Challenging Books

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.

AUTHOR	TITLE
Blackman, Malorie	Noughts And Crosses series, Thief, Pig-Heart Boy
Boyne, John	Stay Where You Are And Then Leave
Colfer, Eoin	Artemis Fowl – The Graphic Novel series, Warp Series
Collins, Suzanne	The Hunger Games series
D'lacey, Chris	The Last Dragon Chronicles
Durrell, Gerald	My Family and Other Animals
Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Extraordinary Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles
Horowitz, Anthony	Alex Rider series - The Graphic Novels
Landy, Derek	Skulduggery Pleasant series
Lane, Andrew	Young Sherlock Holmes series
Martel, Yann	Life Of Pi
Masson, Richard	Boone
Millwood, Kiran	The Girl of Ink and Stars
Ness, Patrick	Chaos Walking: A Trilogy, A Monster Calls, More Than This
Palacio, R. J.	Wonder
Paolini, Christopher	The Inheritance Cycle (Series)
Pullman, Philip	Northern Lights
Reeve, Philip	Mortal Engines series
Sachar, Louis	There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom, Holes
Schmatz, Pat	Bluefish
Stine, R.L.	Goosebumps Series
Stroud, Jonathan	Lockwood & Co series
Tolkien, J. R. R.	The Lord Of The Rings: Trilogy, The Hobbit
Zusak, Markus	The Book Thief

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