Reading list from a selective high school (Yr 7-8)

English is a compulsory subject in the HSC.

To get better in English, there is no short cut. Just have to read and read and read. Write and write and write. Get feedback and work on the writing.

This is a reading list from a selective high school in NSW for junior students.

STEM focused students

1. The phantom toothbrush - Norton Juster

2. Illuminae - Amie Kaufman

3. This Mortal Coil - Emily Suvada

4. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

5. Ready Power One - Ernest Cline

6. Armada - Ernest Cline

7. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

8. The Martian - Andy Weir

9. Warcross - Marie Lu

Average readers

1. Liar & Spy - Rebecca Stead

2. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart

3. The Happiest Refugee - Anh Do

4. The Goldfish Boy - Lisa Douglas

5. The List - Patricia Forde

6. Nemesis = Brendan Reichs

7. The Wave - Todd Strasser

8. The Hate U give - Angie Thomas

Sophisticated readers

1. The Chrysalids - John Wyndham

2. Northern Lights - Philip Pullman

3. Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan

4. Great Expectation - Charles Dickens

5. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

6. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer

7. When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead

8. The Arsonist - Stephanie Oakes

9. More Than This - Patrick Ness

10. We Were Liars - E Lockhart