Key Authors

Title Author Qty

My Name is Mina David Almond

Skellig

The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas

The Savage

The Girl Savage Katherine Rundell

Rooftoppers

The Wolf Wilder

Once Morris Gleitzman

Then

Boy Overboard

Two Weeks With the Queen

Liar and Spy Rebecca Stead

First Light

When You Reach Me

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom Louis Sachar

Holes

Dogs Don't Tell Jokes

Fuzzy Mud

White Dolphin Gill Lewis

Sky Hawk

Gorilla Dawn

Scarlett Ibis

Primary Recommended Reading List

Year Six

Adventure/Mystery

Silverfin Charlie Higson

Ash Mistry Sarwat Chadda

Clockwork Sparrow Katherine Woodfine

Murder Most Unladylike Robin Stevens

Poison Boy Moss Fletcher

Varjak Paw S F Said

Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson

Lionboy Zizou Corder

Skullduggery Pleasant Derek Landy

The Templeton Twins Have an Idea Ellis Weiner Holmes

Wolf Brother Michelle Paver

London Eye Mystery Siobhan Dowd

The Crow's Revenge Marcus Alexander

Horror

Raven’s Gate Anthony Horowitz

Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror Chris Priestly

Mortlock Jon Mayhew

The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman

More Bloody Horowitz Anthony Horowitz

Lockwood & Co Jonathan Stroud

The Spooks Apprentice Joseph Delaney

Coraline Neil Gaiman

Short and Shivery Robert D San Souci

Humour

Framed Frank Cottrell Boyce

There's a Boy in the Girls

Bathroom

Louis Sachar

Billionaire Boy David Walliams

Bubble Wrap Boy Phil Earle

My Brother's a Superhero David Solomans

Grandpa's Great Escape David Walliams

Ribblestrop Andy Mulligan

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Tom Angleberger

Fantasy Settings/ Sci - Fi

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's

Stone

J.K. Rowling

Fly By Night Frances Hardinge

Oksa Pollock Anne Plichota

Railhead Philip Reeve

Phoenix S F Said

Time Riders Alex Scarrow

Ingo Helen Dunmore

Northern Lights Philip Pullman

The Hobbit JRR Tolkein

Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer

A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle

Fever Crumb Philip Reeve

The Giver Lois Lowry

Magyk Angie Sage

The Girl Who Circumnavigated

Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own

Making

Catherynne M. Valente

The Emerald Atlas John Stephens

The Undrowned Child Michelle Lovric

Issues

Love, Aubrey (Bereavment) Suzanne Lafleur

How Kirsty Jekins Stole the Elephant

(Bereavement) Ellen Caldecott

Journey to Jo'Burg (Refugees) Beverly Naidoo

Bitter Chocolate (Exploitation) Sally Grindley

Trash (Corruption) Andy Mulligan

The Arrival (Migration) Shaun Tan

Indigo’s Star (Bullying) Hilary McKay

Wonder (Acceptance) R J Palacio

Red Sky in the Morning (Disability) Elizabeth Laird

Tall Story (Changes) Candy Gourlay

Duck, Death and the Tulip

(Bereavement)

Wolf Erlbruch

Graphic Novels

Hilda and the Midnight Giant Luke Pearson

Lowriders in Space Cathy Camper

Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz

Percy Jackson and the Lightning

Thief

Rick Riordan

Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer

El Deafo Cece Bell

Vern and Lettuce Sarah McIntyre

Stories From Other Cultures

Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Close to the Wind Jon Walter

A Thief in the Village James Berry

Haroun & the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie

Luka and the Fire of Life Salman Rushdie

Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah

Wheel of Surya Jamilla Gavin

The Garbage King Elizabeth Laird

A Beautiful Lie Irfan Master

Artichoke Hearts Sita Brahmachari

The Girl Who Married a Lion Alexander McCall-Smith

A Fistful of Pearls Elizabeth Laird

Blackberry Blue Jamilla Gavin

Historical

I Coriander (1600's) Sally Gardner

The Apothecary (Cold War) Marie Meloy

Children of the King (WW2) Sonya Hartnett

Private Peaceful (WW1) Michael Morpurgo

Blackthorn Key (1600's) Kevin Sands

Wild Boy ( London 1841) Rob Lloyd Jones

Hero on a Bicycle (WW2) Shirley Hughes

Diamond of Drury Lane (1700's) Julia Golding

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

(WW2)

Judith Kerr

War Horse (WW1) Michael Morpurgo

Once (WW2) Morris Gleitzman

The Book Thief (WW2) Marcus Zuzak

The Midnight Zoo (WW2) Sonya Hartnett

Viking Boy (Vikings) Tony Bradman

Snow Goose (WW2) Paul Gallico

Raven Boy (Tudors/Great Fire) Pippa Goodhart

Myths and Legends

The Odyssey Gillian Cross

The Illiad Gillian Cross

History Year by Year DK

Falling Out of the Sky R Piercey & E Wright

Robin Hood Nicky Raven

Percy Jackson and the Lightning

Thief

Rick Riordan

Pegasus and the Flame Kate O'Hearn

Greek Myths Ann Turnbull

Tales of Ancient Egypt Roger Lancelyn Green

Letter for the King Tonke Dragt

Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie

The Double Axe Philip Womack

Percy Jackson and the Greek

Heroes

Rick Riordan

Here Lies Arthur Phillip Reeve

The Odyssey Graphic Novel Gareth Hinds

Autobiography and Biography

Grandfather Ghandi Arun Ghandi

Boy Roald Dahl

In the Sea There are Crocodiles Fabio Geda

Line of Fire (Graphic) Sarah Barroux

Jackie Daydream Jacqueline Wilson

Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela

Darwin (Graphic) Jonathan Miller

Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank

Shackleton's Journey William Grill

Son of Promise Child of Hope Barack Obama

Mother Teresa Robin Nelson

Who Was Marie Curie? Megan Stine

Poetry

The Rattle Bag Ted Hughes

The Young Inferno John Agard

The Lady of Shalott Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The Oxford Book of Children's

Poetry Michael Harrison

Book of Nature Poetry J Patrick Lewis

Orange Silver Sausage James Carter

By Heart Ted Hughes

Paint Me a Poem Grace Nichols

If: A Treasury of Poems for almost

every possibility Natasha Law

Barefoot Book of Classic Poems Jackie Morris

Green Glass Beads Jacqueline Wilson

The Weight of Water Sarah Crossan

Michael Rosen’s A to Z of Poetry Michael Rosen

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