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YEAR 8
HOME LEARNING
BOOKLET
SUMMER 2014
YOUR HOME LEARNING: SUMMER
Student at the Aylesbury Vale Academy will be challenged at home as well as in school to
ensure that they reach their potential. Year 8 students nationally are required to complete
between 45 minute and 90 minutes of homework every night to ensure that they make
the necessary progress.
This booklet contains your home learning tasks for the Spring Term. It provides a clear
outline of the task set, guidance of when to start it, the hand in date and the week it
should be returned to you. The tasks are varied and have an emphasis on extended study
and independent research. Teachers may set other pieces of homework from time to
time.
CORE SUBJECTS (English, Maths, Science)
Homework for English and Maths will be set on a weekly basis and recorded in the
student planner. Homework for Science will be set every two weeks, be recorded in
student planners and will be available to download from the VLE.
DT, Religious Studies and History will provide homework on a fortnightly basis details of
which can be found on the VLE.
MANAGING YOUR TIME
Each subject has set an Extended Home Learning Task that should take between three to
four hours to complete over a three week period.
We want you to become self-managers. A good self-manager can organise their time,
prioritise tasks and work to deadlines (all essential life skills). To help with this we’ve
staggered the tasks so you only have to hand in a maximum of two at any one time. The
timetable below shows exactly when each Home Learning task is to be undertaken.
YEAR 8 SUMMER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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14
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ART H M H M
GEOGRAPHY M H M
DRAMA H M
PHYSICAL EDUCATION H H
SPANISH H M H
MUSIC H M
KEY Work on your Home Learning Project during these weeks.
H: Hand in your Home Learning Project to your teacher during the lesson you have
with them this week.
M: Your Home Learning Project will normally be marked and Returned during this
week.
AYLESBURY VALE ACADEMY YEAR 8 HOME LEARNING BOOKLET SUMMER
ART
Observational Drawing- Architecture
National Curriculum Level: 3-7
By the end of this task you will have:
Created an observational study of architecture
Illustrated an effective use of tone and form
Looked at shape and detail through accurate recordings and proportions
By the end of this task you will know:
-How to look at perspective and shape
-Use tone and form within an observational drawing
How to complete this task:
Choose a building or a detailed section of architecture such as, windows of a cathedral or
archways. On A4 paper scale your drawing. Create an accurate outline first then develop the
details, patterns, shapes. Using a range of pencil tone, illustrate the light and dark areas to create
a three-dimensional form.
Keywords and phrases you could use in your work:
Observation Detail Proportion Range Architecture
Scale Tone Enlarge Building Form
Exceptional Home Learning may include:
Working from direct observation
Creating texture and tone effectively
Accurate scale and perspective of shape
Where to find help:
Search engines to research possible images
How parents/guardians can help:
helping to choose a suitable image to study
AYLESBURY VALE ACADEMY YEAR 8 HOME LEARNING BOOKLET SUMMER
GEOGRAPHY
Tectonics
National Curriculum Level: 3-7
By the end of this task you will have:
Researched a tectonic hazard of your choice
Explained what processes are taking place
Examined the impact these have on a particular place
Predicted what might happen in the future
How to complete this task:
Choose a tectonic hazard (either earthquakes or volcanoes)
Explain clearly what the hazard is that you have chosen, making sure that
you cover the causes of it as well as the effects/impacts/problems it causes
You should also include specific case studies (examples of places where it
has happened
Research potential solutions to any problems you identify and describe
ways in which your chosen issue can be improved/made better
Make sure that the solutions you explain are sustainable and that you
explain how they are sustainable
Keywords and phrases you could use in your work:
Physical
Human Earthquake Social Economic
Impact Volcano Impact Environmental Sustainable
Exceptional Home Learning may include:
Work on more than one country (perhaps comparing an LEDC to an MEDC)
or more than one hazard
How parents/guardians can help:
Help your child research either earthquakes or volcanoes to gain initial
ideas about what to write about
Help your child with their time management so they don’t leave all their
work until the last minute
YEAR 8
Home learning in History
1 Interpretations of Charles the second
2 Anglo Irish relations, 1603-1689
3 The Act of Union, 1707
4 In what ways had Britain changed between 1603 and 1750? ASSESSMENT
5-7 First long term research topic:
Were Native Americans savages and uncivilised before 1776? ASSESSMENT
8 -10 Second long term research topic
Why were there so many `Indian Wars` after 1840? ASSESSMENT
Year 8 RS Homework – reading tasks
Each week H/W will be set in class from the
topics below:
1) How symbols convey ideas, beliefs and
feelings
2) How stories are used to express truth
3) Interpret visual symbols and express your
own ideas
4) Examine the ways in which religious art is
symbolic
5) Examine the ways in which symbolic
actions are used in religion
6) Analyse how different symbols combine to
express belief
7) Assessment
AYLESBURY VALE ACADEMY YEAR 8 HOME LEARNING BOOKLET SUMMER
Year 8 drama
National Curriculum Level: 3-7
Physical theatre
By the end of this task you will have:
Identified ‘what is physical theatre?’
