A selection of books especially selected for children in Year 8 (12 - 13 year olds) of average reading ability for the 2026/27 academic year.
Year 8 (age 12-13): 44 books, including Bog Child, The Swallows' Flight and The Summer We Turned Green.
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Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd
Paperback
In Stock
£8.99 £9.99
The Swallows' Flight
Hilary McKay
Hardback
£11.69 £12.99
The Summer We Turned Green
William Sutcliffe
£8.09 £8.99
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne
Jonathan Stroud
Tsunami Girl
Julian Sedgwick
£9.89 £10.99
Steady For This
Nathanael Lessore
Here Lies Arthur
Philip Reeve
Not Available
Kicked Out
A. M. Dassu
£7.19 £7.99
Mortal Engines
The Haunting of Tyrese Walker
J P Rose
Sky Dancers
Chris Vick
War
Eoin Colfer and 1 more
£15.29 £16.99
Lark
Anthony McGowan
The Bone Sparrow
Zana Fraillon
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys
Toffee
Sarah Crossan
Black and British: A short, essential history
David Olusoga
Splinters of Sunshine
Patrice Lawrence
Medusa
Jessie Burton
£13.49 £14.99
Hexed
Julia Tuffs
Temporarily Out Of Stock
Bad Influence
Tamsin Winter
You Don't Know What War Is
Yeva Skalietska
Once Upon a Fever
Angharad Walker
Wild Song
Candy Gourlay
Never Trust a Gemini
Freja Nicole Woolf
The Battle of Cable Street
Tanya Landman
Bone Talk
Treacle Town
Brian Conaghan
The 10pm Question
Kate De Goldi
Bloodtide & Bloodsong: The Complete Duology
Melvin Burgess
The Boy Lost in the Maze
Joseph Coelho
Best of All Worlds
Kenneth Oppel
The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die
Peter Lantos
Needle
The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander
The Crossover Graphic Novel
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness
Dangerous Influence
Sally Nicholls
When the Bones Sing
Ginny Myers Sain
Black Star
Owl King
Bex Hogan
Like a Brother
Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Roar
Manjeet Mann
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