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Wildfell reading guides - Nina Crone Library

Like me, you have probably been a bit surprised – to an eyebrow raising extent - by the books that didn’t make it to Wildfell’s 25 most popular book list.

So before you go volcanically cray cray, check out what came 26th-50th on the list of books borrowed, read, and loved by Wildfell students in the last two years. And that may calm the beast within…

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27th

=28th

=32nd

=38th

Assassin by Grace Cavendish

Call me hope by Gretchen Olson

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Dream on Amber by Emma Shevah

Gangsta granny by David Walliams

Are you there, God? It’s me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Two weeks with the queen by Morris Gleitzman

Geek girl by Holly Smale

You’re a bad man, Mr Gum! by Andy Stanton & David Tazzyman

The murderer’s ape by Jakob Wegelius

Being Miss Nobody by Tamsin Winter

The demon headmaster by Gillian Cross

=38th

=41st

=43rd

=46th

The tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler

Three times lucky by Sheila Turnage

The war that saved my life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Someday Angeline by Louis Sachar

Love that dog by Sharon Creech

Nicholas by René Goscinny & Jean-Jacques Sempe

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

The field guide by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black

Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer

Magyk by Angie Sage

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=49th

The fairy-tale detectives by Michael Buckley

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes by Eleanor Coerr

Journey to the river sea by Eva Ibbotson

From the mixed-up files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

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Assassin


By Grace Cavendish F CAV

Lady Grace is Queen Elizabeth’s favourite Maid of Honour. But the Queen wants Grace to be married. When one of her suitors is found dead after the ball at which Grace should have picked her favourite suitor, suspicion falls on Lord Robert. But Grace has noticed that Sir Charles has been acting strangely – and that there is something odd about the body. With her friends Ellie the maid and Masou the acrobat, Lady Grace sets out to discover what really went on that night.

First book in the

Lady Grace mysteries series.

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Call me hope


By Gretchen Olson F OLS

Hope is an 11-year-old girl struggling to live under the pressures of her verbally abusive mother. But instead of running away, precocious Hope chooses resilience instead, and creates survival strategies for herself. With these strategies: a support team that includes the employees of a used clothing store, the smartest kid in the sixth grade, and her older brother; and with the comfort from reading Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, Hope is finally able to confront her mother about her hurtful words and help her begin to change

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Wonder


By R.J. Palacio F PAL

Auggie wants to be an ordinary 10-year-old. He feels ordinary on the inside. But ordinary kids do not make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?

First book in the

Wonder series.

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Dream on Amber


By Emma Shevah F SHE

As a half-Japanese, half-Italian girl with a ridiculous name (Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto), Amber is not feeling very optimistic about making friends at her new school.

But the hardest thing about being Amber is that a part of her is missing - her dad. He left when she was little and he isn't coming back. Not for her first day of middle school and not for her little sister's birthday. So Amber will have to dream up a way for the Miyamoto sisters to make it on their own...

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Gangsta granny


By David Walliams F WAL

Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. She's the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup.

But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma:

1) She was once an international jewel thief.

2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the crown jewels, and now she needs Ben's help...

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Are you there, God?

It’s me, Margaret


By Judy Blume F BLU

Life isn't easy for Margaret. She's moved away from her childhood home, she's starting a new school, finding new friends - and she's convinced she's not normal. For a start she hasn't got a clue whether she wants to be Jewish like her father or Christian like her mother. Everyone else seems really sure of who they are. And, worst of all, she's a 'late developer'.

It's too embarrassing to talk to her parents about these things. So she talks to God instead - and waits for an answer…

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Two weeks with the queen


By Morris Gleitzman F GLE

Colin Mudford is on a quest. His brother Luke has cancer and the doctors in Australia don't seem to be able to cure him.

Sent to London to stay with relatives, Colin is desperate to do something to help Luke. He wants to find the best the doctor in the world. Where better to start than by going to the top? Colin is determined to ask the Queen for her advice.

