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Recommended Reading Year 5

Recommended reads; year 5.

This is a suggested list of titles and authors, which we feel to be appropriate for this age group.

 

Author

Title

Genre/theme

Eoin Colfer

 

Artemis Fowl

Fantasy, humour magic fairies goblins

Philip Pullman

 

Clockwork

Fantasy, magic mystery

Dick King-Smith

 

The Crowstarver

Social issues, disability animals orphan

Philip Ridley

 

Krindlekrax

Fantasy, bullying humour

Michelle Magorian

 

A Spoonful of Jam

Historical bullying theatre WWII

Terry Pratchett

 

Johnny and the Bomb

Historical, time-slip war fantasy

Lemony Snicket

 

The Bad Beginning

Adventure

E. B. White

 

Charlotte’s Web

Animal, moral tale

Clive King

 

Stig of the Dump

Classic fantasy adventure

Roald Dahl

 

The B F G

Humour, friendship

Jean Ure

 

Becky Bananas

Humour, illness friendship family

Andrew Norriss

 

Aquila

Fantasy, aliens friendship

Frances Hodgson Burnett

 

The Secret Garden

Social issues, India countryside orphans

E Nesbit

 

The Railway Children

Historical, moving home

Lynn Reid-Banks

The Indian in the Cupboard

Modern classic fantasy

Robert Swindells

 

The Go-Ahead Gang

 

Modern classic

 

 

NLS themes: autumn term- work by significant children’s writers.

 

spring term- traditional stories, myths, legends and fables from a range of cultures.

 

summer term- novels, stories and poems from a variety of cultures and traditions.
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