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Summer Reading 2021
as recommended by
The School Library
The English Department
The Department of Modern Foreign Languages
St. George’s Students and Teachers
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Dear St. George’s Community,
As we head into the halcyon days of summer, let’s remember the joy of
disappearing into a good book. Whether it’s to learn something new about
yourself, about a made-up world, or about the real world, reading is a gateway
to an enriching future. We invite you to enjoy this year’s Summer Reading
recommendations!
Recent releases include the year of publication. Titles marked with an asterisk*
are available in print, ebook, or audiobook format in the school library. Ebooks
and audiobooks may be borrowed all year long by logging in to
www.soraapp.com with your school email address and password.
For research tips, internet resources, previous Summer Reading lists, and a link
to Destiny Discover (our online library catalogue), please visit St. George’s
library website at www.sgislibrary.ch.
Happy reading!
1Table of Contents
Chalet (ELS - Year 2) ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Contemporary fiction ................................................................................................................................. 4
Classic fiction .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Contemporary poetry ................................................................................................................................. 5
Contemporary nonfiction........................................................................................................................... 6
Français ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
Deutch .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Español ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
Russian......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Chinese......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Student Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 7
Upper Junior School (Years 3-5) ..................................................................................................................... 8
Contemporary fiction ................................................................................................................................. 8
Classic fiction .............................................................................................................................................. 8
Contemporary poetry ................................................................................................................................. 9
Contemporary nonfiction........................................................................................................................... 9
Contemporary graphic novels ................................................................................................................. 10
Français ..................................................................................................................................................... 10
Deutsch ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
Español ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Russian....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chinese....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Student Recommendations ...................................................................................................................... 12
Middle School (Years 6-9) .............................................................................................................................. 13
Contemporary fiction ............................................................................................................................... 13
Classic fiction ............................................................................................................................................ 14
Contemporary graphic novels ................................................................................................................. 14
Contemporary nonfiction......................................................................................................................... 14
Contemporary poetry ............................................................................................................................... 15
Français ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
2Deutsch ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Español ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Russian....................................................................................................................................................... 17
Chinese....................................................................................................................................................... 17
Student Recommendations ...................................................................................................................... 17
Senior School (Years 10-13) ........................................................................................................................... 19
Contemporary fiction ............................................................................................................................... 19
Classic fiction ............................................................................................................................................ 20
Contemporary graphic novels ................................................................................................................. 20
Contemporary poetry ............................................................................................................................... 21
Contemporary nonfiction......................................................................................................................... 21
Français ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
Deutsch ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
Español ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
Russian....................................................................................................................................................... 22
Chinese....................................................................................................................................................... 23
Student Recommendations ...................................................................................................................... 23
Language Learners by Level .......................................................................................................................... 25
A1/A2: English .......................................................................................................................................... 25
A1/A2: Français ........................................................................................................................................ 25
A1/A2: Deutsch ......................................................................................................................................... 25
A1/A2: Español ......................................................................................................................................... 25
B1/B2: English........................................................................................................................................... 25
B1/B2: Francais......................................................................................................................................... 26
B1/B2: Deutsch.......................................................................................................................................... 26
B1/B2: Español .......................................................................................................................................... 26
What are your teachers reading? ................................................................................................................... 27
3Chalet (ELS - Year 2)
Contemporary fiction
● I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes (2020)*
● Ho’onani, Hula Warrior by Heather Gale (2020)*
● The Cat Man of Aleppo by Karim Shamsi-Basha (2020)*
● Our Subway Baby by Peter Mercurio (2020)*
● The Chicken Who Couldn’t by Jan Thomas (2020)*
● Two Many Birds by Cindy Derby (2020)*
● Unicorns are the Worst! by Alex Willan (2020)*
● All Because You Matter by Tami Charles (2020)
● Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon (2020)
● Out the Door by Christy Hale (2020)
● Stand Up! Speak Up! by Andrew Joyner (2020)
● The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story by Thao Lam (2020)
● I Do Not Like Stories by Andrew Larsen (2020)
● Lift by Minh Lê (2020)
● We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom (2020)
● Woodpecker Girl by Chingyen Liu & Tsun Chiang (2020)
● Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan (2020)
● You Matter by Christian Robinson (2020)
● I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott (2020)
● A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India by Meera Sriram (2020)
● From Ed’s to Ned’s by Gideon Sterer (2020)
● Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar (2020)
● Every Little Letter by Deborah Underwood (2020)
● Nonstop by Tomi Ungerer (2020)
● The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom by Colleen AF Venable (2020)
● The Bird Within Me by Sara Lundberg (2020)
● How the Stars Came to Be by Poonam Mistry (2020)
● Hike by Pete Oswald (2020)
● I Go Quiet by David Ouimet (2020)
● Arlo the Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep by Catherine Rayner (2020)
● Hello World! by Kelly Corrigan (2021)
● Look Out, Leonard! by Jessie James (2021)
● Fatima’s Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq (2021)
4● The Worm Family Has Its Picture Taken by Jennifer Frank (2021)
● Uma Wimple Charts Her House by Reif Larsen & Ben Gibson (2021)
● The Octopus Escapes by Maile Meloy (2021)
● Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold (2021)
● Does a Firefighter Fly a Rocket? by Danielle McLean (2021)
● The Ocean Calls by Tina Cho (2020)
● Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder (2021)
Classic fiction
● The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss*
● The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
● Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
● Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
● The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
● The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein*
● The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
● The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg*
● I Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
● The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson*
● Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.
