Year 5 Class Reads
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The Goldfish Boy
A story about finding friendship when you're lonely - and hope when all you feel is fear. Twelve-year-old Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by crippling OCD, spending most of his time staring out of his window as the inhabitants of Chestnut Close go ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 400
- MBE Code : 158
The Good Thieves
Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 769
The Haunting Of Aveline Jones
Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it once belonged to Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 216
- MBE Code : 525
The House with Chicken Legs
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019.Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019.Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019.Shortlisted for Children's Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2019.Marinka ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 338
- MBE Code : 221
The Last Bear
There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that’s what April’s father tells her when his scientific research takes them to this remote Arctic outpost for six months. But one endless summer night, April meets one. He is starving, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 628
The Last Firefox
Between bullies at school and changes at home, Charlie Challinor finds life a bit scary. And when he's made guardian of a furry fox cub called Cadno, things get a whole lot scarier.
Because Cadno isn't just any fox: he's a firefox - the only one ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 296
- MBE Code : 528
The Legend Of Podkin One-Ear
A thick white blanket covers the wide slopes of the band of hills known as the Razorback Downs . . .
Podkin is the son of a warrior chieftain. He knows that one day it will be up to him to lead his warren and guard it in times of danger. But for ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 713
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
A beautiful paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.
Four ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 308
The Lost Whale
THEIR BOND COULD SET THEM FREE . . .
Rio has been sent to live with a grandmother he barely knows in California, while his mum is in hospital. All Rio wants is for Mum to get better so he can return home. But everything changes when he joins a ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 700
The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane
The magical story of the adventures of a lost toy rabbit from a New York Times bestselling author, twice winner of the Newbery Medal. Abilene loves her blue china rabbit, but Edward Tulane is extremely vain and only loves himself. On a voyage from ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 206
- MBE Code : 800
The Night Bus Hero
I've been getting into trouble for as long I can remember. Usually I don't mind 'cos some of my best, most brilliant ideas have come from sitting in detention.But recently it feels like no one believes me about anything - even when I'm telling the ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 435
The Outlaw Varjak Paw: 2
The second adventure in the life of the extraordinary Mesopotamian Blue, Varjak Paw: kung fu for cats!
Having saved the city cats from a fate worse than death, Varjak Paw finds himself the elected and popular leader of a new gang - a gang that ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 272
- MBE Code : 742
The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures)
When Christopher Forrester is unexpectedly woken by a miniature dragon chewing on his face, his heart leaps for joy. For months he's dreamed of returning to the Archipelago - the secret islands where all the creatures of myth still live. But he did ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 818
The Skylarks War **Costa Children’s Book Award Winner**
The Skylarks' War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.
Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 306
- MBE Code : 197
The Song Walker (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to:
Where am I?
What am I doing here?
And... Who am I?"
When a young girl wakes up in the middle of the desert, she has no idea who she is. She's wearing one shoe, a silky black dress, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 579
The Train To Impossible Places
When Suzy hears a strange noise in the middle of the night, she creeps downstairs to find a train roaring through her house. But this is no ordinary train. This is the magical delivery express for the Union of Impossible Places.
Whisked on board ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 374
- MBE Code : 572
The Witches
This is a story about REAL WITCHES.
Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, have ordinary jobs and look very much like ordinary people.
But they are far from ORDINARY . . .
The Grand High Witch, leader of all the witches, has a plan to make ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 326
- MBE Code : 642
The Wolf Wilder
Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplaces. Ten minutes away, in a ruined chapel, lives a pack of wolves. Feodora's mother is a wolf wilder, and Feo is a wolf wilder in training. A wolf wilder...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 272
- MBE Code : 622
The Wrong Shoes
There's a bunch of kids in there and suddenly they're all looking at me like someone who can actually do something, not just some weirdo with the wrong shoes and a rubbish coat . . .
Will has the wrong shoes – he's always known it but doesn't ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 1001
Turtle Moon
A Waterstones Best Children's Book of the Year
Shortlisted for The Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction 2025 and The Week Junior Book Awards 2025
Silver Trevelon’s parents aren’t happy. They haven’t been happy since the nursery they ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 352
- MBE Code : 758
Varjak Paw
This cat must learn to fight!
Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten, who lives high up in an old house on a hill.
He's never left home, until he receives a mysterious visit from his grandfather who tells him about The Way - a secret martial ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 256
- MBE Code : 742
Voyage Of The Sparrowhawk
The second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bestselling author of The Children of Castle Rock.
In the aftermath of World War One, everyone is trying to ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 354
- MBE Code : 721
When I See Blue: An Inspiring Story Of OCD
A Read for Empathy Collection Choice, chosen by EmpathyLab
New town, new school, but the bully is in Ben’s head …
There are 4 things you should know about Ben:
1. He’s 12 years old
2. He’s the new kid at school
3. His special number ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 334
- MBE Code : 722
When The War Came Home
The First World War has ended, but it hasn't gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who are still battling the effects of war and shellshock.
Her cousin Huw can't forget the terrible things he's seen, but ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 698
When We Flew Away – A Novel Of Anne Frank Before The Diary
A beautiful novel exploring the little-known story of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding – from bestselling, award-winning author Alice Hoffman and published in cooperation with the Anne Frank House.
In soaring prose, bestselling author...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 794