By the end of this task you will know:
Some of the skills used to create a physical theatre performance
How to complete this task
Produce a side of A4 extended writing, researching physical theatre. Include:-
Historical influences
Examples of groups/ company’s
What is a stimulus?
Exceptional Home Learning may include:
Examples of performance possibility’s in class, Stimulus ideas.
Where to find help:
http://www.dramaworks.co.uk/exploringphysicaltheatre.html
AYLESBURY VALE ACADEMY YEAR 8 HOME LEARNING BOOKLET SUMMER
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Playing by the Rules
National Curriculum Level: 3-7
By the end of this task you will have:
Researched the rules of your favourite sport
Created an explanation of the pitch/court markings of your favourite sport
By the end of this task you will know:
The rules and pitch sizes of your favourite sport
How to complete this task:
You are to create a booklet with a front cover saying what the sport is (with a picture). Inside the
booklet you will need to list the rules (think of duration of play, fouls, restarts, extra-time, number
of players) and then include a diagram of the pitch/court and identify the markings. Think of this
as a guide for someone who does not know the sport.
Keywords and phrases you could use in your work:
Duration Foul Play Player Numbers
Exceptional Home Learning may include:
A definition of each of the keywords
Examples of the rules being applied
Where to find help:
www.wikipedia.com www.thefa.com www.lta.com www.badmintonengland.com
www.englandhockey.co.uk www.rfu.com www.uka.co.uk
How parents/guardians can help:
Is the information clear and easy to read?
Is the diagram marked out appropriately
AYLESBURY VALE ACADEMY YEAR 8 HOME LEARNING BOOKLET SUMMER
SPANISH Year 8
La comida
National Curriculum Level: 3-6
By the end of this task you will have:
Consolidated your work on your food and drink and use all three tenses together (past/
present/ future)
By the end of this task you will know:
How to recognise the past, present and future tense and talk confidently about food and
drink
How to complete this task:
Complete each of the worksheets which follow. You do not need to complete them all at
once. Try to complete them weekly as we cover each section in lessons.
Keywords and phrases you could use in your work:
¿Qué desayunas/ meriendas/ cenas?
(What do you eat for breakfast/ lunch/
dinner)
Desayuno/ Meriendo/ Ceno…
(For breakfast I eat/ For luch I eat/ For
dinner I eat…)
generalmente/ normalmente
(generally/ normally)
¿Que quieres? (What would you
like?)
un kilo de/ dos kilos de/ medio kilo de… (a kilo of/ 2 kilos of/
half a kilo of…)
De primer plato/ De Segundo plato/ De
postra (As a starter/ main/ dessert…)
El fin de semana pasado… (Last
weekend…)
Comí/ Bebí… (I ate/ drank…)
Me gusta comer/ beber… (I like to
eat/ drink)
Nunca como/ bebo… (I never
eat/ drink…)
Exceptional Home Learning may include:
Designing your own menu for a restaurant
Using all three tenses successfully
Where to find help:
www.wordreference.com
www.atantot.co.uk (username: aylesburyvale password: 6222)
How parents/guardians can help :
Help your child to use an online or paper dictionary.
