Reading Badge

MYP pupils are invited and encouraged to read more than just the prescribed literature for lessons. The librarians and language teachers prepare a list of recommended age-appropriate books for the reading badge, which students read and report about to the Language and Literature assistants. If they read 5 books per year they are awarded with a bronze reading badge, if they read 8 books with a silver, and a golden reading badge is awareded to those who read 10 books. Half of the read books must be from the reading list. The reporting for the reading badge concludes on the 30 May, 2025.

Reading List

6M

  1. Palacio, R.J.: Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories
  2. Montgomery, L. M.: Anne of Green Gables
  3. Lai, T.: Inside Out & Back Again (poetry)
  4. Thorne, J.: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
  5. Aesopus: Aesop’s Fables (London: Penguin Books, 1996)
  6. Blumenthal, K.: Steve Jobs – The Man Who Thought Different
  7. Evanier, M.: Kirby – King of Comics
  8. Nadal, R.: Rafa
  9. Bryant, K.: The Mamba Mentality – How I Play
  10. Felton, T.: Beyond the Wand – The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
  11. Kamkwamba, W.: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
  12. Denenberg, B.: Nelson Mandela – No Easy Walk to Freedom
  13. Parks, R.: My Story
  14. Dahl, R.: Going Solo
  15. Dahl, R.: Rhyme Stew (poetry)
  16. Taplin, S.: The Usborne Book of Poetry (poetry)
  17. London, J.: White Fang
  18. Carroll, L.: Through the Looking-Glass
  19. Stevenson, R. L.: Treasure Island
  20. Dickens, C.: Oliver Twist
  21. Twain, M.: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  22. Dumas, A.: The Three Musketeers
  23. Wells, H. G.: The Time Machine (10-14)
  24. The Arabian Nights (London: Bloomsbury, 1994)
  25. Irving, W.: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (short story)
  26. Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (novella) https://www.yorku.ca/inpar/sggk_neilson.pdf
  27. Paterson, K.: Bridge to Terabithia
  28. L’Engle, M.: A Wrinkle in Time
  29. Le Guin, U.: A Wizard of Earthsea
  30. Funke, C.: Inkheart
  31. Besson, L.: Arthur and the Minimoys
  32. Pullman, P.: Northern Lights
  33. DuPrau, J.: The City of Ember
  34. Ende, M.: The Neverending Story
  35. Adams, D.: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  36. Horowitz, A.: Raven’s Gate
  37. Horowitz, A.: Alex Rider – Stormbreaker
  38. Colfer, E.: Artemis Fowl
  39. Grisham, J.: Theodore Boone – Kid Lawyer
  40. Gaiman, N.: The Graveyard Book
  41. Pratchett, T.: Witches Abroad

NON-FICTION BOOKS:

Rybol, H.E.: Culture Shock – A Practical Guide

Jenkins, J.: Introducing Moral Issues

Middleton, H.: Roald Dahl

Woodward, K.: What Would She Do?

Steinbergh, J. W.: Reading and Writing Poetry

7M/I
  1. Frank, A.: The Diary of a Young Girl
  2. Zusak, M.: The Book Thief
  3. Boyne, J.: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
  4. Dronfield, J.: Fritz and Kurt
  5. Blackman, M.: Noughts & Crosses
  6. Ramée, L. M.: A Good Kind of Trouble
  7. Thomas, A.: The Hate U Give
  8. Glass, L.: Ruby Red
  9. Twain, M.: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  10. Alexie, S.: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
  11. Palacio, R. J.: White Bird (graphic novel)
  12. Hinton, S. E.: The Outsiders
  13. Cho, K.: Wicked Fox
  14. Keller, T.: When You Trap a Tiger
  15. Riordan, R.: Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer
  16. Riordan, R.: The Red Pyramid
  17. Riordan, R.: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
  18. Roanhorse, R.: Race to the Sun
  19. Ihimaera, W.: The Whale Rider
  20. Lewis, C. S.: The Chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  21. Tolkien, J. R. R.: The Hobbit
  22. Ness, P.: A Monster Calls
  23. Gaiman, N.: Norse Mythology
  24. Fry, S.: Mythos
  25. Lovecraft, H. P.: The Call of Cthulhu (short story) https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx
  26. Verne, J.: Around the World in 80 Days
  27. Kipling, R.: The Jungle Book
  28. Burnett, F. H.: The Secret Garden
  29. Dickens, C.: A Christmas Carol
  30. Dumas, A.: The Count of Monte Cristo
  31. Doyle, A. C.: The Hound of the Baskervilles (short story)
  32. Sachar, L.: Holes
  33. Haddon, M.: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
  34. Townsend, S.: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole: Aged 13 ¾
  35. Brashares, A.: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
  36. Green, J.: The Fault in our Stars
  37. Bardugo, L.: Shadow and Bone
  38. Card, O. S.: Ender’s Game
  39. Goldman, W.: The Princess Bride
  40. Paolini, C.: Eragon
  41. Clare, C.: City of Bones
  42. Gaiman, N.: Stardust
  43. Pratchett, T.: Reaper Man

