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Recommended Reads for Y6

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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