Reading is the gateway to every subject in school, but more than that, it is the gateway to a world of imagination, learning, growth and experience.
Without an excellent standard of literacy, it is proven that students struggle to access lessons, curriculum and exams but more importantly, they are missing out on a whole world of incredible stories, and fascinating characters.
That is why we at The George Eliot School encourage all students (and staff!) to take part in the reading challenge: to read 50 of the best books ever written before you leave in year 11.
Will you make it on to our Wall of Excellence?
10 books read? – Bronze award
25 books read? – Silver award
50 books read? – Gold award
Year 7Suggested Titles |
Year 8Suggested Titles |
Year 9Suggested Titles |
Year 10Suggested Titles |
Year 11Suggested Titles |
Harry Potter Romeo and Juliet Treasure Island Alice in Wonderland Divergent The Hunger Games The Secret Garden The Hobbit Wind in the Willows A Monster Calls |
The Chrysalids The Giver Dune Lord of the Rings The Fault in our Stars Of Mice and Men Lord of the Flies A Midsummer Night's Dream Gulliver's Travels Little Women
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Animal Farm 1984 The History of Bees Sherlock Holmes I am Legend To Kill A Mockingbird Wonder Frankenstein To the Lighthouse Fahrenheit 451 |
Pride and Prejudice The Great Gatsby The Picture of Dorian Gray Dracula Jane Eyre Jekyll and Hyde Great Expectations Rebecca Wuthering Heights The Time Travellers Wife |
The Kite Runner Brave New World Never Let Me Go The Children of Men The Catcher in the Rye The Road The Colour Purple IT Atonement The Handmaid's tale
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Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) is arguably Nuneaton’s most famous success story.
She was one of the Victorian era’s most popular writers. She acted as a pioneer and helped to carve a path for the female writers who followed her.
We are incredibly proud to be named after one of the most influential writers of all time.
I opened a book and in I strode
Now nobody can find me.
I’ve left my chair, my house, my road,
My town and my world behind me.
I’m wearing the cloak, I’ve slipped on the ring,
I’ve swallowed the magic potion.
I’ve fought with a dragon, dined with a king
And dived in a bottomless ocean.
I opened a book and made some friends.
I shared their tears and laughter
And followed their road with its bumps and bends
To the happily ever after.
I finished my book and out I came.
The cloak can no longer hide me.
My chair and my house are just the same,
But I have a book inside me.
I opened a book, by Julia Donaldson