50 must reads for Year 6… · 2020. 7. 2. · The Knowledge: Fantastic Future—Dr Mike Goldsmith...
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50 must reads for Year 6…
Transcript of 50 must reads for Year 6… · 2020. 7. 2. · The Knowledge: Fantastic Future—Dr Mike Goldsmith...
50 must reads for Year 6…
“A book is a dream that you hold in your hand”
Book title Lexile level
Boy and Going Solo—Roald Dahl 1020
Hatchet—Gary Paulsen 1020
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas—John Boyne 1010
Love That Dog—Sharon Creech 1010
The Diary of a Young Girl—Anne Frank 950
Rebel Voices—Louise Stewart 1190
The Abominables—Eva Ibbotson 1010
Where the World Ends—Geraldine McCaughrean 900
The Unmapped Chronicles—Abi Elphinstone 1000
Sky Circus—Peter Bunzl 870
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse—Chris Riddell 1010
Bombs on Aunt Dainty—Judith Kerr 1000
The Extraordinary colours of Auden Dare—Zillah Bethell 660
Heir of Mystery—Philip Ardagh 990
The Wind in the Willows—Kenneth Grahame 1140
His Majesty’s Dragon—Naomi Novik 1030
Spells Trouble—Lauren Child 1040
Beowulf—Michael Morpurgo 1180
Wild Boy—Mary Losure 1000
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase—Joan Aiken 1020
Black Beauty—Anna Sewell 1020
Shackleton’s Journey—William Grill 1140
The Hobbit—JRR Tolkein 1000
The Edge Chronicles, The Winter Knights—Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell 1020
Greta Zargo and the Amoeba Monsters from the Middle of the Earth—AF Harold 1060
Book title Lexile level
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time—Mark Haddon 1090
Black Powder War—Naomi Novik 1170
Twelve Minutes to Midnight—Christopher Edge 1050
The Dark is Rising—Susan Cooper 920
The Phantom Tollbooth—Norton Juster 1000
Island of the Blue Dolphins—Scott O’Dell 1000
The Wall—William Sutcliffe 1000
Whichwood—Tahereh Mafi 1080
Treasure Island—Robert Louis Stevenson 1010
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry—Mildred Taylor 920
Pets and their Famous Humans—Ana Gallo 1050
Fearless Felines—Kimberlie Hamilton 970
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Double Down—Jeff Kinney 1010
Anne of Green Gables—L.M Montgomery 970
Moonfleet— J. Meade Falkner 1310
What Katy Did—Susan Coolidge 1150
Silverfin—Charlie Higson 900
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher—Pamela Butchart 1010
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight—Michael Morpurgo 1050
Terry Deary’s Best Ever Shakespeare Tales—Terry Deary 910
The Knowledge: Fantastic Future—Dr Mike Goldsmith 1170
The Midnight Fox—Betsy Byars 970
Super Dog! - Pamela Butchart 1040
The Many Word of Albie Bright—Christopher Edge 960
The Polar Bear—Alex Bell 1000
