Summer Reading for 1st-3rd Year Students

Lots of time this summer to catch up with some reading! Please see below a suggested reading list for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year students.

The Diary of Anne Frank                    Anne Frank

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole       Sue Townsend

Diary of a Wimpy Kid                        Greg Heffley

Private Peaceful                                  Michael Mopurgo

Shadow                                               Michael Morpurgo

The Knife of Never Letting Go          Patrick Ness

Sabriel                                                 Garth Nix

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas         John Boyne

The Northern Lights                           Philip Pullman

Skulduggery Pleasant                         Derek Landy

Harry Potter Series                              J.K. Rowling

Alex Rider-Stormbreaker                    Anthony Horowitz

What Katy Did                                   Susan Coolidge

The Great Automatic Grammatiliser and Other Stories Roald Dahl

The BFG                                             Roald Dahl

Danny the Champion of the World    Roald Dahl

A Series of Unfortunate Events         Lemony Snicket

The ‘Cherub’ series                               Robert Muchamore

The Changeover                                  Margaret Mahy

Noughts and Crosses                          Malorie Blackman

Under the Hawthorne Tree                 Marita Conlon McKenna

Twilight                                               Stephanie Meyer

Reaching the Heights                          Peter Gunning

Ways to Live Forever                         Sally Nicholas

Holes                                                   Louis Sachar

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry           Mildred Taylor

The ‘Eragon’ series                             Christopher Paolini

City of Bones                                      Cassandra Clare

The Demon’s Covenant                      Sarah Rees Brennan

The Poison Throne                              Celine Kiernan

The ‘Moorehawke’ Trilogy                 Celine Kiernan

I am Number Four                              Pittacus Lore

Across the Nightingale Floor              Lian Hearn

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl                   Joyce Carol Oates

The Cinnamon Tree                             Aubrey Flegg

Inkheart                                               Cornelia Funke

The Alchemyst                                    Michael Scott

A Gathering Light                              Jennifer Donnelly

The Goose Girl                                    Shannon Hale

The Looking Glass Wars                     Frank Beddor

Playing Against the Odds                   Bernard Ashley

Wilderness                                          Roddy Doyle

The Hunger Games                             Susan Collins

To Kill A Mockingbird                       Harper Lee

Click                                                    Various Authors

Lion Boy                                             Zizou Corder

The Meanwhile Adventures                Roddy Doyle

Wonder                                               R.J. Palacio