Encourage them to use dictionaries to look up individual words and avoid online
translators.
AYLESBURY VALE ACADEMY YEAR 8 HOME LEARNING BOOKLET SUMMER
La comida Complete the following worksheets to consolidate your work on holidays.
1. ¿Qué desayunas?
What do you eat for breakfast?
2. En el mercado
In the market
3. En el restaurante
In the restaurant
4. Una cena especial
A special dinner
5. ¿Qué te gusta comer?
What do you like to eat?
6. ¡Extra! 1
A healthy diet
7. ¡Extra! 2
Spanish specialities
You will find all the vocabulary you need is at the back of this section.
Remember to use it if you get stuck.
Online dictionary: www.wordreference.com
Word of warning! Do not be tempted to use an online translator such as
Google Translate. It will produce poor quality and often entirely incorrect
work. You can do better yourself!
AYLESBURY VALE ACADEMY YEAR 8 HOME LEARNING BOOKLET SUMMER
MUSIC
Indian Music
National Curriculum Level: 3-7
By the end of this task you will have:
Produced a presentation on the 3 main parts that make up Indian Music
and Identified with the main instruments used in Indian Music
By the end of this task you will know:
The difference between a Raga, Tala, and drone
What the main instruments are in Indian Music and their roles and
characteristics
How to complete this task:
Using a method of your choice- Powerpoint/word/publisher/Handwritten you are
to provide information/definitions of the 3 main parts of Indian Music.
Raga/Tala/Drone. You are then to find pictures of and describe the following
instruments. Sitar, Tabla, Tambura and Sarod
Exceptional Home Learning may include:
An extended piece of writing about Indian music using the key
terminology above as part of the research.
A piece of extension work about Bhangra music
Where to find help:
Your Teacher
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/.
SCIENCE
Science home work will be set once every two weeks and is available on The Aylesbury Vale
Academy VLE. Copies are also included in this home learning booklet. Students will use their
personalized login and password to access the homework from the VLE.
How to complete homework:
Students can answer the questions in a word document and print it or answer the questions on
lined paper. Students working from the homework booklet can write in the booklet. All homework
will be marked according to the AVA marking policy.
Homework exercises are differentiated according to ability/ learning outcomes.
KEY Work on your Home Learning Project during these weeks.
H: Hand in your Home Learning Project to your teacher during the lesson you have
with them this week.
M: Your Home Learning Project will normally be
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9J gravity and space (8a+b1) &
(8a+b3)
8H explaining the earth (8a+b2)
H M
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M
M H
9G Cleaning up (8a+b2)
9F Sculpture park (8a+b1) & (8a+b3)
H H M
9G Cleaning up (8a+b1 & 8a+b3)
9F Sculpture park (8a+b2)
H M
M
H
9H Flying materials(8a+b2)
(8a+b1 & 8a+b3)
H H M
9D Crime scene investigation
(8a+b2) (8a +b1) & (8a +b3)
H
Where to find help:
https://www.samlearning.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/
How parents/guardians can help:
Practise spelling the keywords with your child.
Help your child research definitions for the keywords.
9C: Marking Grid plants
Task objective Met?
1 Picture dictionary Know what the key words for this topic
mean
2. List of objects made
from plants – where do
they come from?
Know what we use plants for
3. Leaflet to say why
organic farming is good
Ideas about organic farming and arguments
for buying organic food
4/5/6
poster/cartoon/newspaper
about plants
Summarising your knowledge of plants and
how/why they photosynthesise to gain
energy for growth and repair.
Target :
Topic Homework –
9C: PLANTS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS (ON THE FARM)
You MUST do the first 3 tasks, and then CHOOSE one from task 4,5 and 6.
Task 1:
Make a ‘Picture Dictionary’ of the key words for the topic (given below). You should have simple, easy to
understand definitions for each word.
