Great reads for years 7 & 8

Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

It’s early 1945 and a group of people trek across Germany, bound together by their desperation to reach the ship that can take them away from the war-ravaged land.

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The Private Blog of Joe Cowley: Welcome to Cringefest

Ben Davis

Joe Cowley is back! And this time it’s even more butt-clenchingly embarrassing and excruciating than before. From a ‘Grand Gesture’ involving Star Trek costumes and the school boyband, to being…

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Think Twice: Book 2

Sarah Mlynowski

The Espies are back in the smart and funny follow-up to Don’t Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski

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Finding Audrey

Sophie Kinsella

With his friendly, orange-slice smile and his funny notes, he starts to entice Audrey out again - well, Starbucks is a start. Be prepared to laugh, dream and hope with…

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The Lost Sapphire

Belinda Murrell

Marli is staying with her dad in Melbourne, and missing her friends. Then she discovers a mystery: a crumbling, abandoned mansion is to be returned to her family after ninety…

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The War of the Four Isles: Ship Kings 3

Andrew McGahan

‘The ancient mapmaker had inscribed a warning within the great empty shadow on his chart, words that echoed down to Dow from half a thousand years before…Here be whales in…

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The Dog, Ray

Linda Coggin

A charming and beautifully written adventure story about a girl and a boy, a journey and friendship. A bit of quirk, and a lot of heart.

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Ruined

Amy Tintera

Em is a princess out for revenge as she infiltrates the ruling kingdom’s royal family by pretending to be Prince Casimir’s bride in this outstanding YA high fantasy suitable for…

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The Way We Roll

Scot Gardner

Will went to private school, and Julian went to juvie. Will is running from a family secret, and Julian is running from the goat next door. The boys meet pushing…

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Riverkeep

Martin Stewart

When Fifteen-year-old Wulliam’s father is possessed by a dark spirit, Wull hears that a cure for Pappa’s illness lurks in the belly of a great sea-dwelling beast known as the…

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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

M.T. Anderson,M T Anderson

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony.

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The Last Immortal: Book 1

Alex Marlowe

A teen boy is brought back from death and joins an immortal crime-fighting squad.

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Bro

Helen Chebatte

What happens when you mix teenage boys, a fight club and ethnic rivalries? You get war. Romeo Makhlouf knows the rules. Stick with your own kind. Don’t dob on your…

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The End (The Enemy Book 7)

Charlie Higson

The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - Crazed and hungry. Sickos swarm the streets of…

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From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle

Kate De Goldi

Meet filmmaker Barney Kettle, who liked to invent stories but found a real one under his nose.

Barney Kettle knew he would be a very famous film director one day…

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Thirteen Days of Midnight: Book 1

Leo Hunt

Luke’s just inherited $6 million… And eight ghosts who want him dead. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Prize 2016.

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Magisterium: The Iron Trial

Cassandra Clare,Holly Black

From the imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping plunge into the magical unknown. Think you know magic? Think again. The Magisterium awaits .

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable…

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Boy 23

Jim Carrington

A pacy thriller for teens that follows in the tradition of Frank Cottrell Boyce’s Millions - but with a darker dash of the film Shallow Grave thrown into the mix

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Rebel of the Sands (Book 1)

Alwyn Hamilton

This phenomenal novel is the first in a trilogy packed with shooting contests, train robberies, festivals under the stars, powerful Djinni magic and an electrifying love story.

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A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness,Siobhan Dowd

An extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss.

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The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th Wave

Rick Yancey,Richard Yancey

Cassie Sullivan and her companions lived through the Others’ four waves of destruction. Now, with the human race nearly exterminated and the 5th Wave rolling across the landscape, they face…

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The 5th Wave (Book 1)

Rick Yancey

On a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs. Runs from the beings that only look human, who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, until…

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The Stars at Oktober Bend

Glenda Millard

A magnificent new novel from multi-award-winning author Glenda Millard. A story about the strength of the human spirit. Through her lyrical writing, Glenda reveals that people are always more than…

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My Sister Rosa

Justine Larbalestier

Che’s little sister Rosa is smart, talented, pretty, and so good at deception that Che’s convinced she must be a psychopath. She hasn’t hurt anyone yet, but he’s certain it’s…

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Yellow

Megan Jacobson

If fourteen-year-old Kirra is having a mid-life crisis now then it doesn’t bode well for her life expectancy. Her so-called friends bully her, whatever semblance of a mother she had…

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Great reads for years 7 & 8

Salt to the Sea

The Private Blog of Joe Cowley: Welcome to Cringefest

Think Twice: Book 2

Finding Audrey

The Lost Sapphire

The War of the Four Isles: Ship Kings 3

The Dog, Ray

Ruined

The Way We Roll

Riverkeep

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

The Last Immortal: Book 1

Bro

The End (The Enemy Book 7)

From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle

Thirteen Days of Midnight: Book 1

Magisterium: The Iron Trial

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Boy 23

Rebel of the Sands (Book 1)

A Monster Calls

The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th Wave

The 5th Wave (Book 1)

The Stars at Oktober Bend

My Sister Rosa

Yellow