Reading List for primary school kid (Yr 6 OC) - Part 1

One of the greatest gifts from any parents to their kids is to impart to them the joy of reading. Reading a book can open up a whole new world in the mind and imagination of a kid.

To get better in English, there is no short cut. Just have to read and read and read. Write and write and write. Get feedback and work on the writing.

This is a reading list from an OC class in NSW for Year 6 kids.

1. 1914 - Sophie Masson

2. Across the Wall - Garth Nix

3. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

4. The Adventure of Robin Hood - Roger Lancelyn Green

5. After (Series) - Morris Gleitzman

6. Al Capone Does my Shirts - Gennifer Choldenko

7. Al Capone Shines my Shoes - Gennifer Choldenko

8. Alex Rider series - Anthony Horowitz

9. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -Lewis Carroll

10. Alive in the Death Zone - Lincoln Hall

11. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett

12. Amina: Through my Eyes - J. L. Powers

13. Angel Fish - Lili Wilkinson

14. Angel of Kokoda - Mark Wilson

15. Animal Farm - George Orwell

16. Animal Heroes - Anthony Hill

17. Animals at War - Isabel George

18. Anne Frank - J Poole

19. Anne of Green Gables (Series) - L Montgomery

20. An Anzac Tale - Ruth Starke

21. Around the World in 80 days - Jules Verne

22. Artemis Fowl (Series) - Eoin Colfer

23. Beast - Margaret Wild

24. Beka Cooper (Series) - Tamora Pierce

25. Bend it like Beckham - Narinder Dhami

26. Beowulf - Michael Morpurgo

27. Big Book of Numbers - Adam Spencer

28. Billionaire Boy - David Walliams

29. Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

30. Bitter Chocolate - Sally Grindley

31. Black Snake: The Daring of Ned Kelly - Carole Wilkinson

32. Blueback - Tim Winton

33. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

34. Born to Run: Cathy Freeman, My Story - Cathy Freeman

35. The Boy on the Wooden Box - Leon Leyson

36. Boy Overboard - Morris Gleitzman

37. Brainjack - Brian Falkner

38. Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson

39. The Bridge - Jane Higgins

40. Brotherband (Series) - Various

41. Carrie-s War - Nina Bawden

42. Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah

43. City of Orphans (Trilogy) - Catherine Jinks

44. Conspiracy 365 - Gabrielle Lord

45. Counting by 7's - Holly Goldberg Sloan

46. Diary of Ma Yan - The Life of a Chinese Schoolgirl -Pierre Haski

47. Divergent (Trilogy) - Veronica Roth

48. Eleanor, Elizabeth - Libby Gleeson

49. Emily Eyefinger (Series) - Duncan Ball

50. The Endless Steppe: Growing up in Siberia - Esther Hautzig

51. Erebos - Ursula Poznanski

52. Extra Time - Morris Gleitzman

53. The Eye of Minds - James Dashner

54. The Fault in our Stars - John Green

55. Five Children and It - Edith Nesbit

56. The Game of the Goose - Ursula Dubosarsky

57. George's Secret Key to the Universe - Lucy Hawking

58. Ghost Boy - Felicity Pulman

59. The Giver - Lois Lowry

60. Goodnight Mister Tom - Michelle Magorian

61. The Great Gilly Hopkins - Katherine Paterson

62. Gimsdon - Deborah Abela

63. Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh

64. Harry Potter - J K rowling

65. Hatchet - Gary Paulsen

66. Hating Alison Ashley - Robin Klein

67. Heidi - Johanna Spyri

68. Hiding Edith - Kathy Kacer

69. Hitler's Daughter - Jackie French

70. The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien

71. Holes - Louis Sachar

72. Home and Away - John Marsden

73. The Hunger Game (Trilogy) - Suzanne Collins

74. I am David - Anne Holm

75. Inkheart (Series) - Cornelia Funke

76. he Horse Road - Troon Harrison

77. The Invention of Huge Cabret - Brian Selznick

78. Jacob's Ladder - Brian Keaney

79. Jameela - Rukhsana Khan

80. Jeremy Jeremiah - Antonia Barron

81. Joan of Arc: The Story of Jehanne Darc - Lili Wilkinson

82. Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson

83. Just a Girl - Jane Caro

84. The Keys to the Kingdom (Series) - Garth Nix

85. The Kite Rider - Garaldine McCaghrean

86. the Kurs of Atlantis - Karen Brooks

87. The Last Thirteen (Series) - James Phelan

88. Leaving Home - Jan Michael

89. Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit - Jesse Martin

90. Little Brother - Allan Baillie

91. Little Woman (Series) - Louisa May Alcott

92. Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien

93. Macbeth and Son - Jackie French

94. Malini - Robert Hillman

95. Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin

96. Maximum Ride (Series) - James Patterson

97. Maze Runner (Series) - James Dashner

98. The Melting Pot: The Diary of Edward Chek Chee - Christopher Cheng

99. Millions - Franche Boyce

100. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo

101. Mission Survival - Bear Gryllis

102. The Mozart Question - Michael Morpurgo

103. My Australian Story (Series) - Various

104. My Friend Flicka - Mary O'Hara

105. My Life as an Alphabet - Barry Jonsberg

106. My Side of the Mountain - Jean George

107. Nanberry Black: Brother White - Jackie French

108. Ned Kelly's Helmet - Paul Stafford

109. The Neverending Story - Michael Ende

110. No Gun for Asmir - Christobel Mattingley

111. Number the Stars - Lois Lowry