Key Stage 3

Explore the latest titles for Key Stage 3 readers (ages 11-14), featuring exciting and engaging new releases from bestselling authors. These books are perfect for inspiring young readers and encouraging a love of reading. Whether you’re looking to top up your school library, create dynamic reading corners in classrooms, or provide fresh material for whole-class reading, these new titles are ideal for Key Stage 3 students. Designed to challenge and engage, they offer a mix of genres and themes to suit a wide range of interests and reading levels.

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All That It Ever Meant

'I'm going to tell you exactly how everything happened. Baba always says, Mati mwana'ngu, I love a good story but I don't have time for a long one, so make it short.' When Mati and her two siblings travel from London to Zimbabwe with their ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.4
Points Value : 6.0
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Bumper Secondary Year Group Collection | 101 Books

A bumper library collection of 101 books, books for each year group from years 7 through to 11 Most of the titles are tested for Accelerated Reader and include all the quiz information you will need on a handy label inside the front cover. For ...

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Cold Turkey

Former bestmates Kit and Hamza must deliver a cooked turkey across town, but can they tolerate one another for that long? A hilarious caper from bestseller Simon James Green. Can a TURKEY bring best friends Hamza and Kit back together? Kit is ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.0
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Crookhaven: The Forgotten Maze

It's Gabriel's second year at Crookhaven School for Thieves. And with a tricky Break-In challenge to the teacher's section of the library to attempt, plus a new class called Reclamation, his Miscreant year is already off to a busy start. Then ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 11.0
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Crookhaven: The Island Heist

It's Gabriel's third year at Crookhaven School for Thieves. Along with the usual Break-In challenge - this year to Reclamation island - and difficult new classes like Signs & Signals, Gabriel and his friends have another goal: taking down the ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.6
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Deep Dark

Cassia Thorne leads a double life. By day, she sells ballads at Bartholomew Fair. By night she spends her evenings locked up in Fleet Prison. Cassia has plans of escaping both of these lives. But this year there are rumours of children being snatched...

ATOS Book Level : 6.1
Points Value : 10.0
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Fallout

Marcus has one brother in a youth offender centre and the other is working with their dad on plans for their next theft. Everyone assumes Marcus will follow in their footsteps, but he has other ideas, different hopes. When a mysterious accident ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.9
Points Value : 7.0
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Jellybean

Ellie battles feelings of anxiety about school that she can’t explain in this sensitively told tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth. When Ellie wakes up one day and can’t face going to school, her parents think there must be a reason. Is ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Like A Girl

Fourteen-year-old Eden McCoy doesn't fit in. All she's good at is running, and she doesn't even dare join the track team. Her priority is to stay in the shadows and avoid the Glossies - a ruthless clique of girls who use social media to punish and ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.7
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Midnight Treasure

Tibor is a child of the night, a werwolf, adopted by his guardian, a powerful vampir. He and his friend Roza are on the deadliest of quests, and one that will test their very immortality. And they're not the only ones hunting for the Midnight ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.9
Points Value : 12.0
Book Cover : Paperback

My Love Life And The Apocalypse

Planet Earth Sucks. Humans have gone and cities are empty, looked after by bots. But not all robots are machines. Echo is part-human, his heart ruled by an unreliable E-Mote chip which means he's pretty much a normal boy surviving on canned ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.1
Points Value : 13.0
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My Perfect Cousin

Cousins Yasmin and Ruby have always been rivals, but both sides of the story are exposed in this cleverly composed clean-teen novella from Karen McCombie. Ruby can’t stand her “perfect” cousin Yasmin. Yasmin is pretty, popular and has a ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.6
Points Value : 1.0
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North And The Only One

Twelve-year-old Rose can't remember anything before last week, when she woke up not knowing her own name, her own house, or or even her own mother. The only thing Rose recognized was her puppy, North. But Mother patiently explained everything - ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.4
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Running Away For Beginners

You can't run from bad news. Or can you? Jasper was just diagnosed with cancer. His treatment starts in a week, and in the meantime his parents want him to carry on as normal. Jasper knows that's impossible. His friends help to organize a weekend...

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

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Sleep Like Death

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron makes her highly anticipated return to the fairytale realm of Cinderella is Dead with this thrilling twist on the classic story of Snow White. Princess Eve was raised with one...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 14.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Something I Said

From comedian, actor, rapper and screenwriter Ben Bailey Smith comes a blazingly funny, big-hearted story about family, friendship and how far one boy will go to get a laugh. Perfect for fans of David Baddiel and Frank Cottrell-Boyce. For ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 10.0
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The Boy Who Cried Ghost

There's a ghost in Richard's wardrobe. Every day he carries out a series of rituals that he believes will keep the ghost trapped inside. He tries to tell his friends and family, but they dismiss his worries and concerns as being part of his OCD. But...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 8.0
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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
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The Hollywood Kidnap Case

Alice and Sonny's family yacht is in Egypt, ready to pick up famous actress Estelle Fortune, and take her to London to film her next blockbuster movie. But just before the boat leaves, Alice discovers that Estelle has vanished! In her room is a ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.8
Points Value : 10.0
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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
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The Royal Jewel Plot

Alice and Sonny are excited for their summer trip, sailing on the luxurious yacht the Lady Rose. They're even more excited when they find out the King of England is going to be onboard too! There's also a precious jewel on the boat - a rare opal,...

ATOS Book Level : 5.9
Points Value : 9.0
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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

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Thunder City

An epic, thrilling, action-packed city-eat-city adventure starring brave fighter Tamzin Pook, who must travel from the spectator sport combat arena in Margate to the Thunder City, where a chilling, ruthless villain has seized power. She will face ...

ATOS Book Level : 6.8
Points Value : 15.0
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When We Flew Away

A beautiful novel exploring the little-known story of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding – from bestselling, award-winning author Alice Hoffman and published in cooperation with the Anne Frank House. In soaring prose, bestselling author...

ATOS Book Level : 6.1
Points Value : 8.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Wolf Road

Tuuli is a prehistoric girl, travelling with her tribe through the seasons – making camp, hunting for food and protecting themselves against the many hazards that the climate throws at them. Tuuli knows there’s a bigger world out there, and when...

ATOS Book Level : 5.5
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback