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Recommended Reads for Y5 and Y6

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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