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READING LISTS

At Sir Thomas Wharton Academy, we are believers that "every teacher is a teacher of reading". 

  

 

YEAR 7 - TERM 2

Because you studied myths and legends Top picks for lovers of this genre The best that has been written
  • The Usborne Book of Myths and Legends
  • Earth Heroes
  • Beasts of Olympus
  • The Illustrated Book of Myths
  • Mythology - Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
  • Percy Jackson
  • Goddess Girls
  • A Visitors Guide to Ancient Greece
  • Norse Mythology
  • The Girl of Ink and Stars
  • Doll Bones
  • Searching for Dragons
  • Falling Out of the Sky
  • Orpheus Girl
  • Children of Blood and Bone
  • Who Let the Gods Out?
  • Oh My Gods
  • The 1000 Year Old Boy
  • The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
  • Eragon
  • The Hobbit
  • The Penelopiad
  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon
  • Where the World Ends
  • Circe
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Northern Lights

 

 YEAR 8 - TERM 2

Because you read a collection of short stories Top picks for lovers of this genre The best that has been written
  • A Simple Heart
  • The Tell-tale Heart
  • Smoke and Mirrors
  • The Cask of Amontillado
  • The Necklace and Other Stories
  • The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allen Poe
  • The Hitch-hiker and Other Short Stories
  • The Monkey's Paw 
  • What If?
  • Amazing Stories for Young Believers
  • All Summer in a Day
  • The Chaser
  • Short Story Unit - Ruthless
  • The Art of Short Stories Vol. 1
  • A New Windmill Book of Very Short Stories
  • Unbearable
  • The Gift of the Magi
  • The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
  • The Lottery
  • To Build a Fire
  • The Lady with the Dog
  • That Glimpse of Truth
  • Comic Short Stories
  • A Dark Brown Dog

 

 YEAR 9 - TERM 2

Because you red Hamlet Top picks for lovers of this genre The best that has been written
  • Nut Shell
  • Bold and Brave Women from Shakespeare
  • Ophelia Thinks Harder
  • A Very Expensive Poison
  • To Be or Not To Be
  • The Power of Myth
  • 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare's Sonnets
  • Death by Shakespeare
  • The Fault in Our Stars
  • Death of a Salesman
  • A Monster Calls
  • Troy
  • Before I Die
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • West Side Story
  • King Lear
  • All the Bright Places
  • Oedipus Rex
  • Chasing the Stars
  • Wise Children
  • Brave New World
  • Shylock is My Name
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • New Boy
  • The Dead Fathers' Club
  • Watch Us Rise
 

year 10 - term 2

Because you read an inspector calls Top picks for lovers of this genre The best that has been written
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • One of Us is Lying
  • Paper Towns
  • Good Girl, Bad Blood
  • Miss. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  • Heroes
  • There's Someone Inside Your House
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • Miss Marple - The Case of the Perfect Maid
  • Jackpot - All Bets Are Off
  • The Night is Darkening Around Me
  • Noughts and Crosses
  • Dear Martin
  • Girl, Missing
  • Educating Rita
  • The Duchess of Malfi
  • The Hate U Give
  • The Book Thief
  • Blood Brothers
  • Animal Farm
  • Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
  • Jane Eyre
  • 1984

 

year 11 - term 2

Because you read an Inspector Calls and Macbeth Top picks for lovers of this genre The best that has been written
  • Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
  • One of Us is Lying
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • A Thousand Acres
  • Miss. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  • Heroes
  • The Weird Sisters
  • Highland Queen
  • DNA
  • Miss Marple - The Case of the Perfect Maid
  • Jackpot - All Bets Are Off
  • The Night is Darkening Around Me
  • These Witches Don't Burn
  • Dear Martin
  • Girl, Missing
  • Educating Rita
  • The Duchess of Malfi
  • The Hate U Give
  • Frankenstein: The 1818 Test
  • Blood Brothers
  • Animal Farm
  • Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
  • Jane Eyre
  • 1984

 

 

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