The Kingston Academy Year 9 Reading Challenge 11 books read in a year: Bronze certificate, 15­20 books: Silver, over 20 books: Gold!

Codes: ER ­ Easy reads / Dyslexia friendly ­ these will appeal to readers who like more accessible books.

CH ­ Challenging reads ­ these will appeal to readers who like a challenge.

September ­ Teen reads; novels that feature teenage characters

‘The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 and ¾’ by Sue Townsend (ER) ‘Boy Soldier’ by Andy McNab (ER) ‘Girls out late’ by Jacqueline Wilson (ER) ‘Black Swan Green’ by David Mitchell (CH) ‘I Capture the Castle’ by Dodie Smith ‘Before I Die’ by Jenny Downham (CH) ‘Brighton Rock’ by Graham Greene (CH) ‘Empire of the Sun’ by J.G Ballard (CH) ‘Fire Colour One’ by Jenny Valentine ‘Ketchup Clouds’ by Annabel Pitcher ‘Ostrich Boys’ by Keith Grey ‘Martyn Pig’ by Kevin Brooks ‘Picture me Gone’ by Meg Rosoff ‘Every Day’ by David Levithan ‘Terror Kid’ by Benjamin Zephaniah ‘The Rest of us just live here’ by Patrick Ness ‘We were Liars’ by E Lockhart ‘My Sister lives on the Mantelpiece’ by Annabel Pitcher ‘The Trouble with Donovan Croft’ by Bernard Ashley ‘The Silent striker’ by Pete Kalu (ER)

October ­ Any award winning novel ‘Time Travelling with a Hamster’ by Ross Welford (ER)

‘There will be Lies’ by Nick Lake

‘The Art of being Normal’ by Lisa Williamson

‘Off the Page’ by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer

‘Whisper to Me’ by Nick Lake

‘Cow Girl’ by G. R Gemin

‘Blood red road’ by Moira Young

‘I’ll give you the sun’ by Jandy Nelson

‘Am I normal yet?’ by Holly Bourne

‘A Swift Pure cry’ by Siobhan Dowd (CH)

‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman

‘Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot’ by Horatio Clare (ER)

‘All the Bright Places’ by Jennifer Niven

‘An Island of our Own’ by Sally Nicholls

‘Black Rabbit Summer’ by Kevin Brooks

‘Henry Tumour’ by Anthony McGowen

‘Unique’ by Alison Allen­Grey

November ­ War Fiction ‘Code name Verity’ by Elizabeth Wein (CH) ‘Private Peaceful’ by Michael Morpurgo (ER) ‘The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips’ by Michael Morpurgo (ER) ‘Wolf by Wolf’ by Ryan Graudin ‘Hitler’s Canary’ by Sandi Toksvig ‘The Big Lie’ by Julie Mayhew ‘Spies’ by Michael Frayn (CH) ‘Stay where you are then leave’ by John Boyne ‘Annexed’ by Sharon Dogar ‘The Great War’ by Jim Kay ‘Blitzcat’ by Robert Westall ‘Respect’ by Michaela Morgan (ER) ‘The Bomber Balloon’ by Terry Deary (ER) ‘The Reluctant Time Traveller’ by Janis MacKay (ER) ‘Tilly’s Promise’ by Linda Newbery ‘Valentine Joe’ by Rebecca Stevens ‘Between Shades of Grey’ by Ruta Sepetys ‘City of Fate’ by Nicole Pierce ‘Cowards’ by Marcus Sedgwick

December ­ Horror, thriller, mystery and dystopia ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood (CH) ‘The Woman in Black’ by Susan Hill ‘Tinder’ by Sally Gardner ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy (CH) ‘Fire Girl’ by Matt Ralphs (ER) ‘Murder Most Unladylike’ series by Robin Stevens (ER) ‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater ‘The Stuff of Nightmares’ by Malorie Blackman ‘The Enemy’ by Charlie Higson ‘Six Days’ by Philip Webb ‘Young Bond: Shoot to Kill’ by Steve Cole ‘Ruby Redfort’ by Lauren Child (ER) ‘End Game’ by Alan Gibbons ‘Close your pretty eyes’ by Sally Nicholls ‘1984’ by George Orwell (CH) ‘Bloodtide’ by Melvin Burgess ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (CH) ‘Envy’ by Gregg Olsen

