Reading Canon
| Text 1 | Text 2 | Text 3 | |
| Year 7 |
‘Chinese Cinderella’ by Adeline Yen Mah NF/FW/BAME Free ebook: https://www.onlinereadfreebooks.com/en/Chinese-Cinderella-869768/1 Free ‘read-along’ on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR08DBdFGlI&list=PLTbgOecMq-YnPxBpQa0OH65lcmHEwStMT |
‘A Wrinkle in Time’ – (Sci)F/FW Madeliene L’Engle PDF copy Free YouTube audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OmyNpa9o5Q |
‘Skellig’ by David Almond F/RW PDF copy Free Youtube audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWM734jVsuc |
| Key themes: Childhood; strong and powerful women and girls; fighting adversity; diversity and other cultures. | Key themes: Childhood; strong and powerful women and girls; religion/beliefs. | Key themes: Childhood; fighting adversity. | |
| Year 8 |
‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai NF/FW/BAME PDF copy with glossary in back Free audiobook on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66WhcsVuLB0&list=PLN6BEPrn-iiXMsqZaBmSsWzQ1rRW6w0-r |
‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’ by Mark Haddon F/A PDF copy Youtube audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojsRgxYgi6M |
‘Noughts and Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman F/ FW/BAME PDF copy Youtube read-a-long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZL2Y3qyv2k |
| Key themes: Childhood; strong and powerful women and girls; fighting adversity; diversity and other cultures; religion and beliefs. | Key themes: Childhood; fighting adversity. | Key themes: fighting adversity; diversity and other cultures; religion/belief. | |
| Year 9 |
‘The Book Thief’ by Marcus Zuszak F PDF copy Youtube read-along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPqX2bCT0D8&list=PLVogj8Oz1fkm81p_pT1947ZBGeZPr9eVa |
‘A Little History of the World’ by E H Gombrich NF PDF copy Free youtube audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVmZzSVH-rw |
‘The Outsiders’ by S E Hinton F/ FW PDF copy Free youtube read-along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smm14z3_Q5o&list=PLJ9mLrq28d0GNRu_REZf3YQW4v_gSmWfH |
| Key themes: Childhood; fighting adversity; religion and beliefs. | Key themes: diversity and other cultures; religion/belief. | Key themes: Childhood; fighting adversity. | |
| Year 10 |
‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas F/ FW/BAME PDF Copy Free youtube audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nre3VDT8NCw&list=PLrP2CHejikBe13XMbFwNIkcYzcwtkoJSh |
‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen F/ FW PDF copy Free YouTube read along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhxqauL9WbM |
‘Mister Pip’ by Lloyd Jones F PDF copy Some chapters available for ‘readalong’ on YouTube
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| Key themes: Childhood; strong and powerful women and girls; fighting adversity; diversity and other cultures; social justice. | Key themes: strong and powerful women and girls; religion/belief. | Key themes: fighting adversity; diversity and other cultures; social justice. | |
| Year 11 |
‘Things Fall Apart’ by Chinua Achebe F/BAME PDF copy with glossary in back Free ‘read-along’ on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8tHmt9bLKY&list=PLaBE-HI9o3_CTrL-FvIPgKZtABeB7g5eL |
‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley F/ FW PDF copy Free Youtube Read-along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmUuXtVWZb4 |
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| Key themes: diversity and other cultures; religion/belief. | Key themes: religion/belief; social justice; fighting adversity. |
Key themes: Childhood; strong and powerful women and girls; fighting adversity; diversity and other cultures; religion/belief; social justice
Key:
F = Fiction
NF = Non-fiction
FW = Female writer
BAME = Black, Asian and minority ethnic (other races and cultures)
LGBTQ+ = Gender/sexuality diverse
RW = Regional Writer
A = Ability