Suggestions for themed reading reports. If you are unsure if a text is suitable, check with your teacher. (NF) = Non-Fiction (H) = Historical (CR) = Critical Reputation at adult level
Level 1 & 2 CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns A Step From Heaven by An Na
Sold by Patricia Mccormick
Sold by Zana Muhsen
The Girl in the Picture by Denise Chong (NF)
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody (NF)
My Forbidden Face by Latifa (NF)
My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran by Haleh Esfandiari
Over a Thousand Hills I walk with You by Hanna Jansen
Maalika: My Life Among the Afar Nomads of Africa by Valerie Browning and John Little
Level 1 & 2 IDENTITY & GROWING UP
Tu by Patricia Grace
Ribbons of Grace by Maxine Alterio
Sasscat by Paula Boock
Sasscat To Win by Paula Boock
The Tiggie Thompson Show by Tessa Duder
The Six Pack 820 SIX
I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree 940.53 HIL
Tomorrow When The World Began by John Marsden
Homefront by Doris Gwaltney
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
Noughts And Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Tin Soldiers by Ian Bone
Power of One by Bryce Courtney
Fire From The Rock by Sharon Draper
The Forest Of Hands And Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Solace Of The Road by Siobhan Dowd
The Crossing, Into The Wilderness, Resurrection by Mandy Hager
The Lit Report by Sarah N. Harvey
Mama's Song by Ben Beaton
Talking To Adam by Sarah Ell
Boys Don't Cry by Majorie Blackman
You Against Me Jenny Downham
Girl Next Door by Alyssa Brugman
Spider by William Taylor
Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
Sacrifice by Joanna Orwin
Being Billy by Phil Earle
Where I Belong by Gillian Cross
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Tango's baby by Martin Waddell
Level 1 & 2 IDENTITY & GROWING UP
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Peter Pan by J M Barrie
Solo by Alyssa Brugman
A Mountain Of Crumbs, Growing Up Behind The Iron Curtain by Elena Gorokhova
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
A Step From Heaven by An Na
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Remembrance by Theresa Breslin
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Moorehawke Trilogy by Celine Kiernan
Hold My Hand Or Else by Margaret Clark
Birthday Blues by Anne Cassidy
Are You There God-It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
A Girl Called Blue by Marita Conlon-McKenna
The War Orphan by Rachel Anderson
Hang A Thousand Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi
The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong by Kirsty Murray
The Summer House Loon by Ann Fine
Memoirs Of A Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zavin
A Rose For the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French
Flip by Martyn Bedford
No Use Crying by Zanna Kearns
To Be Mona by Kelly Easton
The Lit Report by Sarah N Harvey
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick