Recommended Books for Junior School
Riversdale Primary School
100 BOOKS TO READ IN YEARS 5 & 6
Imaginary
A.F Harrold
Firegirl
Tony Abbott
Cogheart
Peter Bunzl
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness
Demon Dentist
David Walliams
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
Journey to the River Sea
Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian
Millions
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Eva Ibboton Cloud Busting
Malorie Blackman
Room 13
Robert Swindells
Time Travelling with a Hamster
Ross Welford
Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhha Lai
Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief
Rick Riordan
The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Hunt
Enid Blyton
Matilda Roald Dahl
The Suitcase Kid
Jacqueline Wilson
Street Child
Berlie Doherty
Gaslight
Eloise Williams
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Michael Mopurgo
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
Christopher Edge
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter &
The Philosopher’s Stone
J.K. Rowling
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
S.F. Said
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Charlotte’s Web
Stig of the Dump
Artemis Fowl
S.F. Said
S.F. Said
C.S. Lewis
Lewis Carroll
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
The Secret Garden
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Five Children and It
Five Children and It
Five Children and
E. Nesbit
E. Nesbit
The Fantastic Flying Books of
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Holes
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White
E.B. White
E.B. White
The Girl of Ink and Stars
Stig of the Dump
Stig of the Dump
Clive King
Clive King
Clive King
The Fantastic Flying Books of
The Fantastic Flying Books of
Mr. Morris Lessmore
Skellig
Skellig
David Almond
Mr. Morris Lessmore
Mr. Morris Lessmore Skellig
Once
Once
Once
Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
Phoenix
Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell
S.F. Said
Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer
The Borrowers
The Borrowers Mary Norton
The Borrowers
Mary Norton
Mary Norton
Holes
Holes
Louis Sachar
David Almond
David Almond
Groosham Grange
Groosham Grange
Groosham Grange
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
The Hobbit
The Hobbit
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks
Lynne Reid Banks
Lynne Reid Banks
Anne Fine
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Flour Babies
Anne Fine Flour Babies
Lewis Carroll
The Girl of Ink and Stars
The Girl of Ink and Stars
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
A Series of Unfortunate Events
A Series of Unfortunate Events
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Nowhere Emporium
Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket
A Girl Called Owl
The Nowhere Emporium
The Nowhere Emporium
Ross MacKenzie
Ross MacKenzie
Ross MacKenzie
A Girl Called Owl
A Girl Called Owl
Amy Wilson
Amy Wilson
Amy Wilson
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
Roof Toppers
Roof Toppers
Roof Toppers
Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell
Lion Boy
Charlotte’s Web
The Demon Headmaster Gillian Cross
The Demon Headmaster Gillian Cross
E.B. White
Stig of the Dump
Zizou Corder
Zizou Corder
Clive King
Artemis Fowl
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
Eoin Colfer
Kenneth Grahame
