A whole host of book titles for children! #UAEreads

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We hate to say it but we are nearly half way through the summer holidays! Yikes! So if your children haven’t managed to pick out a good book yet, or have run out of titles, then here is a great list of book titles for children #UAEreads brilliantly compiled for us by Cranleigh School Abu Dhabi.

Ages 7-9+

Adam Gidwitz A Tale Dark and Grimm

Allan Ahlberg, My Brother’s Ghost (Puffin) 9+

Allan Ahlberg, The Boyhood of Burglar Bill (Puffin) 8+

Ally Kennen, Sparks (Marion Lloyd Books) 9+

Mr GumAndy Stanton, Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire (Egmont) 7+

Andy Stanton, Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout, illus. David Tazzyman (Egmont) 7+

Arthur Ransome Swallows and Amazons

Brian Jacques Redwall

Clive King Stig of the Dump

Dave Shelton, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat (David Fickling) 9+

David Almond, My Name is Mina (Hodder) 9+

David Walliams Ratburger

David Almond, The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas, illus. Oliver Jeffers (Walker), 9+

Emma Carroll The Girl Who Walked on Air

Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code

Erich Kastner Emil and the Detectives

Eva Ibbotson, The Abominables (Scholastic) 8+

Eva Ibbotson, The Ogre of Oglefort (Macmillan) 8+

Francesca Simon, The Lost Gods (Faber/Profile) 9+

Frank Cottrell Boyce Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cosmic (Macmillan) 9+

Frank Cottrell Boyce, Millions (Macmillan) 9+

Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Unforgotten Coat, photographs by Carl Hunter and Clare Heney (Walker) 9+

Gene Kemp The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler

Gill Lewis Scarlet Ibis

Ian Serraillier The Silver Sword

Joan Aiken Black Hearts in Battersea

John Masefield The Box of Delights

J.K Rowling Harry Potter Series

Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses, illus. K. G. Campbell (Walker; U.S., Candlewick) 9+

Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Seeing Stone (Orion) 9+

Linda Newbery, Lob, illustrated by Pam Smy (David Fickling) 8+

Lissa Evans, Small Change for Stuart (Doubleday) 8+

Mary Norton The Borrowers

Matt Haig Shadow Forest

Michael Morpurgo Listen to the Moon

Michelle Paver, Wolf Brother (Orion) 9+

Morris Gleitzman, Now (Puffin) 9+

Nina Bawden Carrie’s War

Rick Riordan Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Roald Dahl Matilda

Roald Dahl The Witches

Ross Montgomery Alex the Dog and the Unopenable Door

Philippa Pearce, The Little Gentleman (Puffin) 9+

Piers Torday The Dark Wild

Simon French, Where in the World (Little Hare) 9+

Toby Ibbotson Mountwood School for Ghosts

 

Ages 10+

Andy Mulligan, Return to Ribblestrop (Simon & Schuster) 10+

Ann Turnbull, No Shame, No Fear (Walker) 10+

Anthony Horrowitz Stormbreaker

Annabel Pitcher, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece (Orion) 10+

Charlie Fletcher, Stoneheart (Hodder) 10+

Christopher Russell, Brind and the Dogs of War (Puffin) 10+

C.S. Lewis The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

David Almond, The Fire Eaters (Hodder) 10+

E.B. White Charlotte’s Webb

Eva Ibbotson, Journey to the River Sea (Macmillan) 10+

Gillian Cross, After Tomorrow (Oxford), Age 10+

Henry Williamson Tarka The Otter

Jean Ure, Bad Alice (Hodder & Stoughton) 10+

Roof ToppersJill Murphy, The Worst Witch Saves the Day (Penguin) 8–11

Julie Hearn, The Merrybegot (Oxford) 10+

Katherine Rundell, Rooftoppers (Faber), Age 10+

Marcus Sedgwick, The Book of Dead Days (Orion) 10+

Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful (Collins) 10+

Michelle Magorian Goodnight Mr Tom

Michelle Paver, Ghost Hunter (Orion) 10+

Mildred D. Taylor Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

Patricia Elliott, Murkmere (Hodder) 10+

Rebecca Stead, Liar & Spy (Andersen), Age 10+

Richard O’Brien Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

F. Said, Phoenix, illus. Dave McKean(David Fickling) 10+

Sally Prue, The Truth Sayer (Oxford) 10+

Simon Mason, Moon Pie (David Fickling) 10+

Tim Wynne-Jones, The Boy in the Burning House (Groundwood Books, 2000; Usborne) 10+

Tim Wynne-Jones, The Survival Game (Usborne Publishing) 10+

 

