Reading for Pleasure

The SASS CANON

At school we have identified the body of books which we expect every student to read whilst a student in years 7, 8 & 9. This is called the SASS canon. These books are:

Year 7

• Frankie’s World by Aoife Dooley
• When Secrets Set Sail by Sita Brahmachari
• You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed
• When Life Gives you Mangos by Kereen Getten
• Rhythm and Poetry by Karl Nova
• Horrible Histories: The Groovy Greeks by Terry Deary and Martin Brown
• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
• His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
• Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
• The Stuff of Nightmares by Malorie Blackman

Download a guide to the Year 7 canon here – YEAR 7 CANON.

Year 8

• Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens
• Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello
• Clap when you Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• She Wore Red Trainers by Na’ima B Robert
• Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle
• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
• Children of Blood and Bone by TomiAdeyem
• Sawbones by Catherine Johnson
• That Asian Kid by Savita Kalhan
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Download a guide to the Year 8 canon here – YEAR 8 CANON.

Year 9

• This Book Kills by Ravena Guro
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
• Let’s Play Murder by Kesia Lupo
• Thief by Malorie Blackman
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• You Must be Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
• Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah
• I’m the King of the Castle by Susan Hill
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Download a guide to the Year 9 canon here – YEAR 9 CANON.