Essential reading for every boy aged 12. Regardless of genre, format, length and how dull the cover looks, every one is a winner. Go on, you know you want to read them...
	Skellig by David Almond (1998) First book in the Skellig series
	The spook's apprentice by Joseph Delaney (2004) First book in The Wardstone chronicles series
	Parvana by Deborah Ellis (2000) First book in The breadwinner series
	A fortunate life by A.B. Facey (1985)
	The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (2004) First book in The Sea of Trolls series
	The ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (2004) First book in The ranger's apprentice series
	The snow goose by Paul Gallico (1940)
	Once by Morris Gleitzman (2005) First book in the Felix and Zelda series
	The silver donkey by Sonya Hartnett (2004)
	Charmed life by Diana Wynne Jones (1977) First book in the Chrestomanci series
	The book of everything by Guus Kuijer (2004)
	The call of the wild by Jack London (1900)
	The giver by Lois Lowry (1993) First book in The giver series
	The false prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (2012) First book in the Ascendance series
	Wolf brother by Michelle Paver (2004) First book in the Chronicles of ancient darkness series
	Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone by J.K. Rowling (1997) First book in the Harry Potter series
	The amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (2003) First book in the Bartimaeus series
	The new policeman by Kate Thompson (2005) First book in the Liddy series
	Cue for treason by Geoffrey Trease (1940)
	Blueback by Tim Winton (1997)