Oundle School
English
Junior Reading List
These are lists of novels which the department recommends for your private reading. The list is by no means complete, but we hope that you enjoy what is here.
If you would like to recommend novels, please email Mr Hipperson (tph@oundleschool.org.uk).
Click on a category below to take you to the relevant list.
Fantasy
General
Social Realism
History
Mystery
Fantasy
Christopher Paolini Eragon
Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief
Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant
Trudi Canavan The Magician’s Guild
Edith Pattou North Child
MG Harris Invisible City
Cathy Cassidy Lucky Star
Michelle Paver Outcast
Philip Pullman Northern Lights
Charlie Fletcher Iron Hand
Sally Gardner I, Coriander
Eva Ibbotson Song For Summer
William Nicholson Wind on Fire Trilogy
Paul Steward and Chris Riddell The Edge Chronicles
Holly Black The Spiderwick Chronicles
John Connelly The Book of Lost Things
Erin Hunter The Warrior Cats Series
Darren Shan Lord Loss
Trudi Canavan The Magician’s Guild
James Riordan Percy Jackson (Librarian’s recommendation)
Gabrielle Zevin Elsewhere (Librarian’s recommendation)
Rhiannon Lassiter Bad Blood (Librarian’s recommendation)
General
Hilary McKay Saffy’s AngelSue Townsend Adrian Mole
Dodie Smith I Capture The Castle
Sally Grindley Spilled Water
Frances Usher Tell Alice
Alice Kuipers Life on the Refrigerator Door
Louis Sachar There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom
Chris Ryan Flash Flood
Stephen Baxter The H-Bomb Girl (Librarian’s recommendation)
Social Realism
Jaclyn Moriarty Feeling Sorry for CeliaRanda Abdel-Fattah Does My Head Look Big in This?
Sarah Dessen Someone Like You
John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Deborah Ellis Parvana’s Journey
Anthony McGowan Henry Tumour (Librarian’s recommendation)
Jenny Valentine Finding Violet Park (Librarian’s recommendation)
History
Linda Press Wulf The Night of the BurningSally Gardner The Red Necklace
Judith Kerr When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Michael Morpurgo Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea
Penelope Farmer Charlotte Sometimes
Siobhan Dowd Bog Child (Librarian’s recommendation)
Sally Gardner The Red Necklace (Librarian’s recommendation)
Meg Rosoff What I Was (Librarian’s recommendation)
Mystery
Charmian Hussey The Valley of SecretsSophie McKenzie Girl, Missing and Running for her Life
Agatha Christie And Then There Were None
Theresa Breslin The Medici Seal
Anthony Horowitz Stormbreaker
Cornelia Funke The Thief Lord
Julia Golding The Diamond of Drury Lane (Librarian’s recommendation)