The Redmoor

The Redmoor

Read-More

The Redmoor Read-More is a list of great fiction for teenage readers, from

quick reads for those who find reading a struggle, to thrilling page-turners and

well-respected classics.

This booklet is designed to help you choose books that you will love, whatever

your ability or tastes. Below you will find some reading challenges.

Demonstrate your book-worming by completing some of these and win a

Redmoor Read-More prize...or two.

What the codes mean:

Quick Read: not many words on a page, often lots of pictures.

Teen Read: just right for 11-14 year olds who are quite confident

readers.

Keen Read: a more demanding book for accomplished readers who like

a challenge. The content, language or style may be more

suited to mature teenagers.

S* This means the book is one of a series. Look out for the others by the same author!

Read-More Rewards!

1 Book = 10 vivos 2 Books = 20 vivos

5 books = £3 Amazon voucher

8 books = Free book of your choice from the list

10 books = One free book and an Amazon voucher

20 books = Mr Coombs’ special mystery prize!

Complete a task from the following choices for each book you have read from the list to

claim your Redmoor Read-More prizes...

• Book review: (collect a sheet from the library)

• Characterisation: write a monologue or diary in the style of one of

characters.

• Cliff-hanger Moment: explain which part of the book had you desperate to

read on and why (aim for around 300 words).

• Write an extra chapter, for example ten years later or the first chapter of a

sequel.

• Write a 20 question quiz about the book.

• Imagine that tomorrow you get to meet the author or the main character.

Write a set of clever interview questions to ask him or her.

Hand in your evidence to Mrs Barnes or Mrs Groocock who will award you

the vivos or prize. Don’t forget to put your name on it!

If you like fantasy and romance (and enjoy watching Twilight, Being Human, The Vampire Diaries) try...

Evernight by Claudia Gray S*

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Siren by Patricia Rayburn

Shift by Em Bailey

Daughter of Fire and Ice by Marie-Louise Jensen

If you like fantasy stories like the Harry Potter series and Lord of the Rings try...

The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan S* (The Ranger’s Apprentice, Book

One)

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud

The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney S*

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman S*

The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis

Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver S*

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson S*

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness S*

Skellig by David Almond

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett S*

(Discworld)

Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve

If you’re keen on sport, try...

Dream On by Bali Rai

Soccer Squad Series by Bali Rai

The Fix by Sophie McKenzie

Foul Play by Tom Palmer

Over the Line by Tom Palmer

If you like stories about animals and the natural world try...

The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Harnett

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Call of the Wild by Jack London

Hero by Sam Angus

Soldier Dog by Sam Angus

Born to Run by Michael

Morpurgo

Blitzcat by Robert Westall

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

If you like your books to be funny, try...

Ratburger by David Walliams

The Boy in the Dress by D Walliams

Demon Dentist by David Walliams

Awful Auntie by David Walliams

Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans

Desirable by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Ghost Buddy by Henry Winkler and Lin

Oliver

Hank Zipzer by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

Middle School by James Patterson

Warning- Aliens Are Invading the School by Dinah Capparucci

If you’re into crime stories, James Bond-style thrillers, action and the chase try...

Trash by Andy Mulligan

Kite Identity: Soft Targets by Kate

Costelloe S*

Theodore Boon by John Grisham

S*

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

2 Die 4 by Nigel Hinton

Boy Soldier by Andy McNab S*

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz S* (Alex Rider)

Silverfin by Charlie Higson S* (Young James

Bond)

Cherub: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore S*

Bodyguard: Hostages S* by Chris Bradford

Death Cloud by Andy Lane S* (Young Sherlock Holmes)

Eagle Day (Henderson Boys Bk1) by Robert Muchamore S*

The Falcon’s Malteser by Anthony Horowitz S* (Diamond Brother Detective

Agency)

If you like an adventurous page-turner, try...

Divergent by Veronica Roth S*

Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

Wild Boy by John Lloyd

Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

Airman by Eoin Colfer

The Switch by Anthony Horowitz

Torrent! by Bernard Ashley

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

S*

Dead Man’s Cove by Lauren St John

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

Fire City by Bali Rai

Stone Cold by Robert Swindells

Enemies by Tim Bowler S* (Blade 1)

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins S*

After Tomorrow by Gillian Cross

Itch by Simon Mayo

Dear Scarlett by Fleur Hitchcock

If you like serious stories about real life, families around the world and their problems

and friendships try....

My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher

Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Wonder by R J Palacio

The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan

Cold Hands Warm Heart by Jill Wolfson

If I Stay by Gayle Foreman S*

What’s Your Problem by Bali Rai

Honour Killing by Bali Rai

Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman

Everybody Jam by Ali Lewis

The Outsiders by S E Hinton

Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls

The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger

Junk by Melvin Burgess

Blood Family by Anne Fine

Butterfly Summer by Anne Marie Conway

Face by Benjamin Zephaniah

The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo

Fight by Chris Powling

River Boy by Tim Bowler

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty

Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

If you are into science fiction and futuristic stories (and enjoy watching Dr Who,

Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Smallville) try...

The Maze Runner by James Dashner S*

Wasted by Nicola Morgan

Time Riders by Alex Scarrow

The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

Across the Universe by Beth Rivas

Leviathan by Scott Westerfield

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

One Safe Place by Tanya Unsworth

Alien by Tony Bradman

1984 by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

War of the Worlds by H G Wells

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey

If you enjoy stories about war try...

Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes

My Brother’s Keeper by Tom and Tony Bradman

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall

Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

Codename Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Postcards from No-Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers

Ghost Stadium by Tom Palmer

If you are thrilled by unsettling or horrifying stories of the supernatural

or strange try...

Close Your Pretty Eyes by Sally Nicholls

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Gone by Michael Grant S*

Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

Ghosting by Keith Gray

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Grave Dirt by E E Richardson

Thing by Chris Powling

The Scarecrows by Robert Westall

Darkside by Tim Becker S*

Pale by Chris Wooding

Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis

Stevenson

Whispers in the Graveyard by Theresa Breslin

Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan S*

The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney

Midwinter Blood by Marcus Sedgwick

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

If you are interested in how people lived, worked and died in the past

(and enjoy historical costume dramas on TV) try...

All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslin

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D Taylor

Opal Plumstead by Jacqueline Wilson

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

The Agency: A Spy in the House by Y S Lee

Plague by David Orme

S* The History Keepers: The Storm Begins by Damian Dibbin

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen

A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly

S* The History Keepers: The Storm Begins by Damian Dibbin

Boy by Roald Dahl

If you love teenage drama, girl-meets-boy stories and diaries, try...

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal

Snogging by Louise Rennison

Infinite Sky by C J Flood

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Falling Fast by Sophie McKenzie

Six Steps to a Girl by Sophie

McKenzie

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

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Go to www.goodreads.com for reader

reviews of all the books to help you make your choice!

My Read-More Record

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