Year 8 recommended reading list for children aged 12-13
A selection of reading books to challenge and interest Year 8 pupils – aged 12-13 – in KS3 secondary schools. Authors include Michael Morpurgo and Anne Fine.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Madame Doubtfire
The Tulip Touch
Flour Babies
The Diary of a Killer Cat (The Killer Cat, #1)
Bill’s New Frock
Blood Family
Charm School
Goggle-Eyes
Bad Dreams
The Return of the Killer Cat (The Killer Cat, #2)
Up on Cloud Nine
Telling Liddy
Step by Wicked Step
The Devil Walks
How To Write Really Badly
The Road of Bones
The Angel Of Nitshill Road
Crummy Mummy and Me
The Book of the Banshee
The Granny Project
‘The Chicken Gave It to Me’
The Killjoy
The More the Merrier
The Killer Cat Strikes Back (The Killer Cat, #3)
Raking The Ashes
Fly in the Ointment
Our Precious Lulu
In Cold Domain
Notso Hotso
The Killer Cat’s Birthday Bash (The Killer Cat, #4)
A selection of reading books to challenge and interest Year 8 pupils – aged 12-13 – in KS3 secondary schools. Authors include Michael Morpurgo and Anne Fine.
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