A Year 7 book list (mostly fiction)

Recently I was asked for a short list of books to recommend to Year 7.  With the help of knowledgeable teacher librarian colleagues, the list got longer - and even more useful.  If you're looking for fiction for Year 7 students (age 11/12, first year of high school), then here are some ideas (in no particular order):

• Cynthia Voigt - Homecoming (series)
• Tim Bowler - River Boy
• Robert Cormier - Tunes for Bears to Dance To
• David Almond - Kit's Wilderness
• Tomorrow series by John Marsden
• Dragonkeeper series by Carole Wilkinson
• Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix
• Miss McAllister's ghost
• It's not all about you, Calma
• Don't call me Ishmael  and sequel
• Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
• Jacqueline Wilson books
• I Sean Williams' excellent trilogy: The Changeling, Dust Devils and Scarecrow
• Andy Griffiths books
• Morris Gleitzman books
• Paul Jennings books
• the Specky Magee series by Felice Arena
• Beast Quest series by Emily Rodda
• Too Cool series
• the My Story books (historical faction) (yes, faction) (various authors)
• Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
• Young James Bond - Silverfin etc by Charlie Higson
• SAS stuff - Chris Ryan
• Cherub series by Robert Muchamore
• Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
• anything by Matthew Reilly
• Edge Chronicles
• Michael Panckridge for sports titles
• Shorts series by Margaret Clark
• Diego, Run! Deborah Ellis - and all her other titles
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
• Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
• Maximum Ride series (James Patterson)
• Mao's Last Dancer (Cunxin Li)
• Elsewhere (Gabrielle Zevin)
• Extreme Adventure series by Justin D'Ath
• Action Sports series (Macmillan) by Ron Thomas & Joe Herran
• The Dons by Archimede Fusillo
• Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
• The Extraordinary Adventure of Alfred Kropp by Yancey
• Black Dog Gang by Robert Newton (rat plague, Sydney, 1900)
• Horrible Histories (read for fun by many kids)
• Redwall series by Brian Jacques
• Raewyn Caisley's sport fiction books
• Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
• Meg Cabot books
• Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
• Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
• John Larkin books
• Pendragon series by D.J. McHale
• Time stops for no mouse series by Michael Hoeye
• Wind Singer series by William Nicholson
• Rosemary Sutcliff books
• Mortal Engines series by Phillip Reeve
• Warriors series by Erin Hunter
• Dinosaur Knights by Michael Gerard Bauer
• Megs series (about soccer) [co-authored by Mark Schwarzer]

Cheers
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Ruth
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with many thanks to the colleagues who contributed to this list.
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