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Geek girl


By Holly Smale F SMA

Harriet Manners knows many scientific facts. But she doesn't know why nobody at school seems to like her. So when Harriet is spotted by a top model agent, she grabs the chance to reinvent herself. Even if it means stealing her best friend's dream, incurring the wrath of her arch enemy Alexa, and repeatedly humiliating herself in front of impossibly handsome model Nick. Even if it means lying to the people she loves.

As her old life starts to fall apart, will Harriet be able to transform herself before she ruins everything?

First book in the

Geek girl series.

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You’re a bad man, Mr Gum!


By Andy Stanton &

David Tazzyman F STA

Mr Gum is a complete horror who hates children, animals, fun and corn on the cob. He also hates the angry fairy who lives in his bathtub. She’s angry (and violent) if the garden isn’t kept neat and tidy, which it usually was until the daily visits of Jake the dog, whose ‘enthusiastic’ gardening literally destroys the peace.

Mr Gum decides that Jake has to be persuaded never to dig up the garden again – permanently!

First book in the

Mr Gum series.

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The murderer’s ape


By Jakob Wegelius F WEG

Sally Jones is not only a loyal friend, she's an extraordinary individual. This unique gorilla moves among humans without speaking but understanding everything. She and the Chief are devoted comrades who operate a cargo boat. A job they are offered pays big bucks, but the deal ends badly, and the Chief is falsely convicted of murder. For Sally, this is the start of a harrowing quest for survival and to clear the Chief's name. Powerful forces are working against her, and they will do anything to protect their secrets.

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Being Miss Nobody


By Tamsin Winter F WIN

Rosalind hates her new secondary school. She's the weird girl who doesn't talk - the “mute-ant”. And it's easy to pick on someone who can't fight back.

So Rosalind starts a blog - Miss Nobody; a place to speak up, a place where she has a voice. But there is a problem - is Miss Nobody becoming a bully herself?

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The demon headmaster


By Gillian Cross F CRO

When Dinah is fostered by the Hunters, she thinks her biggest problem will be fitting in with her foster-brothers, Lloyd and Harvey. However, once she starts at her new school it's clear that there's more to worry about. All the children, apart from a handful including Lloyd and Harvey, are too well-behaved - robotic almost - and oddly keen to please the creepy headmaster.

When their investigations reveal the headmaster’s wicked plan, they must hurry, as there is much more at risk than just their school.

First book in the

Demon headmaster series.

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The tail of Emily Windsnap


By Liz Kessler F KES

Emily Windsnap lives on a boat, but her mother has always been oddly anxious to keep her out of the water. It is only when Emily has her first school swimming lesson that she discovers why: as soon as she gets into the water, she grows a tail! Soon Emily discovers a glorious underwater world of fishes, coral, shipwrecks and mermaids, and, best of all, she finds a best friend!

With mermaid Shona Silkfin by her side, Emily uncovers a surprising family secret and embarks on a quest to reunite her mum and dad.

First book in the

Emily Windsnap series.

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Three times lucky


By Shelia Turnage F TUR

Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. Orphaned at birth, she's found a home with the Colonel--a cafe owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous cafe hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo sets out to uncover the truth in hope of saving the only family she has ever known.

First book in the

Mo and Dale mysteries series.

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The war that saved my life


By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley F BRA

9-year-old Ada has never left her one-room flat. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute - she sneaks out to join him. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Miss Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take in the two children. Life is much better here, but will Ada and her brother be able to avoid falling back into the hands of their cruel mother?

First book in the

War series.

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Someday Angeline


By Louis Sachar F SAC

Nobody understands why Angeline is so intelligent. But being smart is causing Angeline nothing but trouble. The mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn't know what to do with an 8-year-old girl who seems to be a genius. Angeline doesn't want to be either a genius or a freak. She just wants the chance to be herself and be happy. But it's only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call Goon and the teacher they call Mr Bone that Angeline gets that chance.

