Helping you Choose – Scottish Schools

Looking for a certain type of book, perhaps looking for something to motivate boys, or challenge your gifted and talented? Use the grouped listings below to help you select the right title for your students.

Student Requirements:

Reluctant Readers Bumface P6, S1 Cirque du Freak P6, S1 Cloud Busting P6, S1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe P6, S1 The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler S1 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom P6, S1 Holes S1, S2 The Bully S2

High Achievers Pig-Heart Boy S2, S3 The Giver S2 The Hobbit S2 My Family and Other Animals S3, S4 My Left Foot S3, S4

Good for Boys Bumface P6, S1 Cirque du Freak P6, S1 Cloud Busting P6, S1 Grinny S1 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom S1 Holes S1, S2 The Ghost Behind the Wall S2 The Giver S2, S3 Feather Boy S2, S3 Lord of the Nutcracker Men S2, S3 Private Peaceful S1, S2 The Dreamwalker’s Child S2, S3 Treasure Hunters S2, S3 The Edge S3 Talking in Whispers S3 Themes

Friendship and Relationships Cirque du Freak P6, S1 Cloud Busting P6, S1 Gowie Corby Plays Chicken S1 Grinny S1 The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler S1 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom S1 Private Peaceful S1, S2 The Alchemist S2 Big Mouth and Ugly Girl S3 Talking in Whispers S3, S4

School Life and Bullying Cloud Busting P6, S1 Gowie Corby Plays Chicken S1 The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler S1 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom S1 The Bully S2 The Ghost Behind the Wall S2, S3 Feather Boy S2, S3 Big Mouth and Ugly Girl S3 The Edge S3

Family and Growing Up Bumface P6, S1 Cloud Busting P6, S1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe P6, S1 Grinny S1 The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler S1 Ghost Behind the Wall S2 The Giver S2, S3 Pig-Heart Boy S2, S3 Private Peaceful S1, S2 Treasure Hunters S2, S3 My Family and Other Animals S3, S4 My Left Foot S3, S4 The Edge S3

Multicultural Gowie Corby Plays Chicken S1 Pig-Heart Boy S2, S3 The Alchemist S2 Treasure Hunters S2, S3 The Edge S3 My Left Foot S3, S4

Adventure The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe P6, S1 The Alchemist S2 The Dreamwalker’s Child S2, S3 The Hobbit S2, S3 Treasure Hunters S2, S3

War and Conflict Private Peaceful S1, S2 Lord of the Nutcracker Men S2, S3 Treasure Hunters S2, S3 Talking in Whispers S3, S4

Environmental and Social Issues Gowie Corby Plays Chicken S1 Feather Boy S2, S3 Holes S1, S2 Pig-Heart Boy S2, S3 The Dreamwalker’s Child S2, S3 Welcome Home, Jelly Bean S2 Big Mouth and Ugly Girl S3 My Left Foot S3, S4 Talking in Whispers S3, S4 The Edge S3

Autobiography / Biography My Family and Other Animals S3, S4 My Left Foot S3, S4