The MYP students 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 the students read and report about to the Language and Literature assistants. To complete the English reading badge, students must read 10 books (4 for the obligatory reading requirement and 6 from the reading badge list or their own choice) by 31 May 2027.
Reading List
6M**
- John Bellairs: The House with a Clock in its Walls
- Luc Besson: Arthur and the Minimoys
- John Boyne: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl
- Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
- Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers
- Michael Ende: The Neverending Story
- Cornelia Funke: Inkheart
- Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book
- Hannah Gold: The Last Bear
- Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows
- John Grisham: Theodore Boone – Kid Lawyer
- Anthony Horowitz: Alex Rider – Stormbreaker
- Anthony Horowitz: Raven’s Gate
- Ursula Le Guin: A Wizard of Earthsea
- Madeleine L’Engle: A Wrinkle in Time
- C. S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Jack London: White Fang
- Michael Morpurgo: War horse
- Katherine Paterson: Bridge to Terabithia
- Terry Pratchett: Witches Abroad
- Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island
- Jack Thorne: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
- Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- H. G. Wells: The Time Machine
7M**
- Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- Leigh Bardugo: Shadow and Bone
- Holly Bourne: The Yearbook
- Ann Brashares: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- Orson Scott Card: Ender’s Game
- Cassandra Clare: City of Bones
- Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games
- Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol
- Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo
- Jeanne DuPrau: The City of Ember
- Neil Gaiman: Stardust
- William Goldman: The Princess Bride
- John Green: The Fault in our Stars
- Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (short story)
- Diana Wynne Jones: Howl’s Moving Castle
- Lois Lowry: The Giver
- Andy Mulligan: Trash
- George Orwell: Animal Farm
- Terry Pratchett: Reaper Man
- Louis Sachar: Holes
- Jonathan Stroud: The Screaming Staircase
- Sue Townsend: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole: Aged 13 ¾
- Jules Verne: Around the World in 80 Days
- Markus Zusak: The Book Thief
8M/I**
- Jay Asher: Th1rteen R3asons Why
- Holly Bourne: The Manifesto on How to be Interesting
- Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451*
- Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre
- Stephen Chbosky: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
- Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe
- Siobhan Dowd: Bog Child
- Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles (short story)
- Jamila Gavin: Coram Boy
- William Golding: Lord of the Flies*
- John Green: Turtles all the Way Down
- Nick Hornby: A Long Way Down
- Victor Hugo: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
- Holly Jackson: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
- Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird
- Karen M. McManus: One of Us Is Lying
- Walter Dean Myers: Monster
- Jason Reynolds: Long Way Down
- J. D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye
- Ruta Sepetys: Salt to the Sea*
- George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion (play)
- Sara Shepard: Pretty Little Liars
- Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray*
** Students may choose their own books to read in connection with the units as well as for the reading badge in agreement with the teacher.
* The book will arrive in the library during the course of the school year.
To complete the English reading badge, students must read 10 books (4 for the obligatory reading requirement and 6 from the reading badge list or their own choice) by 31 May 2027.