Year 6 Book List 10 – 11 Years / Key Stage 2 & 3
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Year 6 Book List 10 – 11 Years / Key Stage 2 & 3 Author Book Title Summary Genre Interest level David Skellig A boy feels neglected when his baby sister is ill, but he makes two new Fantasy 10-14 Almond friends - a confident home-educated neighbour and a strange creature that lives in the shed. When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital. But Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes for ever ... Winner of the 1998 Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award 1998. Lynn Reid The Indian A boy discovers a fantasy world of native American Indians. Fantasy 8-12 Banks in the ‘Neither Omri nor the Indian moved for perhaps a minute and a half. Cupboard They hardly breathed either. They just stared at each other.’ At first, Omri is unimpressed with the plastic Indian toy he is given for his birthday. But when he puts it in his old cupboard and locks the door with a very special key, Omri's life suddenly changes. When he meets Little Bull things are never really the same again... This is the 1st title in the series. Nina Bawden Carrie’s War Nick was frightened of ogres and spiders and crabs and cold water and Historic / 9-13 the dentist and dark nights, but he wasn't afraid of Mr Evans, even after WWII that first dreadful night, because Mr Evans had false teeth that clicked when he talked. Bombs were falling on London. Carrie and Nick were wartime evacuees billeted in Wales on old Mr Evans, who was a bit of an ogre, and his timid mouse of a sister. Their friend Albert was luckier, living in Druid's Bottom with Hepzibah Green and the strange Mister Johnny, and Carrie and Nick were happy to visit him there, until Carrie did a terrible thing, the worst thing she ever did in her life… Frank Cottrell Millions When a bag stuffed full of money drops out of the sky Damian and Realistic 10-13 Boyce Anthony find themselves rich. Very rich indeed. Suddenly the brothers can buy anything they want - except the one thing they really need... Winner of the Carnegie Medal 2004. Frank Cottrell Framed Dylan Hughes is the only lad living in his tiny Welsh town. He helps out Realistic 9-12 Boyce in his family's failing garage, managing the petrol log and keeping track Humour of every single vehicle - including the mysterious convoy of lorries that trundles up the misty mountainside one day. Dylan Hughes is more interested in Ninja Turtles than in the Renaissance artists they are named after. Even when he discovers priceless artwork stashed down the disused slate mines of his tiny Welsh village, Dylan would still prefer a pizza-eating, party-loving mutant turtle to a painting. Then Dad leaves home and, overnight, nine-year-old Dylan must become man of the household - and boss of the failing family business. A masterpiece worth a mint might just be what they all need... Georgia Byng Molly Moon A young girl learns hypnotism and uses it to improve her life and those Adventure 8-12 (series) of her companions at an orphanage. Orphan Molly Moon was found as a baby in a box marked 'Moon's Marshmallows'. She lives in grim Hardwick House, ruled over by monstrous, hairy-faced Miss Adderson who makes her clean the toilets with her toothbrush. When Molly finds a mysterious old book on hypnotism, her life changes over night. She discovers she has an amazing power to make people do anything she wants them to. Miss Adderson is soon completely under her control, and Molly plots her daring escape from the orphanage. With some dazzling flashes from her hypnotic green eyes, she boards a jet bound for New York, where she hopes to find her best friend Rocky, fame and fortune. But a sinister stranger is following her every move. He knows Molly's secret and is determined to use her extraordinary gift for his evil plans. 1 Eoin Colfer Artemis Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind. But even Fantasy 10-15 Fowl (series) Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories. These fairies are armed and they're dangerous. Artemis thinks he's got them just where he wants them, but then they stop playing by the rules ... Eoin Colfer Benny and Moving to Africa is the worst thing that has ever happened to Benny Other 9-12 Omar Shaw. No one plays hurling and the local school is run by hippies who Countries like to talk about feelings. As if. But when Benny meets wisecracking Omar who only speaks English in TV catchphrases, he decides that maybe life in this new country can be fun after all. Zizou Corder Lionboy A boy experiences a series of fantastic adventures when he learns to Adventure 9-12 (series) speak lion and goes in search of his kidnapped scientist parents Escape on a voyage of wild adventure and incredible friendship. Charlie Ashanti can speak Cat. He takes it for granted - but when his mum and dad go missing, the cats are the only friends he can turn to. Setting out to find his parents, Charlie stows away on an incredible circus ship bound for Paris. On board he meets six proud, beautiful lions who need his help. Together they embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Roald Dahl Matilda When a young girl realises the extent of her psychic powers and Fantasy / 8-12 intelligence, she starts to use them to hilarious effect to get revenge on School her parents and the terrifying head teacher Miss Trunchbull. stories The Wormwoods think their daughter; Matilda is nothing better than a scab, to be flicked away at the earliest opportunity. But unbeknown to her ghastly parents. Matilda is no ordinary child - she is a genius! Winner: Blue Peter Book Award for the Book That Made Me Laugh the Loudest 2000 & Children's Book Award 1989. Kate The Tale of The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual Fantasy / 8-12 DiCamillo Despereaux talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a Adventure princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin Here, reader, is the tale of a tiny, sickly mouse with unusually large ears; a mouse who takes his fate into his own hands. It is the tale of a beautiful, flaxen-haired princess, who laughs often and makes everything around her seem brighter. It is the tale of a poor deaf serving girl, who entertains foolish dreams of splendour. It is a tale of impossible love, of bravery and old-fashioned courage. And, reader, it is a tale of treachery; unlimited treachery. Winner of the Newbery Medal Chris d’Lacey The Fire New lodger David discovers there is more to the Pennykettle family's Fantasy 9-12 Within pottery dragons than meets the eye. The Pennykettle’s new lodger, David, is very friendly. He gets on well with cats, children, squirrels... and DRAGONS, particularly Gadzooks, and the pottery dragon that Mrs Pennykettle makes for him. David soon discovers the dragons when he moves in with Liz and Lucy. The pottery models fill up every spare space in the house! Only when David is given his own special dragon does he begin to unlock their mysterious secrets, and to discover the fire within. Anne Fine The Tulip A friendship between two girls comes to an end when the dangerous Friendship 11-15 Touch games they play go too far Nobody wants Tulip in their gang. She skives off school, cheeks the teachers and makes herself unpopular with her classmates by telling awful lies. None of this matters to Natalie who finds Tulip exciting. At first she doesn't care that other people are so upset and unnerved by Tulip's bizarre games, but as the games become increasingly sinister and dangerous, Natalie realises that Tulip is going far, much too far. Natalie could try to change things. But deep inside she knows that, once crossed, Tulip won't rest until she's won the most dangerous game of all. Winner of the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award for 1996. Charlie Stoneheart A young boy and girl fight the living statues of London when they get Fantasy 10-14 Fletcher drawn into another level of existence Deep in the City something has been woken, so old that people had been walking past it for centuries without giving it a second look... When George breaks the dragon's head outside the Natural History Museum he awakes an ancient power. This prehistoric beast, sentry-still 2 for centuries, hunts him down with a terrifying wrath. And this is just the beginning... The taints and spits-statues with opposing natures-are warring forces; wreaking deadly havoc on the city landscape. The World War One gunner offers protection of sorts; and the wisdom of the Sphinx is legendary.