Indicates Review Provided by Pupils of Edlesborough School

Fantasy

Barlow, Steve – Tales of the Dark Forest series
Bosch, Pseudonymous – The Name of This Book is Secret ®
Bosch, Pseudonymous – This Book is Not Good For You ®
Bosch, Pseudonymous – If You’re Reading This it’s Too Late ®

Chancellor, Henry – The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn

Creswell, Helen – The Secret World of Polly Flint

Colfer, Eoin – Artemis Fowl series

Diamand, Emily – Flood Child
Dunmore, Helen – The Ingo series ®

Garner, Alan – Elidor

Gibbons, Alan – Warriors of the Raven

Gliori, Debra – Pure Dead Wicked

Hendry, Diana – Harvey Angell

Hunter, Erin – Warrior Cats series

Kessler, Liz – A Year Without Autumn ®
McCombie, Karen – Six Words and a Wish ®

Molloy, Mike – The Witch Trade

Nimmo, Jenny – Midnight for Charlie Bone

Phineas, Susan – The Magic Thief
Sachar, Louis – The Boy Who Lost His Face ®

Sage, Angie – Septimus Heap series

Sheldon, Dyan – The Difficult Job of Keeping Time

Stewart, Paul – The Edge Chronicles

Susan Hill – The Battle for Gullywith

History
Cross, Vince – Blitz: My Story series ®
Dowswell, Paul – The Powder Monkey

Eldridge, J – Warpath series

Golding, Julia – The Diamond of Drury Lane

Paver, Michelle – The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Skelton, Matthew – Endymion Spring
Wilding, Valerie – Bloody Tower: My Story series ®

Adventure

Corder, Zizou – Lion Boy

Funke, Cornelia – Inkheart
Harris, M. G. – The Joshua Files ®

Higson, Charlie – Young Bond series ®
Horowitz, Anthony – Alex Rider series ®
Horowitz, Anthony – South by Southeast ®

King, Donna – Slam Dunk

Laird, Elizabeth – The Garbage King,

Mitchelhill, Barbara – Storm Runners
Morpurgo, Michael – War Horse

Palmer, Tom – Foul Play series

Riordan, Rick – Percy Jackson series ®

Ryan, Chris – Alpha Force series
Sachar, Louis – Someday Angeline ®

Snicket, Lemony – A Series of Unfortunate Events

Sparkes, Ali – Shapeshifter

Shearer, Alex – The Stolen
Young, E. L. – Storm: The Death Web ®

Scary

Cross, Gillian – Wolf

Mahy, Margaret – Haunting

Swindells, Robert – Room 13 ®
Swindells, Robert – The Thousand Eyes of Night
Swindells, Robert – The Shade of Hettie Daynes
Swindells, Robert – Nightmare Stairs

Humour

Blacker, Terence – Missing, Believed Crazy

Dunbar, Fiona – The Truth Cookie

Fine, Anne – Eating Things on Sticks

Jones, Diane Wynne – Charmed Life

Ure, Jean – Fortune Cookie

Wilson, Jacqueline – Buried Alive

Family

Boyce, Frank Cottrell – The Un-Forgotten Coat

Cassidy, Cathy – Lucky Star

Dhami, Narinder – Dani’s Diary

Fine, Anne – The Charm School

Horvath, Polly – Everything on a Waffle

Ibbotson, Eva – The Journey to River Sea

Kennen, Ally – Sparks

Newbery, Linda – Nevermore

Rees, Gwyneth – The Mum Mystery

Ure, Jean – Passion Flower

Classics

Alcott, Louisa May – Little Women

Ballantyne, R.M – The Coral Island

Baum, Frank L – Wizard of Oz, The

Carroll, Lewis – Alice in Wonderland

Coolidge, Susan – What Katy Did

Dickens, Charles – Oliver Twist

Grahame, Kenneth – The Wind in the Willows

Masefield, John – Box of Delights

Spyri, Johanna – Heidi

Stevenson R.L – Treasure Island

Smith, Dodie – 101 Dalmations

Streatfield, Noel – Ballet Shoes

Travers, P.L – Mary Poppins

Twain, Mark – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

White, T.H – The Sword and the Stone

Modern Classics

Adams, Richard – Watership Down

Boston, Lucy M – The Children of Green Knowe

Fine, Anne – Madame Doubtfire

Le Guin – Wizard of Earthsea

Lively, Penelope – The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

London, Jack – White Fang

McCaughrean, Geraldine – Peter Pan in Scarlett

Other Cultures

Martin, S.I – Jupiter

Sheth, Kashmira – Boys Without Names

Williams McCaughrean, Geraldine – Tamburlaine’s Elephant

Book Reviews

provided by pupils of Edlesborough School

Young Bond series by Charlie Higson

There are five Young Bond books and are about when James Bond was a teenager. Elliot Johnson
A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler
Jenni Green is on her yearly autumn vacation when suddenly she is taken forward in time.
Can she get back and change what lies ahead? Morgan Ludlow
Six Words and a Wish by Karen McCombie
A girl and her best friend have been looking for a long lost sister, Gracie. There are many
co–incidences, they think that Gracie is closer than they thought. Morgan Ludlow
Room 13 by Robert Swindells
A little girl went to a spooky place. Her name is Fliss and she had scary dreams. Matthew Bell

A girl goes on a school trip to a spooky house. She is scared and has dreams that come true. Ciaran Taber
Pseudonymous Bosch: The Name of This Book is Secret
This Book is Not Good For You
If You’re Reading This it’s Too Late
Good fantasy/mystery/adventure stories with a difference. Esme Sage
South by Southeast, by Anthony Horowitz
Tim, the world’s worst private detective and Nick, his clever younger brother, are in
trouble again. They are penniless and wondering what to do when a mysterious man
bursts into their office and offers Tim a wad of cash. Harlee
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider is working for the MI6 (British spy service) in London and is sent on lots of
exciting adventures. Alistair Razak
The Joshua Files by M. G. Harris, series
These books are action/adventure about a boy called Joshua. Joshua wants to find out why
his dad died in an air accident – was he murdered? Ben
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
A boy who mixes with some bad boys, has a curse put on him when they rob an old woman. Ben
Someday Angeline by Louis Sachar
Angeline is 8 and a genius. Her dad does not know how to look after her. When things get too much
for her, she makes friends with a boy and a teacher. The end is exciting and happy. Amy Williams
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and his friends go on a quest to prevent wars between the gods Zeus,
Poseidon and Hades. Harlee
The Ingo series by Helen Dunmore
Sapphy and Conor live in Cornwall. Their life is perfect until their dad disappears. Then they
discover the secrets of the underwater world of Ingo and the Mer living there. Amy Williams
Storm: The Death Web by E. L. Young
A gadget packed, high adrenaline adventure and spy novel. Full of suspense. Branon
My Story series: Bloody Tower by Valerie Wilding
Blitz by Vince Cross
Very good books, historical diaries. Jazz