Reading Canon

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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

 

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

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