● Corduroy by Don Freeman
● Captain Pugwash by John Ryan
● The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda & David Armitage*
● Forget-Me-Not by Paul Roger
● The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl*
Contemporary poetry
● In the Woods by David Elliott (2020)
● When You Breathe by Diana Farid (2020)
● Summer Feet by Sheree Fitch (2020)
● Construction People by Lee Bennett Hopkins (2020)
● Snow Birds by Kirsten Hall (2020)
● On a Snow Melting Day by Buffy Silverman (2020)
● Ice! Poems about Polar Life by Douglas Florian (2020)
5Contemporary nonfiction
● Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel (2020)*
● The Stuff Between the Stars by Sandra Nickel (2020)*
● The Big Bang Book by Asa Stahl (2020)*
● Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin (2020)
● Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming (2020)*
● The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine
Hubbard (2020)
● Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade (2020)
● Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford
(2020)
● Shirley Chisholm Dared by Alicia D. Williams (2021)
● Bug Book for Kids by Kate Henries Meisner (2021)
Français
● Cap! de Loren Capelli (2020)
● Enfin avec ma Mami de Taro Gomi (2020)
● Menace verte d’Aaron Reynolds (2020)
● Jack de Gabriel Gay (2020)
● ABC de la nature de Bernadette Gervais (2020)
● En cas d’attaque de Séverine Huguet (2020)
● La toute petite petite bonne femme de Jean-Louis Le Craver (2020)
Deutch
● Lulu in der Mitte von Micha Friemel (2020)
● Meine liebsten Spielsachen von Claudia de Weck (2020)
● Hugo und Kauz von Vera Eggermann (2020)
● Wo ihr mich findet von Taltal Levi (2020)
● Hunger! Käpt’n Piet hat Appetit von Hans-Christan Schmidt (2020)
● Als ich die Pflaumen des Riesen klaute von Ulf Stark (2020)
● Der Meckerpapa von Ulf K.(2020)
6Español
● Poemario de campo por Alonso Palacios (2019)
● Mi Lazarilla, Mi Capitán por Gonzalo Moure (2020)
● Letras Sueltas por Juan Lima (2020)
● Mientras tu duermes por Mariana Ruiz Johnson (2020)
● En la tela de una araña por Pilar Muñoz Lascano (2020)
● Los carpinchos por Alfredo Soderguit (2020)
● El ascensor por Frankel Yael (2020)
Russian
● А. С. Пушкин “Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке” (сказка)
● Д. Н. Мамин-Сибиряк “Серая шейка” (рассказ)
● В. Драгунский. «20 лет под кроватью», «Заколдованная буква»,
«Похититель собак» (рассказы)
Chinese
● 《漫画成语》蔡志忠 Comics of Chinese Idioms by Ao Youxiang
● 《皮皮鲁和金鱼王子》郑渊!"Pipilu and Prince Goldfish by Zheng Yuanjie
Student Recommendations
● Mrs Armitage by Quentin Blake (Mrs McGillewie’s Year 1 class)
● Shhh! by Sally Grindley (Mrs McGillewie’s Year 1 class)
● Dogger by Shirley Hughes (Mrs McGillewie’s Year 1 class)
● The Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson (Ms Potgieter’s Year 2 class)
● Algy’s Amazing Adventures in the Arctic by Kaye Umansky (Ms Potgieter’s
Year 2 class)
● Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Ms Potgieter’s Year 2 class)
7Upper Junior School (Years 3-5)
Contemporary fiction
● I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes (2020)*
● The Land of Roar by Jenny McLaughlin (2020)*
● The Lion of Mars by Jennifer Holm (2021)*
● The Last Bear by Hannah Gold (2021)*
● Troofriend by Kirsty Applebaum (2020)
● The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell (2019)*
● Stick Boy by Paul Coomey (2021)
● Our Friend the Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo (2020)
● The Fuzzy Apocalypse by Jonathan Messinger (2020)
● Alicia Alonso Takes the Stage by Nancy Ohliin (2020)
● Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake (2020)
● Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai (2020)
● Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson (2020)
● Hockey Night in Kenya by Danson Mutinda (2020)
● Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business by Lyla Lee (2020)
● Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata (2020)
● Accidental Trouble Magnet (Planet Omar series) by Zanib Mian (2020)
● Skateboard Sibby by Clare O’Connor (2019)*
● A Map into the World by Kao Kalia Yang (2019)*
● Scaredy Squirrel in a Nutshell by Melanie Watt (2021)*
● The Ramble Shamble Children by Christina Soontornvat (2021)
● The Tree in Me by Corinna Luyken (2021)
● Ballet Bunnies: The New Class by Swapna Reddy (2021)
Classic fiction
● The Iron Man by Ted Hughes*
● The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne*
● Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner*
● The Borrowers by Mary Norton*
● Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl*
● Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian*
● Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery*
8● Stuart Little by E.B. White*
● The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren*
● Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr Seuss*
● A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett*
Contemporary poetry
● Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth
Acevedo, & Olivia Gatewood (2020)
● Amphibian Acrobats by Leslie Bulion (2020)
● A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart by Zetta Elliott (2020)
● This Poem is a Nest by Irene Latham (2020)
● Dictionary for a Better World by Irene Latham (2020)
● Follow the Recipe by Marilyn Singer (2020)
● I Wish by Toon Tellegen (2020)
● Write! Write! Write! by Amy Ludwig VanderWater (2020)
● Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
(2020)
● Change Sings by Amanda Gorman (2021)
Contemporary nonfiction
● Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel (2020)*
● The Stuff Between the Stars by Sandra Nickel (2020)*
● Sharuko: Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown (2020)
● Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War by Maria José Ferrada
(2020)
● Bringing Back the Wolves: How a Predator Restored an Ecosystem by Jude
Isabella (2020)
● Condor Comeback by Sy Montgomery (2020)
● Trending: How and Why Stuff Gets Popular by Kira Vermond (2020)
● This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges (2020)
● Humongous Fungus by DK (2021)
● Curious Comparisons: A Life-Size Look at the World Around You by Jorge
Doneiger (2020)
● Truth or Lie (series) by Erica S. Perl
● Stay Curious! A Brief History of Stephen Hawking by Kathleen Krull (2020)
● Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh (2020)
9● I am Leonardo da Vinci by Brad Meltzer Eliopoulos (2020)
● The Magnificent Makers E3: Riding Sound Waves by Theanne Griffith (2020)
● She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor by Meg Medina & Chelsea Clinton (2021)
Contemporary graphic novels
● Consent (For Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of You by
Rachel Brian (2020)
● Kodi by Jared Cullum (2020)
● Twins by Varia Johnson (2020)*
● Pea, Bee, & Jay: Stuck Together by Brian Smith (2020)
● Yorick and Bones by Jeremy Tankard (2020)
● Rise of the Halfling King (Tales of the Feathered Serpent series) by David
Bowles (2020)
● The Great Bunk Bed Battle (Fox Tails series) by Tina Kugler (2020)
● Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne (2020)
● Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert (2020)
● Dinosaurs Before Dark Graphic Novel by Mary Pope Osborne (2021)
Français
● Élise de Fabian Menor (2020)
● Claude et Morino d’Adrien Albert (2020)
● Une super histoire de cow-boy de Delphine Perret (2020)
● Le premier petit chien du monde de Michael Gay (2020)
● Comment je suis devenue un robot de Nadia Coste (2020)
● Le caramel du Jurassique de Roxane Lumeret (2020)
● Peur dans la neige de Sandrine Beau (2020)
● Mystère à minuit: La ville la plus hantée du monde de Camille Brissot (2020)
Deutsch
● Mein Freund Otto, das wilde Leben und ich von Silke Lambeck
● Alles nur aus Zuckersand von Dirk Kummer
● Die unlangweiligste Schule der Welt von Sabrina J. Kirschner
● Toleranz und Respekt von Brigitte Hoffmann
● Der Junge aus der letzten Reihe von Onjali Q. Rauf (2020)
● Der Kiosk von Anete Melece (2020)
10● Sie kommen! von Sylvie Neeman (2020)
● Der beste Notfall der Welt von Lorenz Pauli (2020)
● Luftpiraten von Markus Orths (2020)
● Alles, was du brauchst: Die 20 wichtigsten Dinge im Leben von Christoph
Hein (2020)
● Helsin Apelsin und der Spinner von Stefanie Höfler (2020)
Español
● No soy igual 1: Cambio de Instituto! por Martina d’Antiochia
● Las aventuras de la familia Carameluchi 1: el amuleto mágico por Familia
Carameluchi
● Futbolísimos 2: misterio de los siete goles en propia puerta por Roberto
Santiago
● Tiempo de Otoño por Concha Pasamar (2020)
● Muñeco de barro por Emma Reyes (2020)
● El gran espíritu por Tomás Olivos (2019)
● El encargo por Claudia Rueda (2019)
● Esa cuchara por Sandra Siemens (2020)
● Apartamento 11 por Mayi Martinez (2020)
Russian
● Кир Булычев “Приключения Алисы” (“Девочка, с которой ничего не
случится” или другие рассказы) (фантастика).
● И. А. Крылов. Басни.
● Л. Н. Толстой. “Филиппок” (рассказ)
● А. П. Чехов. “Каштанка”, “Ванька» (Ванька Жуков) «Хамелеон»,
«Злоумышленник» (на выбор 2 рассказа)
Chinese
● 《生活是很好玩儿的》汪曾祺 Life is Fun by Wang Zengqi
● 《父与子》蔡志忠 Father and Son by E.O. Plauen
11Student Recommendations
● Dog Man (series) by Dav Pilkey (All of Year 3)*
● Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey (All of Year 3)*
● Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robots (series) by Dav Pilkey (Oleksii, Year 3)*