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Love that dog


By Sharon Creech F CRE

Jack has a lot to deal with. For a start, he hates poetry. And his teacher, Miss Stretchberry, will not stop giving her class poetry assignments - and Jack can't avoid them.

But then something amazing happens. The more he writes, the more he learns that he does have something to say. And that is going to help him deal with what is really troubling Jack – how do you cope when your most treasured friend is run over and killed by a car?

First book in the

Love that dog series.

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Nicholas


By René Goscinny &

Jean-Jacques Sempe F GOS

Nicholas is a charming and endearing primary school boy. He loves his parents, and wants to be an upstanding and model French citizen.

But despite trying to be good, Nicholas and his friends always seem to end up in some sort of mischief. In the school room, at home and in the playground, their enthusiasm often takes over and the results are usually calamitous - especially for their teachers and parents.

First book in the

Nicholas series.

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Anne of Green Gables


By L.M. Montgomery F MON

Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise. They are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a skinny, red-haired girl turns up instead.

Feisty and full of spirit, Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination and constant chatter. It's not long before Anne finds herself in trouble, but soon it becomes impossible for the Cuthberts to imagine life without 'their' Anne.

First book in the

Anne of Green Gables series.

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The field guide


By Tony DiTerlizzi &

Holly Black F DIT

After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they've just moved into, Jared; his twin brother, Simon; and their older sister, Mallory, discover that there's a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to our own - the world of faerie.

The Grace children want to share their story, but the faeries will do everything possible to stop them...

First book in the

Spiderwick Chronicles series.

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Charlotte Sometimes


By Penelope Farmer F FAR

Charlotte Makepeace's first day at boarding school is a bewildering blur of unfamiliar faces, timetables, rules and lists. All the other girls know the routine - and each other. No one invites her into their exclusive circles of whispers and giggles.

But on her very first night something mysterious starts to happen. She wakes up in the same bed, in the same dormitory, in the same school, but something has changed. Somehow Charlotte has slipped forty years back in time...

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Magyk


By Angie Sage F SAG

On the same night that he discovers his seventh son is pronounced dead by the midwife, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across an abandoned child in the snow - a newborn girl with violet eyes. Who is this mysterious baby girl, and why has the chief wizard told him that he must protect her at all costs?

After ten happy years being hidden from danger, her true identity is suddenly exposed, and the forces of evil will stop at nothing until they have her.

First book in the

Septimus Heap series.

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The fairy-tale detectives


By Michael Buckley F BUC

Orphaned sisters Sabrina and Daphne are sent to live with their mysterious grandmother, Relda Grimm, who lives in a town in rural New York State that experiences an extraordinary number of unexplained and unusual crimes. As it turns out, the two girls are the descendants of the Brothers Grimm, whose famous book of fairy tales is actually a history book.

When a giant has been set loose to terrorise the community, the sisters and Relda must find out who is really behind the trail of destruction before it is too late.

First book in the

Sisters Grimm series.

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Sadako and the

thousand paper cranes


By Eleanor Coerr F COE

In Japan, 12-year-old Sadako is lively and athletic - the star of her school's running team. One day, after experiencing dizzy spells, she is diagnosed with leukemia – caused by the radiation from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima ten years earlier.

Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.

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Journey to the river sea


By Eva Ibbotson F IBB

It is 1910 - Maia, orphaned at 13, travels from England to start a new life with distant relatives who live hundreds of miles up the Amazon river. Accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess, who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey, Maia is disappointed with her strange new family. Fortunately, she befriends Finn, an English boy who lives with the local Indians and shares her passion for the jungle. When Finn's past life catches up with him, they are forced to flee, as they are chased far upriver into the vast wilderness of Brazil.

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From the mixed-up files

of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler


By E.L. Konigsburg F KON

Claudia Kincaid runs away to live in the New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art. Knowing that her younger brother, Jamie, has money and thus can help her with her cash flow problem she invites him along.

Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie, find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn't it? Claudia is determined to find out.

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