Jacqueline Wilson supports new schools web site
I loved reading when I was at school, frequently racing through a book a day, but my choice of books was rather hit and miss. I started off with Louisa M.Alcott’s at the top of the shelf and worked my way round to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s at the other end of the library room, never quite knowing what I was doing. I was always in a rush and there weren’t even any comfy chairs in the library where you could curl up and browse. I often lugged books home to discover they weren’t my cup of tea at all.
Lovereading4schools.co.uk would have been an enormous help! It’s such an easy fun way to access heaps of suggestions for good reads. I love the way you can download extracts so you can see if a book appeals. It’s great that each school can have its own Homepage for special favourite books. So many parents will enjoy being involved. It’s a fantastic way to get as many child
ren as possible to love reading!
- - Reception
- -Year 1 (age 5-6)
- -Year 10 (age 14-15)
- -Year 2 (age 6-7)
- -Year 3 (age 7-8)
- -Year 4 (age 8-9)
- -Year 5 (age 9-10)
- -Year 6 (age 10-11)
- -Year 7 (age 11-12)
- -Year 8 (age 12-13)
- -Year 9 (age 13-14)
- Chris Riddell Books
- Diverse Voices
- KS1 (5 - 7 yrs) - Reluctant Readers
- KS2 (7 - 11 yrs) - Reluctant Readers
- KS3 (11 - 14 yrs) - Reluctant Readers
- Michael Morpurgo Month
- Poetry Over 7's
- Poetry Under 7's
- Super Readable books 12+ years
- Super Readable books 7-9 years
- Super Readable books 9-12 years
- Teenage Reading
- UKLA 2016 Shortlisted Titles
- UKLA 2017 Shortlisted Titles
- UKLA 2018 Shortlisted Titles
- World War One (WW1)
- World War Two (WW2)
Lovereading4Schools Reading Lists
Below are some randomly selected books that appear in this schools lists. To view the complete list, click on the list title.
Lovereading4Schools - Reception
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Dogger Shirley Hughes Dogger is the endearing story of how Dave's beloved Dogger was lost and found. Winner of the 1977 Kate Greenaway... |
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Willy's Stories Anthony Browne From one of the most celebrated author-illustrators working today, Anthony Browne, comes a fantastical celebration of stories and the imagination.... |
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One World Together Catherine Anholt, Laurence Anholt I want a friend but who will I choose? Take a trip around the world, meet children from lots of... |
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The Something Rebecca Cobb Underneath the cherry tree in our garden there is a little hole...A glorious imaginative adventure from the award-winning creator of... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 1 (age 5-6)
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The Promise Nicola Davies In a mean city, on a mean street a young thief tries to rob an old woman’s bag. But she... |
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Journey Aaron Becker Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, wordless picture book about self-determination - and... |
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The Django Levi Pinfold There’s magic and music at the heart of this original and touching story. When Little Jean first comes across the... |
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Black Dog Levi Pinfold A black dog appears outside the Hope family's home. As each member of the household sees it and hides, the... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 10 (age 14-15)
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Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys Press play below to see the fascinating and moving video trailer for this book: One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother... |
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Chasing the Stars Malorie Blackman What happens when love brings loss? When love brings lies? When love brings hate? Olivia and her twin brother Aidan... |
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Dark Satanic Mills Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick
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This is a powerful new story and debut comic... |
Forever Judy Blume Do you remember the first time? Still the bravest, freshest, fruitiest and most honest account of first love, first sex... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 2 (age 6-7)
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Fungus The Bogeyman Raymond Briggs Deep under the ground, in the dark tunnels of bogeydom, live the bogeys, a vile collection of slimy, smelly creatures... |
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A Pig Called Heather Harry Oulton 'When the pig called Heather woke up after lunch, the first thing she thought was that she had absolutely nothing... |
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The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon Jonny Duddle The first in a brilliant, all-action adventure mystery. A sleepy seaside village appears to have a pirate problem as on... |
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The Heart and the Bottle Oliver Jeffers Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love and loss in this life-affirming, uplifting tale, due to be... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 3 (age 7-8)
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Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren Pippi Longstocking is one of the most popular children's characters of all time and is still much loved by millions... |
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The Hundred mile an hour Dog Jeremy Strong Streaker is a mixed-up kind of dog... with quite a bit of Ferrari and a large chunk of whirlwind... She's... |
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The Worst Witch Jill Murphy The Worst Witch written and illustrated by Jill Murphy is reissued with exciting new branding and format. The Worst Witch... |
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Buckle and Squash and the Monstrous Moat-dragon Sarah Courtauld Sisters Eliza and Lavender could not be more different. Lavender’s life ambition is to marry a prince and spend the... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 4 (age 8-9)
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I Was A Rat! Philip Pullman When a small boy turns up on Bob and Joan's doorstep unable to say much except 'I was a rat',... |
