Awesome Novels To Read With Year 4 and 5 Students.

If you need some inspiration for a new novel for your Year 4 or 5 class, keep on reading! Here are a few ideas that spring to mind. Always read the book first to check it is suitable for your students. Our ‘A Novel Response’ resource an be used to respond to any of these novels. Happy reading!

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

How to Bee by Bren MacDibble

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein

Tom Appleby, Convict Boy by Jacquie French

The One and Only Ivan by K.A Applegate

Girl Underground by Morris Gleitzman

Friday Barnes Detective Series by R. A. Spratt

The Chronicle of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman

Storm Boy by Colin Thiele

Once Series by Morris Gleitzman

Ugly by Robert Hoge

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Holes by Louis Sachar

Treehouse Series by Andy Griffiths

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Stuart Little by E.B. White

Run Wild by Gill Lewis

Zac Power Series by H.I.Larry

The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart

The Tales of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/BFG and more by Ronald Dahl

Charlotte’s Web by E.B.White

Sister Heart by Sally Morgan

Home of the Brave by K.A.Applegate

Who am I? The Diary of Macy Talence, Sydney 1937 by Anita Heiss

Choose Your Own Adventure Series by R. A. Montgomery

The World’s Worst Teachers by David Walliams

Paper Planes by Steve Worland

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

Paul Jennings books.

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