RECOMMENDED READING FOR YEAR 5 (AGE 9-10)
- Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt
- The Children of Green Knowe, Lucy Boston
- Millions, Frank Cottrell Boyce
- The Demon Headmaster, Gillian Cross
- Danny the Champion of the World, Roald Dahl
- The Gorgeous Georgians, Terry Deary
- The Slimy Stuarts, Terry Deary
- The Terrible Tudors, Terry Deary
- The Vile Victorians, Terry Deary
- Rumpelstiltskin and other Grimm Tales, Carol Ann Duffy
- My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell
- The Little White Horse, Elizabeth Goudge
- From the Mixed up Files of Mrs, Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg
- Goodnight Mr Tom, Michelle Magorian
- The Box of Delights, John Masefield
- Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
- The Phoenix and the Carpet, Edith Nesbit
- Tom’s Midnight Garden, Philippa Pearce
- The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks
- The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
- Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
- Shakespeare Stories: The Tempest, Andrew Matthews
- 101 Dalmatians, Dodie Smith
- Charmed Life, Diana Wynne Jones
- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
RECOMMENDED READING FOR YEAR 6 (AGE 10-11)
- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
- Skellig, David Almond
- Carrie’s War, Nina Bawden
- Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
- Boy: Tales of Childhood, Roald Dahl
- A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (Puffin)
- Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens (Puffin)
- Coraline, Neil Gaiman
- The Owl Service, Alan Garner
- King Solomon’s Mines, Rider Haggard (Puffin)
- I am David, Anne Holm
- Biggles: The Camels are Coming, W.E. Johns
- Stig of the Dump, Clive King
- Skulduggery Pleasant, Derek Landy
- The Thieves of Ostia, Caroline Lawrence
- A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
- The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, Penelope Lively
- Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
- Shakespeare Stories: Antony and Cleopatra, Andrew Matthews
- Private Peaceful, Michael Morpurgo
- Wonder, R.J. Palacio
- A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
- The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells
- The Machine Gunners, Robert Westall
(Especially demanding texts in bold)