The Noughts and Crosses trilogy by Malorie Blackman A Book of Love Sephy is a Cross – a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought – a ‘colourless’ member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses. The two have been friends since early...
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson If you’re looking for a book filed with the darkness of human nature, then look no further than this one. Transporting you back to Victorian London, a time of fog-filled streets, crime, corruption and...
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo Joey is a warhorse, but he wasn’t always. Once, he was a farm horse and a gentle boy named Albert was his master. Then World War I came storming through and everything changed. Albert’s father sells Joey to the army where the beautiful,...
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Includes all three novels: Northern Light, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. Northern Lights introduces Lyra, an orphan, who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra’s search for a...
Wonder by RJ Palacio You can’t blend in when you were born to stand out. My name is August. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice...