● Atlas: Comment va le monde? by Laure Flavigny (Victor, Year 3)*
● Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling (Sebastian,Year 3)*
● Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine (Sebastian,Year 3)*
● Amulet (series) by Kazu Kibuishi (Philipp, Year 3)*
● Wow! Dinosaurs by Douglas Palmer (Viktor, Year 3)*
● Dinosaurs: A Children’s Encyclopedia by Darren Naish (Jeremy, Year 3)*
● Splatoon (series) by Sankichi Hinodeya (Scott, Year 3)*
● Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel (Maria, Year 4)*
● Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey (Trivikram, Year 4)*
● Winterhouse by Ben Guterson (Miraya, Year 5)
● F2 Football Academy: How to play like a pro (Lucas, Year 5)*
● Los Futbolísimos (series) by Roberto Santiago (Isabella, Year 5)
● The Bad Guys (series) by Aaron Blabey (Sami, Year 5)*
● Minecraft (series) by Stephanie Milton, Nick Farwell & Matthew Needler
(Aeneas, Year 5)*
● Brave by Svetlana Chmakova (Brittany, Year 5)*
12Middle School (Years 6-9)
Contemporary fiction
● Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly (2019)*
● A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee (2019)*
● Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat (series) by Johnny Marciano (2020)*
● Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (2021)*
● Alone by Megan E. Freeman (2021)*
● Rick by Alan Gino (2020)*
● Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (2020)*
● Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein (2020)*
● Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (2020)
● King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (2020)
● When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller (2020)
● We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly (2020)
● From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (2020)
● Chirp by Kate Messner (2020)*
● The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street by Lauren Oliver (2020)
● Twilight Hauntings by Angie Sage (2020)
● A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (2020)
● The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson (2020)*
● Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk (2020)*
● The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman (2020)
● Lizard’s Tale by Weng Wai Chan (2020)
● Once Upon an Eid by S.K. Ali (2020)*
● Jude Banks, Superhero by Ann Hood (2021)
● Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom by Sangu Mandanna (2021)
● Dog Squad by Chris Grabenstein (2021)
● Happily for Now by Kelly Jones (2021)
● The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold (2021)*
● Maya and The Rising Dark by Rena Barron (2020)*
● We Are Not Free by Traci Chee (2020)*
13Classic fiction
● James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl*
● The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton*
● Frankenstein by Mary Shelley*
● Peter Pan by James M. Barrie*
● Sounder by William H. Armstrong*
● Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome*
● Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift*
● The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss*
● Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen*
● The Railway Children by E. Nesbit*
● The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum*
● Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater*
● Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo*
● I am David by Anne Holm*
● The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
● Volcano Adventure (series) by Willard Price
Contemporary graphic novels
● Shirley and Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz (2020)*
● Class Act by Jerry Craft (2020)*
● When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamison & Omar Muhamed (2020)
● Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne (2020)
● Snapdragon by Kat Leyn (2020)
● Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang (2020)
● Consent (For Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of You by
Rachel Brian (2020)
● All Together Now by Hope Larson (2020)
● Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm (2021)
Contemporary nonfiction
● All Thirteen: The incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys’ soccer team by
Christina Soontornvat (2020)*
● The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming (2020)
14● The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love, & Truth by Wade Hudson &
Cheryl Willis (2020)
● This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and
Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell (2020)
● Dearest Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire by Michael O.
