Author

Title

Genre/theme

Michael Hardcastle

Eye for a Goal

Sport, football

Jeremy Strong

Otherworld

Reluctant reader, fantasy adventure

Morris Gleitzman

Toad Rage

Humour, animals

Theresa Thomlinson

Night of the Red Devil

Time slip. history adventure

Michael Lawrence

The Poltergoose

Animal story, adventure

Robert Swindells

Nightmare Stairs

Thriller, nightmares

Michael Morpurgo

The Butterfly Lion

Animal tale

Chris d'Lacey

Fly, Cherokee, Fly

Animal story, birds bullying

Pete Johnson

Mind Reader

Science fiction
friendship power

Berlie Doherty

Bella's Den

Animal story foxes environment

Clare Bevan

Lucky Numbers

Humour, greed

Roald Dahl

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Family Poverty

Jacqueline Wilson

Buried Alive

Friendship, bullying humour

Betsy Byars

The Eighteenth Emergency

Social issues, bullying

Philip Pullman

The Firework-Maker’s Daughter

Modern classic

Lynn Reid Banks

Harry the Poisonous Centipede

Animal adventure

Eoin Colfer

The Legend of Spud Murphy

Boys/ The Power of reading.

Lauren Child

Utterly Me, Clarice Bean

Family related follow up to the picture books.

Jamila Gavin

Grandpa Chatterji

Indian and British life comparison.

Antoine de St-Exupery

The Little Prince

Inter-planetary dreamlike fantasy.