1. Year 8 Homework
Wider reading

2. Make sure that the book you read
is based on the times that we
are studying this year (1485-
1900)
Topics we will cover:
The power of the monarchy
War (Armada and Trafalgar)
Empire (slave trade, growth of the
British and Spanish Empires)
Ordinary peoples’ struggle to get
the vote in Britain
Immigration: The Pilgrim Fathers
and the Irish Famine

3. What type of books can I read?
• Historical fiction
• Biographies
• Auto biographies
You will also be asked to
bring your choice to school
to show your teacher to
check we are happy with
your choice.

4. • Lady Grace Mysteries – Conspiracy by Grace
Cavendish
• Lady Grace Mysteries – Assassin by Grace Cavendish
• Lady Grace Mysteries – Betrayal by Grace Cavendish
• Lady in the Tower by Marie-Louise Jensen
• I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
• Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease
• Lord of the Dreaming Globe by Terry Deary
• King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
• Shakespeare’s Scribe by Gary Blackwood
• Great Fire by Monica Dickens
• Merrybegot by Julie Hearn
• House at Windjammer by V.A.Richardson
• Forged in the Fire by Ann Turnbull
• Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper
• Petals in the Ashes by Mary Hooper
• Eliza Rose by Mary Hooper
• Witch Child by Celia Rees
• Sorceress by Celia Rees
• A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh
Tudors & Stuarts

5. 18th Century
• Highwayman’s Footsteps by Nicola
Morgan
• Sovay by Celia Rees
• Jupiter Amidships by S.I.Martin
• Jupiter Williams by S.I.Martin
• Rebel Cargo by James Riordan
• Pirates! by Celia Rees
• Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
• Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Smith by Leon Garfield
• John Diamond by Leon Garfield

6. 19th Century
• Battle Fleet – Trafalgar 1805 by Paul Dowswell
• Peter Raven – Under Fire by Michael Molloy
• Wheels of War by Sally Prue
• Victory by Susan Cooper
• The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
• Powder Monkey by Paul Dowswell
• Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
• Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean
• Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan
• Twist of Gold by Michael Morpurgo
• Between Two Seas by Marie-Louise Jensen
• Montmorency by Eleanor Updale
• Grace by Jill Paton Walsh