Photosynthesis Starch Iodine
Chloroplast Palisade cell Light
Water Sun Chlorophyll
Glucose Oxygen Biomass
Root hair cell Respiration Nitrogen
Potassium Phosphorus pesticide
Fertiliser Minerals Fertiliser
Task 2:
Make a list of everything in your house you can find that comes from PLANTS! (look at food, medicine,
furniture, etc.). You could include pictures if you were very good! Can you find out WHERE the plants
come from?
Task 3: Design a leaflet for a supermarket chain showing why ORGANIC farming is good. What problems
can artificial fertilisers and pesticides cause?
Task 4 Or Task 5 Or Task 6
Draw a poster to show what
photosynthesis is and where it
happens in a plant
Make a Cartoon strip to show
the life of a plant…
…include the jobs of the leaf,
root, stem and flower
Write a newspaper or magazine
article Called ‘The Science of
Plants’. Include pictures and
diagrams and try to explain the
main things you have learnt in this
unit.
9J topic homework – gravity and space
Task 1:
9G:
The cards show the different stages in the formation of acid rain and some of its effects.
1 Cut out the cards and arrange them on a piece of paper to form a flow chart. The shape of your flow
chart should be something like this:
2 Show your flow chart to your teacher and then stick the cards down.
3 Draw lines to join the cards.
A
Fish die in acidic lakes.
B
Acidic gases dissolve in moisture in the air.
C
Acid rain reacts with chemicals in the soil to produce poisonous compounds.
D
Nitrogen oxides are produced by car engines.
9Gb(1) Acid rain
?
• recall some of the causes and effects of acid rain.
E
The dissolved gases make rain more acidic.
F
Acid rain falls onto the land and runs into lakes and rivers.
G
Plants become unhealthy.
H
Acid rain speeds up the weathering of rocks and corrosion of metals.
I
Burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide.
J
Acid rain washes some mineral salts out of the soil.
The diagram shows a food web for a lake. The only organisms that do not live completely in the
water are the herons, the frogs and the ducks.
The lake becomes more acidic because of acid rain. This harms most of the organisms that live in the
water, including the microbes that make dead organisms decay. It does not directly harm the herons,
frogs and ducks.
1 a Which gases in the air cause acid rain?
___________________________________________________________________________
b Describe two ways in which the amounts of these gases in the air can be reduced.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2 a Why doesn’t the acid lake affect the ducks directly?
___________________________________________________________________________
9Gb(6) Pollution and food webs 1
b After a year the population of ducks living on the lake has gone down. Explain why this has
happened.
___________________________________________________________________________
3 The lake is not acidic enough to harm the perch directly. Why will the numbers of perch go down?
____________________________________________________________________________
4 Give two reasons why the population of snails in the lake would get smaller.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
5 After a year there are more dead organisms on the lake bed that have not decayed. Give two reasons
for this.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
• recall the causes of acid rain and how acid rain can be reduced
• describe some of the effects of acid rain on food webs.
The table gives information about three metals that can be used for sculptures or construction.
Look at the data and then answer the questions.
1 Which metal:
a is the most expensive? _______________________
b would be easiest to melt? _______________________
c is the most lightweight? _______________________
2 Imagine you were choosing a metal for a sculpture.
a Suggest which two properties might be most useful in helping you decide
which was the best metal to use. ______________________________,
______________________________
b Choose one of these properties and explain why it is useful. _______________________
c Suggest which property would be no use at all for helping you decide. __________________
d Explain your answer. ________________________________________________________
3 For each question, put a tick in the correct column to say whether the question can be answered by
doing scientific experiments.
Question This is a scientific question
This is not a scientific question
a Which metal is strongest?
b Which metal is most expensive?
c Which metal is most attractive?
Metal
Property aluminium copper iron
cost medium most expensive cheapest
conduction of electricity good good good
density (how heavy it is for its volume?)
low high high
melting point medium high high high
colour pale grey orange/brown grey
reaction in the atmosphere very little because a protective coating forms on the surface
slowly gets a black or green coating when it reacts
rusts in damp air unless it is painted or protected in some other way
9Fa(6) Which metal is best? 1
Name _________________________________________ Class _______________ Date _________________
d Which metal is best to use for a sculpture?
e Which metal corrodes quickest in the atmosphere?
