YEAR 6 READING LIST
Fantasy
Midnight is a Place, Joan Aiken Artemis Fowl series, The Supernaturalist, Half Moon Investigations Eoin Colfer The Dark is Rising sequence Susan Cooper Icefire, Shrinking Ralph Perfect, The Salt Pirates of Skegness Chris D’Lacey Ingo Helen Dunmore Inkheart, Inkspell, The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke The Owl Service, Elidor Alan Garner Warriors of the Raven Alan Gibbons Little White Horse Elizabeth Goudge The Power of Five series Anthony Horowitz Warrior Cats series Erin Hunter Redwall Brian Jaques Eight Days of Luke, The Chrestomanci Series Diane Wynne Jones The Divide Trilogy, Elizabeth Kay Tooth and Claw Stephen Moore The Wind on Fire Trilogy, The Noble Warriors Trilogy William Nicholson Charlie Bone series Jenny Nimmo Measle and the Mallockee Ian Ogilvy Eragon, Eldest Christopher Paolini Wolf Brother, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater Michelle Paver Johnny and the Bomb, Diggers, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Terry Pratchett His Dark Materials Series Philip Pullman Mortal Engines Philip Reeve Mighty Fizz Chilla Philip Ridley Harry Potter J. K. Rowling Holes, Small Steps Louis Sachar, Septamus Flyte series Angie Sage Shapeshifter series Ali Sparkes The Edge Chronicles series Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell Golem’s Eye Jonathan Stroud In the Nick of Time Robert Swindells Shadowmancer G. P. Taylor The Swithchers Trilogy, The Missing Link Kate Thompson The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings J. R. R.Tolkien Dr Who story books
Adventure
The Last Free Cat Jon Blake Millions, Framed, Cosmic Frank Cottrell Boyce An Angel for May Melvin Burgess Jimmy Coates series Joe Craig The Blood Stone, Surya Trilogy Jamila Gavin Hoot Carl Hiaasen The Young Bond books Charlie Higson Alex Rider series Anthony Horowitz Girl Missing Sophie Mckenzie Volcano Adventure etc Willard Price The Runaways Ruth Thomas H.I.V.E series Mark Walden Tanglewreck Jeanette Winterson
WW2
Carrie’s War Nina Bawden The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne The Diary of Anne Frank I am David Anne Holm When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr Tom’s War Robert Leeson Goodnight Mr Tom Michele Magorian Blitz Boys Linda Newberry Fly Away Home Christine Nostlinger Dolphin Crossing Jill Paton Walsh The Machine Gunners Robert Westall Blitzcat
Past
Street Child Berlie Doherty Powder Monkey Paul Dowswell The Oracle Catherine Fisher The Knight and the Squire, Saga of Erik the Viking Terry Jones The Roman Mysteries Caroline Lawrence Percy Jackson series Rick Riordan Endymion Spring Matthew Skelton Montmorency series Eleanor Updale
Horror The Haunting Margaret Mahy Mokee Joe series Peter J Murray Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire’s Assistant Darren Shan Vampirates series Justin Sompter The Thousand Eyes of Night Robert Swindells
Classics
The Secret Garden, The Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas Biggles W. E. Johns Narnia C. S. Lewis Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery The Railway Children E. Nesbit The Borrowers Mary Norton Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome Black Beauty Anna Sewell Treasure Island R. L. Stevenson The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne
Modern Classics
Watership Down Richard Adams The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks The Demon Headmaster series, The Great Elephant Chase Gillian Cross Charlotte Sometimes Penelope Farmer The Phantom Tollbooth Norman Juster White Fang, Call of the Wild Jack London The Snow Spider Trilogy Jenny Nimmo Tom’s Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce The Homecoming Sylvia Voight Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder Tarka, The Otter Henry Williamson
Well-loved authors
Witches Roald Dahl Stop the Train, The Stones are Hatching, A Little Lower than Angels, Peter Pan in Scarlet Geraldine McCaughrean Out of the Ashes, Private Peaceful, Alone on the Wide Sea, Adolphus Tips, Why the Whales Came Michael Morpurgo The Illustrated Mum, Vicky Angel, My Sister Jodie Jacqueline Wilson
Thought provoking books
Pig Heart Boy, Tell Me No Lies Malorie Blackman Lionboy Zizou Corder The Kin Peter Dickinson Village by the Sea Anita Desai The Breadwinner series Deborah Ellis The Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah
Humour
Aliens Don’t Eat Dog Food Dinah Capparucci Killer Mushrooms Ate My Gran Susan Gates Trust Me I’m a Trouble maker Pete Johnson Charmed Life Diana Wynne Jones Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Veg Phillip Reeve Harry and the Wrinklies Alan Temperley
Barrington Stoke For Older Readers
Hostage Malorie Blackman The Dirty Dozen Tony Bradman Starship Rescue Theresa Breslin Friday Forever Annie Dalton Virtual Friend Mary Hoffman The Genie Mary Hooper Resistance Ann Jungman Young Dracula Michael Lawrence Cinderalf Lynne Markham Tod in Biker City Anthony Master Screw Loose Alison Prince Life Line Rosie Rushton Lift Off, The Secret Room Hazel Townson