Tiger, Tiger Banks, Lynne Reid
Carrie’s War Bawden, Nina
Exodus Bertgana, Julie
Pig Heart Boy Blackman, Malorie
The ‘Noughts and Crosses’ trilogy Blackman, Malorie
The Prince and the Captain Bondoux, Anne-Laure
Framed Boyce, Frank Cottrell
Skin Deep (collection of short stories) Bradman, Tony (Editor)
The Purple Emperor Brennan, Herbie
Saskia’s Journey Breslin, Theresa
Prisoner of the Inquisition Breslin, Theresa
Candy Brooks, Kevin
Shadow Web Brown, N M
The Midnight Fox Byars, Betsy
Jinx Cabot, Meg
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Carroll, Lewis
The Prince and the Snowgirl Cheshire, Simon
The Aztec Code Cole, Stephen
The Supernaturalist Colfer, Eoin
Matched, Reached and Crossed Condie, Ally
Lionboy Corder,Zizou
The Chocolate War Cormier, Robert
Millions Cottrell, Frank Boyce
The Seeing Stone Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Chasing Redbird Creech, Sharon
Guardians of the Time Series Curley, Marianne
The Witches Dahl, Roald
Going Solo Dahl, Roald
Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel
The Little Prince de Saint Exupery, Antoine
Dani’s Diary Dhami, Narinder
Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles
Angel Isle Dickinson, Peter
Icefire D’Lacey, Chris
Granny Was a Buffer Girl Doherty, Berlie
Bog Child Dowd, Siobhan
Georgie Doyle, Malachy
Jamaica Inn Du Maurier, Daphne
Ingo Dunmore, Helen
The Heaven Shop Ellis, Deborah
Charlotte Sometimes Farmer, Penelope
The Tulip Touch Fine, Anne
Sabrina Fludde Fisk, Pauline
Fat Boy Swim Forde, Catherine
The Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Anne
Inkheart Trilogy Funke, Cornelia
Coraline Gaiman, Neil
The Graveyard Book Gaiman, Neil
Coram Boy Gavin, Jamila
In the Sea there are Crocodiles Geda, Fabio
Dragonskin Slippers George, Jessica Day
The Tower Room Geras, Adele
Legendeer Trilogy Gibbons, Alan
The Water Puppets Gifford, Clive
Emil and Karl Glatshteyn, Yankev
Once Gleitzman, Maurice
Dragonfly Golding, Julia
The Princess Bride Goldman, William
The Wind in the Willows Grahame, Kenneth
The Goose Girl Hale, Shannon
The Lie Tree Harding, Francis
Orphan of the Sun Harvey, Gill
Rowan the Strange Hearn, Julie
Chandra Hendry, Frances
I’m the King of the Castle Hill, Susan
The Outsiders Hinton, S E
The Secret Garden Hodgson Burnett, Frances
The Falconer’s Knot Hoffman, Mary
I am David Holm, Ann
Alex Rider series Horowitz, Anthony
The Star of Kazan Ibbotson, Eva
Dread Nation Ireland, Justin
The Redwall series Jacques, Brian
Peace Weavers Jarman, Julia
Deptford series Jarvis, Robin
This Book is Anti-Racist Jewell, Tiffany
Eloise, a Ghost Story Jinks, Catherine
Howl’s Moving Castle Jones, Diana Wynne
The Shamer’s Daughter Kaaberbol, Lene
Kira – Kira Kadohata, Cynthia
The Divide Kay, Elizabeth
Falling For Joshua Keaney, Brian
Beast Kennen, Ally
Stig of the Dump King, Clive
The Jungle Book Kipling, Rudyard
Love, Aubrey Suzanne La Fleur
Oranges in No Man’s Land Laird, Elizabeth
The Goldsmith’s Daughter Landman, Tanya
Llandor Trilogy Lawrence, Loiuse
Thandie the Tandem books Le Brock, Claire
The Chronicles of Narnia Lewis, C S
Gathering Blue Lowry, Lois
The Kite Rider McCaughrean, Geraldine
A Spoonful of Jam Magorian, Michelle
Chinese Cinderella Mah, Adeline Yen
The Declaration Malley, Gemma
Riding Tycho Mark, Jan
Wicked Lovely Marr, Melissa
The Plague Race Marriott, Edward
The Children of the New Forest Marryat, Frederick
Jupiter Williams Martin, S I
One of us is Lying McManus, Karen
Twilight Meyer, Stephenie
Un Lun Dun Mieville, China
Cherub series Muchamore, Robert
The Other Side of Truth Naidoo, Beverley
Five Children and It Nesbit, E
Chaos Walking trilogy Ness, Patrick
A Monster Calls Ness, Patrick
Monsters of Men Ness, Patrick
The Shell House Newbury, Linda
Season of Secrets Nicholls, Sally
Milo’s Wolves Nimmo, Jenny
The Ragwitch Nix, Garth
The Borrowers Norton, Mary
Victorian Workhouse Oldfield, Pamela
Animal Farm Orwell, George
The Hounds of Morrigan O’Shea, Pat
Wonder Pallacio, RJ
Ninth Ward Parker Rhodes, Jewell
Ghost Boys Parker Rhodes, Jewell
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine
North Child Pattou, Edith
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series Paver, Michelle
Tamar Peet, Mal
Guantanamo Boy Perera, Anna
Flambards series Peyton, K M
My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece Pitcher, Annabelle
Johnny and the Dead Pratchett, Terry
The Carpet People Pratchett, Terry
The Sterkam Handshake Price, Susan
Sally Lockhart Mysteries Pullman, Philip
His Dark Materials trilogy Pullman, Philip
The Crew Rai, Bali
Witch Child Rees, Celia
Here Lies Arthur Reeve, Philip
The Wave Rhue, Morton
Vinegar Street Ridley, Philip
The Lightning Thief Riordan, Rick
Spellfall Roberts, Katherine
Yankee Girl Rodman, Mary A
The Bride’s Farewell Rosoff, Meg
Vampire Plagues series Rook, Sebastian
Everything To Live For Ross, Stewart
Harry Potter series Rowling, J K
What a Week to Make a Stand Rushton, Rosie
Holes Sachar, Louis
Septimus Heap series Sage, Angie
My Swordhand is Singing Sedgewick, Marcus
The Book of Dead Days Sedgewick, Marcus
The Enchanted Island Serrallier, Ian
The Demonata Series Shan, Darren
Angel Blood Singleton, John
I Capture the Castle Smith, Dodie
Stargirl Spinelli, Jerry
Gulliver’s Travels Swift, Jonathan
The Thousand Eyes of Nights Swindells, Robert
Stone Cold Swindells, Robert
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred D
Shadowmancer Taylor, G P
The Hate You Give Thomas, Angie
Skinny Melon and Me Ure, Jean
Finding Violet Park Valentine, Jenny
Raspberries on the Yangtze Wallace, Karen
Watch Us Rise Watson, Renee and Hagen, Ellen
Mirror Dreams Webb, Catherine
Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extras Westerfield, Scott
Diary of a Confused Feminist Western, Kate
The Sword in the Stone White, T H
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Wiggin, Kate Douglas
The Happy Prince Wilde, Oscar
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray Wooding, Chris
The Swiss Family Robinson Wyss, J D
Everything, Everything Yoon, Nicola
Once Upon a Word: A Word-Origin Dictionary for Kids
(non-fiction) Zafarris, Jess
Terror Boy Zephaniah, Benjamin