Helping you Choose – Scottish Schools
Looking for a certain type of book, perhaps looking for something to motivate boys, or
challenge your gifted and talented? Use the grouped listings below to help you select
the right title for your students.
Student Requirements:
Reluctant Readers
Bumface
Cirque du Freak
Cloud Busting
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom
Holes
The Bully
P6, S1
P6, S1
P6, S1
P6, S1
S1
P6, S1
S1, S2
S2
High Achievers
Pig-Heart Boy
The Giver
The Hobbit
My Family and Other Animals
My Left Foot
S2, S3
S2
S2
S3, S4
S3, S4
Good for Boys
Bumface
Cirque du Freak
Cloud Busting
Grinny
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom
Holes
The Ghost Behind the Wall
The Giver
Feather Boy
Lord of the Nutcracker Men
Private Peaceful
The Dreamwalker’s Child
Treasure Hunters
The Edge
Talking in Whispers
P6, S1
P6, S1
P6, S1
S1
S1
S1, S2
S2
S2, S3
S2, S3
S2, S3
S1, S2
S2, S3
S2, S3
S3
S3
Themes
Friendship and Relationships
Cirque du Freak
Cloud Busting
Gowie Corby Plays Chicken
Grinny
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom
Private Peaceful
The Alchemist
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
Talking in Whispers
P6, S1
P6, S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1, S2
S2
S3
S3, S4
School Life and Bullying
Cloud Busting
Gowie Corby Plays Chicken
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom
The Bully
The Ghost Behind the Wall
Feather Boy
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
The Edge
P6, S1
S1
S1
S1
S2
S2, S3
S2, S3
S3
S3
Family and Growing Up
Bumface
Cloud Busting
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Grinny
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
Ghost Behind the Wall
The Giver
Pig-Heart Boy
Private Peaceful
Treasure Hunters
My Family and Other Animals
My Left Foot
The Edge
Multicultural
Gowie Corby Plays Chicken
Pig-Heart Boy
The Alchemist
Treasure Hunters
The Edge
My Left Foot
Adventure
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Alchemist
The Dreamwalker’s Child
P6, S1
P6, S1
P6, S1
S1
S1
S2
S2, S3
S2, S3
S1, S2
S2, S3
S3, S4
S3, S4
S3
S1
S2, S3
S2
S2, S3
S3
S3, S4
P6, S1
S2
S2, S3
The Hobbit
Treasure Hunters
War and Conflict
Private Peaceful
Lord of the Nutcracker Men
Treasure Hunters
Talking in Whispers
S2, S3
S2, S3
S1, S2
S2, S3
S2, S3
S3, S4
Environmental and Social Issues
Gowie Corby Plays Chicken
Feather Boy
Holes
Pig-Heart Boy
The Dreamwalker’s Child
Welcome Home, Jelly Bean
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
My Left Foot
Talking in Whispers
The Edge
S1
S2, S3
S1, S2
S2, S3
S2, S3
S2
S3
S3, S4
S3, S4
S3
Autobiography / Biography
My Family and Other Animals
My Left Foot
S3, S4
S3, S4