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General, Families, Teachers, Schools 2 March 2023

World Book Day: Reading suggestions for 11-13 year olds

 

In celebration of World Book Day, 2 March 2023, Product Executive Tamra has curated a collection of books suitable for children aged 11-13 years old. Continue to develop and support a love of reading with these imaginative and engaging titles for older children.

Title Author ISBN Description
Uglies Scott Westerfeld 978-1398524552 Is beauty skin-deep? Is it everything? If, on your 16th birthday, you could be as pretty as you wished, would you? At what cost?
Face Benjamin Zephaniah 978-1408894989 Benjamin Zephaniah’s lyrical language shines in this gritty novel about discrimination, courage and, ultimately, friendship
Remembrance Theresa Breslin 978-0552547383 WW1 ripped apart the lives of all it touched, from sleepy Scottish villages to the front battle lines. Correspondences thread through this story across years of significant social change, following a teenage group as they pulled in different directions.
Wonder R. J. Palacio 978-0552565974 This book should be compulsory reading for every child starting secondary. Auggie has been home-schooled due to a facial disfigurement; now he is starting school, and all he wants is to be accepted.
Pig-Heart Boy Malorie Blackman 978-0552555616 Malorie Blackman is a genius at writing stories which spark discussion. Cameron has life-saving treatment, but this comes with some unpleasant, unforeseen consequences.
Railhead Philip Reeve 978-0192742766 Ride the rails on the Great Network, and discover sentient trains, Hive Monks and the intelligent Motorik androids.
Counting by 7s Holly Goldberg Sloan 978-1848123823 Her neurological differences make a devastating event in Willow’s life more challenging. A beautiful, lyrical book that deserves a space on everyone’s bookshelf
The Wolf Wilder Katherine Rundell 978-1526605511 Set in the snowy wilds of Russia, Feodora and her mother train wolves to fend for themselves. In this story you discover the wildest of animals stalks on two legs.
MAUS Art Spiegelman 978-0141014081 The horror of Nazi German depicted through cartoon animals. The only graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize. Powerful. Gut-wrenching. Important.
Three Cups Of Tea Greg Mortenson 978-0141329000 An extraordinary true story of mountain climber Greg Mortenson’s rescue and subsequent return to build and fund schools in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. ‘Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family,’ Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram mountains.

The team at ISEB also curated some suggested reading suitable for young children through to 11-13 years old, explore the collection!

– It’s never too early to develop a love for reading

– Building reading habits

– Book recommendations for 9-11 year olds

– Book recommendations for 11-13 year olds

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