Reading List - Year 9
Top 25 books for Year 9 students to read and enjoy. A more comprehensive list can be downloaded below.
Classics
Metamorphosis by F Kafka
Animal Farm by G Orwell
In Cold Blood by T Capote
Adventure/Crime/Thriller
Martyn Pig by K Brooks
Road of the Dead by James Jauncey
Different Cultures
Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landeman (National Carnegie award Winner 2015)
The Middle of Nowhere by Geraldine McCaughrean (Carnegie award Shortlist 2015)
Refugee Boy by B Zephaniah
Shine by Candy Gourlay
Biography/Autobiography
The Color Purple by A Walker
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard
On the Edge: My Story by R Hammond
Science Fiction
Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
Death of Grass by J Christopher
Fantasy/Horror
Noble conflict by Malorie Blackman (FAB Award Shortlist 2015)
Department 19 series by Will Hill
His Dark Materials Trilogy by P Pullman
The Otori Trilogy by L Hearn
History/Current Affairs
The Book Thief by M Zusak
Girl with a Pearl Earring by T Chevalier
Boy Soldier by A Mcnab & R Rigby
General
Under her Skin by James Dawson
Dead Ends by Erin Lange (FAB Award Shortlist 2015)
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by D Adams
So Much to Tell You by J Marsden