Key Stage 2
There are so many brilliant fiction titles to pick from for Key Stage 2 class sets it is hard to know where to begin! The below are the most commonly requested titles from schools across the UK for both class set use and transitional texts. Don’t see what you are looking for? We can supply almost any book in print so just drop us an email at books@mbebooks.com or click on the ‘Request A Book’ header on our homepage.
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Artemis Fowl
AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS.
No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real.
Poor fairies.
But these are not the cuddly creatures of bedtime stories. They are ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 278
- MBE Code : 217
Brightstorm
Twins Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm receive word in Lontown that their famous explorer father has died in a failed attempt to reach the southernmost point in the world. Not only that, but he has been accused of stealing fuel before he died!
The ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 344
- MBE Code : 310
Can You See Me?
With diary entries written by eleven-year-old Libby Scott, based on her own experiences of autism, this pioneering book, writtenin collaboration with esteemed author Rebecca Westcott, hasbeen widely praised for its realistic portrayal of autism.
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- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 415
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
You MUST have heard of Mr Willy Wonka! He's the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. But do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero of this book.
The other children in our story are nasty little beasts, called:
...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 180
- MBE Code : 219
Charlotte’s Web
Wilbur the pig's life has already been saved by Fern, but when he is sold to her uncle, he realises his life is in even more danger.
Enter Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. Charlotte is determined to keep Wilbur from the ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 272
- MBE Code : 400
Danny The Champion Of The World
Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!
Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father, the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had.All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 214
- MBE Code : 194
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
The first instalment of Jeff Kinney’s side-splittingly funny series.
Join Greg Heffley as he thrusts through the beginning of the new year, and a new school… Where the undersize weaklings are sharing the corridors with kids who are taller, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 210
Dread Wood
It's basically the worst school detention ever. When classmates (but not mate-mates) Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a SATURDAY, they think things can’t get much worse. But they’re wrong. Things are about to get ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 575
Echo Mountain
1933. When Ellie and her family lose everything, they flee to Echo Mountain. Ellie runs wild, exploring the mountain’s mysteries. But the one she can’t solve is who’s leaving the gifts for her: tiny wooden carvings of animals and flowers, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 356
- MBE Code : 458
Firesong
The exciting conclusion to the Brightstorm twins' trilogy within The Brightstorm Chronicles!
Arthur, Maudie, and the rest of the Aurora crew are going on a mission to the Volcanic North, where years before their parents discovered the moth that ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 440
- MBE Code : 544
Goodnight Mister Tom
Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award. And has created delight to every young reader throughout the generations.
The story of Goodnight Mister Tom includes the character of Young Willie Beach. Who is evacuated to the country, as ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 384
- MBE Code : 179
Holes
Holes is based around the family of Stanley Yelnats, who have a longing history of bad luck. And when a miscarriage of justice sends him to the Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre.
Which by the way isn't green and does not have a lake…
...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 240
- MBE Code : 127
How To Train Your Dragon
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 228
- MBE Code : 313
Kensukes Kingdom
A captivating text that is sure to be loved by every drama-lover out there. The story of Kensuke's Kingdom includes beautiful new colour illustrations and tells the story of a young boy named Michael, who finds himself in the deathly struggle of ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 176
- MBE Code : 228
Matilda
Matilda is the world's most famous bookworm, no thanks to her ghastly parents. Her father thinks she's a little scab. Her mother spends all afternoon playing bingo.
And her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull? She's the worst of all. She's a big bully, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 256
- MBE Code : 340
Millions
Defined to be an absolute treasure! Millions includes the characters of Damian and Anthony, who are brothers that are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to joining the Euro.
Finding themselves with a sudden vast ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 272
- MBE Code : 172
Once
Once by Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in to save his Jewish parents from the Nazis in the occupied Poland of the Second World War.
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 160
- MBE Code : 198
Pax
Pax was only a kit when his family was killed and he was rescued by ‘his boy’, Peter. Now the country is at war and when his father enlists, Peter has no choice but to move in with his grandfather. Far worse than leaving home is the fact that he ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 276
- MBE Code : 561
Rooftoppers
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.
Already being proclaimed a classic in children's literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 364
Safiyyah’s War (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah’s life changes for ever.
Her best friend’s family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 582
Secrets of a Sun King
London, 1922.
A discovery from ancient Egypt...
A cursed package...
The untold story of a young pharaoh...
When Lilian Kaye finds a parcel on her grandad's doorstep, she is shocked to see who sent it: a famous Egyptologist, found dead ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 390
Skellig
The beautiful and haunting novel that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.
Then, one ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 176
- MBE Code : 125
Stitched Up
The horrific real-life cost of fast fashion is exposed in this gripping tale of survival from bestselling author Steve Cole. When twelve-year-old Hanh is offered a job as a shop assistant in Hanoi, she sees it as a chance to earn money to send back ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 122
- MBE Code : 539
The BFG
On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant.Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country. Fifty foot brutes who ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 194
- MBE Code : 230
The Book Of Stolen Dreams
When Rachel and Robert are passed a stolen book by their librarian father, they have to go on the run and protect it at all costs. With their father captured and everyone hunting for the Book, they must uncover its secrets and track down the final, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 390
- MBE Code : 551