Year 7
The following are the most popular titles purchased in the last year for year 7’s Tutor Time and Whole School reading initiatives. These texts also make fabulous transitional texts. Can’t see what you are looking for? We can supply almost all books in print just submit a request through: https://www.mbebooks.com/request-a-book/
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A Kestrel for a Knave
Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, and unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk....
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 338
A Kind Of Spark
A Kind of Spark tells the story of 11-year-old Addie as she campaigns for a memorial in memory of the witch trials that took place in her Scottish hometown. Addie knows there's more to the story of these 'witches', just like there is more to hers. ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 192
- MBE Code : 438
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls is defined to be the bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness, and even soon to be major motion picture. The character of Connor appears to have the same dream every single night, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 236
- MBE Code : 119
A Wrinkle In Time
We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
When Charles and Meg Murry go searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for their lost father, they find themselves on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 256
- MBE Code : 671
After
After
The Nazis took my parents I was scared
After
They killed my best friend I was angry
After
They ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determined to get to the forest, to join forces with Gabriek and Yuli, to be a family, to defeat ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 559
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
The Story of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland includes the main character of Alice, a girl who mysteriously falls down a rabbit hole which uncovers an amazing dreamland world known as Wonderland. Here she experiences the most interesting, yet ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 144
- MBE Code : 157
Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl
'In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart ...'
A deeply moving and unforgettable portrait of an ordinary and yet an extraordinary teenage girl.
First published over sixty years ago, Anne Frank's Diary of a Young...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 384
- MBE Code : 676
Arctic Star
Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 188
- MBE Code : 493
Armistice Runner
Lily has lots of worries. She's struggling to compete in her fell-running races and, worse, she's losing her gran to Alzheimer's. But then she discovers her great-great-grandfather's diaries from the First World War. Could his incredible story of ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 176
- MBE Code : 482
Asha And The Spirit Bird
Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa who works in the city. When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home and her mother talks of leaving.
From her den in the ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 672
Away With Words (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
Gala and her dad, Jordi, have just moved from home in Cataluña to a town in Scotland, to live with Jordi’s boyfriend Ryan. Gala doesn’t speak much English, and feels lost, lonely and unable to be her usual funny self. Until she befriends ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 585
Black Brother, Black Brother
Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at his school, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the 'Black Brother', Donte's teachers and ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 240
- MBE Code : 446
Boy Everywhere
This debut middle-grade novel chronicles the harrowing journey taken by Sami and his family from privilege to poverty, across countries and continents, from a comfortable life in Damascus, via a smuggler's den in Turkey, to a prison in Manchester. A ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 648
Boy In The Tower
When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.
Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 563
Boy: Tales Of A Childhood
Boy is a funny, insightful and at times grotesque glimpse into the early life of Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors. We discover his experiences of the English public school system, the idyllic paradise of summer holidays in Norway, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 256
- MBE Code : 130
Brightstorm
Twins Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm receive word in Lontown that their famous explorer father has died in a failed attempt to reach the southernmost point in the world. Not only that, but he has been accused of stealing fuel before he died!
The ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 344
- MBE Code : 310
Can You See Me?
With diary entries written by eleven-year-old Libby Scott, based on her own experiences of autism, this pioneering book, writtenin collaboration with esteemed author Rebecca Westcott, hasbeen widely praised for its realistic portrayal of autism.
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- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 415
CHERUB: The Recruit
The first title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James hits rock bottom before he's offered a new start in an intriguing organisation...
A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 392
Chinese Cinderella
Chinese Cinderella is an autobiography for children based on the bestselling Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah.
Jung-ling's family considers her bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her. They discriminate against her and make her feel ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 304
- MBE Code : 358
Cirque Du Freak
The chilling saga of Darren Shan, who is the ordinary schoolboy, that is plunged into the unknown vampire world. In the story of Cirque Du Freak.
Darren decides to attend a banned freak show, with the accompaniment of his best friend, Steve. With ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 192
- MBE Code : 153
Crater Lake
Who is the mysterious bloodstained man who stops their coach? Why is no one around when Lance and the rest of Year Six arrive at the brand new Crater Lake activity centre? But this is just the beginning of the school trip from hell; a fight for ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 252
- MBE Code : 630
Darkside
Imagine a place just beyond nightmare - a secret city where horrors haunt the streets. Take the wrong alley, turn the wrong corner, and you'll find that place: Darkside. It's wickedly dangerous and excitingly strange - and it could be the last place ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 308
- MBE Code : 432
Do You Know Me?
Tally is autistic and proud. She used to feel like she had to hide her autism, but now Tally is determined to make sure people see who she really is.
But now Tally has a new worry - her school trip. And that means new places, new people and new ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 416
Echo Mountain
1933. When Ellie and her family lose everything, they flee to Echo Mountain. Ellie runs wild, exploring the mountain’s mysteries. But the one she can’t solve is who’s leaving the gifts for her: tiny wooden carvings of animals and flowers, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 356
- MBE Code : 458
Enola Holmes: The Case Of The Missing Marquess
When her mother disappears on her fourteenth birthday, Enola Holmes - the much younger sister of the famous detective Sherlock - suddenly finds herself in the care of her brothers. While Sherlock begins to investigate, his brother Mycroft sets about ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 192
- MBE Code : 573