Challenging Books for Years 5 and 6
In our School Library
we have a selection of books appropriate for high-level readers. The purpose of
which is to provide a greater challenge and to allow the exploration of a
greater range of themes. Some of these books may be unsuitable for younger
readers due to the subject matter, which is aimed at much older children
(Secondary School and beyond).
The following is a list of the books
available at present.
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AUTHOR
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TITLE
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Blackman,
Malorie
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Noughts
And Crosses series, Thief, Pig-Heart Boy
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Boyne,
John
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Stay
Where You Are And Then Leave
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Colfer,
Eoin
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Artemis
Fowl – The Graphic Novel series, Warp Series
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Collins,
Suzanne
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The
Hunger Games series
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D'lacey,
Chris
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The
Last Dragon Chronicles
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Durrell,
Gerald
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My
Family and Other Animals
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Doyle,
Arthur Conan
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The Extraordinary
Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Horowitz,
Anthony
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Alex
Rider series - The Graphic Novels
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Landy,
Derek
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Skulduggery
Pleasant series
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Lane,
Andrew
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Young
Sherlock Holmes series
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Martel,
Yann
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Life Of
Pi
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Masson,
Richard
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Boone
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Millwood,
Kiran
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The
Girl of Ink and Stars
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Ness,
Patrick
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Chaos
Walking: A Trilogy, A Monster Calls, More Than This
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Palacio,
R. J.
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Wonder
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Paolini,
Christopher
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The
Inheritance Cycle (Series)
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Pullman,
Philip
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Northern
Lights
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Reeve,
Philip
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Mortal
Engines series
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Sachar,
Louis
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There’s
a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom, Holes
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Schmatz,
Pat
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Bluefish
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Stine,
R.L.
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Goosebumps
Series
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Stroud,
Jonathan
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Lockwood
& Co series
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Tolkien,
J. R. R.
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The
Lord Of The Rings: Trilogy, The Hobbit
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Zusak,
Markus
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The
Book Thief
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Parents and Carers are
invited to opt in to this service if they wish their child to borrow this type
of reading material from the library.
I would appreciate it
if you could confirm your agreement that your child may borrow from this list
by signing the permission slip on the letter that has been sent home.
Please return it to
the school office.
Thank you,
Mrs Rooney
School Librarian
