Platinum Book List

PLATINUM LIST Title Author Date Signature Little Women ** L.M. Alcott Skellig ** David Almond The Fire-Eaters ** David Almond Kit’s Wilderness ** David Almond Millions ** Frank Cotterell Boyce The Secret Garden * F Hodgson Burnett Airman *** Eoin Colfer The Dark is Rising ** Susan Cooper Wolf ** Gillian Cross Goggle Eyes * Anne Fine Flour Babies * Anne Fine Stone Heart ** Charlie Fletcher Spilled Water ** Sally Grindley The Battle for Gullywith Susan Hill *** I Am David ** Ian Holm The Survival Game ** Tim Wynne Jones The Crowstarver ** Dick King-Smith The Jungle Book ** Rudyard Kipling Skulduggery Pleasant *** Derek Landy The Misadventures of Jason Lethcoe Benjamin Piff ** The Haunting * Margaret Mahy A Little Lower than the Geraldine Angels * McCaughrean A Pack of Lies * Geraldine McCaughrean Girl Missing * Sophie McKenzie The Dragon of Krakow Richard Monte and other Polish Stories * Private Peaceful ** Michael Morpurgo Platinum Book List

Web of Lies ** Beverley Naidoo Foul Play ** Tom Palmer Flambards ** K.M. Peyton Northern Lights *** Philip Pullman The Subtle Knife *** Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass *** Philip Pullman The Truth Slayer ** Sally Prue Here Lies Arthur *** Phillip Reeve Mortal Engines *** The Invention of Hugo Brian Selznick Cabret *** Treasure Island *** R.L. Stevenson Lord of the Rings *** J.K.R.Tolkein The Adventures of Tom Mark Twain Sawyer ** The Diary of Anne Frank *** The Boy in the Striped John Boyne Pyjamas *** The Boy in the Burning Tim Wynne Jones House ** Toby Alone Timothee de Fombelle The Secret Hen House Helen Peters Theatre The Midnight Zoo Sonya Harnett The Death Defying Geraldine Pepper Roux McCaughrean The Other Side of Truth Beverley Naidoo Itch Simon Mayo A Greyhound of a Girl Roddy Doyle To The Boy in Berlin Elizabeth Honey

Platinum Book List

One Star * Books  These books may have a plot which is fairly easy to follow and language which is not too difficult to understand. Two Star ** Books  These books are books you can really get your teeth into. There is more detail about the relationships between the characters in these books, many of the settings are unusual and the themes thought-provoking. Three Star *** Books  These books are a more challenging read and require real commitment. Although they have similar features to the two star books you will find they are often much longer. There are often deep and complex relationships between the characters in these books and once again the themes can be thought provoking.

Each time you complete a book from the Platinum Book List ask your parent or teacher to sign your book list sheet. Your teacher will stamp the back of your list and when you have collected enough stamps you will be eligible for a special reading award!!!