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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After
After
The Nazis took my parents I was scared
After
They killed my best friend I was angry
After
They ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determined to get to the forest, to join forces with Gabriek and Yuli, to be a family, to defeat ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 559
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.
...
- 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
Darkwhispers
The Brightstorm twins are back for another adventure! Eudora Vane has organized an explorer fleet to search the last known destination of missing adventurer Ermitage Wrigglesworth. Harriet Culpepper and the crew of the Aurora join the mission, but ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 430
- MBE Code : 550
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
Do You Know Me?
Tally is autistic and proud. She used to feel like she had to hide her autism, but now Tally is determined to make sure people see who she really is.
But now Tally has a new worry - her school trip. And that means new places, new people and new ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 416
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
Maybe
It's 1946. The war is over and Europe lies in ruins. Fourteen year old Felix dreams of finding happiness elsewhere. When he's offered the chance to go to Australia, he seizes the opportunity. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn't ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 226
- MBE Code : 556
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
Now
ONCE
I didn't know about my grandfather Felix's scary childhood.
THEN
I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda.
NOW
I understand why Felix does the things he does.
At least he's got me. My name is Zelda too. This is our ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 166
- MBE Code : 557
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
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