Key Stage 2 Reading Challenge
Ten Books in a term!
How many of these books can your child read during the Spring Term before the Easter holidays?
Children may read each book themselves... or parents could read the book with them.
Rewards
If 5 books are read, your child will gain the Bronze award (60 Reading Points)
If 8 books are read, your child will gain the Silver award (80 Reading Points)
If 10 books are read, your child will gain the Gold award (100 Reading Points)
For each book completed, your child will earn 10 reading points
Year 6 - Holes - Louis Sacher
 - Boy - Roald Dahl
- Goodnight Mr Tom - Michelle Magorian
- The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier
- Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz
- Clockwork - Philip Pullman
- Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver
- Sky Song - Abi Elphinstone
- Great Expectations - William Bedford
- The Hobbit – J.R.R Tolkien
- Lion Boy - Zizou Corder
- Granny - Anthony Horowitz
- Pig Heart Boy - Malorie Blackman
- The Unforgotten Coat - Frank Cottrell Boyce
- The Machine Gunners - Robert Westall
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Year 5 - Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson (Alan MacDonald)
 - Friend or Foe - Michael Morpurgo
- Three tales from Shakespeare - Martin Waddell
- The Many Worlds of Albie Bright - Christopher Edge
- Creative Minds - True Tales (biographies)
- Coraline - Neil Gaiman
- Hiding Out - Elizabeth Laird
- Quakes, floods and other disasters - Fred Martin
- Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson (Alan MacDonald)
- Spooks and Scooters - Elen Caldecott
- Boy in the Tower - Polly Ho-Yen
- Benjamin Zephaniah - Victor Ambrus
- The Saga of Eric the Viking - Terry Jones
- Who let the Gods Out? - Maz Evans
- Hacker - Malorie Blackman
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Year 4 - The Sandman and the Turtles - Michael Morpurgo
 - The Firework Maker’s Daughter - Philip Pullman
- The Iron Man - Ted Hughes
- The Demon Headmaster - Gillian Cross
- The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth - Eoin Colfer
- The Joke Machine - Alexander McCall Smith
- You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Viking Explorer - Andrew Langley
- The Goldfish Boy - Lisa Thompson
- The Awesome Egyptians, The Vicious Vikings or Smashing Saxons - Terry Deary
- Hurricane - James Hirsch
- Malkin Moonlight - Emma Cox
- Little Bits of Sky - S.E Durrant
- A Roald Dahl book (of your own choice from a selection kept in class)
- Coming to England - Floella Benjamin
- Mary Poppins - P. L. Travers
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Year 3 - The Red Prince - Charlie Roscoe & Tom Clohosy Cole
 - The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog - Jeremy Strong
- Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots - Michael Rosen
- A Roald Dahl book (of your own choice from a selection kept in class)
- The Rotten Romans OR Savage Stone Age - Terry Deary
- Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White
- The Fox Busters - Dick King Smith
- The Owl who was afraid of the Dark - Jill Tomlinson
- A Spell of Witches - Kate Saunders
- The Worst Witch stories - Jill Murphy
- You’re a bad man Mr Gum! - Andy Stanton
- Mr Majeika and the School Caretaker - Humphrey Carpenter
- The Chocolate Money Mystery - Alexander McCall Smith
- Grandpa Bert and the Ghost Snatchers - Malorie Blackman
- Whizz Pop Bang magazine
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Once a book has been read, children will complete a short review which other children will then be able to look at:
| Name: |
| Book Title: |
| Author: |
| Star Rating: |
| Your book review in under 20 words! |
We hope your child enjoys the challenge and is inspired to read some new books (maybe even ones they would not have normally chosen).
