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
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