January ­ Nonfiction books OR Graphic novels Nonfiction books: ‘The Third Chimpanzee’ by Jared Diamond ­ An exploration of what makes us human ‘Among the Hoods: My years with a Teenage Gang’ by Harriet Sergeant ‘The Reason I jump’ by Naoki Higashida ­ An exploration of Autism ‘A Time Traveller’s Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything’ by Ian Flitcroft ­ Big questions in Science ‘Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World’ by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick ‘Unheard Voice’ by Malorie Blackman ­ Writings about Slavery ‘Book’ by John Agard ­ A History of books and reading ‘Mind your Head’ by Juno Dawson ­ Mental Health issues for young people ‘Game of Thrones: The ultimate character description guide’ (not pictured) ‘The Complete Philosophy Files’ by Stephen Law ‘My Own Story’ by Emmeline Pankhurst ‘The Amazing Book is not on Fire’ by Dan Howell and Phil Lester

Graphic novels: ‘Dark Satanic Mills’ by Marcus Sedgwick ‘The Savage’ by David Almond ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ Graphic novel by Arthur Conan Doyle ‘The Amulet of Samarkand: A Bartimaeus Graphic Novel’ by Jonathan Stroud ‘Chopsticks’ by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ by Brian Lee O’Halley ‘Romeo and Juliet ­ Manga Shakespeare’ by Sonia Leong and William Shakespeare ‘Kick Ass’ Graphic Novel by Mark Millar ‘The Horror of the Heights’ by Anthony Masters

February ­ Classics; books that have stood the test of time

‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte (CH) ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ adapted by Michael Morpurgo ‘Flowers for Algernon’ by Daniel Keyes ‘I am David’ by Anne Holm (ER) ‘Monster Slayer’ by Brian Patten (ER) ‘Brother in the Land’ by Robert Swindells (ER) ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne (ER) ‘The Day of the Triffids’ by John Wyndham ‘The Owl Service’ by Alan Garner ‘The 39 Steps’ by Russell Punter (Usborne Young reader) ‘The Three Musketeers’ by Alexandre Dumas (CH) ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury (CH) ‘Thank you Jeeves’ by P.G Wodehouse ‘Kiss Kiss’ by Roald Dahl ‘The Chocolate War’ by Robert Cormier (ER) ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck ‘A series of unfortunate events’ by Lemony Snicket

March ­ Books made into films or a TV series ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams

‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan (CH)

‘Bend it like Beckham’ by Narinder Dhami (ER)

‘Oliver Twist’ by Charles Dickens

‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness

‘The BFG’ by Roald Dahl (ER)

‘Anna Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy (CH)

‘The Scorch Trial’ by James Dashner

‘Allegiant’ by Veronica Roth

‘Paper Towns’ by John Green

‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief’ by Rick Riordan (ER)

‘How to train your Dragon’ by Cressida Cowell (ER)

‘My Family and other Animals’ by Gerald Durrell

‘A Room with a View’ by E. M Forster (CH)

April and May Historical fiction and fiction from other cultures

‘A Nest of Vipers’ by Catherine Johnson (ER) ­ 18th century London

‘Dodger’ by Terry Pratchett ­ Victorian London

‘India Dark’ by Kirsty Murray ­ 1909 Melbourne

‘Out of Shadows’ by Jason Wallace ­ 1960s South Africa

‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D Salinger ­ 1960s America (CH)

‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald ­ 1920s America (CH)

‘The Things we did for love’ by Natasha Farrant ­ 1940s France

‘Artichoke Hearts’ by Sita Brahmachari

‘The Breadwinner’ by Deborah Ellis ­ Set in Afghanistan

‘Blood Donors’ by Steve Tasane

‘Now is the time for Running’ by Michael Williams ­ Set in Zimbabwe

‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ by Khaled Hosseini ­ Set in Afghanistan

‘Aftershock’ by Bernard Ashley

‘We can be Heroes’ by Catherine Bruton

‘Boy Kills Man’ by Matt Whyman ­ Set in Colombia

June and July ­ Adventure stories ‘Stone Rider’ by David Hofmyer

‘Monster Hunter’ by Max Helsing (ER)

‘Carve the Mark’ by Veronica Roth

‘Kook’ by Chris Vick

‘Ned’s Circus of Marvels’ by Justin Fisher

‘The Trials of Apollo’ by Rick Riordan

‘Half Lost’ by Sally Gardner

‘Chasing the Stars’ by Malorie Blackman

‘Young Houdini’ by Simon Nicholson

‘Swallows and Amazons’ by Arthur Ransome

‘Outcasts’ by David Grimstone

‘Game on’ by Bali Rai (ER)