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How to Train Your Dragon: How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell Read the books that inspired the Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon films. The story... |
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Lost! The Hundred mile an hour Dog Jeremy Strong Streaker the dog is lost. And not just a bit lost, but really lost! It wasn't even her fault! She... |
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Mouse Bird Snake Wolf David Almond The dream team of David Almond and Dave McKean bring us a complete story set in an incomplete world. The... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 5 (age 9-10)
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The Ogre of Oglefort Eva Ibbotson When a Hag, an orphan boy called Ivo, Ulf the troll and wizard Brian Brainsweller are sent to rescue a... |
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The Neverending Story Michael Ende Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Through the pages... |
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Scarlet Ibis Gill Lewis Red asks, 'Will we always be together?' 'Always,' I say. 'Just you and me in that little boat, watching the... |
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Listen to the Moon Michael Morpurgo The stunning new novel of World War One from Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestseller. May,... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 6 (age 10-11)
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The Wizard Of Earthsea Ursula K Le Guin This tale of wizards and dragons features the character of Sparrowhawk. Tempted by pride to try spells beyond his powers,... |
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One Dog and His Boy Eva Ibbotson But a dog would damage the expensive carpets in Hal's glamorous home, and his wealthy parents refuse to consider one.... |
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A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his lost father, he finds himself on an... |
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How Does a Lighthouse Work? Roman Belyaev How can we tell one lighthouse from another? What does a lighthouse keeper do? Where are the most unusual lighthouses... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 7 (age 11-12)
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Geek Girl Holly Smale “My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek." Harriet Manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles in... |
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Kensuke's Kingdom Michael Morpurgo Michael's parents buy a yacht, and take him off to sail round the world. Washed overboard in a fierce storm,... |
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The Reluctant Assassin (WARP Book 1) Eoin Colfer WARP: The Reluctant Assassin is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of Artemis... |
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Riverkeep Martin Stewart Fifteen-year-old Wulliam is dreading taking up his family's mantle of Riverkeep, tending the river and fishing corpses from its treacherous... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 8 (age 12-13)
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The Fault in Our Stars John Green This is the film tie-in edition of John Green's witty yet heart-breaking tour de force. I fell in love the... |
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Tape Steven Camden Tape is an outstanding debut. Told with crackling prose, shimmering with humour and deeply moving, it will haunt anyone who... |
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Style Sisters Liz Elwes Carrie has finished grieving for Danny who left a week ago to live in Birmingham and now she must make... |
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An Island of Our Own Sally Nicholls Siblings Jonathan, Holly and Davy have been struggling to survive since the death of their mother, and are determined to... |
Lovereading4Schools -Year 9 (age 13-14)
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Scoop Evelyn Waugh Lord Copper, proprietor of the "Daily Beast", has always prided himself on his flair for spotting reporters. Acting on a... |
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The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she... |
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Lies We Tell Ourselves Robin Talley It's 1959 The battle for civil rights is raging. And it's Sarah's first day of school as one of the... |
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In the Sea There are Crocodiles Fabio Geda One night before putting him to bed, Enaiatollah's mother tells him three things: don't use drugs or weapons, don't cheat,... |
Lovereading4Schools Chris Riddell Books
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The Snow Merchant Sam Gayton This new edition has artwork from award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell. Lettie Peppercorn lives in a house on stilts near the... |
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The Sleeper and the Spindle Neil Gaiman A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell - weaving... |
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Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse Chris Riddell Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth... |
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Ottoline Goes to School Chris Riddell Meet Ottoline and her hairy, helpful friend Mr. Munroe. Ottoline is off to the Alice B. Smith School for the... |
Lovereading4Schools Diverse Voices
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Fly, Eagle, Fly! Christopher Gregorowski, Archbishop Desmond Tutu After a stormy night, a farmer searching for his lost calf finds a baby eagle that has been blown out... |
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Young, Gifted and Black Jamia Wilson This book brings together 52 icons of colour from the past and present and celebrates their inspirational achievements. Meet figureheads,... |
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Under the Moon & Over the Sea: A Collection of Poetry from the Caribbean John Agard, Grace Nichols This is an award-winning collection of poetry vividly evoking the experience of living in the Caribbean - and of leaving... |
