Choose from the following key stage and titles.

Lower key stage 2

Topic: Adventure

• Krindlekrax by Ridley, P (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Africa, family, aspirations
The Fastest Boy in the World by Laird, E.

Topic: Bullying, environment, empathy
Song of the Dolphin Boy by Laird, E

Topic: Family, adventure
Danny, The Champion of the World by Dahl, R

Topic: Fantasy

• Varjak Paw by Said, S F (Power of Reading text)
• Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by Almond, D (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Imaginary world
The BFG by Dahl, R.

Topic: Titanic, animal, adventure
Kaspar, Prince of Cats by Morpurgo, M.

Upper key stage 2

Topic: Adventure

• Who let the Gods out? by Evans, M
• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Riordan, R
• Darwins Dragons by Galvin, L
• Kensuke’s Kingdom by Morpurgo, M
• Treasure Island (abridged) by Stevenson, R. L.
• Runaway Robot by Boyce, F.C
• Holes by Sachar, L
• The Explorer by Rundell, K
• Spylark by Rurlandar, D
• Boy In the Tower by Ho-Yen, P
• Alex Rider: Stormbreaker by Horowitz, A (Power of Reading text)
• Rooftoppers by Rundell, K (Power of Reading text)
• Floodland by Sedgwick, M (Power of Reading text)
• London Eye Mystery by Dowd, S (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Africa, family, aspirations
The Fastest Boy in the World by Laird, E

Topic: Ancient China
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Pullman, P

Topic: Ancient Egypt

• Tales of Gods and Pharaohs by Williams, M
• Entangled with the Egyptians by Northfield, G
• Secrets of the Sun King by Carroll, E
• The Phoenix Code by Moss, H

Topic: Ancient Greeks

• King Midas and Other Greek Myths by Kimmell, E.
• The Adventures of Odysseus by Lupton, H (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Anglo-Saxons

• Beowulf by Morpurgo, M
• Anglo-Saxon Boy by Bradman, T

Topic: Animals

• The Jungle Book by Kipling, R
• Wind in the Willows by Grahame, K
• Pax by Pennypacker, S. (Power of Reading text)
• The Midnight Fox by Byars, B (Power of Reading text)
• The Last Wild by Torday, P. (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Biography

• Shackleton’s Journey by Grill, W
• Ice Trap! by Hooper, M. (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Bullying

• Wonder by Palacio, P.J (Power of Reading text)
• The Savage by Almond, D (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Environment
The Last Bear by Gold, H

Topic: Fairy tale
The Princess Blankets by Duffy, C. A (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Family, mental health
The Goldfish Boy by Thompson, L

Topic: Fantasy

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Lewis, C.S
• Polar Bear Explorers’ Club by Bell, A.
• Clockwork by Pullman, P (Power of Reading text)
• Skellig by Almond, D (Power of Reading text)
• The Viewer by Tan, S. (illustrator) (Power of Reading text)
• Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by Almond, D (Power of Reading text)
• The Song from Somewhere Else by Harrold, A.F (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Homelessness
Way Home by Hathorn, L (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Imaginary worlds

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Dahl, R
• The BFG by Dahl, R
• Family Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Boyce, F.C

Topic: Mountains, China
King of the Cloud Forests by Morpurgo, M

Topic: Narrative poem
The Highwayman by Noyes, Alfred (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Rainforests

• Running Wild by Morpurgo, M
• Journey to the River Sea by Ibbotson, I. (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Refugees

• Boy at the Back of the Class by Rauf, O. Q (Power of Reading text)
• A Story Like the Wind by Lewis, G

Topic: Roman Britain

• Revolt Against the Romans by Bradman, T
• Julius Zebra. Bundle with the Britons by Northfield, G.

Topic: School stories
There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Sachar, L (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Shakespeare

• Mr William Shakespeare’s Plays by Williams, M
• Macbeth
• Macbeth—abridged text version

Topic: Space travel
Cosmic by Boyce, F.C (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Stone Age

• S2g of the Dump by King, C
• Wolf Brother by Paver, M (Power of Reading text)
• Wild Way Home by Kirtley, Sophie

Topic: Titanic, animal, adventure, Edwardian
Call of the Titanic by Galvin, L

Topic: Tudors

• My Friend Walter by Morpurgo, M
• The Queen’s Fool by Sherrick, Ally
• Treason by Doherty, B (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Victorians

• The Steam Whistle Theatre Company by French, V.
• Oliver Twist and other great Dickens stories by Williams, M
• Street Child by Doherty, B (Power of Reading text)

Topic: Vikings

• Viking Boy by Bradman, T
• How to Train Your Dragon by Cowell, C
• Riddle of the Runes by Ramirez, J
• The Saga of Erik the Viking by Jones, T

Topic: WW1

• Listen to the Moon by Morpurgo, M
• War Horse by Morpurgo, M
• Stay where you are and then Leave by Boyne, J (Power of Reading text)
• Silver Donkey by Hartne, S (Power of Reading text)

Topic: WW2

• Once by Gleitzman, M.
• Leers from the Lighthouse by Carroll, E
• Carrie’s War by Bawden, N
• Diary of Anne Frank (Abridged)
• After the War from Auschwitz to Ambleside by Palmer, T
• Goodnight Mr Tom by Magorian, M (Power of Reading text)
• Rose Blanche by McEwan, Ian (Power of Reading text)

Topic: WW1, WW2
Eagle in the Snow by Morpurgo, M