Recommended Reading List Year 6
This list is intended to be a guide to books suitable for children in Year6. The list, covering a range of genres, is drawn from a number ofsources including teachers own recommendations; reading lists suggested by other schoolsand the National Literacy Trust’s website. Some of the texts are moredifficult to read than others and care should be taken when choosingthose which your child might enjoy. Please discuss the books your childreads with him/her and remember that even in Year 6, although a bookmight be difficult for your child to read.
Richard AdamsWatership Down
Joan AikenThe James III Sequence, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
David AlmondSkellig, Kit’s Wilderness
Neil ArkseyPlaying on the Edge
Linda AronsonKelp
Bernard AshleyJohnny’s Blitz, Little Soldier, Rapid
Sherry AshworthWhat’s Your Problem?
Joyce Annette BarnesAmistad Junior Novelization, Joan Bauer Squashed
Nina BawdenCarrie’s War, The Outside Child, The Real Plato Jones
Leslie BeakeSong of Be
Tom BeckerDarkside
Gerard BensonThis Poem Doesn’t Rhyme
James BerryClassic Poems to Read Aloud
Malorie BlackmanHacker, Noughts and Crosses
Thomas BloorMusic on the Bamboo Radio
Tim BowlerRiver Boy, Midget
Elinor M Brent-DyerThe Chalet School Series
Linda Buckley- ArcherGideon the Cutpurse
Melvin BurgessBilly Elliot, Junk, The Baby and Fly Pie
Betsy Byars The Pinballs, Cracker Jackson, The Midnight Fox, The Summer of the Swans
Peter CareyThe Big Bazoohley
Lewis CarrollAlice’s Adventure in Wonderland
G K ChestertonThe Puffin Father Brown Stories
Agatha ChristieAnd then there were none
John ChristopherThe Guardians
Ann CoburnWorm Songs
Peter CollingtonThe Coming of the Surfman (Picture Book)
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Susan Cooper, Over Sea. Over Stone, The Dark is Rising Sequence, The Boggart
Yvonne CoppardBully, Sharon Creech, The Wanderer, Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird
Helen CresswellMoondial
Gillian CrossThe Great Elephant Chase, Wolf
Kevin Crossley-Holland Beowulf
Annie DaltonAngels Unlimited
Nicola DaviesTangled Webs, Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe
Anita DesaiThe Village By The Sea
Charles DickensA Christmas Carol
Peter DickensonTheWeathermonger
Berlie DohertyGranny was a Buffer Girl, A Parcel of Patterns, Children of Winter
Gerald DurellMy Favourite Animal Stories
T S EliotOld Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Deborah EllisThe Breadwinner
Josephine FeeneyTruth, Lies and Homework
Anne FineUp on Cloud Nine, The Tulip Touch
Catherine FisherThe Empty Hand, The Snow-Walker Sequence
Nicholas FiskA Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair, Grinny, Trillions
Charlie FletcherStoneheart
Anne FrankThe Diary of a Young Girl
Jackie FrenchHitler’s Daughter
Paul GallicoJennie, The Snow Goose
Leon GarfieldBlack Jack, The December Rose
Alan GarnerTheWeirdstone of Brisingamen
Carlo GeblerAugust ‘44
Jean CraigheadGeorge, Julie and the Wolves, My Side of the Mountain
AdèleGerasA Candle in the Dark, Troy
Julie GoldingThe Diamond of Drury Lane (A Cat Royal Novel)
Kenneth GrahamThe Wind in the Willows
Rosa GuyThe Friends
Cynthia HarnettThe Wool-Pack
Libby HathornWay Home
Esther HautzigThe Endless Steppe
Nat HentoffThe Day They Came To Arrest the Book
David HillSee Ya
Odo HirschAntonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman
Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret Garden
Anne HolmI am David
Anthony HorowitzGranny
Polly HorvathEverything on a Waffle
JanniHowkerBadge on the Barge
Norman HunterThe Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn
Brian JacquesTheRedwall Series
Robin JarvisThe Deptford Mice Trilogy, The Whitby Witches
Catherine JinksEye to Eye
Reinhardt JungDreaming in Black & White, translated by Anthea Bell
Erich KastnerEmil and the Detectives
Elizabeth KayThe Divide
Gene KempThe Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
Dick King-SmithTheCrowstarver
Madeline L’EngleA Wrinkle in Time
Elizabeth LairdSecret Friends, Kiss the Dust
Charles & Mary LambTales From Shakespeare
Ursula Le GuinA Wizard of Earthsea
C.S. LewisThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Joan LingardThe Guilty Party, Across the Barricades
Penelope LivelyThe Ghost of Thomas Kempe
William MayneCuddy
Geraldine McCaughreanForever X, Gold Dust
Karen McCombieAlly's World: The Past, the Present and the Loud Loud Girl
Ian McEwanThe Daydreamer
Anne MerrickSomeone Came Knocking
L M MontgomeryAnne of Green Gables
Pat MoonDouble Image
Michael MorpurgoOut of the Ashes, From Hereabout Hill, Private Peaceful
Beverley NaidooThe Other Side of Truth
Bill NaughtonThe Goalkeeper’s Revenge
Linda NewberyBlitz Boys, Jenny Nimmo, Griffin’s Castle, The Snow Spider
Garth NixSabriel
Mary NortonThe Borrowers
Alfred NoylesThe Highwayman
Robert C O’BrienMrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, Z for Zachariah
Judith O’NeillSo Far From Skye
Pat O’SheaThe Hounds of the Morrigan
Kenneth Oppel TheSilverwing Saga
Ruth ParkPlaying Beatie Bow
Katherine PatersonBridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved
Jill Paton-WalshThe Dolphin Crossing, Fireweed
Gary Paulsen HatchetGudrun Pausewang, Fall-Out, The Final Journey
Philippa PearceMinnow on the Say, The Way To Sattin Shore, Tom’s Midnight Garden
Terry PratchettAmazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Susan PriceThe Ghost Drum
Willard PriceCannibal Adventure
Philip PullmanClockwork, Northern Lights
Christine PurkisPaddlefeet
Arthur RansomeSwallows and Amazons
Philip ReeveDarkling Plain, Mortal Engines,
Hans-Peter RichterI Was There
Philip RidleyZinderzunder, Krindlekrax, Scribbleboy
James RiordanThe Prisoner
Katherine RobertsThe Great Pyramid Robbery
Michael RosenA World of Poetry
Louis SacharHoles
Marcus SedgwickFloodland, The Dark House, My Sword is Singing
lainSerrailierSilver Sword
Paul ShiptonBug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear
Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island
David Lee Stone TheRatastrophe Catastrophe
Rosemary SutcliffSword Song, The Mark of the Horse Lord, Beowulf: Dragon Slayer, The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch, The Witch’s Brat
Robert SwindellsHurricane Summer, Abomination, Brother in the Land, Daz 4 Zoe, Room 13, Smash, Stone Cold, Unbeliever
Mildred D TaylorLet The Circle Be Unbroken, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Road To Memphis
Alfred LordTennysonThe Lady of Shallot