Sunday 7 June 2009

What should I be reading in Year 7?

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle


Amid the foggy streets of sinister London and the even more sinister countryside, Holmes and Watson once more solve the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 20/02/2006

Book Of Everything
Guus Kuijer


Thomas Klopper sees things that no one else can see: fish swimming in the canal, sparrows playing trumpets and frogs...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2007

The Chocolate War
Robert Cormier


Every year, Trinity School runs a chocolate sale. Each boy volunteers to sell a quota of boxes. But this year...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 30/08/2001

Crusade
Elizabeth Laird


When Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2008

Eagle Strike
Anthony Horowitz


Reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is relaxing in the south of France until a sudden, ruthless attack on his hosts...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2005

Eragon
Christopher Paolini


When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2005

Father Brown Stories
G K Chesterton


A collection of seven tales taken from the "Father Brown" books. Father Brown's cherubic face and unworldly simplicity, his glasses...
Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 27/11/1997

Flour Babies
Anne Fine


When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get the soap factory, or the maggot farm,...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 07/04/1994

Fly By Night
Frances Hardinge


As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of civil war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old orphan and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2006

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Douglas Adams


Losing your planet isn't the end of the world...the movie tie-in edition of Douglas Adams's perennially popular novel, with exclusive...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2005

The Hobbit
J R R Tolkien


Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life. Then, one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 02/11/1998

Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo


Michael's parents buy a yacht, and take him off to sail round the world. Washed overboard in a fierce storm,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/10/2005

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson


"Two sailors dragged me back from the side of the ship, and then a thunderbolt seemed to strike me on...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/07/2006

The London Eye Mystery
Siobhan Dowd


When Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye, he turned and waved before getting...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2008

Mistress Masham's Repose
T H , Eichenburg, Fritz White


Maria is a ten-year-old orphan girl, growing up in her crumbling ancestral home, under the authority of a cold guardian...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/05/2000

Moonfleet
F K , Falkner, J Meade Exell


Young John Trenchard gets involved in the smuggling trade in the Dorset coastal village of Moonfleet. Forced to flee England...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 25/08/1994

My Family And Other Animals
Gerald Durrell


Sometimes it's pretty hard to tell them apart. With snakes in the bath and scorpions on the lunch table, our...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 03/08/2006

Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times
L Brittney


The Spymaster General has formed an intelligence network to ensure that England remains the mightiest super-power. He is always looking...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2007

Playing With Fire
Henning Mankell


Sofia lost her legs and her sister in a landmine accident, but now she's growing up and is ready to...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 10/09/2002

Refugee Boy
Benjamin Zephaniah


Alem, the product of an Ethiopean father and Eritrean mother, is left alone in London, his fate resting in the...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 28/08/2001

Set In Stone
Linda Newbery


When Samuel Godwin, an art tutor, accepts a job with the Farrow family at Fourwinds, little does he expect to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/01/2007

The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson


Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash...
Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 26/01/2006

The White Darkness
Geraldine Mccaughrean


When she is taken on a mystery expedition by her eccentric uncle Victor, Sym can't believe her luck. Destination Antarctica...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2006

Witch Child
Celia Rees


When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hung for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 04/06/2001