Tunnell (2020)
● How We Got to the Moon: The people, technology, and daring feats of science
behind humanity’s greatest adventure by John Rocco (2020)
● Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
(2020)*
● We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World by Todd Hasak-
Lowy (2020)
● Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani (2020)
● A Sporting Chance: How Paralympics Founder Ludwig Guttmann Saved Lives
With Sports by Lori Alexander (2020)
● Machines that Think: Big Ideas that Changed the World E2 by Don Brown
(2020)
● Modern Art Explorer: Discover the Stories Behind Famous Artworks by Alice
Harman (2020)
● Breaking the News: What’s Real, What’s Not, and Why the Difference Matters
by Robin Terry-Brown (2020)
● Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table by Isabel
Thomas (2020)
● This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges (2020)
● Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers by Michelle Obama (2021)
● Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid by Mikaila Ulmer (2020)
Contemporary poetry
● On the Horizon by Lois Lowry (2020)
● Cast Away: Poems of Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye (2020)
● Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins (2020)
● The Places We Sleep by Caroline Brooks DuBois (2020)
● All He Knew by Helen Frost (2020)
● BenBee and the Teacher Griefer by K.A. Holt (2020)
● Closer to Nowhere by Ellen Hopkins (2020)
● Becoming Muhammed Ali by James Patterson & Kwame Alexander (2020)
● When You Know What I Know by Sonja K. Solter (2020)
15● Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson (2020)
● Other Words For Home by Jasmine Warga (2019)*
Français
● L’oeil du loup de Daniel Pennac
● 35 kilos d’espoir de Anna Gavalda
● Poil de carotte de Jules Renard
● Ma fugue dans les arbres de Alexandre Chardin (2019)
● Les filles du siècle (séries) de Marie Desplechin (2020)
● Les guerriers de glace d’Estelle Faye (2020)
● Gardiens des cités perdues de Shannon Messenger (2019)
● Jefferson de Jean-Claude Mourlevat (2020)
● Le gang de vieux schnocks de Florence Thinard (2020)
● La trilogie de la poussière (séries) de Philip Pullman (2020)
● J’ai vu Sisyphe heureux de Katerina Apostolopoulou (2020)
● Carmin (séries) d’Amélie Sarn (2020)
● Le secret des O’Reilly de Nathalie Somers (2020)
Deutsch
● So viele Fragen der Welt von Ina Schmidt
● Die Eleria-Trilogie von Ursula Poznanski
● Cryptos von Ursula Poznanski
● Lili Perk von Eva Roth (2020)
● An Nachteule von Sternhai von Meg Wolitzer (2020)
● Agatha Merkwürdens Racheblumen von Nicola Skinner (2020)
● Mit kühlem Kopf gegen eine heisse Welt 75 Ideen für das Klima von Mathias
Plüss (2020)
● Wie der Wahnsinn mir die Welt erklärte von Dita Zipfel (2019)
● Wie ich Einstein das Leben rettete von Cornelia Franz (2020)
Español
● La boca del infierno por Rocío Rueda
● Prohibido creer en historias de amor por Javier Ruescas
● Trilogía Algo tan sencillo por Blue Jeans
● La boca del infierno por Rocío Rueda
16● El libro de los rostros por Ana Alonso
● Verás caer una estrella por José Luis Martin Nogales (2020)
● El velo de Helena por Maria Garcia Esperon (2020)
● Los niños del muelle por Monica Rodrigues Suarez (2020)
● Retomar el vuelo por Ana Sarrias Oteiza (2020)
● En aquel faro por Luisa Rivera (2019)
Russian
● А. С. Пушкин. «Медный всадник» (поэма), “Повести Белкина» (повести)
● Н. В. Гоголь «Портрет» (повесть) или «Ревизор» (пьеса)
● И. С. Тургенев. “Муму” (рассказ)
● Ф. М. Достоевский “Мальчик у Христа на елке”, “Честный вор” (на
выбор 1 рассказ).
