YEAR 5
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We've highlighted three from the list to start you off!
You can find more details about the titles and even more recommendations on the Books For Topics website.
If you can't find a copy of any of the recommended titles in school, you can try looking at your local library.
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SPOTLIGHT: Jaz Santos VS. The World
Priscilla Mante
SPOTLIGHT: Jaz Santos VS. The World
Priscilla Mante
A relatable, inclusive story about families, unlikely friendships and girl power.
Ola! I’m Jasmina Santos-Campbell (but you can call me Jaz). You’ve probably heard of me and my football team the Bramrock Stars before. No? Well, you will soon because we’re almost famous!
Forming the Stars was my genius idea – you see I need to prove to Mae (that’s my mum!) that I’m a football star so she’ll want to come back home.
The idea was the easy part, though. Now I’ve got a team of seven very different girls and we need to work together, to be taken seriously as footballers.
We are the DREAM TEAM and we’re going to show the world that girls CAN play football!
Iguana Boy Saves the World With a Triple Cheese Pizza
James Bishop
Dylan has wanted a superpower for as long as he can remember, especially since his brother and sister have got really cool ones.
But when his wish finally comes true, Dylan is mightily disappointed. For Dylan has become … Iguana Boy. He can talk to Iguanas – a superpower which he thinks is rubbish.
And when supervillain Celina Shufflebottom kidnaps all the superheroes in London, Dylan must work out how to use his new team of chatty iguanas to save the day. He’s going to have to think outside the box, (the pizza box) , if he’s going to become the hero he’s always dreamed of and make Iguana Boy the cool superhero he always wanted to be.
Being Me
Being Me
Liz Brownie, Matt Goodfellow and Laura Mucha
Read about the Land of Blue, where it’s OK to feel sad, find ideas for what to do with worries or how to slow down when your head is full of hurry. Give yourself time to chill out, find quiet voices in noisy places and discover kindness in yourself and others. Then maybe your own special thought machine will tell you, ‘This is going well. You’re doing great. You’ve got this!’ And you have!
This important and unique anthology of 45 poems by three leading poets, well known for their empathy and perception, speaks to the heart of what children think and care about, offering understanding, support and encouragement.
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