Reading Recommendations for 5th and 6th Classes. Some of the titles on the 3rd/4th class lists will also be suitable for readers in 5th and 6th. Book Name Author The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) Tom's Midnight Garden Ursula K. Le Guin The Children of Green Knowe L. M. Boston The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain Book 1) The Sword in the Stone Lloyd Alexander Clockwork Philip Pullman Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian Holes Louis Sachar I Believe in Unicorns Michael Morpurgo The Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke Savvy Ingred Law Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Michelle Paver Millions Frank Cottrell Boyce The Wind Singer William Nicholson Shadow Forest Matt Haig Snakes Elbows Deirdre Madden Boy Overboard Deirdre Madden Little Croker Joe O’Brien Féile Fever Joe O’Brien Hoot Carl Hiaasen Shakespeare Children Collection 16 Books Box Set The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Richard III, Othello, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Macbeth, The Tempest, Hamlet The Lord of the Rings [7 Book Box Set] JRR Tolkien Matthews Ross David Wood T. H. White Histories of Middle Earth Vols 1-5 Box Set JRR Tolkien Illustrated Dickens, Usborne Illustrated Classics Mary Sebag-Montefiore Bill and Fred John Quinn Cherokee Creina Mansfield Deep Water Anne Turnbull Faraway Home Marilyn Taylor Goodnight Mr. Tom Michelle Magorian I am David Anne Holm The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne The Guns of Easter Gerard Whelan The Strongbow Saga Judson Roberts The Wreck of Zanzibar Michael Morpurgo Riding Out the Hurricane Maeve Mc Mahon Spy Dog Andrew Cope Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor Point Blanc Anthony Horrowitz Skeleton Key Anthony Horrowitz Ice Man Michael Smith Anne Frank's Diary Carol Anne Lee The Artemis Fowl Series The Kites are Flying Eoin Colfer Michael Morpurgo Ballet Shoes Neal Streatfield Bright Lights and other titles Linda Chapman Gorgeous Cora Harrison Star Girl and other titles Jerry Spineli Dizzy and other titles Cathy Cassidy Are you there God? It’s Me, Margaret. Judy Blume Stella (series) Karen McCombie Heartland(series) Lauren Brooke Caught on a Train Carlo Gebler My friend Flicka (series) Mary O Hara Which witch? And other titles Eva Ibbotson Katie Milk Solves Crimes Annie Caulfield Howl’s Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy A series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket Ravens Gate Series Anthony Horrowitz Coraline Neil Gaiman The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien The Spook’s Apprentice Joseph Delaney When Mum threw out the Telly E.F. Smith The Gypsy crown and other titles Kate Forsyth Invisible City Series M.G. Harris Lady grace Mysteries Grace Cavendish The Diamond of Drury Lane series Julia Golding Safe Harbour Marita Conlon McKenna Children of the Famine Series Marita Conlon McKenna C