Rose Hill School Years 5&6 Reading List This reading list is intended as a general guide only. It should not be seen as an exhaustive list of books that students must read during the year. The books on this list are considered suitable reading material for the majority of children in Years 5 and 6 at Rose Hill School. Children who have some difficulty reading or who havea particularly advanced reading ability may not necessarily find all of the books on this list suitable. Try to make time in your busy life for reading! Get in the habit of settling yourself down at the end of the day with a good book—maybe the last half-hour before bedtime? A Handful of Magic Stephen Elboz The first in a series of books about the adventures of Kit Stixby and his friend, Prince Henry. Kit has a Next? magic carpet. He and his best friend, Prince Henry, spend wonderful nights flying across London looking A Land Without Magic and A Wild Kind of Magic, more for adventure. And they find it! Among the werewolves in the Tower of London. But Prince Henry falls into fast-paced Henry and Kit adventures. Also try Stephen terrible danger and Kit must rescue his friend, and brave the horrors of the tunnels beneath London ... * Elboz’s The Tower at Moonville, about orphans who An author to recommend to readers who've enjoyed the Harry Potter books swap places. For a scarier read, try The House of Rats, about children trapped in a mysterious house who find help from an unusual place. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis . Whilst playing hide and seek, Lucy hides in the wardrobe and finds her way to the magical world of Narnia… Aquila Andrew Norris Two schoolboys discover a spaceship when out on a school-trip. The boys learn to fly the spaceship and Next? talk in Latin, because this is the only language Aquila understands. But the more fun and adventures the In The House that Sailed Away by Pat Hutchins, a house boys have, the more they seem to grow apart. moves, with a whole family inside. If you’ve a taste for ancient Rome, Nicobobinus by Terry Jones is a magical adventure. Next by the same author? Matts Millions - Matt Collins is eleven and lives with his mother at number 27, Calmore Road, Chesterfield. One morning, towards the end of the summer holidays, a letter arrives from a firm of solicitors, with a cheque made payable to him for over #1 million - so that he can buy anything he Andrew Clement’s Frindle is about another boy for wants. The Touchstone - How do I build a robot? How do I make a million? How can I get my parents whom school suddenly becomes very interesting…. back together? If you could find the answer to every question you asked life would be easy, wouldn’t it? This is what Douglas Patterson believes when an alien gives him the gift of a Touchstone. At first Douglas The Big Bazoohley by Peter Carey is another wacky, is enthralled by the power and fun that knowing the answer to everything can bring, and uses his strange eventful story – about a boy who gets locked out of his gift without really thinking. However, Douglas soon realises that answers aren’t everything and that being room, and then kidnapped. careful to ask the right questions is much more important. Blabber Mouth Morris Gleitzman Rowena Batts is 11 and she lives with her dad in an orchard. Yet she's no country bumpkin. She's smart Next? and quite good-looking. In her new school she just wants to make a friend. But what would you do if you More Glietzman? They all have the formula of serious had a dad who's a country and western fanatic who keeps bursting into song? issues handled with great humour. Try Bumface and Two Weeks with the Queen or Boy Overboard. Benny and Momar by Eoin Colfer is about an Irish boy who has to go and live in Tunisia. Or try some of the books Morris Gletizman has written with Paul Jennings, such as Wicked! And Deadly! Blodin The Beast Michael Morpurgo Blodin the beast stalks the land, breathing fire and reducing villages to ruins. Who or what can end his Next by the same author? tyranny? Only wise old Shanga, weaving his strange carpet, knows how to destroy the monster, but he is Private Peaceful - Innocence and love, courage and too old to cross the mountains that never end. cowardice Rose Hill School Redwall Brian Jacques Brian Jacques’s famous Redwall series combine a vivid blend of characters with a fascinating plot to Next by the same author? Some of the many titles in the provide an enthralling read. Jacques has incorporated a whole range of songs and