Literary Canon
Students will begin their St Mary’s Literary Canon reading journey when they join us in Year 7. During afternoon reading time, students read with their Form Tutor and form group. The book lists can be found below. You will notice that some titles are repeated in multiple year groups, this is because our reading calendar was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Year 7 Books
From September 2022
You Are Awesome
by Matt Syed
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Coram Boy
By Jamila Gavin
Peter PAn
By James Matthew Barrie
The Gospel
According to Mark
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
Year 8 Books
From September 2022
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
by Mark Hudson
Notes From A Small Island
by Bill Bryson
The Old Man And
By Jamila Gavin
The Diary of
By Anne Frank
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Year 9 Books
From September 2022
I Am Malala
by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai
To Kill A Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
The Gospel
according to Mark
You Are Awesome
by Matt Syed
The Old Man And The Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
After The First Death
by Robert Cormier
Year 10 Books
From September 2022
Letters of Note
by various authors
The Gospel
according to Mark
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
You Are Awesome by Matt Syed
Peter Pan by James Matthew
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Gospel of Mark
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Year 8 Books
From September 2022
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Year 9 Books
From September 2022
I Am Malala by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Gospel of Mark
After the First Death by Robert Cormier
You Are Awesome by Matt Syed
Year 10 Books
From September 2022
Letters of Note by Various
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Gospel of Mark