NON-FICTION BOOKS:

Bingham, J.: Racism and prejudice: Why is it wrong?

Medina, S.: Bullying: Why does it happen?

Martell, H. M.: The Kingfisher Book of the Ancient World

Deary, T.: The Ruthless Romans

McCarthy, T.: Multicultural Myths and Legends

Canham, E.: Let’s Look at Adverts

8M/I
  1. Shakespeare, W.: Sonnets (poetry)
  2. Shakespeare, W.: Romeo and Juliet (play)    
  3. Shakespeare, W.: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (play)
  4. Abdel-Fattah, R.: Does my Head Look Big in This?
  5. Yousafzai, M.: I am Malala
  6. Hosseini, K.: A Thousand Splendid Suns
  7. Geda, F.: In the Sea There are Crocodiles
  8. Weeks, S. and Varadarajan, G.: Save Me a Seat
  9. Nicholson, W.: The Wind Singer
  10. Reeve, P.: Mortal Engines
  11. Ness, P.: The Knife of Never Letting Go
  12. Pratchett, T.: Guards! Guards!
  13. Gaiman, N.: Neverwhere
  14. Bardugo, L.: Six of Crows
  15. King, S.: The Dark Tower – The Gunslinger
  16. Shelley, M.: Frankenstein
  17. Verne, J.: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
  18. Lowry, L.: The Giver
  19. Riggs, R.: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (graphic novel)
  20. Poe, E. A.: Tales of Terror and Detection (short stories)
  21. Stevenson, R. L.: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (novella)
  22. Lovecraft, H. P.: Short Stories
  23. Collins, S.: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
  24. Dashner, J.: The Maze Runner
  25. Ishiguro, K.: Never Let Me Go
  26. Cixin, L.: The Three-Body Problem
  27. Herbert, F.: Dune
  28. Crichton, M.: Jurassic Park
  29. Shaw, G. B.: Pygmalion (play)
  30. Defoe, D.: Robinson Crusoe
  31. Fitzgerald, F. S.: The Great Gatsby
  32. Salinger, J. D.: The Catcher in the Rye
  33. Alcott, L. M.: Little Women
  34. Lee, H.: To Kill a Mockingbird
  35. Austen, J.: Pride and Prejudice
  36. Hugo, V.: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
  37. Christie, A.: Murder on the Orient Express
  38. Green, J.: Turtles all the Way Down
  39. Chbosky, S.: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  40. Asher, J.: Th1rteen R3asons Why
  41. Shepard, S.: Pretty Little Liars
  42. McManus, K. M.: One of Us Is Lying
  43. Hornby, N.: A Long Way Down
  44. Backman, F.: Beartown

NON-FICTION BOOKS:

Claybourne, A.: The World of Shakespeare

Lewis, B. A.: The Teen Guide to Global Action: How to Connect with Others (near & far) to Create Social Change?

Crystal, D.: English as a Global Language    http://culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/pdf/research/books/nation_branding/English_As_A_Global_Language_-_David_Crystal.pdf

SCREENPLAYS:

Walsh, F., Boyens, P., Jackson. P.: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (screenplay)

http://www.fempiror.com/otherscripts/LordoftheRings1-FOTR.pdf

Seitz, H: I, Robot (screenplay) https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/irobot.pdf

Rice, A.: Interview with the Vampire (screenplay) https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Interview_Vampire.pdf

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