Wardle’s Summer Reading Challenge
Reading has a multitude of benefits. It increases academic attainment by improving vocabulary, spelling and ideas, while decreasing stress and helping us to relax. Most of all, reading is an enjoyable activity and a wonderful way to spend your summer. These books should give you a taster into the worlds created by the amazing authors. Simply choose a book that catches your eye and start reading!
We can’t wait to hear about the many literary adventures you will have been on this summer!
Summer Reading List
KS4
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Join Sherlock in his quest for the truth.
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
The wild story of a dark romance.
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
One innocent girl; one tragic story.
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
In pursuit of his inner self, Dr Jekyll finds a monster.
Charles Dickens, Three Ghost Stories
Three encounters with the supernatural.
Jane Austen, Emma
Can Emma play cupid for those she loves? And what about her own heart?
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
One man’s disturbing journey through the Congo jungle.
Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
A key text from the gothic genre.
Graham Greene, Brighton Rock
A gripping thriller centred on gang warfare.
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go
The lives of students in a skewed version of contemporary England.
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
A father and son’s story of survival in an apocalyptic world.
Ian Fleming, Casino Royale
Another classic James Bond adventure.
Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go
Imagine you’re the only boy in a town of men. And you can hear everything they think. And they can hear everything you think.
Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
A terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening.
Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch
The life of one man and his love of football.
KS3
Lauren Child – Look Into My Eyes (Ruby Redfort series)
Frank Cottrell Boyce – Millions, Framed, Cosmic
Siobhan Dowd – The London Eye Mystery
Charlie Higson – Silverfin (Young James Bond series)
Anthony Horowitz – Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series)
Andrew Lane – Young Sherlock Holmes Series
Sophie McKenzie – Girl, Missing, The Medusa Project (series)
Phillip Pullman – The Ruby in the Smoke
Louis Sachar – Holes, Small Steps
Marcus Sedgwick – She Is Not Invisible, Blood Red, Snow White
Robin Stevens – Murder Most Unladylike
Lauren St John – Dead Man’s Cove
Susan Hill – The Woman in Black
Stephanie Meyer – Twilight (series)
Edgar Allen Poe – Selected Short Stories
Carrie Ryan – Forest of Hands and Teeth (series)
Mary Shelley – Frankenstein
Bram Stoker – Dracula
John Wyndham – Day of the Triffids