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The Life of Stephen Lawrence Verna Allette Wilkins Stephen Lawrence was a bright, athletic, young man with high hopes for the future. He lived in south-east London with... |
Lovereading4Schools KS1 (5 - 7 yrs) - Reluctant Readers
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen For over 25 years, readers have chanted along with this award-winning favourite. Join in the fun with this jam-packed book... |
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The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.... |
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Monster and Chips David O'Connell Somewhere in suburbia, or maybe smack-bang in the middle of your city, there is a very special diner. What's so... |
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Cool! Michael Morpurgo Michael Morpurgo's inspiring new story of Robbie, a boy in a coma -- victim of a car accident. Locked inside... |
Lovereading4Schools KS2 (7 - 11 yrs) - Reluctant Readers
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The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper It's mid-winter's Eve, the day before Will's 11th birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside... |
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The Ghost in the Bath Jeremy Strong Brand new comedy from Jeremy Strong. Luke is rather surprised to find a ghost in his bath - and she... |
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First Term at L'Etoile Kelly Willoughby, Holly Willoughby We are the Willoughby sisters and we have a story to share with you about one of the most important... |
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Snow Spider Jenny Nimmo This is a really good story bringing in legends and magic from Celtic Wales. If you have already read the... |
Lovereading4Schools KS3 (11 - 14 yrs) - Reluctant Readers
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A Swift Pure Cry Siobhan Dowd After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her... |
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Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6,... |
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Socks Are Not Enough Mark Lowery Michael Swarbrick's life couldn't get any worse. He's embroiled in a girls' changing room scandal; his idiot brother, a self-proclaimed... |
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Awesome Pete Johnson When Ben starts at a new school, the last thing he expects is to be mistaken for a TV star!... |
Lovereading4Schools Michael Morpurgo Month
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Outlaw The Story of Robin Hood Michael Morpurgo After a fierce storm, a boy discovers a human skull, buried beneath the roots of an ancient tree. A skull... |
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Michael Morpurgo Of all the tales of the Knights of the Round Table, the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight... |
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The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo The story of a young boy who rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African bush. They remain inseparable... |
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The Last Wolf Michael Morpurgo Robbie McLeod is on the run from the English Redcoats in the Highlands. On his travels he finds a wolf... |
Lovereading4Schools Poetry Over 7's
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A Poem for Every Night of the Year Allie Esiri A Poem For Every Night of the Year is a collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri, one to... |
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A Laureate's Choice: 101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy Carol Ann Duffy Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureate, has chosen her favourite poems for children for , exquisitely illustrated by multi-award-winning illustrator... |
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Because a Fire Was in My Head Michael Morpurgo A wonderful anthology of poems to set fire to the imagination. We only have to 'remember, remember the 5th of... |
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Heard It In The Playground Allan Ahlberg This illustrated collection of amusing poems and songs celebrating primary school life won the Signal Poetry Award in 1990. Meet... |
Lovereading4Schools Poetry Under 7's
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Vikings in the Supermarket Nick Sharratt Fantastic fun for all Nick Sharratt fans! Six funny poems to read aloud, with colourful, bold illustrations to appeal to... |
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Poems to Perform A Classic Collection Chosen by the Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson In Poems to Perform, Julia Donaldson has chosen poems with performance by children in mind, and her notes and ideas... |
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An Imaginary Menagerie Roger Mcgough From the anaconda in a Honda (don't ask him for a ride, you might end up inside), to the zonk... |
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I'm a Little Alien James Carter Rush rocket roar rocket zip about some more rocket let me climb aboard rocket ZIM ZAM ZOOM Zoom around this... |
Lovereading4Schools Super Readable books 12+ years
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My Name is O Sam Enthoven O has two tasks tonight. The first is to break into the Bank of England. Easy. Well, easy compared to... |
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Shadow Girl Sally Nicholls Clare knows she's at least partly to blame for her problems at school, but she's learned that it hurts to... |
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Soul Mates L. A. Weatherly Iris and Nate have dreamed of each other all of their lives. When they meet by chance in an abandoned... |
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Wave Paul Dowswell Brothers Eddie and Charlie find a photo of the great-great-uncles they were named after and discover an amazing story of... |
Lovereading4Schools Super Readable books 7-9 years
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The Moonshine Dragon Cornelia Funke From the internationally bestselling author of the Inkheart series. When a tiny silver dragon is chased out of Patrick's storybook... |
