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30 Shiphay Lane, Torquay TQ2 7DY
E: sixthformadmin@tggsacademy.org
T: 01803 653756
Sixth Form Absence Line: 01803 653 761
A Level Reading List
Novels
A Mercy – Toni Morrison
Beloved – Toni Morrison
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriever
Enduring Love – Ian McEwan
The Child In Time – Ian McEwan
The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
One Day – David Nicholls
Case Histories – Kate Atkinson
Empress Orchid – Anchee Min
Memoires of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
On Beauty – Zadie Smith
Wise Children – Angela Carter
Purple Hibiscus – Chimamanda Adiche
The Magic Toyshop – Angela Carter
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
The Road – Cormack McCarthy
The Siege (Helen Dunmore)
Water for Elephants – Sarah Gruen
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
This Side of Paradise – F. Scott Fitzgerald
On The Road – Jack Kerouac
Summer Reading Presentations
Read one or more of the books on the A Level Reading List. Research the titles/authors to help you to select the books you might enjoy before you make your choice. Prepare a short presentation on your chosen book; this must be ready and brought with you to your first English lesson in Year 12.
Things to Include
Your presentation should be 5 minutes long and should involve a visual aid e.g Powerpoint (make this image-based and avoid lots of text; 1 slide only), collage or poster, artefact or prop relating to the book etc.
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