● А. П. Чехов “Хамелеон”, “Злоумышленник”, “Толстый и тонкий”
(рассказы)
Chinese
● 《亲爱的安德烈》 龙应台 Dear Andre by Lung Ying-tai
● 《我们仨》 杨绛 We Three by Yang Jiang
● 《听几米唱歌》 几米 Singing Jimmy by Jimmy Liao
● 《平凡的世界》 路遥 Ordinary World by Lu Yao
Student Recommendations
● A Haunted Mystery by Chris Grabenstein (Hersh, Year 6)
● Heroes of Olympus (or anything else) by Rick Riordan (Isabel, Year 6)*
● His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (Isabel, Year 6)*
● Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey (Sofia, Year 6)*
● Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens (Pola, Year 7)*
● Unstoppable Liv Beaufort series by Sarah Noffke (Jilly, Year 7)
● Silverthorn series by Raymond E. Feist (Alexey, Year 7)
● Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Max, Year 7)*
● The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai (Teya, Year 7)
● Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto (Vihaan, Year 7)
● Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama (Nehem, Year 7)
17● Fairy Tail manga by Hiro Mashima (Matthie, Year 7)*
● Poirot by Agatha Christie (Pavlos, Year 7)
● Mirror Mirror by Cara Delevigne (Paloma, Year 8)
● A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Paloma, Year 8)
● If I Don’t Wake Up by Liz Lawler (Cristina, Year 8)
● How To Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell (Sarad, Year 8)*
● Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi (Matias, Year 8)*
● Wolf Brother series by Michelle Paver (Alfie, Year 8)*
● Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (Annabelle, Year 9)
● Chronicles of the 20th century (Frank, Year 9)*
● They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (Greta, Year 9)*
● The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Norah, Year 9)*
● Divergent series by Suzanne Collins (Norah, Year 9)*
● The Book of Dust series by Philip Pullman (Jonjo, Year 9)*
18Senior School (Years 10-13)
Contemporary fiction
● The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe (2021)
● Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (2020)
● Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas (2021)*
● When We Were Infinite by Kelly Loy Gilbert (2020)
● This Will be Funny Someday by Katie Henry (2021)
● Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (2019)
● Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai (2019)
● Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller (2020)
● Be Not Far from Me by Mindy McGinnis (2020)
● Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (2020)
● Deeplight by Frances Hardinge (2020)*
● Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (2020)
● More than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood (2020)
● This is My America by Kim Johnson (2020)
● We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez (2020)
● What I Carry by Jennifer Longo (2020)
● On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louis Fitzpatrick (2021)
● Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann (2021)*
● The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (2019)
● To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers (2019)
● Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (2020)*
● 11 Paper Hearts by Kelsey Hartwell (2021)
● Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (2021)
● The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold (2021)
● The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (2021)*
● The Wide Starlight by Nicole Lesperance (2021)
● The Queen’s Secret by Melissa de la Cruz (2020)
● Red Tigress by Amélie Wen Zhao (2021)
● Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo (2021)
● Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall (2021)
● The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons (2021)
● From Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn (2021)*
● What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel (2020)*
19● Wilder Girls by Rory Power (2019)*
Classic fiction
● Les Miserables by Victor Hugo*
● Metamorphosis by Bram Stoker*
● Macbeth by William Shakespeare*
● Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens*
● Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux*
● The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde*
● The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane*
● Turn of the Screw by Henry James*
● 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne*
● All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque*
● The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende*
● Lord of the Flies by William Golding*
● Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman*
● The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad*
● Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury*
● Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen*
● Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Contemporary graphic novels
● Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir by Tyler Feder
(2020)
● The Last Halloween: Book 1- Children by Abby Howard (2020)
● Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Lang (2020)
● Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook (2020)
● Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (2020)*
● Flamer by Mike Curato (2020)
● The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (2020)
● Go With the Flow by Karen Schneemann (2020)
● Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (2020)
● Blue Flag by Kaito (2020)
● Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill (2020)
● The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado (2020)
20Contemporary poetry
● Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (2020)*
● Apple (skin to the core) by Eric Gansworth (2020)
● Say Her Name (Poems to Empower) by Zetta Elliott (2020)
● The Girl Who Became a Tree by Joseph Coelho (2021)
● Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi (2020)*
● The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman
(2021)
● Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne (2021)
● White Rose by Kip Wilson (2019)*
Contemporary nonfiction
● Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan Fought for their Lives
and Warned the Nation by Candy Cooper (2020)
● Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers
Who Resisted the Nazis by K.R. Gaddy (2020)
● You Too? 25 Voices Share Their EMeToo Stories by Janet Gurtler (2020)
● Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy by Kelly Jensen (2020)
● The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra
Sabic-El-Rayees (2020)
● Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy by Kenneth
C. Davis (2020)
● One Earth: People of Color Protecting Our Planet by Anuradha Rao (2020)
● The Wide World of Coding: The People and Careers Behind the Programs by
Jennifer Connor-Smith (2020)
Français
● Entre les murs de François Bégaudeau*
● En voiture, Simone! d’Aurélie Valognes
● Bestiaire Helvétique de Marcel Barelli (2020)
● Félines de Stéphane Servant (2020)
● Les impatientes de Djaïli Amadou Amal (2020)
● 21 printemps comme un million d’années de Camille Brissot (2020)
● Snap Killer de Sylvie Allouche (2020)
● Heartstopper de Alice Oseman (2020)
21● Et le désert disparaîtra de Marie Pavlenko (2020)
● Steam Sailors (séries) de E.S. Green (2020)
● Ama: le souffle des femmes de Franck Manguin (2020)
Deutsch
● Alles ganz normal von Roberta Marasco
● Carlsen Clips: Mehr als ein Spiel von Julien Wolff
● Die Zeit der Wunder von Anne-Laure Bondoux
● Die Farbe der Dinge von Martin Panchaud (2020)
● Heimat: Ein Deutsches Familienalbum von Nora Krug (2020)
● Fast schon bühnenreif von Lisa Rosinsky (2020)
● Wie der Wahnsinn mir die Welt erklärte von Dita Zipfel (2020)
● Elektrische Fische von Susan Kreller (2019)
Español
● La muerte y la doncella por Ariel Dorfman
● Trilogía Algo tan sencillo por Blue Jeans
● El libro de los rostros por Ana Alonso
● La versión de Eric por Nando Lopez (2020)
● Juliet respira profundo por Gabby Rivera (2020)
● El Efecto Frankenstein por Elia Barceló (2020)
● Aquitania por Eva García Sáenz de Urturi (2020)
● Rey Blanco por Juan Gómez-Jurado (2020)
Russian
● А. С. Пушкин «Выстрел», «Пиковая дама» (очень короткие повести).
● М. Ю. Лермонтов «Княжна Мери» (новелла из романа «Герой нашего
времени»)
● А. П. Чехов “Дама с собачкой”, “Попрыгунья”, “Ионыч” (рассказы)
● Н. В. Гоголь «Шинель»
● Ф. М. Достоевский «Кроткая» (рассказ)*
22Chinese
● 《雨季不再来》三毛 The Rainy Season will not Come Again by Yuji Bu Zai
Lai
● 《活着》余华 To Live by Yu Hua
● 《围城》钱钟书 Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu
● 《目送》龙应台 The Seeing Off by Lung Ying-tai
Student Recommendations
● Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Eliza, Year 10)
● Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (Eliza, Year 10)*
● Rebel of the Sands series by Alwyn Hamilton (Amelia, Year 10)*
● Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard (Amelia, Year 10)*
● Factfulness by Hans Rosling (Julian, Year 10)*
● Assassin’s Apprentice (Farseer trilogy) by Robin Hobb (Marco, Year 10)
● Oscar et la dame rose by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (Mouhamed, Year 10)
● Vendredi ou la vie sauvage by Michel Tournier (Mouhamed, Year 10)*
● The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Mattia, Year 10)*
● Scythe by Neal Shusterman (Tia, Year 10)*
● The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Thomas, Year 10)
● The Magesterium series by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (Chris, Year 10)
