Year 5 Suggested Reading List

This suggested reading list is based on books that are currently in the school library. The list represents a small percentage of the books in the library. The Year 4 and Year 6 suggested reading lists are also worth looking at. The Year 6 booklet lists a range of Barrington Stoke and Badger books that are intended for reluctant readers (short stories but older content) and are suitable for Year 5.

Adventure

Kathy Ashford The Jackdaw Jinx Balliett, Blue Chasing Vemeer Malorie Blackman A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E.,Thief, Dead Gorgeous John Blake The Last Free Cat Enid Blyton Famous Five Georgia Byng Molly Moon Simon Cheshire Saxby Smart series Joe Craig Jimmy Coates series Susan Gates Iron Heads Sally Grindley Saving Finnegan Anthony Horowitz Diamond Brothers series Richard Kidd The Giant Goldfish Robbery, The Last Leg Anthony Masters Wicked Barbara Mitchelhill Storm Runners, Run Rabbit Run Helen Moss The Whistling Cave Justin Richards The Invisible Detective series Lauren St John Dead Man’s Cove Marcus Sedgwick The Raven Mysteries series Andreas Steinhafel The Pasta Detectives Robert Westall Stormsearch, In the Nick of Time E. L. Young S.T.O.R.M. The Death Web

Adventure Set in the Past

Cherith Baldry The Abbey Mysteries Julia Jarman The Time Travelling Cat Caroline Lawrence The Roman Mystery series Andrew Matthews The Way of the Warrior Anthony Read The Baker Street Boys Katherine Roberts Great Pyramid Robbery Robert Westall The Cats of Seroster

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Nick Arnold Wild Lives series Michelle Bates Sandy Lane Stables Nina Bawden Peppermint Pig Roddy Doyle The Rover Adventures Eva Ibbotson One Dog and His Boy Gill Lewis Sky Hawk, Moon Bear, White Dolphin Stephen Moore Tooth and Claw Michael Morpurgo Born to Run, Shadow Robert C. O’Brien Mrs Frisby and The Rats of Nihm Jenny Oldfield Dreamseeker trilogy S. F. Said Varjak Paw series Jane Simmons Beryl Goes Wild

Classics

J. M. Barrie Peter Pan Frank L. Baum Wizard of Oz Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland Susan Coolidge books Richmal Crompton Just William Kenneth Graham Wind in the Willows Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories, The Jungle Book E. Porter Pollyanna Dodie Smith 101 Dalmations Johanna Spyri Heidi Noel Streatfield Ballet Shoes P. L. Travers Mary Poppins

Classics, Modern

Betsy Byars The Fox Ian Fleming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Clive King Stig of the Dump Jan Mark Thunder and Lightning Sylvia Waugh Mennyms

Cultural

Val Bloom Suprising Joy Frank Cottrell Boyce The Unforgotten Coat Alan Gibbons Whose Side Are You On? Cynthia Kadohata A Million Shades of Grey Catherine MacPhail Under the Skin Beverley Naidoo Journey to Jo’burg

2 Katie Milway Smith One Hen, How One Small Loan Can Make a Difference

Family

Emma Barnes Jessica Haggerthwaite: Media Star Elen Cladecott Operation Eiffel Tower, How Ali Ferguson Saved Houdini, How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant Helena Cresswell Bagthorpe Saga Morris Gleitzman Two Weeks with the Queen Belinda Hollyer The Truth About Josie Green Ally Kennan Sparks Hilary Mackay The Exiles Jenny Oldfield My Little Life series Helena Pielichaty Simone’s Letters, Jade’s Story Gwyneth Rees The Mum Suprise, The Mum Mystery Jean Ure Becky Bananas

Fantasy

E. D. Baker Frog Princess, Dragon’s Breath Steve Barlow/Steve Skidmore Tales of the Dark Forest Susan Cooper The Boggart Cressida Cowell Dragon books Salamanda Drake Dragonslade Fiona Dunbar Divine Freaks Lissa Evans Small Change for Stuart Neil Gaiman Fortunately, The milk Helen Fox Eager, Eager’s Nephew Diana Hendry Harvey Angell Diana Wynne Jones Dogsbody, A Tale of Time City Liz Kessler Emily Windsnap series Michael Molly The Witch Trade Jenny Nimmo Snow Spider Trilogy Phillipa Pearce The Dog so Small Philip Ridley Dakota of the White Flats, Scribbleboy Kate Saunders Beswitched Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate events Paul Stewart Muddle Earth

Ghost

David Calcutt Shadow Bringer William Corlett The Magician’s House Quartet Eva Ibbotson Secret of Platform 13, Dial a Ghost Penelope Lively The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, A Stitch in Time

3 R. L. Stine Goosebumps Robert Swindells Room 13

Graphic Format

Michael Dahl Cave of Bookworms, Escape from Pop-Up Prison Rene Goscinny Asterix Takeshi Maekewa Ironfist Chimini (Manga) Marcia Williams Charles Dickens and Friends, Robin Hood

Humour

Ros Asquith Letters from an Alien Schoolboy Bowvayne A Turn in the Grave Katie Davies The Great Hamster Massacre Jack Gantos Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key/What would Joey Do? Susan Gates The Spud from Outer Space Morris Gleitzman Toad Rage Clive Goddard Fintan Fedora the World’s Worst Explorer Andy Griffiths The Pencil of Doom Harry Horse The Last Polar Bears Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy kid Michael Lawrence Jiggy McCue series Alan MacDonald Dirty Bertie seies Liz Pichon Tom Gates series Jamie Rix Alistair Fury series Rachel Renee Russell Dork Diaries series Christopher and Christine Russell The Warrior Sheep series Jeremy Strong Revenge of the Killer Tomatoes David Walliams Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny Henry Winkler Niagra Falls - Or Does It?

Magical

Annie Dalton Angels Unlimited Fiona Dunbar Divine Freaks Kaye Umansky Pongwiffy, Wilma series

Past

Lucy M. Boston The Children of Green Knowe Terry Deary Tudor Terror Terry Jones The Saga of Erik the Viking, The Knight and the Squire Chris Priestly Death and the Arrow Philip Pullman Clockwork Rick Riordan Percy Jackson series

4 Various authors My Diary and My Story series Horrible History, Horrible Geography series

Popular Authors

Roald Dahl Matilda, BFG, Danny the Champion of the World, Boy, Going Solo Anne Fine Charm School Dick King-Smith Crowstarver, The Sheep Pig, The Water Horse Michael Morpurgo Escape from Shangri-La, Long Way home, The White Horse of Zennor, Shadow , Alone on a Wide Sea Tracy Beaker, Best Friends, , Midnight, , The Longest Whale Song, Queenie

School

Enid Blyton St Clares Enid Blyton Malory Towers Anne Fine Flour Babies

Science Fiction

Melvin Burgess Angel for May Nicholas Fisk A Rag, A Bone and a Hank of Hair Andrew Morris Aquila, Aquila 2 various authors Dr Who Stories

Sport

Tom Palmer Football Academy series Helena Pielichaty Do Goalkeepers Wear Tiaras? Balai Rai Soccer Squad series Tom Watt The Jags series

War

Michael Foreman War Boy, War Game Sophie McKenzie Time Train to the Blitz Michael Morpurgo War of Jenkins Ear Robert Westall A Time of Fire

5 Poetry

Val Bloom Let Me Touch the Sky Carol Ann Duffy 101 Poems for Children, New & Collected Poems for Children Benjamin Zephaniah Funky chickens The Oxford Book of Story Poems Dark as a Midnight Dream The Works A Poet a Week

Updated April 2014

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