WHAT TO READ NEXT?
WHAT TO READ NEXT? Looking for inspiration? Here are some great recommendations from current Hamptonians, for you to enjoy! For more ideas please visit the Hampton Bookworms page on our website: www.hamptonschool.org.uk
The Coral Island Robert Michael Ballantyne The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Lyman Frank Baum The Ghost Behind the Wall Melvin Burgess Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl The BFG Roald Dahl My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame Crowstarver Dick King-Smith White Fang Jack London The Railway Children E Nesbit The Borrowers Mary Norton Black Beauty Anna Sewell The Pearl John Steinbeck Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift Tom Sawyer Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Charlotte’s Web EB White Swiss Family Robinson Johann David Wyss READ?AUTHORBOOK CLASSICTITLE ADVENTURE‘Idobelievesomethingverymagicalcan happen when you read a good book’ - JK Rowling
Skellig David Almond Eren Simon P Clark Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer Lion Boy Zizou Corder The Letter for the King Tonke Dragt Ingo Adventures series Helen Dunmore Small Change for Stuart Lissa Evans The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke The Midnight Zoo Sonya Hartnett The Iron Man Ted Hughes Redwall series Brian Jacques Solomon’s Tale Sheila Jeffries The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe CS Lewis The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively The Nowhere Emporium Ross Mackenzie The Haunting Margaret Mahy Sabriel Garth Nix Wolf Brother Michelle Paver Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents Terry Pratchett The Shepherd’s Crown Terry Pratchett Northern Lights Philip Pullman Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone JK Rowling Lampie Annet Schaap My Swordhand is Singing READ?AUTHORBOOK ‘TheFANTASYTITLEmorethatyouread,themore things that you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go’ - Dr Seuss
The Girl Who Speaks Bear Sophie Anderson Asha and the Spirit Bird Jasbinder Bilan Just William’s Luck Richmal Crompton The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo The Bubble Boy Stewart Foster Tall Story Candy Gourlay The Boy who Biked the World Alastair Humphreys One Dog and his Boy Eva Ibbotson The Other Side of Truth Beverley Naidoo Radio Boy Christian O’Connell Wonder RJ Palacio Look Both Ways Jason Reynolds Tsunami Girl Julian Sedgwick Liar and Spy Rebecca Stead Goldfish Boy Lisa Thompson A Boy called Hope Lara Williamson When the Sky Falls Phil Earle Boy 87 Ele Fountain Once Morris Gleitzman The Skylark’s War Hilary McKay War Horse Michael Morpurgo Armistice Runner Tom Palmer The Eagle of the Ninth The Machine Gunners READ?AUTHORBOOK TITLE READ?AUTHORBOOK GROWINGTITLE UP WAR & CONFLICT‘Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body’ - Joseph Addison
Cosmic Frank Cotterell Boyce Framed Frank Cotterell Boyce Millions Frank Cotterell Boyce Superhero Street Phil Earle Wed Wabbit Lissa Evans Flour Babies Anne Fine Granny Anthony Horowitz Dragons at Crumbling Castle Terry Pratchett The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh Helen Rutter Holes Louis Sachar Mega-Mean Time Machine Francesca Simon A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket Gangsta Granny David Walliams Time Travelling with a Hamster Ross Welford The 39 Steps John Buchan Silverfin Charlie Higson Alex Rider series Anthony Horowitz Beetle Boy MG Leonard Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo Running Wild Michael Morpurgo The Explorer Katherine Rundell The Wolf Wilder Katherine Rundell READ?READ?AUTHORBOOK TITLE AUTHORBOOK THRILLERHUMOURTITLE & MYSTERY ‘Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while’ - Malorie Blackman
Empire of the Sun JG Ballard Carrie’s War Nina Bawden The Arthur Books Bernard Cornwell Last Kingdom Series Bernard Cornwell Sharpe Series Bernard Cornwell Tulku Peter Dickinson Voyage of the Sparrowhawk Natasha Farrant The Wheel of Surya Jamila Gavin Ruby Red Linzi Glass The Star of Kazan Eva Ibbotson Goodnight Mr Tom Michelle Magorian The Kite Rider Geraldine McCaughrean Why The Whales Came Michael Morpurgo All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Remarque Eagle of the Ninth Rosemary Sutcliffe The Book Thief Markus Zusak READ?AUTHORBOOK HISTORICALTITLE FICTION‘Books are uniquely portable magic’ - Stephen King
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 Brian Floca The Brontes: Children of the Moors Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom Shackleton’s Journey William Grill The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler John Hendrix The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba A Song for Will: The Lost Gardeners of Heligan Hilary Robinson Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved Mystery that Baffled All of France Mara Rockliff The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights AUTHORBOOK ‘That’sNON-FICTIONTITLEthethingaboutbooks.Theyletyoutravel without moving your feet.’ - Jhumpa Lahiri Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman Cogheart Peter Bunzl The Weathermonger Peter Dickinson The Many Worlds of Albie Bright Christopher Edge Maggot Moon Sally Gardner SeaBean Sarah Holding The Last Wild series Piers Torday Time Travelling with a Hamster Ross Welford The First Men in the Moon H G Wells The War of the Worlds H G Wells SCIENCE FICTION READ?AUTHORBOOK TITLE READ?
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