Some Recommended Reads for Year 10
Life
Does My Head Look Big in This? - Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Boys Don’t Cry—Malorie Blackman
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series—Ann Brashares
The 10pm Question—Kate de Goldi
The Truth About Forever and other books by Sarah Dessen
Bend it Like Beckham—Narinder Dhami
Before I Die—Jenny Downham
Looking for Alaska—John Green
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time—Mark Haddon
Saving Francesca—Melina Marchetta
Destroying Avalon—Kate McCaffrey
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist—Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
My Sister’s Keeper—Jodi Picoult
Other Cultures
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian—Sherman Alexie
Mao’s Last Dancer—Li Cunxin
Persepolis (graphic novel) - Marjane Satrapi
Guantanamo Boy—Anna Perera
Fantasy
The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy— Douglas Adams
Noughts and Crosses series—Malorie Blackman
August—Bernard Beckett
City of Ashes series—Cassandra Clare
The Owl Service—Alan Garner
Gone series—Michael Grant
City of Masks series—Mary Hoffman
I Am Number Four series—Pittacus Lore
Pretty Monsters (short stories) - Kelly Link
Tomorrow series— John Marsden
Life of Pi—Yann Martel
Dystopia
How I Live Now—Meg Rosoff
The Hunger Games—Suzanne Collins
Matched—Allie Condie
The Knife of Never Letting Go series—Patrick Ness
Uglies trilogy—Scott Westerfeld
The Chemical Garden trilogy—Lauren de Stefano
Ashes trilogy—Ilsa Bick
Classics
Rebecca—Daphne du Maruier
Lord of the Flies—William Golding
To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper Lee
1984—George Orwell
The Scarlet Pimpernel—Baroness Orczy
Harp in the South—Ruth Park
Love in a Cold Climate—Nancy Mitford
Fahrenheit 451—Ray Bradley
Historical
Oracle—Jackie French
Act of Faith—Kelly Gardiner
India Dark—Kirsty Murray
The Book Thief—Marcus Zusak
The Red Necklace—Sally Gardner
Chains—Laurie Halse Anderson
Revolution—Jennifer Donnelly
1793— Laurie Halse Anderson
A Respectable Girl—Fleur Beale
Detective/Thriller/Spy/Mystery
The Body at the Tower—Y S Lee
Cherub series—Robert Muchamore
Gallagher Girl series—Ally Carter
A Gathering Light—Jennifer Donnelly
Maximum Ride series—James Patterson
Into the Dark - Peter Abraham
Romance
Delirium—Lauren Oliver
The Fault in Our Stars—John Green
Vampire Diaries—L J Smith
New
The Star Outside My Window Onjali Q. Rauf
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson
The Girl Who Became A Tree by Joseph Coelho
On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
Some Recommended Reads for Year 10
Life
Does My Head Look Big in This? - Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Boys Don’t Cry—Malorie Blackman
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series—Ann Brashares
The 10pm Question—Kate de Goldi
The Truth About Forever and other books by Sarah Dessen
Bend it Like Beckham—Narinder Dhami
Before I Die—Jenny Downham
Looking for Alaska—John Green
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time—Mark Haddon
Saving Francesca—Melina Marchetta
Destroying Avalon—Kate McCaffrey
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist—Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
My Sister’s Keeper—Jodi Picoult
Other Cultures
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian—Sherman Alexie
Mao’s Last Dancer—Li Cunxin
Persepolis (graphic novel) - Marjane Satrapi
Guantanamo Boy—Anna Perera
Fantasy
The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy— Douglas Adams
Noughts and Crosses series—Malorie Blackman
August—Bernard Beckett
City of Ashes series—Cassandra Clare
The Owl Service—Alan Garner
Gone series—Michael Grant
City of Masks series—Mary Hoffman
I Am Number Four series—Pittacus Lore
Pretty Monsters (short stories) - Kelly Link
Tomorrow series— John Marsden
Life of Pi—Yann Martel
Dystopia
How I Live Now—Meg Rosoff
The Hunger Games—Suzanne Collins
Matched—Allie Condie
The Knife of Never Letting Go series—Patrick Ness
Uglies trilogy—Scott Westerfeld
The Chemical Garden trilogy—Lauren de Stefano
Ashes trilogy—Ilsa Bick
Classics
Rebecca—Daphne du Maruier
Lord of the Flies—William Golding
To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper Lee
1984—George Orwell
The Scarlet Pimpernel—Baroness Orczy
Harp in the South—Ruth Park
Love in a Cold Climate—Nancy Mitford
Fahrenheit 451—Ray Bradley
Historical
Oracle—Jackie French
Act of Faith—Kelly Gardiner
India Dark—Kirsty Murray
The Book Thief—Marcus Zusak
The Red Necklace—Sally Gardner
Chains—Laurie Halse Anderson
Revolution—Jennifer Donnelly
1793— Laurie Halse Anderson
A Respectable Girl—Fleur Beale
Detective/Thriller/Spy/Mystery
The Body at the Tower—Y S Lee
Cherub series—Robert Muchamore
Gallagher Girl series—Ally Carter
A Gathering Light—Jennifer Donnelly
Maximum Ride series—James Patterson
Into the Dark - Peter Abraham
Romance
Delirium—Lauren Oliver
The Fault in Our Stars—John Green
Vampire Diaries—L J Smith
New
The Star Outside My Window Onjali Q. Rauf
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson
The Girl Who Became A Tree by Joseph Coelho
On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk