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Category>>Reading Programme>>Secondary Two
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The Rope Ladder |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Nigel Richardson |
| Mungo's world falls apart when his dad falls ill and dies. Grieving and angry at his loss, his life is further disrupted by his mother's decision to leave the family home .... |
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Not the End of the World |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Geraldine McCaughrean |
| This compelling and at times very frightening story is beautifully written as ever by Geraldine McCaughrean, who is the first author to win the Whitbread Children's Book Award three times |
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Unique |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Alison Allen-Gray |
| Dominic has always been a disappointment to his ambitious father, but he has never understood why. Then he discovers that he had an older brother who died before he was born.... |
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Viking Girl |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Pauline Chandler |
| This is an epic, powerful and moving adventure story of one girl's quest for freedom – for herself and for her people. |
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NWS: Beowulf The Dragonslayer |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Hrothgar the king prays that his people will be freed from the Death-Shadow that fills their nights with horror. Then a warrior arrives, with the strength of thirty men and the courage of more, ready to fight the fearsome wolf-man, Grendel. |
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NWS: Blood Pressure |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Alan Gibbons |
| Its realistic portrayal of teenagers and growing up makes this an unputdownable personal drama. |
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NWS: Carrie's War |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Nina Bawden |
| An emotional book that is hard to put down from this much-loved children's author. War, courage, family and bullying. |
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NWS: Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Scott O'Dell |
| This is a gripping and humane Robinson Crusoe story of an Indian girl and her brother abandoned in 1835 on a lonely rocky island off the Californian coast. A true story about the last inhabitants of the island of the blue dolphins. |
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NWS: Red Sky In The Morning |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Elizabeth Laird |
| Anna is a happy girl whose cares and concerns are those of any teenager - until her brother, Ben, is born physically and mentally handicapped. Although Anna loves Ben she is afraid of what her friends will say at school and tries to hide him. The love and tenderness Ben generates gives her the strength to face up to his disability and her own issues. |
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NWS: Inventing Elliot |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Graham Gardner |
| Elliot is determined not to be bullied at his new school. He reinvents himself to be so cool that no bully will touch him. But when he joins the Guardians, a mysterious group of pupils who control the whole school, he has to decide who must be punished next. |
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NWS: Me and My Shadow |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Joan Lingard |
| When Emily realises that she is being followed, she is determined to find out who is lurking in the shadows. Coming face-to-face with the stalker, Emily soon realises that she must deal with more than she bargained for... |
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NWS: The Machine Gunners |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Robert Westall |
| A chilling and thought-provoking book about growing up in the midst of a war. War, violence, survival and fighting back. |
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NWS: Tales With A Twist |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| Edited by Louise Naylor |
| This exciting collection covers topics such as horror, science-fiction, sport, the supernatural, mystery and computers. |
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NWS: Treasure Island |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by R.L. Stevenson |
| Literature for life New and impressive illustrations by William Stobbs recapture the spirit of the most popular of all adventure stories. |
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NWS: Village by the Sea |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Anita Desai |
| Lila is thirteen and her brother Hari only twelve, yet, as the eldest children of a poor family in India, it is they who have to cope when their parents cannot support them. Hari leaves the village to find work in Bombay, while Lila looks after her sisters and sick mother... |
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NWS: Yellowcake Conspiracy |
| Ages: 11-14 |
| by Stephen Davies |
| When the director of a uranium mine is murdered, fourteen-year-old Haroun embarks on a mission to track down his killers. He discovers somebody is trading in 'yellowcake', a key component of nuclear bombs. Can Haroun stop the deadly material falling into the wrong hands? ... |
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NWS: From Here to There |
| Ages:11-16+ |
| Edited by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore |
Themes: Dangerous Journeys, The Great Outdoors, Cities, Root and Strange Lands |
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NWS: Brave New Words |
| Ages:11-14 |
| Edited by Sam Custance |
| Brave New Words is a fabulous collection of texts by many of the nation's favourite children's writers. |
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NWS: Thoughtlines |
| Ages:11-16+ |
| Edited by Michelle Paule |
| These challenging fiction and non-fiction texts stretch and extend more able students. The collection includes activities that focus on thinking skills and higher order concepts, in line with the National Literacy Strategy approach to Gifted and Talented Students. |
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NWS: From the Four Corners |
| Ages:11-14 |
| Edited by Mike Royston |
| This collection makes multicultural fiction accessible and relevant to Key Stage 3 students by pairing each Western story with a story from another country, culture or literary tradition. |
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