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Pupils and Students

We recognise that young people learn most effectively where they feel safe and happy. The Academy provides a nurturing, caring and supportive environment, and one where pupils and students build confidence and self-esteem as a platform for academic achievement and excellence. Learning needs to be engaging, stimulating and fun. 

The East Manchester Academy strives to ensure every individual pupil  and student enjoys and is inspired by the curriculum and the wide range of extra-curricular activities on offer.

The first cohort of year 7 pupils and  Post 16 students will be a part of something new and exciting: pioneers setting the tone for the future. They will have an opportunity of a lifetime, for a lifetime. 


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Recommended Readers  Year 7

Blackman, Malorie – Hacker

Cabot, Meg – The Princess diaries

Dalton, Annie – Winging It

Di Terlizzi, Tony – The Spiderwick Chronicles

D’Lacey, Chris – The Fire Within

Dunbar, Fiona – The Truth Cookie

Horowitz, Anthony – Stormbreaker

Higson, Charlie – Silverfin

King-Smith, Dick - Smasher

Morpurgo, Michael – The Butterfly Lion

Muchamore, Robert – Cherub Series

Nimmo, Jenny – Midnight for Charlie Bone

Nix, Garth – Sabriel, & Mister Monday

Paterson, K –  Bridgeto Terabithia

Paver, Michelle –Wolf Brother

Paolini, Christopher - Eragon

Philbrick, Rodman – Freak the Mighty

Pullman, Philip – The Scarecrow and his Servant

Reeve, Philip – Mortal Engines

Rix, Jamie – The War Diaries of Alistair Fury; The Kiss of Death

Rowling, J.K. – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Somper, Justin – Demons of the Ocean

Snicket, Lemony – A Series of Unfortunate Events

Temperley, Alan – Harry and the Wrinklies

Ure, Jean – Passion Flower

White, E.B. – Charlotte’s Web

Wilson, Jacqueline -  Candyfloss

Horrible Histories series

Horrible Science series



Biography

Benjamin, Floella – Coming to England

Brown, C. – My Left Foot

Bryson, B. – Notes From a Big Country

Clucas, Joan Graff – Mother Teresa

Dahl, Roald – Boy

Drinkwater, C. – The Hunger

Frank, Anne – Diary of a Young Girl

Harmer, H. – Martin Luther King

Hatt, Christine – Martin Luther King

Jones, Bruce – Lewis Hamilton

MacDonald, A. – Henry VIII And His Chopping Block

Mah, Adeline Yen – Chinese Cinderella

Smith, Sean – J.K. Rowling

Snicket, L. – The Unauthorized Biography

Wilkins, V. – Benjamin Zephaniah

Wilson, J. – Dustbin Baby


Classics

Alcott, L.M. –Little Women

Banks, Lynn Reid –The Indian in the Cupboard

Barrie, J.M. – Peter Pan

Burnett, F.H. – The Secret Garden

Carroll, Lewis –Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Defoe, Daniel – The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Dumas, Alexandre –The Three Musketeers

Durrell, Gerald – My Family And Other Animals

Dickens, Charles –Oliver Twist

Hughes, Ted – Iron Man/Woman

King, Clive – Stig of the Dump

Kipling, Rudyard –Jungle Book

Lamb, Charles &Mary – Tales of Shakespeare

Lewis, C.S. – The Magician’s Nephew

Nesbit, E. – The Railway Children

Norton, Mary – The Borrowers

Pearce, Phillipa –Tom’s Midnight Garden

Sewell, Anna – Black Beauty

Spyri, Johanna –Heidi

Tolkien, J.R.R. –The Hobbit

Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House On the Prairie

White, E.B. –Charlotte’s Web


Adventure

Anderson, M. –Burger Wuss

Belbin, D. – The Runaway Train

Blackman, Malorie. –Antidote

Gibbons, A. – The Defender

Hawke, R. – The Keeper

Horowitz, Anthony –The Alex Rider Series

Masters, A. – The Biker

Morpurgo, Michael –Kensuke’s Kingdom

Paulsen, G. –Hatchet

Shearer, A. – The Stolen

Stevenson, R.L. –Kidnapped

Wooderson, P. –Guard Dog

Wyss, J.D. – The Swiss Family Robinson


Animal stories

Brooke, Lauren –Heartland (horses)

