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Summer reading for girl going into Y11 in Sept

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taxi4ballet · 17/07/2014 20:38

DD's English teacher has suggested she widens her range of reading matter over the summer holidays, and I'm after any suggestions please.

She likes HP & Hunger Games but not ghosts/vampires/gothic etc.

All ideas welcome!

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callipygian00 · 18/07/2014 00:12

Also Shock of the Fall (Nathan Filer) and Almost English (sorry can't remember the author) are great and usually on BogoHalfPrice at Waterstones. Their book club usually has good suggestions that are a bit different.

callipygian00 · 18/07/2014 00:07

I would second Elizabeth's suggestion of George Orwell, or Lord of the Flies, but perhaps put some range in there with something like Catcher in the Rye, To kill a mockingbird, one flew over the cuckoo's nest. All pretty easy reading but still hold academic value. For lighter reading just for enjoyment she might like Stephen King, John Green or Neil Gaiman.

ElizabethJennings · 17/07/2014 20:43

Jilly Cooper 1984 or Brave New World? The Bell Jar, Margaret Attwood