• obtain relevant information from a table • use information to make comparisons
• identify questions that science cannot answer.
1 Bakelite™ was the first widely used synthetic polymer. It was used for many different things.
Match up the uses of Bakelite™ with the property that is important for that use.
2 Kevlar® is a polymer that is used in bullet-proof vests. Match up the properties of Kevlar® fibres with the
reasons why that property is useful.
3 Match up these sentence halves to show how composite materials work.
9Hb(1) Fantastic fibres
Name _________________________________________ Class _______________ Date _________________
electrical switches
cups
propeller
picnic plates
saucepan handles
heat insulator
stiff and strong
electrical insulator
tough, not brittle
waterproof and stiff
very strong
flexible
light
The fibres …
The matrix …
can be woven into cloth
the bullet-proof vest is light enough to wear
does not break if hit by a bullet
… keeps the material the right
shape and resists squashing forces.
… are very strong and resist pulling
forces on the material.
• match up the properties of a material with its uses
• recall what composite materials are.
9L – ‘Dam it’ topic homework
All the photographs in this worksheet are showing effects that can be explained using ideas about
particles and air pressure.
Write a short paragraph for each photo to explain what is happening. You can also add labels to
the photos if wish, or add your own diagrams.
1a) Why does a balloon get bigger if you blow into it?
What happens if you put too much air in?
b) You cannot ‘pull' water, so how can you drink through a straw?
c) The backing of this hook is made of flexible plastic. It has been pressed against the wall, not
stuck on with glue.
How does it stay on the wall?
2. label these diagrams with the correct words
a) This hammer is being used to pull out a nail.
9Lb
b) This woman is using a spade as a lever.
effort force on nail pivot
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c). The bottle opener is being used to take the lid of a bottle.
d) This machine is being used to punch holes in paper.
effort force on paper pivot
effort force on top pivot
effort force on soil pivot
3. copy this paragraph into your books and fill in the gaps: use the words in the box to help you:
The __________________ effect of a force is called a moment.
The __________________ is bigger if:
the force is __________________
the force is __________________ the pivot.
You can __________________ a moment using this formula:
moment = __________________ × distance from __________________
The __________________ for moments are newton metres (_________________).
An object is __________________ when the clockwise and anticlockwise moments are
_________________.
4. Imagine he government wanted to build a dam in Chalfont St Peter! What opinion would you
have on this?
These people have different opinions about building dams.
What do you think about their opinions?
balanced bigger calculate closer to different force further from
moment N m N/m pivot smaller the same turning unit
9Ld Dam opinions
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I know big cities need water supplies, but
why should people in the countryside
have to suffer all the inconvenience of a
dam being built just so city dwellers can
waste water in dishwashers and watering
their gardens?
It is really bad for those people who will
have to move away from their homes
Studies have shown that being in natural
surroundings, such as the countryside, is beneficial to
people's health and well-being. This reservoir will
cover a huge area that people currently use for
enjoying the countryside.
We've GOT to use renewable resources for
generating electricity, and a hydroelectric
scheme will help with this. The possible
environmental damage to the area that will
be flooded is not important compared to the
damage that will happen to ALL
environments if climate change is as bad as
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Can you imagine the amount of upheaval
caused by all those construction trucks
going through our countryside?
I've always wanted to run a sailing school
– the new reservoir will let me do this
locally! Great idea!
A lot of workers would come to the area
and stay for years. It could be really good
for my restaurant business – lots of extra
trade!
KEY STAGE 3
SUGGESTED
READING LIST
SUMMER 2014
Key Stage 3
English Department
Suggested Reading List
Extensive reading is the key to improving all aspects of your English work, and it
benefit you in other curriculum areas too. More importantly, you may be inspired,
able to relax and your imagination will flourish…
Below is a list of book, organised into sections with very brief comments about
them. This list is just a starting point – there is a wealth of good books being
published all the time. We have tried to select a variety of books so that you will
be able to find a book that you will really enjoy. You will be able to find many of
these in the library, but you may have to search a little further afield for some.
