Year 7 Reading Challenge

Year 7 Reading Challenge The reading challenge is a year long reading project that aims to stretch you as a reader and to encourage you to discover different authors and genres. You will read a different book each month, write short reviews in an online reading journal and be prepared to discuss your reading with a member of staff. If you read 10 books in a year you will be awarded the Bronze reading challenge certificate at the end of the school year. 11­20 books is Silver, over 20 is Gold. Special prizes will be also be available for outstanding readers! "No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender
yourself to self-chosen ignorance."​
Confucius ​
ER = Easy read CH = More challenging Choose from the following lists or choose your own book. September choices ­ Autobiography or Biography Boy by Roald Dahl (ER) / Going Solo by Roald Dahl Coming to England by Floella Benjamin In the Arms of Britannia by Floella Benjamin Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee (CH) The Diary of a young girl by Anne Frank (CH) Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton I am Malala: the girl who stood up for Education Long Walk to freedom by Nelson Mandela Touching the Void by Joe Simpson My Family and other animals by Gerald Durrell Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon story by the Brownlee brothers Beautiful by Katie Piper Race to the Pole by Ben Fogle I know why the Caged Bird sings by Maya Angelou (CH) Mud, sweat and tears by Bear Grylls (Junior Edition) Marley and me: Life & love with the World's worst dog by John Grogan Jacky Daydream and My Secret Diary: Dating, Dancing, Dreams and dilemmas by Jacqueline Wilson (ER) Such stuff by Michael Morpurgo October choices ­ award winning novels We were Liars by E Lockhart (CH) Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho Yen Split Second by Sophie Mackenzie Demon dentist by David Walliams (ER) The Child's elephant by Rachel Campbell­Johnston Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead The Wall by William Sutcliffe The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan One by Sarah Crossan Wonder by R. L Palacio A boy and a bear in a boat by Dave Shelton Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce (ER) Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford November book choices ­ war fiction Stay where you are and then leave by John Boyne Why the whales came by Michael Morpurgo (ER) War horse by Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo War Song by James Riordan The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall War Girls by various authors The trenches by Jim Eldridge The last flight by Terry Deary The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgewick (CH) Billy's blitz by Barbara Mitchelhill Over the Line by Tom Palmer (ER) Spitfire by Tom Palmer (ER) Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian December choices ­ horror and thrillers The ghost Box by Catherine Fisher The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Coraline by Neil Gaiman Thirteen chairs by Dave Shelton Spook School series by Pete Johnson (ER) Victorian horror stories ­ Mike Stocks (CH) Horowitz horror by Anthony Horowitz Skulduggery Pleasant books by Derek Landy Ghost Buddy series ­ Zero to hero by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver (ER) The house on March Lane by Michelle Briscombe Whispers in the graveyard by Theresa Breslin The Poison Boy by Fletcher Moss Goth Girl by Chris Riddell January book choices ­ trilogies and series of books Geek girl series by Holly Smale His Dark Materials series by Philip Pulman (CH) Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz Wolf Brother ­ Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling (ER) Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe trilogy by C S Lewis February book choices ­ classics Alice's Adventures by Lewis Carroll Watership Down by Richard Adams (CH) The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett Peter Pan by JM Barrie King Arthur by Roger Lancelyn Green The Borrowers by Mary Norton Stig of the Dump by Clive King Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian Classic Tales of Oscar Wilde The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (ER) The Odyssey by Homer (CH) March book choices ­ books made into films The Railway Children by E Nesbit Matilda by Roald Dahl / The BFG by Roald Dahl (ER) The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein (CH) Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (CH) The Fault in our stars by John Green / Paper Towns by John Green The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Giver by Lois Lowry Big Game by Dan Smith (CH) Insurgent by Veronica Roth (CH) April book choices ­ different cultures The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossman Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah Apache by Tanya Landman Trash by Andy Mulligan Garbage King The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce (ER) Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman The Bone Sparrow by Zana Frallion Stone Rider by David Hofmeyr (CH) May book choices ­ animal stories Animal Farm by George Orwell (CH) The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Charlotte's Web by EB White (ER) The Wind in the Willows by Graham Williams Black Beauty by Anna Sewell The Last Leopard by Lauren St John (ER) How to Look for a lost Dog by Ann M Martin (ER) The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken June and July choices ­ adventure stories Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan Young Houdini by Simon Nicholson The Glass bird girl by Esme Kerr Holes by Louis Sachar Hacker by Malorie Blackman Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Strange star by Emma Carroll "The book to read is not the one that thinks for you, but the one which makes you think"
Harper Lee
http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ http://www.theguardian.com/childrens­books­site http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/teenagers
List compiled by TKA staff