Year 9 Booklist
YEAR 9 SUGGESTED READINGS The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a...
Must Read Other Worlds for Yrs7-9
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an...
Feel the Power! Books that feature characters with special powers!
This post is all about books whose main character(s) possesses some kind of special or supernatural power! If YOU could have a ‘special power’ what would it be and why? Tell us in the comments! The Angel experiment by James Patterson Six unforgettable kids...
Year 8 Booklist
YEAR 8 SUGGESTED READINGS Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss...
Must Read Popular Science
Galileo’s Finger by Peter Atkins In this book, Peter Atkins introduces his choice of the ten great ideas of science. He leads the reader through the emergence of the concepts, working into his narrative an illustration of the scientific method and showing how...
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