Key Stage 3
If your child needs a bit of encouragement to read, try to use their interests to engage them in books. Sporting biographies or autobiographies can be useful if your child is keen on sports or has a particular hobby. Audio books can also be a useful way to promote reading if you need to try something new. If there is nothing on this list that appeals, please feel free to email for additional suggestions – we’re always happy to talk about new books and reading.
We’ve included some ideas for reading below, but this is in no way a comprehensive list. Have a look at some of the children’s book awards to get extra ideas for reading:
The Waterstones Children’s Book Awards
Other useful sites to recommend reading books are below:
The Bound (bookshop in Whitley Bay)
Suggested Reading List
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Fiction |
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Author |
Title |
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S E Hinton |
The Outsiders |
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Louis Sacher |
Small Steps (sequel to Holes) |
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Anne Holm |
I am David |
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Suzanne Collins |
The Hunger Games Trilogy |
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Michelle Magorian |
Goodnight Mr Tom |
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Phillip Reeve |
Mortal Engines |
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Gillian Cross |
Dark Ground |
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John Green |
The Fault In Our Stars |
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Mark Haddon |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time |
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Douglas Adams |
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy |
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Patrick Ness |
A Monster Calls |
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Philip Pullman |
Northern Lights |
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Jamila Gavin |
Coram Boy |
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J. R. R. Tolkien |
Lord of The Rings |
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Gillian Cross |
Tightrope |
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Celia Rees |
Witch Child |
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Francis Hardinge |
The Lie Tree |
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Francis Hardinge |
Deeplight |
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JK Rowling |
Harry Potter Series |
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George Orwell |
Animal Farm |
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Tomi Adeyemi |
The Children of Blood and Bone |
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R J Palacio |
Wonder |
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Catherine Wilkins |
The Weird Friends Fan Club |
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Elizabeth Wein |
White Eagles |
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Anne Cassidy |
Looking for JJ |
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Sally Gardner |
Maggot Moon |
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Philip Pullman |
The Ruby in the Smoke |
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Leah Moore |
Conspiracy of Ravens |
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Taran Matharu |
Contender: The Chosen |
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More Challenging Classics |
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Author |
Title |
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Aldous Huxley |
Brave New World |
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Harper Lee |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
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William Golding |
Lord of the Flies |
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Charles Dickens |
Great Expectations |
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Charlotte Bronte |
Jane Eyre |
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Arthur Conan Doyle |
The Hound Of The Baskervilles |
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Marcus Zusak |
The Book Thief |
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Oscar Wilde |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
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Stephen Fry |
Mythos |
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Richard Adams |
Watership Down |
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Philip Pullman |
The Book of Dust |
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Non-Fiction |
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Author |
Title |
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Anne Frank |
The Diary of Anne Frank |
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Greta Thunberg |
No-one’s Too Small To Make A Difference |
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Bill Bryson |
A Short History of Nearly Everything |
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Rachel Ignotofsky |
The Incredible Ecosystems of Planet Earth |
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Malala Yousafzai |
I am Malala |
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Dorling Kindersley |
100 Women Who Made History |
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Linda Bailey & Julia Sarda |
Mary and Frankenstein |
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Rachel Ignotofsky |
Women in Science |
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Jo Nelson |
Destination: Planet Earth |
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Joe Simpson |
Touching the Void |
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Maria Ana Peixe |
Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature |
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Sangma Francis & Lisk Feng |
Everest |
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Bear Grylls |
How to Stay Alive |
New for 2022
The Collectors – Phillip Pullman
The Ghost Hunter Chronicles – Yvette Fielding
Prey Zone – Wilbur Smith