Recommend books you your friends and swap books you have enjoyed with each
other. When you have read a book you have enjoyed, look for other titles by the
same author.
Adventure
Exodus Julie Bertanga A quest for survival and a search for a new world
Hacker Malorie Blackman A computer hacking adventure
Storm Catchers Tim Bowler Kidnap and Mystery
Millions Frank Cottrell Boyce Adventure and dealing with grief
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Mark Haddon A murder mystery like no other
Silverfin Charlie Higson James Bond is back, aged 13. The original superspy
Scorpia Anthony Horowitz The M16 adventure spy series
Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson An adventure along the Amazon
Star of Kazan Eva Ibbotson A family mystery
Thunder and Lightnings
Jan Mark An adventure mystery – all about planes.
Underworld Catherine Macphail A school trip that goes wrong…
Trash Andy Mulligan Three friends find something extraordinary in the trash. From that moment on they are hunted without mercy
Windsinger William Nicholson Social hierarchy and family Love the first in the Wind on Fire trilogy (Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong)
Seeker William Nicholson First in another trilogy
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Patterson An adventure mystery
Johnny and the Bomb Terry Pratchett A time travelling adventure
Brother in the Land Robert Swindells What will happen to the earth in the event of a nuclear attack?
Classics
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte The story of a young girl’s passage to adulthood in the early nineteenth century
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson-Burnett
An adventure into a secret garden showing that people can change…
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery The first of a series of books about an orphan girl and her new life
Heidi Johanna Spyri Set in Switzerland, a story of friendship and family
Treasure Island R. L. Stevenson A pirate adventure
Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier A young woman tries to unravel the mysteries of her husband’s first wife
Fantasy
Skellig David Almond A strange man found in a garage is the start of an angelic mystery
Midget Tim Bowler Unable to speak, but powerful; family conflict
Basilisk N. M. Brown A story of two worlds
The Dark is Rising series
Susan Cooper A series of 5 books, beginning with Over Sea, Under Stone – a story of a quest
Ingo Helen Dunmore Mermaids and coping with loss
Dark Ground Gillian Cross A boy is forced to survive in a dangerous world…with a twist
Shadow of the Minotaur
Alan Gibbons A gripping, fantasy thriller – Phoenix hates his new home and the new school where he is bullied
Across the Nightingale Floor
Liam Hearn The first of a trilogy – a mystery in the Orient (Grass for his Pillow and Brilliance of the Moon)
Doomspell Cliff McNish A magical fantasy
The Snow Spider Jenny Nimmo The first of a trilogy (Emlyn’s Moon and The Chestnut Soldier) about a boy magician
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce A time travelling adventure
Northern Lights Philip Pullman A trilogy exploring authority and other worlds (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass)
Mortal Engines Philip Reeve Set in a world where moving cities trawl the globe. Tom and Hester have been thrown out of theirs
Harry Potter J. K. Rowling A series of books about the life of a wizard as he moves through Hogwarts school
Secret Songs Jane Stamp A story of love, Silkies, the sea…
Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkein A trilogy about a quest to rid the world of the power of a ring
The Dreamwalker’s Child
Steve Voake Sam Palmer is knocked off a bike and wakes in Aurobon, a parallel world where insects are used as war machines.
Mirror Dreams Catherine Webb A magical adventure with wizards
Historical
Carrie’s War Nina Bowden Evacuation and adventure during WW2
PoW Martin Booth A novel of conflict and adventure
Kezzie Theresa Breslin Mining and transportation
Remembrance Theresa Breslin The story of two families in WW1
King of Shadows Susan Cooper A time travel adventure into the work of Shakespeare
Arthur and the Seeing Stone
Kevin Crossley-Holland
The first of a trilogy set in Medieval England
The Kin Peter Dickinson A historical family adventure
Children of Winter Berlie Doherty Set in Eyan – a village isolated by the plague in the 1600s
Street Child Berlie Doherty The story behind the foundation of Dr Barnado’s children’s homes
The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank The diary of a Jewish girl in hiding during WW2
Coram Boy Jamilla Gavin Orphans, the Coram hospital, slaves…
Stars of Fortune Cynthia Harnett What happened when Elizabeth I was imprisoned by Mary I?