Burgess, M. - Kite

Daniels, Lucy –Animal Ark Series

Grahame, K. – The Wind in the Willows

King-Smith, Dick –The Sheep-Pig

Knight, E. – Lassie Come Home

Morpurgo, M. – The Nine Lives of Montezuma

Oppel, K. –Silverwing

Sewell, A. – Black Beauty

Wilson, A.N. – Stray


Comedy

Anholt, L. –Eco-wolf and the 3 Pigs

Apps, Roy – How to Handle Your Enemies

Ardagh, P. – Awful End

Dahl, Roald –Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Mathilda

Doder, Joshua – A Dog Called Grk

Fine, Anne – Diary of a Killer Cat

Gantos, J. – Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

Harrison, H. – The Steel Rat

Horowitz, A. – I Know What You Did Last Wednesday

Jennings, Paul –Unbelievable and Uncovered

McCombie- Crushes,Cliques & the School Trip

Pilkey, Dav –Captain Underpants

Pulman, P. – I Was a Rat

Ridley, P. –Scribble Boy

Shipton, P. – The Pig Scrolls

Simon, Francesca –Handful of Horrid Henry

Strong, Jeremy – The One Hundred Miles An Hour Dog

Townsend, Sue – The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

Wilson, Jacqueline –Buried Alive, Cliffhanger


Families and Friends

Almond, David –Skellig

Bawden, N. – The Real Plato Jones

Binch, C. – Gregory Cool

Blackman, M. –Operation Gadgetman

Blume, J. – Are You There God?

Browne, A. - Zoo

Bowler, Tim – River Boy

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. – The Secret Garden

Creech, S. – Walk Two Moons

Fine, A. – Goggle Eyes

Hiaasen, C. – Hoot

Horowitz, A. – The Switch

Ibbotson, E. –Journey to the River Sea

Kaye, G. – Comfort Herself

Lester, J. – The Basketball Game

Mark, J. – The Lady with the Iron Bones

Matthews,A. – Stiks and Stoans

Moon, P. – Do Not Read this Book

Murray, K. –Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish

Nesbit, E. – The Railway Children

Pascal, F. – Hanging out with Cici

Wilson, Jacqueline –The Diamond girls and Bad Girls


Fantasy

Colfer, E. – Artemis Fowl

Gibbons, A. – The Shadow of the Minotaur

Jarvis, R. – Thorn Ogres of Hagwood

Lewis, C.S. – The Chronicles of Narnia

Norton, M. – The Borrowers

Pulman, P. – The Northern Lights

Rosen, M. – Arabian knights and Other Stories

Stewart, P & Riddell, C. – Edge Chronicle Stories


Historical

Booth, M. – Music on the Bamboo Radio

Dolton, A. – Losing the Plot

Doherty, B. – Street Child

Fraser, A. – Robin Hood

Gavin, J. – Coram Boy

Layton, G. – The Swap and Other Stories

Pennington, L. –Charley Feather

Peyton Walsh, J. – A Parcel of Patterns


Horror

Chrichton, M. – The Lost World

Everett, F. –Letters from the Grave

Griffiths, B. – A Gruesome Body

Horowitz, A. –Horowitz Horror and Scared

Jarvis, R. – The Raven’s Knot

Price, S. – Horror Stories

Shan, D. – Tunnels of Blood and Cirque Du Freak

Stevenson, R.L. – Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Stine, R.L. -Goosebumps

Wooding, C. – The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray

Zindel, P. – Raptor

Usborne Book of Fear


Mystery

Lawrence, Caroline –The secrets of Vesuvius

Rose, Malcolm-Framed, Kiss of Death


Sport

Cattell, Bob – Glory in the Cup

Childs, R. – Soccer Mad

Dhami, N. – Bend I tLike Beckham

Durant, A. – Doing the Double

Gibbons, A. – Julie,Me & Michael Owen Makes Three

May, S. – Dazzer Plays On

Morpurgo, M. – Billy the Kid

Science Fiction

Adams, D – Mostly Harmless

Blackman, M. –Dangerous Reality

Carew, J. – Time Loop (spiral play)

Hawkins, C. – Come For a Ride on the Ghost Train

Kahn, J. – Return of the Jedi

Patterson, James –Maximum Ride Series

Reeve, P.- Mortal Engine

Simpson, M.- Strange Orbit

Westall, R. – Future Track


War

Bawden, Nina –Carrie’s war

Boyne, John – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Donkin, A. – Harry’s Battle of Britain

Dowswell, Paul - War Stories (Non-fiction 941.082)

Ellis, D. – The Breadwinner

Gavin, J. – The Wheels of Surya

Glatshteyn, Yankev –Emil and Karl

Gleitzman, M. – Then and Once

Hawkins, E. – Sea of Peril

Johns, Capt. W. E. –Biggles Defies the Swastika

Kerr, J. – When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Lingard, J. – Tell the Moon to Come Out

Magorian, Michelle –Goodnight Mister Tom

Mark, J. – Thunder and Lightenings

Morpurgo, Michael –Private Peaceful

Peet, Mal – Tamar

Swindells , Robert –Doodlebug Alley

Toksvig, Sandi –Hitler’s Canary

Westall, Robert –The Machine Gunners and The Kingdom by the Sea

 


      

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