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Mozart's Banana Gillian Cross When Alice Brett moves from the city to a little village school, she's never seen a real live horse before.... |
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Green Men of Gressingham Philip Ardagh Tom Dashwood's been taken prisoner by the Green Men of Gressingham. But what do they want from him? And are... |
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My Dog Daisy Jean Ure Lily is absolutely desperate for her very own dog. She's wanted one for as long as she can remember and... |
Lovereading4Schools Super Readable books 9-12 years
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The Girl with the Sunshine Smile Karen Mccombie Warm and wise tale about new families. Everyone comments on Meg's sunny smile, and she's put it to good use... |
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Rugby Academy: Combat Zone Tom Palmer First title in a rugby trilogy. Borderlands is no ordinary school - all of the students boarding there have parents... |
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The 13th Fairy Kaye Umansky Grimbleshanks just wanted to be invited to the Royal Christening. All the other fairies had been invited. But not her... |
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Young Wizards Michael Lawrence Brin and Arlo are just two normal boys. Or so they think. But today is a very special day, and... |
Lovereading4Schools Teenage Reading
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Nation Terry Pratchett CILIP CARNEGIE Medal SHORTLIST 2010: Judges’ comments A witty and wise story about Darwinism, the nature of... |
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Lord of The Flies William Golding Golding's best-known novel is the story of a group of boys who, after a plane crash, set up a fragile... |
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Atonement Ian McEwan On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes... |
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A Little in Love Susan Fletcher "I can see stars through the smoke – too many to ever count, millions and millions. What are they thinking... |
Lovereading4Schools UKLA 2016 Shortlisted Titles
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An Island of Our Own Sally Nicholls Siblings Jonathan, Holly and Davy have been struggling to survive since the death of their mother, and are determined to... |
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There Will be Lies Nick Lake Shelby Jane Cooper is seventeen, pretty and quiet. It's just Shelby and her mom, Shaylene, a court stenographer who wears... |
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The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she... |
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An Away Day Benedicte Guettier An Away Day is the new title in the fantastic new The Dad With 10 Children series: a series of... |
Lovereading4Schools UKLA 2017 Shortlisted Titles
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The Lion Inside Rachel Bright From the creator of the known and loved Bright Side lifestyle brand, Rachel Bright, and the winner of the Roald... |
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There's a Bear on My Chair Ross Collins Poor Mouse! A bear has settled in his favourite chair and that chair just isn't big enough for two. Mouse... |
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The Marvels Brian Selznick The illustrated story begins in 1766 with Billy Marvel, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, and charts the adventures of... |
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The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen Susin Nielsen Heartbreaking, surprising and laugh-out-loud funny, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K Larsen is about the things that remain after your... |
Lovereading4Schools UKLA 2018 Shortlisted Titles
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Yours Sincerely, Giraffe Megumi Iwasa This international bestseller is an absurd and endearing story about an African giraffe and his pen pal, a penguin. Giraffe... |
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It Starts with a Seed Laura Knowles In gentle rhyme, It Starts with a Seed evocatively explores the growth of a tiny sycamore seed. Taking a journey... |
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Odd Dog Out Rob Biddulph It's a dog's life in the big city...Come join one busy dog on her journey to find her place in... |
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Lesser Spotted Animals Martin Brown Bison are banned and tigers are taboo! Say goodbye to the gnu, cheerio to the cheetah and poo poo to... |
Lovereading4Schools World War One (WW1)
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The Best Christmas Present in the World Michael Morpurgo Echoes of Christmas 1914 in the trenches call to the present day when a letter found by chance in an... |
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Valentine Joe Rebecca Stevens Inspired by the real life story of Valentine Joe Strudwick, one of the youngest Tommies to die on the Western... |
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Walter Tull's Scrapbook Michaela Morgan The inspirational true story of Walter Tull's life is vividly reimagined here in scrapbook form, drawing on photographs, documents and... |
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The Great War An Anthology of Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War Various Authors
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This is a moving anthology of stories inspired by objects from...Lovereading4Schools World War Two (WW2)
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City of Fate Nicola Pierce Sunday 23 August 1942 is an important day for Yuri Grossman. It is his fourteenth birthday and also the day... |
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Little Manfred Michael Morpurgo A heart-lifting, heartbreaking story by Michael Morpurgo. In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German... |
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The Earth is Singing Vanessa Curtis My name is Hanna. I am 15. I am Latvian. I live with my mother and grandmother. My father is... |
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My Friend the Enemy Dan Smith Summer, 1941. For Peter, the war is a long way away, being fought by a faceless enemy, marching across places... |