Year 8

Fiction suitable for ages 12+, all the latest titles and bestselling authors, ideal to top up any secondary school library

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A Spoonful Of Murder

When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice-President) to Hazel's family estate in beautiful, bustling Hong Kong. But when they arrive they discover something ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 10.0
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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
Book Cover : Paperback

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Ajay And The Jaipur Moon

Ajay's wish has come true at last - he's a news reporter! He and his friends even have their own newspaper: The Mumbai Sun. But living on the Mumbai railways means that money is tight. They need a big story - and when a meteor crashes to Earth, ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.6
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Ajay And The Mumbai Sun

Abandoned on the Mumbai railways, Ajay has grown up with nothing but a burning wish to be a journalist. Finding an abandoned printing press, he and his friends Saif, Vinod, Yasmin and Jai create their own newspaper: The Mumbai Sun. As they hunt...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 6.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Allies Of The Night (Cirque Du Freak)

The quest for the Vampaneze Lord continues for the hunters of the dusk. Darren gets an unwelcome taste of reality when he is forced to go back to school and his past catches up with him. Maturing at one fifth the rate of a normal human, Darren has...

ATOS Book Level : 5.3
Points Value : 6
Book Cover : Paperback

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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

Animal Farm (Real Reads)

When the animals get rid of Mr Jones and take over the farm, they are excited by their new freedom. But can they run the farm with tools that are designed for humans? Will they be able to harvest the food that they need for the winter? The farmers ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.7
Points Value : 1
Book Cover : Paperback

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Arsenic For Tea

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Artemis Fowl And The Arctic Incident

Goblin gangs (exactly as bad as it sounds) are planning an uprising, and it looks like they've had human help. Holly Short is convinced it's her old nemesis, Artemis Fowl. But, for once, Artemis is innocent. He's too busy getting his father ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 9.0
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Artemis Fowl And The Atlantis Complex

SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH ARTEMIS FOWL When he gathers the fairy elite to show off his latest invention, it's clear that the former criminal genius has become delusional and paranoid. He doesn't even trust his closest friends. ...

ATOS Book Level : 6.2
Points Value : 12.0
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Artemis Fowl And The Eternity Code

CAN ARTEMIS FOWL LEAVE HIS CRIMINAL PAST BEHIND? Not quite. At least, not yet. He's got one last job, and then he's going to be good. But the job goes horribly wrong. So wrong in fact that now a nasty, ruthless billionaire has stolen Artemis's ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 10.0
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Artemis Fowl And The Lost Colony

DEMONS Big human haters, they are (thankfully) stuck in Limbo, a place that exists outside of time and space. But now demons are materialising on Earth at random. This won't be pretty . . . Artemis is determined to save the day (I know, ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.3
Points Value : 13.0
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Artemis Fowl And The Opal Deception

Opal Koboi is back, and the power-crazed pixie wants revenge. Her to-do list: - Frame Holly Short for murder - Start a war between fairies and humans - Kill anyone who's ever annoyed her (yes, this includes Artemis) But knowledge of the ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.7
Points Value : 12.0
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Artemis Fowl And The Time Paradox

FORMER CRIMINAL MASTERMIND ARTEMIS FOWL HAS HOODWINKED FAIRIES AND BATTLED GOBLINS THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL Artemis's mother is gravely ill. Unfortunately the cure, an endangered lemur, was made extinct eight years ago . . . by Artemis Fowl. ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.6
Points Value : 13.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Beetle Queen

Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her yellow ladybird spies. When Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt discover further evidence of her evil, they're determined to stop her. But the three friends are in trouble. Darkus' dad ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.1
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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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Blood Fever

James Bond has discovered danger. Now it's come looking for him. An Eton boy's family disappears at sea. James uncovers a shadowy society operating in a hidden corner of the school. And far from England, in the bandit-infested interior of ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.6
Points Value : 14.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Bog Child (Playscript)

DIGGING FOR PEAT in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like shes been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around himhis brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings ...

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Bulletcatcher

They say you can't outrun a bullet - what if you could stop one? When Troy is caught up in a terrorist attack that takes the lives of his parents, he discovers an amazing power - bullets can't harm him. Soon he is recruited into a secret organisation...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 2.0
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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
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By Royal Command

Life for James Bond will never be the same again. Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the...

ATOS Book Level : 5.5
Points Value : 14.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Codename Eagle

After his failed escape to England across the Pyrenees, Paul Hansen is living, once again, in France. While the Germans blitz London and other major cities, Paul is getting more and more restless. Though he's part of the resistance movement, the past...

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Cream Buns And Crime

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for the murder cases they have solved - but there are many other mysteries in the pages of Hazel's casebook. From the macabre Case of the Deepdean Vampire, to the baffling Case of the Blue Violet, and their ...

ATOS Book Level : 6.1
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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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
Book Cover : Paperback

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Crowfall

Ironhold is an orderly place where "industry brings prosperity", and where nature is pushed aside for progress. But when Orin Crowfall, a lowly servant boy, learns that the island itself is in grave danger, that knowledge makes him a target of ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.6
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback