Reading List (Year 5 & 6) for 10+ and 11+
| Book | Author |
|---|---|
| A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens |
| Alex Rider series | Anthony Horowitz |
| Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Ed. Otto H Frank |
| Anne of Green Gables | L M Montgomery |
| Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer |
| Black Beauty | Anna Sewell |
| Boy Overboard | Morris Gleitzman |
| Carrie’s War | Nina Bawden |
| Clockwork | Philip Pullman |
| Dragon Keeper | Carole Wilkinson |
| Dragon Rider | Cornelia Funke |
| Forgotten Voices of the Second World War | Max Arthur |
| Framed | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| Harry Potter series | J K Rowling |
| Holes | Louis Sachar |
| Homecoming | Cynthia Voigt |
| Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling |
| Knife Edge | Malorie Blackman |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott |
| Lord of the Flies | William Golding |
| Mortal Engines | Philip Reeve |
| My Story series | Various authors |
| Northern Lights | Philip Pullman |
| Noughts and Crosses | Malorie Blackman |
| Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens |
| Percy Jackson Series | Rick Riordan |
| Peter Pan | J M Barrie |
| Private Peaceful | Michael Morpurgo |
| Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Defoe |
| Sabriel | Garth Nix |
| Skellig | David Almond |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain |
| The Borrowers | M Norton |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Mark Haddon |
| The Diamond of Drury Lane | Julia Golding |
| The Other Side of Truth | Beverley Naidoo |
| The Railway Children | E Nesbit |
| The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ | Sue Townsend |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson -Burnett |
| The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame |
| The Wizard of Earthsea | Ursula K Le Guin |
| There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom | Louis Sachar |
| Tom’s Midnight Garden | Philippa Pearce |
| Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Watership Down | Richard Adams |
| When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | Judith Kerr |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls |
| Wizard of Oz | F Baum |
| Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Joan Aiken |
| Book | Author |
|---|---|
| A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens |
| Alex Rider series | Anthony Horowitz |
| Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Ed. Otto H Frank |
| Anne of Green Gables | L M Montgomery |
| Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer |
| Black Beauty | Anna Sewell |
| Boy Overboard | Morris Gleitzman |
| Carrie’s War | Nina Bawden |
| Clockwork | Philip Pullman |
| Dragon Keeper | Carole Wilkinson |
| Dragon Rider | Cornelia Funke |
| Forgotten Voices of the Second World War | Max Arthur |
| Framed | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| Harry Potter series | J K Rowling |
| Holes | Louis Sachar |
| Homecoming | Cynthia Voigt |
| Jungle Book | Rudyard Kipling |
| Knife Edge | Malorie Blackman |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott |
| Lord of the Flies | William Golding |
| Mortal Engines | Philip Reeve |
| My Story series | Various authors |
| Northern Lights | Philip Pullman |
| Noughts and Crosses | Malorie Blackman |
| Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens |
| Percy Jackson Series | Rick Riordan |
| Peter Pan | J M Barrie |
| Private Peaceful | Michael Morpurgo |
| Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Defoe |
| Sabriel | Garth Nix |
| Skellig | David Almond |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain |
| The Borrowers | M Norton |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Mark Haddon |
| The Diamond of Drury Lane | Julia Golding |
| The Other Side of Truth | Beverley Naidoo |
| The Railway Children | E Nesbit |
| The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ | Sue Townsend |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson -Burnett |
| The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame |
| The Wizard of Earthsea | Ursula K Le Guin |
| There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom | Louis Sachar |
| Tom’s Midnight Garden | Philippa Pearce |
| Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Watership Down | Richard Adams |
| When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | Judith Kerr |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls |
| Wizard of Oz | F Baum |
| Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Joan Aiken |