We love to read in Primary 7 and have challenged ourselves to read lots of book this year. Below are some suggested books if you are looking for a little bit of inspiration.
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Suggested Reading
Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth – Frank Cottrell Boyce
When Prez meets Sputnik, a small alien in a kilt, he learns that the
Earth will be destroyed unless he can list ten things worth seeing or doing
there. But it's not as straightforward a task as it seems.
Cogheart – Peter Bunzl
After her father's airship crashes and he disappears, Lily is put in
great danger as she and her friends - the clockmaker's son and her mechanical
fox - set out to find him in Victorian London.
Secrets of a Sun King – Emma Carroll
It's November, 1922. In a valley in Egypt the tomb of a long dead
pharaoh is about to be discovered. The world watches and waits for news with
baited breath. 13 year old Lilian Kaye, who lives in a flat above a shop in London,
is eagerly following the story. One morning the news takes a sinister turn: a
man - a famous Egyptologist - disappears.
Matilda – Roald Dahl
Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things. The truth is,
she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. But she gets the better of them and
her spiteful headmistress, through using her recently discovered special powers.
The people of the snowy kingdom of Erkenwald must stay hidden as the
land's ruler, an evil Ice Queen, threatens to make them her prisoners. Eska and
Flint journey to the Never Cliffs and beyond in search of an ancient song which
can defeat the Ice Queen.
Wed Wabbit – Lissa Evans
Fidge is hurled into a strange world with two unbelievably weird
companions and her awful cousin Graham. Between them, they need to solve a
series of nearly impossible clues in order to get back home again.
Nobody ‘Bod’ Owens is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he
didn’t live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts. There are
dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. But it is in the land of the
living that real danger lurks for it is there that the man Jack lives and he
has already killed Bod’s family.
Tin – Padraig Kenny
Christopher is 'Proper': a real boy with a real soul, orphaned in a
fire. He works for an engineer, a maker of the eccentric, loyal and totally
individual mechanicals who are Christopher's best friends. But after an
accident, Christopher realises he isn't as Proper as he thought.
War Horse – Michael Morpurgo
In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the
reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Joey tells of the truest
friendships and surviving terrible times.
There used to be an empty chair at the back of the class, but now a new
boy called Ahmet sits in it. His classmates think he’s strange at first - he
never talks and never smiles and doesn't like sweets. But then they learn the
truth: Ahmet really isn't strange at all. He's a refugee. And the more his
class find out about him, the more they want to help.
The Explorer – Katherine Rundell
From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of
the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an
explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great
discoveries. If only he could land and look about him. As the plane crashes
into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice.
