The Roche School Reading List
Year 5
As part of your child’s literary education, we recommend that by the end of Year 5 they are familiar with the following books. These books can be read independently or as a shared book, or audio book, at bedtime.
I, Coriander Sally Gardener
The Kite Rider Geraldine McCaughrean
The Secret Garden Francis Hodgson Burnett
The Seeing Stone Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr
The following list of books is intended to help guide your child towards particular writers whose work in general we think they will like. All of these books are available in the school library and your local library; there are also links to other recommended reading lists on the school website.
A Monster Calls* Patrick Ness
Artemis Fowl Series Eoin Colfer
At the Sign of the Sugared Plum Mary Hooper
Blitzcat Robert Westall
Carrie’s War Nina Bawden
Death and the Arrow Chris Priestly
*Carnegie Medal
Fly by Night Frances Hardinge
Goggle-Eyes* Anne Fine
Goodnight Mr Tom Michelle Magorian
Granny was a Buffer Girl* Berlie Doherty
Hacker Malorie Blackman
Hitler’s Canary Sandi Toksvig
Holes and other titles Louis Sachar
Howl’s Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones
I am David Anne Holm
Ingo Helen Dunmore
Inkheart Cornelia Funke
Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Millions* Frank Cottrell Boyce
Mortal Engines Philip Reeve
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Annabel Pitcher
My Sword Hand is Singing Marcus Sedgwick
Once and other titles Morris Gleitzman
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights Geraldine McCaughrean
Operation Red Jericho Joshua Mowll
Poison Chris Wooding
Pure Dead Magic Debi Gliori
Small Change for Stuart Lissa Evans
Smith and other titles Leon Garfield
Snakehead Ann Halam
Stone Heart and other titles Charlie Fletcher
*Carnegie Medal
Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
The Castle of Dark Tanith Lee
The Devil’s Arithmetic Jane Yolen
The Diamond of Drury Lane Julia Golding
The Enemy Charlie Higson
The Garbage King Elizabeth Laird
The Gauntlet Ronald Welch
The Graveyard Book* Neil Gaiman
The Great Elephant Chase Gillian Cross
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien
The Illustrated Mum Jacqueline Wilson
The Invisible Man H. G. Wells
The Master of the Fallen Chairs Henry Porter
The Neverending Story Michael Ende
The Owl Service* Alan Garner
The Prince of Rags and Patches Terry Deary
The Swiss Family Robinson J. D. Wyss
The Sword in the Stone T. H. White
The Watchers: A Mystery at Alton Towers Helen Cresswell
The Wheel of Surya Jamila Gavin
The Wind Singer William Nicholson
War Horse Michael Morpurgo
What Katy Did Susan Coolidge
Whispers in the Graveyard* Theresa Breslin
*Carnegie Medal
Non- Fiction
Extraordinary Endangered Animals Sandrine Sihol
The Constellations: Stars and Stories Chris Sasaki
The Kingfisher Children's Encyclopedia of British History James Harrison
The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems M. Harrison & C. Stuart-Clark
What Darwin Saw: The Journey That Changed the World Rosalyn Schanzer
*Carnegie Medal