● The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson (Ida, Year 10)
● Emma by Jane Austen (Badrinur, Year 10)*
● The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Kailyn, Year 10)*
● We Were Liars E. Lockhart (Emilia, Year 10)
● She must be mad by Charly Cox (Jayson, Year 10)
● The Economist’s Hour by Binyamin Appelbaum (Leo, Year 10)
● To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Deniz, Year 10)*
● Factfulness by Hans Rosling (Alex, Year 11)*
● Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami (Emily, Year 11)*
● Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (Charlotte, Year
11)
● L’été à Alger de Albert Camus (Matéo, Year 12)
● The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (Alex T., Year 12)
● The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger (Vadim, Year 12)
● Shoe Dog by Phil Knight (Vadim, Year 12)
23● The Mothers by Brit Bennett (Stella, Year 13)
● Lovely War by Julie Berry (Stella, Year 13)*
● John by Annie Baker (Stella, Year 13)
● A Room with a View by E. M. Forster (Tatiana, Year 13)
● The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson (Chloe, Year 13)
● The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Chloe, Year 13)
● The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker (Chloe, Year 13)
24Language Learners by Level
A1/A2: English
● Superfudge by Judy Blume*
● James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl*
● A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony Snicket*
● Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan*
A1/A2: Français
● Coup de Coeur d’Eli
● Cyber-attaque au collège de Darras et Yuio
● Arsène Lupin – Gentleman cambrioleur de Maurice Leblanc
A1/A2: Deutsch
• Beste Freundinnen von Theo Scherling und Elke Burger
• Der Fuchs und die Trauben von Äsop
• Die Stadtmaus und die Landmaus von Kathrin Schärer
• In Gefahr von Elke Burger und Theo Scherling
• Schöne Ferien von Elke Burger und Theo Scherling
• Der Umzug nach Hamburg von Angelika Allmann
A1/A2: Español
● Amnesia por José Luis Ocasar Ariza
● El secreto de Diana por Mª Luisa Rodríguez Sordo
B1/B2: English
● The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton*
● Wonder by R.J. Palacio*
● The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
● Lord of the Flies by William Golding*
● Holes by Louis Sachar*
25B1/B2: Francais
● L’informateur (série clic-ado)
● Le Petit Nicolas de Sempé/Goscinny*
● Le Fantôme de l’Opéra de Gaston Leroux*
B1/B2: Deutsch
● Paul und das Hauskind von Peter Härtling
● Wer ist eigentlich… Robert Koch? bearbeitet von Klett Sprachen GmbH
● Der Ilse ist weg von Christine Nöstlinger
● Tagebuch von Anna Frank*
● Der Blutige Pfad von Nina Wagner, Claudia Peter et al.
● Foto ohne Namen von Angelika Bohn
B1/B2: Español
● La biblioteca por Isabel Marijuán Adrián
● Las aventuras de Tron por Francisco Casquero Pérez
26What are your teachers reading?
● Ms Walker: At the End of the Matinee by Keiichiro Hirano
● Mrs. Romö: A Promised Land by Barack Obama
● Ms Calderon Fort: Room by Emma Donoghue
● Mr Jupp: Limitless by Tim Peake
● Dr Brooke: No one is too small to make a difference by Greta Thunberg
● Mrs Aviss: The Lavender Keeper by Fiona McIntosh
● Mrs Niel: Milkman by Anna Burns
● Mrs Travis: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
● Mr Gillan: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
● Ms Devereux: The Balkan Trilogy and Levant Trilogy by Olivia Manning
● Mr Ward: A Promised Land by Barack Obama
● Mrs Plocinska: 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
● Miss Jacquier: C’est arrivé la nuit by Marc Levy
● Mme Gaudin: Tu comprendras quand tu seras plus grande by Virginie
Grimaldi
● Mrs Kling: The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose
● Mr Broome: Roy Grace (series) by Peter James
● Mrs Cubbin: Big Sky by Jane Atkinson
● Miss Blythe: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
● Mr Hubert: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
● Ms O’Connor: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
● Mr Kruger: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
● Ms Khalid: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
● Mr Lineham: The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina
● Mrs Kaeser: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
● Mr Travis: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
● Ms Bartimote: Target Acquired by Tom Clancy
● Mr Bland: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
● Mr Chapuis: Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler
● Mme Clergé: Les Frangines by Adèle Bréau
● Mme Bodenmann: Sémi (series) by Aki Shimazakai
● Mrs Schibler: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
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