-Year 8 (age 12-13)
A selection of books especially selected for children in Year 8 (12 - 13 year olds) of average reading ability.
If your child is a competent reader or has read all these titles then try the books from the Year 9 list. Alternatively if these books are a little challenging try books from the Year 6 or 7 lists.
| (Un)arranged Marriage Set partly in the |
| Animal Farm Having got rid of their human master, the animals of Manor Farm look forward to a life of freedom and... |
| Blood Red, Snow White Set at the time of the Russian Revolution, the end of a centuries old dynasty, the rise of the Bolsheviks... |
| Bridge To The Stars 12 year old Joel lives with his father in the cold northern part of |
| Brother In The Land An after-the bomb story. Teenage Danny is one of the unlucky ones, a survivor, one of those who have come... |
| Brother In The Land Denny, a teenager, is one of the unlucky ones, a survivor, one of those who have come through a nuclear war alive. In plain language, he sets down all that has happened to him, what he sees, and what he feels in the first days after the bomb has dropped. This novel won The Other Award for 1984. |
| Chinese Cinderella And The Secret Dragon Society During her lonely childhood in |
| Coram Boy Otis takes babies and money off desperate mothers, promising to deliver them to the |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time A murder mystery like no other, this novel features Christopher Boone, a 15 year-old who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. When... |
| The Day Of The Triffids The triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant, they walk, they talk, they dominate the world. The narrator of... |
| The Fire-eaters Bobby's dad is mysteriously ill. His new school is a cold and cruel place. And worse: nuclear war is about... |
| Flambards Presents a novel about twelve-year-old Christina who is sent to live with her fierce uncle and his two sons in their decaying mansion, Flambards. Christina discovers a passion for horses and riding, but finds herself part of a strange household, divided by emotional undercurrents and cruelty. |
| Style Sisters Carrie has finished grieving for Danny who left a week ago to live in |
| Gatty's Tale The magnificent picaresque story of a medieval pilgrimage. Of all the characters in The Seeing Stone and At The Crossing-places,... |
| How I Live Now Daisy is sent from |
| I'm The King Of The Castle "I didn't want to come here". So says the note that Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival... |
| Just In Case What if Fate were out to get you? The day David Case saves his brother's life, his whole world changes.... |
| Just Like Tomorrow Fifteen year old Doria is in the misnamed Paradise Estate on the outskirts of |
| Mirrormask Features the story of a girl from a family of circus performers who finds herself in a strange new world... |
| Nineteen Eighty-four Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit... |
| Pickwick Papers "The Pickwick Papers" began as a literary spoof centred around sketches by caricaturist Robert Seymour. Charles Dickens was recruited to... |
| The Road Of Bones Before I was even seven, I swear I could spell ‘The Glorious Revolution’… ‘Glorious Lie, more like,’ is what Yuri’s... |
| Ruby Red In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her |
| What I Was I'd been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the... |
| Wooden Horse The author, a Royal Air Force bomber captain, was shot down over |
