Year 7 Reading For Pleasure List by Jill Fenton https://padlet.com/jfe5/141p8j5ibkq3407y A list of strongly recommended reads for year 7 students. These are books that you might not choose immediately but are worth the effort. So, try something new and be brave! en-us 2023-03-13 11:57:48 UTC 2023-03-28 13:16:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png Mortal Engines jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/141p8j5ibkq3407y/wish/2514314646 A fantasy adventure in which cities roam the country demolishing smaller towns and looking for relics and technology of the Ancients.
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]]> 2023-03-13 14:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/141p8j5ibkq3407y/wish/2514525779 Freeze (Dyslexia Friendly) jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/141p8j5ibkq3407y/wish/2514533334 When Maya and her classmates are asked to write winter-themed creepy stories, they come up with some brilliantly spooky ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But when a mysterious new girl stands up to read her story, the light begins to dim and the classroom grows colder and colder. Can Maya stop the story and save them before they all FREEZE?
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Without Gwyna, Myrddin will not be able to work the most glorious transformation of all - and turn the leader of a raggle-taggle war-band into King Arthur, the greatest hero of all time.
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But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.
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When fifteen-year-old Dylan burns down the house of the girl he's trying to impress, he thinks only a big gesture can make it up to her - a gesture like robbing a bank.]]> 2023-03-15 13:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/141p8j5ibkq3407y/wish/2517740910 Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/141p8j5ibkq3407y/wish/2517749727 A hilarious, mischievous and fast-paced adventure story from online comedian Humza Arshad and Channel 4 New Comedy Writer's Award winner, Henry White.

Humza Khan is the greatest eleven-year-old rapper Eggington has ever known: he is Little Badman and soon everyone will know his name.
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]]> 2023-03-15 13:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/141p8j5ibkq3407y/wish/2517749727 Virtual Kombat series (Dyslexia friendly) jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/141p8j5ibkq3407y/wish/2517755642 Gripping, well paced science fiction adventure based on computing gaming.
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Bunny and his friends Weenie the Squirrel, Pig (the pig), Action Beaver, and Skunky the Inventor live peacefully in the Woods. Until one day, when the chaotic force of nature Monkey is fired into their midst by the British Space programme! (They were aiming for the Moon.)
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