poems as well, creating series are: Lord Brockwell, Mossflower, The Legend of original, lively and hugely enjoyable books. Luke, Mariel of Redwall, Mattimeo, The Taggerung, The The series follows the mammalian inhabitants of Redwall Abbey, where a community of animals are Long Patrol and Triss, The Angel's Command entirely self-sufficient and behave in many human ways – cooking, fishing etc.. The book’s bad guys are the ‘vermin’, consisting of foxes, stoats, weasels, polecats etc.. Castaways of the "Flying Dutchman" In Redwall, the first book in the series, a young mouse, Matthias, must take up a prophecy of the Abbey’s The Flying Dutchman! The legend of the wind-tattered famous warrior, and wield his sword in battle against evil. It’s a great war/adventure story but minus ghost ship and its mad sea captain, cursed to sail forever, most of the gore! has been passed down throughout the centuries. But what of the boy and his dog who are trapped on board that ship? Earth Magic, Sky Rosalind Kervin For this collection of folk tales Rosalind Kerven has chosen traditional stories from twelve different North Next? Magic American Indian peoples. She has grouped her selection of stories around the recurrent themes of the King Arthur – Rosalind Kerven sun, moon and stars; fantastical journeys; and two popular cultural heroes, Spider Woman, a benevolent sorceress, and Coyote the trickster. Her retellings beautifully convey the mystical atmosphere of the original stories and bring out the Native American's affinity with and respect for the natural world. A factual introduction explains the traditional role of storytelling and gives background to past and present North American culture The Ice Palace Robert Swindells Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother Next? and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him Room 13 A spooky tale about a vampire that takes place at the Crow's Nest Hotel, where Fliss and her friends are staying. They think that there's no room 13, but are they sure? Invasion of the Wire Laurence Staig, From the Author …. Next? Ones Wendy Body A mystery/adventure story with an environmental theme. The Glimpses – Laurence Staig I wrote this exciting mystery/adventure story to encourage children to take care of their environment. The new political party is gaining popularity When Tiger, Sam and Kerry volunteer to help with their town's litter problems, they find themselves extraordinarily quickly, but how was this connected to involved in far more serious pollution problems. It is not long before they are deep in trouble. Who better the old Colonel? The strange girl at the supermarket and to turn to than a local politician who really cares about the environment? The story is pacy and humorous the video-game freak were the only ones to sense and works towards an exciting climax. something wrong. By the same author as "The Network" and "Digital Vampires". Kasper in the Glitter Philip Ridley Kasper goes into the city to retrieve a stolen brooch. He is enticed into the gang of the evil King Next by the same author? Streetwise, who sets out to enslave lost children. Before the end of the tale, Kasper has to rescue his Scribbleboy or Krindlekrax mother, kidnapped by King Streetwise, using the biggest banoffi pie ever created. Mercedes Ice - Shadow Point is a tower block like a gigantic finger that casts a shadow in the streets below it. It is home to Rosie Glow and Timothy Ice, who grow up Next by the same author? Mighty Fizz Chilla - Milo Kick is no longer Mum's little 'angel'. Five months ago there and see it gradually begin to crack and fall apart. It something happened - something only Milo knows - that changed him into a 'monster'. Unable to cope, becomes a grey wasteland, and their son, Mercedes Ice, Mum sends him to stay with Cressida Bell, an old family friend, who lives by the sea. Gradually, Milo becomes sick becomes obsessed with stories about wild Captain Jellicoe who lives in a nearby cave and who, in turn, has his own story to tell. It is a story that will change Milo's life forever. It is the story of Mighty Fizz Chilla. Keeping Henry Nina Bawden A humorous story about a family evacuated from London to a farm in Wales during World War Two, and Next by the same author? The Secret Passage - The Henry, the mischievous squirrel who comes to live with them. three Mallory children have been brought up in Kenya with loving, easy-going parents, and then, within little more than a week, the bottom falls out of their world.