Middle School Reading List

Title	Author
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen	Alan Garner
Heard it in the Playground	Allan Ahlberg
Woof!	Allan Ahlberg
Aquila	Andrew Norriss
The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff	Andy Seed
Black Beauty	Anna Sewell
Bill's New Frock	Anne Fine
The Diary of a Young Girl	Anne Frank
I Know What You Did Last Wednesday	Anthony Horowitz
Granny	Anthony Horowitz
The Other Side of Truth	Beverley Naidoo
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	C. S. Lewis
Tug of War	Catherine Forde
SilverFin	Charlie Higson
The Factory Made Boy	Christine Nöslinger
Twelve Minutes to Midnight	Christopher Edge
Absolutely Everything!	Christopher Lloyd
The What on Earth? Wallbook Timeline of Big History	Christopher Lloyd
What on Earth? Wallbook Timeline of Nature	Christopher Lloyd
Stig of the Dump	Clive King
Dragon Rider	Cornelia Funke
Skellig	David Almond
The Breadwinner	Deborah Ellis
Minders	Diana Hendry
The Sheep-Pig	Dick King-Smith
The Crowstarver	Dick King-Smith
The Hundred and One Dalmatians	Dodie Smith
The Railway Children	E. Nesbit
The Phoenix and the Carpet	E. Nesbit
Charlotte’s Web	E.B. White
The Garbage King	Elizabeth Laird
Oranges In No Man's Land	Elizabeth Laird
Illegal	Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl	Eoin Colfer
Emil and the Detectives	Erich Kästner
Dial a Ghost	Eva Ibbotson
Framed	Frank Cottrell Boyce
The Viewer	Gary Crew
The Clock Tower Ghost	Gene Kemp
Cue for Treason	Geoffrey Trease
Wolf	Gillian Cross
The Demon Headmaster	Gillian Cross
Wild is the Wind	Grahame Baker-Smith
Peter in Peril	Helen Bate
Moondial	Helen Cresswell
The Silver Sword	Ian Serraillier
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone	J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix	J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	J. K. Rowling
Peter Pan	J.M. Barrie
The Hobbit	J.R.R. Tolkien
The Call of the Wild	Jack London
The Wheel of Surya	Jamila Gavin
Fruit and Nutcase	Jean Ure
The Wonder Garden	Jenny Broom and Kristjana S. Williams
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase	Joan Aiken
Across the Barricades	Joan Lingard
Heidi	Johanna Spyri
Laughter is an Egg	John Agard
The Box of Delights	John Masefield
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit	Judith Kerr
Superfudge	Judy Blume
Raspberries on the Yangtze	Karen Wallace
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane	Kate DiCamillo
The Wolf Wilder	Katherine Rundell
The Seeing Stone	Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Girl of Ink and Stars	Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Island at the End of Everything	Kiran Millwood Hargrave
A Boy Called Hope	Lara Williamson
A Series of Unfortunate Events	Lemony Snicket
The Goldfish Boy	Lisa Thompson
Holes	Louis Sachar
The Indian in the Cupboard	Lynne Reid Banks
Beetle Boy	M.G. Leonard
A Wrinkle in Time	Madeleine L'Engle
Tell Me No Lies	Malorie Blackman
Pig Heart Boy	Malorie Blackman
Hacker	Malorie Blackman
My Swordhand Is Singing	Marcus Sedgwick
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain
The Book Thief	Markus Zusak
The Borrowers	Mary Norton
Who Let the Gods Out?	Maz Evans
King of the Cloud Forests	Michael Morpurgo
Why the Whales Came	Michael Morpurgo
From Hereabout Hill	Michael Morpurgo
The Butterfly Lion	Michael Morpurgo
Private Peaceful	Michael Morpurgo
Kensuke's Kingdom	Michael Morpurgo
War Horse	Michael Morpurgo
Goodnight Mister Tom	Michelle Magorian
Wolf Brother	Michelle Paver
The Ultimate Alphabet	Mike Wilks
Once	Morris Gleitzman
The Graveyard Book	Neil Gaiman
A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair	Nicholas Fisk
Carrie's War	Nina Bawden
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm	Norman Hunter
The Boy at the Back of the Class	Onjali Q. Rauf
Raptor	Paul Zindel
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	Penelope Lively
Cogheart	Peter Bunzl
The Weathermonger	Peter Dickinson
Awful End	Philip Ardagh
The Amber Spyglass	Philip Pullman
Northern Lights	Philip Pullman
Clockwork	Philip Pullman
The Scarecrow and his Servant	Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife	Philip Pullman
Krindlekrax	Philip Ridley
Scribbleboy	Philip Ridley
Boy in the Tower	Polly Ho-Yen
Wonder	R.J. Palacio
Some Places More Than Others	Renée Watson
Watership Down	Richard Adams
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief	Rick Riordan
Danny, the Champion of the World	Roald Dahl
Boy and Going Solo	Roald Dahl
The Witches	Roald Dahl
Stone Cold	Robert Swindells
Abomination	Robert Swindells
Blitzcat	Robert Westall
The Machine Gunners	Robert Westall
The Eagle of the Ninth	Rosemary Sutcliff
The Nowhere Emporium	Ross MacKenzie
Time Travelling with a Hamster	Ross Welford
The Mouse and His Child	Russell Hoban
SeaBEAN	Sarah Holding
Eren	Simon P. Clark
The Violet Veil Mysteries	Sophie Cleverly
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾	Sue Townsend
What Katy Did	Susan Coolidge
The Dark is Rising	Susan Cooper
The Hunger Games	Suzanne Collins
The Sword in the Stone	T. H. White
The Iron Man	Ted Hughes
The Cay	Theodore Taylor
Malamander	Thomas Taylor
Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure	Vashti Hardy
Lionboy	Zizou Corder