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Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott (READ ALOUD SINGLE COPY)
Code: SC4017
Type: Book
Key Stages: 2 - 3
Description
Format: Single Copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 365
Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 9-13
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.6 Interest Level MY
Book Band Dark Red
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
An autistic girl learns to be herself instead of trying to hide her condition from people around her. Based on the authors own experiences.
IBBY 2021 collection of outstanding books for young people with disabilities
The Extraordinary Colours of Auden Dare by Zillah Bethell (READ ALOUD SINGLE COPY)
Code: SC4018
Type: Book
Key Stage: 2
Description
Format: Single Copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 356
Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 9-13
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 4.7 Interest Level MY
Book Band Dark Red
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
A boy who cannot see colour discovers the secret that his deceased uncle was searching for a cure for the very same condition. Can Auden unravel the mystery and change his life, and the future of the world, forever?
Description
Format: Single Copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 318
Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 11-16
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.6 Interest Level MY
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
An eleven-year-old boy is permanently confined to an isolation unit due to an immune system disorder, but conspires with his new nurse to have an adventure outside.
Branford Boase Shortlist 2017
Younger Teen novel
Description
Format: Single Copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 194
Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 9-13
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 4.3 Interest Level MY
Book Band Dark Blue
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
A young girl campaigns for historic wrongs against women accused of witchcraft to be righted, whilst she tries to challenge the way that her small town see her.
Blue Peter Book Awards Winner 2021, Empathy Lab 2021 - Primary List
The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle by Victoria Williamson (READ ALOUD SINGLE COPY)
Code: SC4021
Type: Book
Key Stages: 2 - 3
Description
Format: Single Copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 244
Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 11-14
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.3 Interest Level MY
Book Band Dark Red
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
Two girls live on a rundown Glaswegian estate, each dealing with their own trauma. They bond when they find an injured fox and her cubs.
Younger Teen Fiction
Leonora Bolt: Eco Engineer by Lucy Brandt (READ ALOUD SINGLE COPY)
Code: SC3017
Type: Book
Key Stages: 1 - 2
Description
Format: Single copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 208
Reading Age: 6-8 Interest Level: 6-9
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5 Interest Level YAD
Book Band Brown
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
Leonora Bolt is a secret inventor and in this instalment of her tales, she must use her eco-engineering imagination to save both her parents and the environment.
The Heart Scarab by Saviour Pirotta (READ ALOUD SINGLE COPY)
Code: SC4001
Type: Book
Key Stages: 1 - 2
Description
Format: Single copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 178
Reading Age: 7-9 Interest Level: 7-11
Book Band Grey
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
In Ancient Egypt, two brothers steal from a tomb, only to be cursed by a ghost. A mix of magic, ghosts and adventure. Ideal to support Egypt topics.
Hunt for the Golden Scarab by MG Leonard (READ ALOUD SINGLE COPY)
Code: SC4002
Type: Book
Key Stage: 2
Description
Format: Single copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 294
Reading Age: 7-9 Interest Level: 6-12
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5 Interest Level MY
Book Band Grey
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
Sim and his friends must beat the sinister Council of Keys to be the first to find Nefertiti's lost tomb and a powerful door in time that leads to Ancient Egypt. They must piece together long-hidden clues to solve the mystery of her golden heart scarab. Can they find it before the Council finds them?
Description
Format: Single copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 269
Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 9-12
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.3 Interest Level MY
Book Band Dark Red
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
Seth has kidnapped Ra, so Vesper and Aster must descend to the Egyptian underworld to find Ra and save the world. Some darker moments about death and friendship are lightened by the masterful, modern caricatures of the gods.
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (READ ALOUD SINGLE COPY)
Code: SC4004
Type: Book
Key Stage: 2
Description
Format: Single copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 256
Reading Age: 9-11 Interest Level: 9-14
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.6 Interest Level MY
Book Band Black/Grey
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
Ivan, a gorilla, recounts his life including when lived in a shopping mall circus for nearly 30 years. Eventually rehomed with other gorillas in a zoo in Atlanta, he discovers there is another way to live. Set in America.
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