| :: Year 9 Reading Challenge :: Bronze :: Silver :: Gold :: Tasks :: |
The Year 9 fiction categories / genres are:
• Classics
• Crime & thrillers
• Humour
• Multi Cultural
• Science Fiction
• Own Choice - only for Silver and Gold |
| In recognition of the SATs demands, students only have to read 5 fiction books for their Bronze Level - 1 title from each of the named genres. If they progress to Silver or Gold, it reverts to 10, including 5 own choice. |
| The chosen books should be from the TR or Adult fiction sections. |
| :: Bronze Level :: 5 TR or AF titles |
| Classics |
Multi-cultural |
* Jane Austen
J G Ballard: Empire of the Sun
* Emily Bronte
* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Daphne Du Maurier
William Golding
* Thomas Hardy
* = Abridged versions = 1 stamp.
Unabridged versions = 1 Classic stamp + 1 stamp in Own
Choice. |
Narinder Dhami
Deborah Ellis
Jamila Gavin
Gayle Hicyilmaz
Beverly Naidoo
Bali Rai
'Things Fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe
'The Birchbark House' by L Eldrich
'Girl Named Disaster' by N Farmer
'Caught in the Crossfire' by Alan Gibbons
'To Kill a Mocking Bird' by Harper Lee
'Lost for Words' by Elizabeth Lutzier
'Black Angels' by Rita Murphy
'Ways of Sunlight' by Sam Selvon
'Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry' by Mildred Taylor
'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker |
| Crime & Thrillers |
David Belbin
Melvin Burgess
Michael Coleman
Ian Fleming
Alan Gibbons
Keith Gray
Charlie Higson
Anthony Horowitz: Alex Ryder series
Robert Muchamore
Malcolm Rose
Alex Shearer
Eleanor Updale: Montmorency series |
| Humour |
Science Fiction |
Roald Dahl Short Stories
Louise Rennison
Anthony McGowan
Spike Milligan
Jamie Rix
Sue Townsend |
Douglas Adams
Isaac Asimov
J G Ballard: Drowned World
Malorie Blackman: Noughts & Crosses series
Ray Bradbury
Dr Who series
James Patterson: Maximum Ride series
* Mary Shelley
* Jules Verne
* HG Wells
Scott Westerfield: Uglies series
* John Wyndham |
| :: Silver
Level :: Read 10 TR or Adult fiction books |
| Classics |
Crime & Thrillers |
Humour |
* Jane Austen
J G Ballard: Empire of the Sun
Daphne Du Maurier
William Golding
Graham Greene
* Thomas Hardy
* Herman Melville
George Orwell: Animal Farm
* = Abridged versions = 1 stamp.
Unabridged versions = 1 Classic stamp + 1 stamp in Own Choice.
|
Melvin Burgess
Ian Fleming
Alan Gibbons
Keith Gray
Charlie Higson
Robert Muchamore
Malcolm Rose
Eleanor Updale: Montmorency series |
Roald Dahl Short Stories
Carl Hiaason
Spike Milligan
Terry Pratchett
Sue Townsend |
| Multi-cultural |
Science Fiction |
Own Choice |
Narinder Dhami
Deborah Ellis
Jamila Gavin
Gayle Hicyilmaz
Bali Rai
Caught in the Crossfire
by Alan Gibbons
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Lost for Words by Elizabeth Lutzier
Ways of Sunlight by Sam Selvon
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
The Color Purple by Alice Walker |
Douglas Adams
Isaac Asimov
J G Ballard: Drowned World
Malori Blackman: Noughts & Crosses series
Ray Bradbury
George Orwell: 1984
* Jules Verne
* HG Wells
Scott Westerfield: Uglies series
* John Wyndham |
Any 5 TR or Adult Fiction authors. |
| :: Gold Level :: Read 10 TR or Adult fiction books |
| Classics |
Crime & Thrillers |
Humour |
J G Ballard: Empire of the Sun
Daphne Du Maurier
William Golding
Graham Greene
Herman Melville
Edgar Allen Poe
Unabridged versions only at this level
|
Melvin Burgess
Ian Fleming
Alan Gibbons
Keith Gray
Charlie Higson
Robert Muchamore
Malcolm Rose
Eleanor Updale: Montmorency series |
Roald Dahl Short Stories
Carl Hiaason
Spike Milligan
Terry Pratchett
Sue Townsend |
| Multi-cultural |
Science Fiction |
Own Choice |
Narinder Dhami
Deborah Ellis
Jamila Gavin
Gayle Hicyilmaz
Bali Rai
Caught in the Crossfire
by Alan Gibbons
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Lost for Words by Elizabeth Lutzier
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
The Color Purple by Alice Walker |
Douglas Adams
Isaac Asimov
J G Ballard: Drowned World
Malori Blackman: Noughts & Crosses series
Ray Bradbury
George Orwell: 1984
Jules Verne
HG Wells
John Wyndham |
Any 5 TR or Adult Fiction authors. |