I Am David Ann Holm A journey from imprisonment
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Judith Kerr A humorous adventure story from WW2
The Silver Sword Ian Serraillier A journey to escape from attack during WW2
Last Train from Kummersdorf
Lesley Wilson Considers the events of the WW2 from the perspective of two young
Real Life Issues
Soundtrack Julie Bertagna Dealing with grief and loss
Pig-heart Boy Malorie Blackman Heart transplant, animal rights, life and death
Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman Racism and prejudice from a different perspective (Knife Edge and Checkmate)
Blubber Judy Blume Bullying and family issues
Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret
Judy Blume Friendships and growing up; thoughts about God and the world
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech Dealing with grief and family life, with a mystery unfolding
Refugee Boy Benjamin Zephaniah
Story of an Ethiopian boy, whose parents abandon him in London to save his life
Goggle Eyes Anne Fine Living with separated parents/divorce
Flour Babies Anne Fine Parenting and family values
Mister God, This is Anna
Fynn A conversation about life and the universe
Love Aubrey Suzanne LaFleur A young girl recovering from the tragedy of losing her father and sister in an accident
Inventing Elliot Graham Garner Bulling
The Edge Alan Gibbons A boy and his mother escape from a life of fear in an abusive relationship
Red Sky in the Morning
Elizabeth Laird The impact of having a disabled baby brother
Jake’s Tower Elizabeth Laird Step families/abuse
Girl Missing Sophie Mackenzie Lauren has always known she was adopted but is it possible she was snatch from her family at birth?
Double Image Pat Moon Coping with loss and mental health issues
Daughter Isobel Moore The life of a young girl caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s Disease
The War of Jenkins’ Ear
Michael Morpurgo Boarding school, acceptance and the question of belief
Why The Whales Came
Michael Morpurgo Dealing with death, separation, prejudice
Sisterland Linda Newbery A parallel sorry between WW2 and the present
My Sister Live On The Mantelpiece
Annabel Pitcher A young boy’s struggle to make sense of the loss that tore his family apart
Stop Pretending Sonya Sones Poems exploring the feelings of a girl whose sister suffers from mental illness
Stories from other cultures
Little Soldier Bernard Ashley Bullying, family, racism
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho A boy’s quest for the Elixir of life – lots of thinking required
Breadwinner Deborah Ellis Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban – first in a trilogy
Daughter of the Wind Suzanne Fisher-Staples
Issues facing a Muslim desert girl
Under the Persimmon Tree
Suzanne Fisher-Staples
Afghanistan under the Taliban
Lost for Words Elizabeth Lutzeier Moving to England
The Other Side of Truth
Beverley Naidoo Refugees and immigration – read the sequel – Web of Lies
Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah The life of an orphan child in China
Zlata’s Diary Zlata Filipovic A diary from war torn Eastern Europe
Thura’s Diary Thura Al-Windawi A diary from war torn Iraq
AK Peter Dickinson The story of a boy soldier
White Stranger Susan Gates How do we view the values and morals of people from different backgrounds and cultures
The Wheel of Surya Jamilla Gavin First in trilogy about life between India and UK
The Garbage King Elizabeth Laird Street children in South Africa
No Turning Back Beverley Naidoo Street children in South Africa
Motherland Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
A girl sent to India to explore the possibilities for an arranged marriage
Other authors you might like:
Mikey Brookes and Cas Pearce – The Dream Keeper Chronicles Meg Cabot Cassandra Clare Suzanne Collins Joseph Delaney Sarah Dessen Cornelia Funke Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl – Beautiful Creatures John Green Cathy Hopkins Anthony Horowitz Hilary Mckay Stephanie Meyer Louise Rennison Rick Riordan Veronica Roth Darren Shan Lemony Snicket Pet Torres Jacqueline Wilson