Ages 11+

Adèle Geras, Troy (Fickling/Scholastic) 11+

Alex Shearer, The Hunted (Macmillan) 11+

Alex Shearer, The Speed of the Dark (Macmillan) 11+

Celia Rees, Witch Child (Bloomsbury) 11+

Elizabeth Laird, Jake’s Tower (Heinemann, MacMillan) 11+

Eve Garnett The Family From One End of the Street

Frances Hardinge, Fly by Night (Macmillan) 11+

Frances Hardinge, Twilight Robbery (Macmillan) 11+

Frank Cottrell Boyce, Framed (Macmillan) 11+

Gaye Hiçyilmaz, Girl in Red (Orion) 11+

Gillian Cross After Tomorrow

Gregory Hughes, Unhooking the Moon (Quercus) 11+

James Holland Duty Calls: Dunkirk

Karen Wallace, Raspberries on the Yangtze (Simon & Schuster) 11+

Kate Saunders Five Children on the Western Front

Kate Thompson, The New Policeman (Bodley Head, Doubleday) 11+

Leslie Wilson, Last Train from Kummersdorf (Faber) 11+

Michael Ende The Neverending Story

Mary Hoffman, The Falconer’s Knot (Bloomsbury) 11+

Patrick Modiano Catherine Certitude

Philip Reeve, A Darkling Plain (Scholastic) 11+

Piers Torday, The Dark Wild (Quercus), Age 11+

Robert Westall Blitzcat

Roddy Doyle Brilliant

Sita Brahmachari Artichoke Hearts

Tanya Landman, The Goldsmith’s Daughter (Walker) 11+

Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (Doubleday, Transworld) 11+

 

Ages 12+

Candy Gourlay, Shine (David Fickling) 12+

David Almond, Clay (Hodder) 12+

Lockhart, We Were Liars, (Hot Key; U.S., Delacorte) 12+

Jack Gantos, Dead End in Norvelt (Corgi) 12+

Jan Mark, Heathrow Nights (Hodder) 12+

Jenny Valentine, Finding Violet Park (HarperCollins) 12+

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (Penguin), Age 12+

The Shell HouseKevin Brooks, Lucas (Chicken House) 12+

Linda Newbery, The Shell House (David Fickling) 12+

Mal Peet, The Penalty (Walker) 12+

Marcus Sedgwick, She Is Not Invisible (Orion) 12+

Marcus Sedgwick, The Dark Horse (Orion) 12+

Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Jonathan Cape, David Fickling) 12+

Natasha Farrant, Flora in Love (Faber) 12+

Rhiannon Lassiter, Bad Blood (Oxford) 12+

Roddy Doyle, A Greyhound of a Girl (Scholastic) 12+

Saci Lloyd, Momentum (Hodder) 12+

Sally Gardner, Maggot Moon (Hot Key Books), Age 12+

Siobhan Dowd, A Swift Pure Cry (Doubleday) 12+

Sonya Hartnett, Thursday’s Child (Penguin Australia, 2000; Walker) 12+

Theresa Breslin, Prisoner of the Inquisition (Doubleday) 12+

Tim Lott, Fearless (Walker) 12+

William Sutcliffe, The Wall (Bloomsbury), Age 12+

 

Age 13+

CandyJan Mark, Useful Idiots (David Fickling) 13+

Jenny Downham, Before I Die (Definitions) 13+

Keith Gray, Malarkey (Red Fox) 13+

Keith Gray, Warehouse (Red Fox) 13+

Kevin Brooks, Candy (Chicken House) 13+

Kevin Brooks, Kissing the Rain (Chicken House) 13+

Marcus Sedgwick, White Crow (Orion) 13+

Patrick Cave, Blown Away (Simon & Schuster) 13+

Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go (Walker) 13+

Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child (David Fickling) 13+

 

Age 14+

Aidan Chambers, Dying to Know You (Bodley Head) 14+

Ally Kennen, Bullet Boys (Scholastic) 14+

Anthony McGowan, The Knife That Killed Me (Definitions) 14+

Bernard Ashley, Revenge House (Orchard)

A World Between UsBernard Beckett, Genesis (Quercus)

Beverley Naidoo, The Other Side of Truth (Puffin)

Julie Bertagna, Exodus (Macmillan)

Julie Hearn, Rowan the Strange (Oxford)

Lydia Syson, A World Between Us (Hot Key Books), Age 14+

Mal Peet, Exposure (Walker)

Marcus Sedgwick, Revolver (Orion)

Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now (Puffin) 14+

Morris Gleitzman, Then (Puffin)

Russell Hoban, Soonchild, illus. Alexis Deacon (Walker) 14+

Sally Gardner, The Silver Blade (Orion)

Siobhan Dowd, Solace of the Road (David Fickling)

Susan Cooper, Green Boy (Bodley Head)

Terry Pratchett, Nation (Doubleday)

 

And if you want more inspiration then do look at:

Love Reading 4 Kids which can give you recommendations and reviews of books from all types of genres including some ideas for classic fiction reading

The Daily Telegraph’s 100 best children’s books of all time

And Time Magazine also have 100 best children’s books

Happy reading!

Yalla Abu Dhabi