Recommended Reading List
SELECTION OF RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND AUTHORS
FOR YEAR 5 AND 6
Tom's Midnight Garden: Philippa Pearce
The Phantom Tollbooth: Norton Juster
The Lionboy Trilogy: Zizou Corder
The Boy in Striped Pyjamas: John Boyne
Coraline: Neil Gaiman
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror: Chris Priestley
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Just William by Richmal Crompton
Elidor by Alan Garner
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Curious Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Peter Pan by J.M Barrie
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Famous Five by Enid Blyton
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
BFG by Roald Dahl
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Rings by J.Tolkein
The Hobbit by J.Tolkein
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett
Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer