Year 5 recommended reads (These have been taken from a range of sources)
Title | Author | Genre |
The Treasure Hunters | Lisa Thompson | Adventure |
Jaz Santos vs The World | Priscilla Mante | Sports |
The House with Chicken Legs | Sophie Anderson | Fantasy |
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Joan Aiken | Historical |
Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure | Vashti Hardy | Fantasy Adventure |
Wolf Brother | Michelle Paver | Fantasy Adventure |
The Rescue of Ravenwood | Natasha Farrant | Adventure |
Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief | David Owen | Fantasy Adventure |
Which Way to Anywhere | Cressida Cowell | Fantasy |
The Breakfast Club Adventures | Marcus Rashford | Adventure |
The Beast and the Bethany | Jack Meggitt-Phillips | Comedy Fantasy |
The Boss of Everyone | Danny Wallace | Comedy |
The Day my Family Disappeared | Jo Simmons | Comedy Adventure |
Last One Standing | Tom Nicoll | Science Fiction Adventure |
Runaway Robot | Frank Cottrell Boyce | Comedy |
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan | Fantasy |
Page and Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers | Anna James | Adventure Mystery |
Ella on the Outside | Cath Howe | Adventure |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney | Comedy |
A Case of a Grave Digger | Sophie Cleverly | Mystery |
Diary of an Accidental Witch | Honor and Perdita Cargill | Fantasy Comedy |
Freddy and the New Kid | Neill Cameron | Science Fiction |
Frankie’s World | Aoife Dooley | Comic |
El Deafo | Cece Bell | Graphic Autobiographical |
The Aquanaut | Dan Sentat | Comic Comedy Science Fiction |
Roller Girl | Victoria Jamieson | Graphic |
The Song Walker | Zillah Bethell | Fiction |
The Cooking Club Detectives | Ewa Jozefkowicz | Mystery |
Always Clementine | Carlie Sorosiak | Comic |
The Silver Sword | Ian Serraillier | Modern Classic |
Arctic Star | Tom Palmer | Historical fiction |
Secrets of a Sun King | Emma Carroll | Historical fiction |
The Secret of the Treasure Keepers | A M Howell | Mystery Historical fiction |
A Different Kind of Freedom: A Romani Story | Richard O’Neill | Adventure |
The Dog That Saved the World (Cup) | Phil Earle | Football Animals |
Malamander | Thomas Taylor | Fantasy |
Coming to England | Floella Benjamin | Diverse |
Who Let the Gods Out | Maz Evans | Comedy |
The Violet Veil Mysteries | Sophie Cleverly | Mystery |
Beetle Boy | MG Leonard | Adventure |
Boy in the Tower | Polly Ho-Yen | Dystopia Diverse |
The Wolf Wilder | Katherine Rundell | Historical |
Heidi | Johanna Spyri | Classic |
Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer | Fantasy |
The Breadwinner | Deborah Ellis | Diverse |
Clockwork | Philip Pullman | Fantasy |
Danny the Champion of the World | Roald Dahl | Family |
Dial a Ghost | Eva Ibbotson | Comedy |
Indiana Bones | Harry Heape | Mystery |
Dragon Rider | Cornelia Funke | Fantasy |
Emil and the Detectives | Erich Kastner | Classic |
Peter in Peril | Helen Bate | Historical |
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe | Penelope Lively | Horror |
Harry Potter Series | J K Rowling | Fantasy |
Scribbleboy | Philip Ridley | Family |
Stig of the Dump | Clive King | Classic |
Hacker | Malorie Blackman | Mystery Diverse |
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | Judith Kerr | Historical |
Moondial | Helen Cresswell | Classic |
The Demon Headmaster | Gillian Cross | Realistic fiction |
The Witches | Roald Dahl | Adventure |
The Mouse and his Child | Russell Hoban | Classic |
King of the Cloud Forest | Michael Morpurgo | Adventure |
The Phoenix and the Carpet | E Nesbit | Classic |
The Scarecrow and his Servant | Philip Pullman | Adventure |
The Factory Made Boy | Christine Nostlinger | Science Fiction |
Asha and the Spirit Bird | Jasbinder Bilan | Adventure |
Freedom | Catherine Johnson | Historical fiction |
The Girl who Speaks Bear | Sophie Anderson | Fantasy |
The Week at World’s End | Emma Carroll | Historical fiction |
Thief! | Malorie Blackman | Science fiction |
When the Sky Falls | Phil Earle | Historical fiction |
Varjak Paw | SF Said | Fantasy |
Tom’s Midnight Garden | Philippa Pearce | Adventure |
Street Child | Berlie Doherty | Historical fiction |
