Fiction Books For Year 8

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Runaways

Jamie and July are both eleven-year-olds living in London - but they have very different lives. They meet for the first time at Waterloo Station in the last week of the holidays. They are both desperate to get away from home. July is really worried ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Freedom

Nathaniel doesn’t want to move to England with his master’s family, leaving behind his mother and sister on the Jamaican plantation. But then he remembers what his mother told him: once a slave sets foot on English soil, they’re free. ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 4.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Furthermoor

The real world is a hostile place for twelve-year-old Bren, his schooldays stalked by vicious bully, Shaun, and his family life fractured at home. Ever since his sister Evie died in an accident, Bren's only safe space is Furthermoor, an imagined ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Virus

In Gamer, Scott escaped Virtual Kombat – the all-too-real virtual reality game in which Vince Power risks the lives of street kids for profit. Scott's now on the run and comes across a gang of techno-hackers who share his wish to destroy VK. ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 2.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Fazbear Frights #4 Step Closer

From twisted toys to gut-wrenching games, this collection of terrifying tales is unsettling enough to mess with even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans. In this volume, horror master Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.6
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

The Foundation

When keen gamer Ivy Finch is sent to the Ash Tree Foundation after an online encounter turns dangerous, all she can think about is getting through the internet-safety course her parents have signed her up for and going back to her life. Until she ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.6
Points Value : 3.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Pike

Nicky and Kenny return in Pike as a fishing expedition nosedives into near tragedy. The Bacon Pond is famous for its monster-sized fish and Kenny is determined to catch one. And as usual, Nicky is dragged along for the ride. But when the boys glimpse...

ATOS Book Level : 4.6
Points Value : 3.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Dark Parallel

Josh and Ixchel have travelled back in time, but it might not be so easy to get home again. They've landed in the Mayan era, when the prophecy about the world ending in 2012 was first foretold. And they cannot believe who they have found there. ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 11
Book Cover : Paperback

An Island Of Our Own

Siblings Jonathan, Holly and Davy have been struggling to survive since the death of their mother, and are determined to avoid being taken into care. When the family's wealthy but eccentric Great-Aunt Irene has a stroke, they go to visit her. Unable ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 6.0
Book Cover : Paperback

The Island At The Edge Of Night

Abandoned at a boarding school on a bleak and remote Scottish island, Faye discovers that she and the other pupils have been sent there for doing something wicked. But what is it that Faye has done? She might be bold enough to explore the ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

The Wintermoor Lights

What is happening to the children in Wintermoor? Secret organisation The Night House exposes the bone-chilling truth in this terrifying thriller from master of sci-fi Dan Smith. Tara Fisher’s best friend Zoe is the first to see the lights over ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

The Fights That Make Us

An unputdownable read about LGBTQ+ history and standing up for what you believe in, from award-winning author Sarah Hagger-Holt. Maybe there was a place in history for people like me, not on the edges of the story, but right in the centre. ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 4.7
Book Cover : Paperback

The Wee Free Men

Tiffany wants to be a witch when she grows up. A proper one, with a pointy hat. And flying, she's always dreamed of flying (though it's cold up there, you have to wear really thick pants, two layers). But she's worried Tiffany isn't a very ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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The Midnight Unicorn

In a faraway kingdom, two girls live separate lives. Growing up in the wilderness of the west, Alette is the daughter of a sorcerer. In the warmth of the east, Audrey is the daughter of a baker. The girls could not be more different... and yet ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Bulletcatcher: Sniper

There's been no stop to the violence as the Army of Freedom terrorists continue their assault on Terminus City. Now a sniper is targeting key figures on the City Council and fear is at an all-time high. It's up to Troy and his team of bulletcatchers ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Only Mostly Devastated

Ollie and Will were a summer fling; now they're classmates. But only one of them is out...SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA meets a modern-day, queer re-imagining of GREASE. It was the very last Wednesday of August when I realized Disney had been ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Scavengers

Landfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflings, swimming with turtles and feasting on whatever he can catch. Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition. Follow Babagoo's rules. And the most important rule ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

The Memory Thieves

Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022 What you don't remember can't hurt you... Cyan has lived at the Elsewhere Sanctuary for as long as he can remember, freed by Dr Haven from dark memories of his past life. But when Cyan finds a ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 8.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

S.P.E.A.R.

Everyone has a power to harness at the S.P.E.A.R training academy, but can Troy master his in time? A thrilling action-packed adventure from Bodyguard author Chris Bradford. When Troy is caught up in a terrorist attack that takes the lives of ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Soonchild

Somewhere in the Arctic Circle, Sixteen-Face John, a shaman, learns that his first child, a soonchild, cannot hear the World Songs from her mother's womb. The World Songs are what inspire all newborns to come out into the world, and John must find ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 3
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Oh My Gods

She's just moved in with her dorky dad and self-absorbed older siblings - who just happen to be Greek gods, living incognito in London! It's hard not to feel inferior when your older sister is Aphrodite, queen of beauty and massive star of social ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

The Final Gambit

Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 13.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Fazbear Frights #8 Gumdrop Angel

Repulsed by her spoiled stepsister's lavish birthday party, Angel exacts a hasty and ill-fated revenge. Hudson's young life is littered with tragedy and broken dreams, but a well-paying security job might just be all he needs to turn things ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 8.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

The Clockwork Conspiracy

A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockwork Conspiracy is a must for fans of the Adventures on Trains series and Sharna Jackson's High Rise mysteries. Aspiring inventor Isaac Turner ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 8.0
Book Cover : Paperback