Recommended Texts 9 – 11 Year Olds
Title: The Illustrated Mum
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Other texts by same author: The Story of Tracy Beaker,
Hetty Feather, Paws and Whiskers, The Suitcase Kid,
The Longest Whale Song, The Lottie Project.
Title: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Other texts by same author: The BFG,
George’s Marvellous Medicine, Matilda,
The Magic Finger, The Witches.
Title: Private Peaceful
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Other texts by same author: Running Wild,
A Medal for Leroy, Born to Run, Shadow.
Title: Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone
Author: J.K. Rowling
Other texts by same author: Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of
the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Title: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Author: C.S. Lewis
Other texts by same author: The Magician’s
Nephew.
Title: Charlotte’s Web
Author: E.B. White
Other books by same author: Stuart Little.
Title
The Wolves of Willoughby Close
Skellig
Carrie’s War
Millions
Flour Babies
Journey to the River Sea
Stig of the Dump
Goodnight Mister Tom
The Other Side of Truth
A Monster Calls
The Borrowers
Truckers
Northern Lights
Swallows and Amazons
Holes
The Little Prince
Ballet Shoes
The Hobbit
Refugee Boy
Author
Joan Aiken
David Almond
Nina Bawden
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Anne Fine
Eva Ibbotson
Clive King
Michelle Magorian
Beverley Naidoo
Patrick Ness
Mary Norton
Terry Pratchett
Phillip Pullman
Arthur Ransome
Louis Sachar
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Noel Streatfeild
J.R.R. Tolkien
Benjamin Zephaniah