The Midnight Fox | Betsy Byars | Adventure |
Floodland | Marcus Sedgwick | Fantasy |
Hatchet | Gary Paulsen | Adventure |
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom | Louis Sacher | Realistic fiction |
Year 6 recommended reads (These have been taken from a range of sources)
Title | Author | Genre |
The Lost Whale | Hannah Gold | Adventure |
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh | Helen Rutter | Comedy |
Amari and the Night Brothers | BB Alston | Fantasy |
Show Us Who You Are | Elle McNicoll | Science Fiction |
The Tale of Truthwater Lake | Emma Carroll | Historical fiction |
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crew | Jessica Townsend | Fantasy |
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief | A F Steadman | Fantasy |
The Mountain Rescue Dog | Julietter Forrest | Fiction |
Xanthe and the Ruby Crown | Jasbinder Bilan | Family Adventure |
The Explorer | Katherine Rundell | Adventure |
Armistice Runner | Tom Palmer | Historical fiction |
Rivet Boy | Barbara Henderson | Factual fiction |
The Shark Caller | Zillah Bethell | Adventure Fantasy |
No Ballet Shoes in Syria | Catherine Bruton | Inspired by true events |
Troofriend | Kirsty Applebaum | Science fiction |
Front Desk | Kelly Yang | Fiction |
My Life on Fire | Cath Howe | Family |
Can you Feel the Noise | Stewart Foster | Diverse |
Boy in the Tower | Polly Ho-Yen | Science fiction |
The Invasion of the Crooked Oak | Dan Smith | Science fiction |
Virtual Combat: Gamer | Chris Bradford | Dystopian |
Running Out of Time | Simon Fox | Science fiction |
Head Kid | David Baddiel | Comedy |
How To Be A Human | Karen McCombie | Science fiction |
A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy | David Solomons | Comedy Science fiction |
Emmy Levels Up | Helen Harvey | Adventure |
Murder Most Unladylike | Robin Stevens | Mystery |
New Kid | Jerry Craft | Graphic Comedy |
Smile | Raina Telgemeier | Graphic Autobiographical |
Mega Robot Bros Power Up | Neill Cameron | Comic |
When Stars are Scattered | Victoria Jamieson | Comic Autobiographical |
Nightfall in New York | Katherine Woodfine | Historical |
The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff | Andy Seed | Comedy |
Absolutely Everything | Christopher Lloyd | Encyclopaedic |
A Boy Called Hope | Lara Williamson | Family |
Illegal | Eoin Colfer | Adventure |
Time Travelling with a Hamster | Ross Welford | Science Fiction |
Cogheart | Peter Bunzl | Adventure |
The Girl of Ink and Stars | Kiran Millwood Hargrave | Fantasy |
SeaBEAN | Sarah Holding | Realistic |
Eren | Simon P Clark | Horror |
The Railway Children | E Nesbit | Classic |
Abomination | Robert Swindells | Dystopia |
Carrie’s War | Nina Bawden | Historical |
The Crowstarver | Dick King Smith | Animals |
From Hereabout Hill | Michael Morpurgo | Short Stories |
Fruit and Nutcase | Jean Ure | Family |
Granny | Anthony Horowitz | Comedy |
The Hobbit | JRR Tolkein | Fantasy |
Kensuke’s Kingdom | Michael Morpurgo | Historical |
Lion Boy | Zizou Corder | Animals |
The Machine Gunners | Robert Westall | Historical |
My Swordhand is Singing | Marcus Sedgwick | Horror |
Once | Morris Gleitzman | Historical |
The Other Side of the Truth | Beverly Naidoo | Diverse |
The Silver Sword | Ian Serraillier | Historical |
Skellig | David Almond | Fantasy |
Tell me No Lies | Malorie Blackman | Family |
The Changes Trilogy – The Weathermonger | Peter Dickinson | Dystopia |
What Katy Did | Susan Coolidge | Classic |
The Wheel of Surya | Jamila Gavin | Diverse |
The Borrowers | Mary Norton | Classic |
Silverfin | Charlie Higson | Adventure |
Oranges in No Man’s Land | Elizabeth Laird | Diverse |
Beyond the Bright Sea | Lauren Wolk | Historical fiction Adventure |
A Web of Air | Philip Reeve | Science fiction |
Orphans of the Tide | Struan Murray | Fantasy |
The Skylarks War | Hilary Mckay | Historical fiction |
When Secrets Set Sail | Sita Brahmachari | Adventure |
Fireweed | Jill Paton Walsh | Historical fiction |
Holes | Louis Sachar | Adventure |
River Boy | Tim Bowler | Supernatural |
Mortal Engines | Philip Reeve | Science fiction |
Phoenix | SF Said | Science fiction |
Wolf Hollow | Lauren Wolk | Historical fiction |
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