Year 8

Discover the latest fiction titles suitable for ages 12+, featuring bestselling authors and engaging stories that will captivate older readers. These books are perfect for topping up any secondary school library, offering a diverse range of exciting and thought-provoking stories. Whether you’re looking to expand your collection or provide students with the best in contemporary fiction, these titles are sure to inspire and motivate students to read more. A must-have for any school library catering to young adults!

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Year 8 Reading For Pleasure Collection | 23 Books

These 23 carefully selected books for Year 8 have been created into this easily purchasable pack for your convenience. All of the titles are tested for Accelerated Reader and include all the quiz information you will need on a handy label inside ...

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Getting Away With It

Taut, gritty thriller from the phenomenally successful author of Looking for JJ and Finding Jennifer Jones. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+ They thought the joyride would be a bit of a laugh. They ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.1
Points Value : 1.0
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Black Brother, Black Brother

Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at his school, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the 'Black Brother', Donte's teachers and ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.4
Points Value : 4.0
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Seven Million Sunflowers

Escaping war is only half the battle as the Kovalenko family swap Ukrainian dangers for life with a British family. 15-year-old Kateryno and her family live in Kharkiv. Their lives are shattered when on February 24th 2022 the Russian army invades....

ATOS Book Level : 3.7
Points Value : 6.0
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Keep It Together, Keiko Carter

Seventh grade is supposed to be a game changer. And Keiko thinks she's got it covered, especially with Audrey and Jenna by her side to shop for a new look, pick out a prime lunch spot, and even hit up that cute new bubble tea place after ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.8
Points Value : 7.0
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Then

In Then - Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War - Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp, unless ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.8
Points Value : 5.0
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Know My Place

A teenager’s longing for family and a place to call home is poignantly portrayed in this heartfelt and ultimately uplifting story of life in the foster-care system. A teenager’s longing for family and a place to call home is poignantly ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.8
Points Value : 3.0
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Now

Sometimes facing the past is the bravest act of all... ONCE I didn't know about my grandfather Felix's scary childhood. THEN I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda. NOW I understand why Felix does the things he does. ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.0
Points Value : 4.0
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Kerb Stain Boys

A sharp, witty and heartfelt tale of the ups and downs of teenage life from multi-award-winning Alex Wheatle. Life on the Crongton estate can be rough for Briggy. Dad's lost his job, Mum's working so hard to make ends meet, and big brother ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.0
Points Value : 3.0
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Maybe

It's 1946. The war is over and Europe lies in ruins. Fourteen year old Felix dreams of finding happiness elsewhere. When he's offered the chance to go to Australia, he seizes the opportunity. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn't ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Points Value : 6.0
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Soon

Soon is the 4th powerfully moving addition to Morris Gleitzman's bestselling Second World War series about Felix and Zelda. The war has officially ended, but the streets are still a battleground - for food, for shelter, for protection. Felix is ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Points Value : 5.0
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After

After is the third shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's Second World War series. After The Nazis took my parents I was scared After They killed my best friend I was angry After They ruined my thirteenth ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Points Value : 6.0
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Stone Robbers

No wonder Rico hates his Mayan culture. His dad died fighting to keep the old ways. Now Rico and his sister Delfina must scratch a living selling clothes in San Pedro market. But it's hard when swindlers like Enzo try to cheat them. Rico means to ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 1
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Splinters Of Sunshine

I pick up the envelope . . . As I rip down the sides, there's loads of paper bursting out; stuck on flowers, dandelions, roses . . . Spey recently received two surprises. The first: his ex-prisoner dad turning up unannounced, and the second: a ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 10.0
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Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai

When Jenna Sakai gets dumped over winter break, it confirms what she learned from her parents' messy divorce: Relationships are risky and only lead to disappointment. So even though she still has to see her ex-boyfriend Elliott at newspaper club, ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 7.0
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Code Name Kingfisher

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time story of bravery, betrayal and daring defiance. A story that will change Liv and her family forever… Holland, 1942. The world is at war and as...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 10.0
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The Climbers

In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies and reality of life growing up in a small town. Sully is the best climber in the village. He can scale the Twisted Sister’s ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 2
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The Way Of Dog

Scruffity is born into a harsh, grey world. What he yearns for most is Family. But no one wants him. Just as his chances of adoption grow thin, Scruffity is set free by a boy as unwanted as he is. He learns how to run, to dig, to howl and, biggest...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 3.0
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Elsewhere

Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are beautiful. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick and you can't get older. In Elsewhere, death is only the beginning . Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 9.0
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Crossover

12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They’re kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their father used to be a champion player and they each want nothing more than to follow in his footsteps. Both on...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 2.0
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Rebound

It's 1988. Charlie Bell is still mourning his father, and struggling to figure out how he feels for his best (girl) friend, CJ. When he gets into trouble one too many times, he's packed off to stay with his grandparents for the summer. There his ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 4.0
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The Humiliations Of Welton Blake

Welton Blake has done it! He's asked out Carmella McKenzie ‐ the best-looking girl in school ‐ and she's only gone and said yes! But just as he thinks his luck is starting to change, Welton's phone breaks, kick‐starting a series of ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 3.0
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Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did)

Six fun facts about PENNY and TATE: 1. They've known each other their whole lives 2. Their moms are best friends 3. They are DEFINITELY NOT friends 4. They keep almost kissing 5. They don't talk about it 6. Thanks to their moms, they're ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 11.0
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What Magic Is This?

Sophia, Mia and Alexis are clinging on to a spark of hope that maybe – just maybe – they're special. But could they really be witches with the power to cast life-changing spells? When the three friends gather to cheer up heartbroken Sophia, ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 3.0
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Geek Girl

“My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.” Harriet Manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a “jiffy” lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per day. She knows that bats always turn left when ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 9.0
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