Year 6
With a mix of classic and contemporary titles, our selection of recommended reads is designed to provide children with a diverse range of literature that will encourage them to become lifelong readers. Latest bestsellers and award winners populate our year 6 class sets offering. Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024 we have “Away With Words” by Sophie Cameron as well as Hiba Noor Khan’s “Safiyyah’s War” We also have Helen Rutter’s “The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh” which is a must for all school libraries.
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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
Away With Words (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
Gala and her dad, Jordi, have just moved from home in Cataluña to a town in Scotland, to live with Jordi’s boyfriend Ryan. Gala doesn’t speak much English, and feels lost, lonely and unable to be her usual funny self. Until she befriends ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 585
Boy Everywhere
This debut middle-grade novel chronicles the harrowing journey taken by Sami and his family from privilege to poverty, across countries and continents, from a comfortable life in Damascus, via a smuggler's den in Turkey, to a prison in Manchester. A ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 648
Boy In The Tower
When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.
Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 563
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
Crater Lake
Who is the mysterious bloodstained man who stops their coach? Why is no one around when Lance and the rest of Year Six arrive at the brand new Crater Lake activity centre? But this is just the beginning of the school trip from hell; a fight for ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 252
- MBE Code : 630
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
Darwin’s Dragons
Syms Covington has landed the job of a lifetime - cabin boy and fiddler on Charles Darwin's Beagle - but when he is separated from the crew during a storm, his life takes a truly extraordinary turn.
Shipwrecked on a Galapagos island, he makes a ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 627
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
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
Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 352
- MBE Code : 117
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
I Am David
You must get away tonight,' the man had told him. David escapes from the concentration camp where he has spent his entire life and flees across Europe. He is utterly alone - who can he trust? What will await him? And all the while, how can he be sure...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 208
- MBE Code : 378
Journey to the River Sea
Winner of the Smarties Gold Medal.
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.
An Amazon adventure set in the wilderness of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and memorable characters.
It is 1910 and ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 357
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
Kick
Budi's plan is simple. He's going to be a star.
Budi's going to play for the greatest team on earth, instead of sweating over each stitch he sews, each football boot he makes.
But one unlucky kick brings Budi's world crashing down. Now he owes ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 296
- MBE Code : 650
Kicked Out: A Boy Everywhere Story
Kicked Out finds Ali and Sami living their dream, playing football for the school team and hanging out in their friend Mark's new luxury pool. But money goes missing and racism rears its ugly head when their friend Aadam is accused of the theft. Can...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 649
Leila And The Blue Fox
She was very tired.
She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws.
The sunset licked her face.
The snow covered her like a blanket.
Fox wakes, and begins to walk. She crosses ice and snow, over mountains and across frozen oceans, encountering ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 256
- MBE Code : 647
Letters From The Lighthouse
February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. But he's not used ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 288
- MBE Code : 626
Look Both Ways (Carnegie Medal Winner 2021)
When the bell rings and school is finished for the day, the walkers are finally set free. For ten blocks they have no-one telling them what to do; they can talk about bogies, skateboard, plan dramatic escapes, make jokes, face bullies, and hear about...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 200
- MBE Code : 641
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