Year 7
- A Place called Perfect (series), by Helena Duggan
- The Bone Sparrow, by Zana Fraillon
- Cogheart (series), by Peter Bunzl
- The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
- Framed, by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- The Garden of Lost Secrets, by A M Howell
- The Goldfish Boy, by Lisa Thompson
- The Island at the End of Everything, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Northern Lights (series), by Philip Pullman
- Skullduggery Pleasant (series), by Derek Landy
Year 8
- Coram Boy, by Jamila Gavin
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
- The House with Chicken Legs, by Sophie Anderson
- The Hunger Games (series), by Suzanne Collins
- I am Malala, by Malala Yousafszai
- Lord of the Flies, by William Goulding
- The Murderer’s Ape, by Jakob Wegelius
- Northern Lights (series), by Philip Pullman
- Time travelling with a Hamster, by Ross Welford
- Watership Down, Richard Adams
Year 9
- Alpha – Abidjan to Gare du Nord, by Bessora & Barroux
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
- The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak
- Chaos Walking trilogy, by Patrick Ness
- City of Bones (series), by Cassandra Clare
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
- Ketchup Clouds, by Annabelle Pitcher
- Noughts & Crosses (series), by Malorie Blackman
- Revolution is not a Dinner Party, by Ying Chang Compestine
- The Witch’s Kiss (series), by Katharine & Elizabeth Corr
Year 10
- 13 Minutes, Sarah Pinborough
- Henderson’s Boys (series), by Robert Muchamore
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell
- Orangeboy, by Patrice Lawrence
- Paper Avalanche, Lisa Williamson
- Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
- The Fault in our Stars, John Green
- The Hate You Give, by Angie Thomas
- We Are All Made of Molecules, Susin Nielsen
Year 11
- The Art of being Normal, by Lisa Williamson
- The Boy with the Top Knot, by Sathnam Sanghera
- Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulkes
- Dune (Trilogy), by Frank Herbert
- Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
- Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterley
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
- Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys
- Survivor, by Tom Hoyle
- The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
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