Library Reading List
Mr Russell the school Librarian has produced a reading list aimed at S4-S6 pupils from a number of different genres.
- Harper Lee – To catch a mockingbird (Theme- racisim)
- Malorie Blackman- Noughts and crosses (Theme- love/racism)
- Holly Bourne- Am I normal yet (Theme- Mental well-being)
- JD Salinger- Catcher in the Rye (Theme- Mental-wellbeing/ school)
- Wm Shakespeare- Othello, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (Theme- Love/romance/jelousy)
- George Orwell- Nineteen eighty- four (Theme- Dystopian vision of future)
- Jesse Andrews- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl- (Friendship)
- Becky Albertelli- Yes, no, maybe so- (Theme- Friendship)
- JoJo Moyes- Me before you- (Theme- Love/letting go)
- Gayle Forman- Just one day- (Theme- Heartbreak)
- Paula Hawkins- The girl on the train- (Theme- Psychological thriller)
- JRR Tolkein- The hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy-Fantasy adventure/ quest)
- Ross Welford- The kid who came from space (Theme- Family/friendship/ interstellar adventure)
- Nick Hornby- Fever Pitch- (Theme- For all football history fans)
- Khaled Hosseini- The kite runner- (Coming of age in Afghanistan)
- Nicholas Sparks- Dear John- (Theme- Love)
- Bram Stoker- Dracula- (Theme- Gothic)
- Bernard Maclaverty- Cal (Theme- Scottish doomed love affair)
- Val McDermid- Trick of the dark (Detective)
- Charles Dickens- Oliver Twist/ Tale of two cities (Victorian history)
- Philip Pullman- Northern Lights- (Theme- Dystopian)
- Dan Brown- The Da Vinci code- (Theme- Art history and detective)
- Pat Barker- Regeneration- (Theme- World War 1)
- Frank Cottrell-Boyce- Runaway Robot- (Science Fiction)
- Sir Alex Ferguson- Leading- (Theme- Winning in leadership)
- Nelson Mandela- Long walk to freedom- (Racism/ leading/management)
- Jodie Picoult- My sister’s keeper- (Theme- Genetics)
- Jack Halpean- Nightfall- (Theme- Dystopian)
- Michelle Obama- Becoming Michelle Obama- (Theme- Leadership)
- Agatha Christie- Murder on the Orient Express- (Theme- Crime)
- RL Stevenson- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde- (Theme- Personality disorders)