Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School

Year 8 Reading List

English

Harry Potter series – JK Rowling Educating Rita – Willy Russell

Science

Why is Snot Green? by Glenn Muphy

Robots, Chips and Techno Stuff by Glenn Murphy

Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? by New Scientist

Art

Van Gogh (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia

Music

Abracadabra Flute by Various

Guiness Book of Records by Various

Technology

Mary Poppins in the kitchen. By P.L.Travers.

James & the giant peach. By Roald Dahl.

Willy Wonka & the chocolate factory. By Roald Dahl.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. By Judi Barrett.

History

12 Years a Slave, Solomon Northup

Roots, Alex Haley

Unity: Assassin’s Creed Book 7 (French Rev) by Anton Gill Geography

Wild Weather by John Lynch

Our Living Earth by Yann Arthus-Bertrand Read a quality newspaper once a week RS, PSHE and Citizenship

Boxen – CS Lewis Peace Maker – Malorie Blackman The boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Clour War – Jodi Picoult French

Madame Pamplemousse and her Incredible Edibles by Rupert Kingfisher

Spanish

Christopher Columbus: The Voyage that Changed the World by Emma Carlson Berne

ICT

Asimov – All the troubles of the world Computational Fairy Tales Paperback – by Jeremy Kubica Bill Gates – the road ahead Steve Jobs – The biography Hackers: Hero’s of the Computer Revolution The Facebook Effect – David Kirkpatrick Maths

The number devil – Hans Enzensberger Maths girls – Hiroshi Yuki Murderous Maths – Kjartan Poskitt

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