Recommended Reads: 10-12 Years
My name is Mina by David Almond
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Girl Who Ate the Stars by Caroline Busher
Serafina series by Robert Beatty
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
They Mystery of Wickworth Manor by Elen Caldecott
The Real Rebecca by Anna Carey
The Making of Mollie / Mollie on the March by Anna Carey
Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
Al Capone series by Gennifer Choldenko
Airman by Eoin Colfer
House of Secrets by Chris Columbus
Under the Hawthorn Tree by Marita Conlon-McKenna
Eva’s Journey by Judi Curtin
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans
Bad Dreams by Anne Fine
Katie’s War by Aubrey Flegg
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things by Paul Gamble
Then by Morris Gleitzman
Grace by Morris Gleitzman
Cat Royal series by Julia Golding
Darcie Lock series by Julia Golding
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
Warrior series by Erin Hunter
The Considine Curse by Gareth P. Jones
Will Gallows and the Snake-Bellied Troll by Derek Keilty
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
The Thing with Finn by Tom Kelly
Tin by Pádraig Kenny
A Year Without Autumn Liz Kessler
Young Sherlock Holmes by Andrew Lane
Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis
The Butterfly Heart by Paula Leyden
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
How to Bee by Bren MacDibble
Moon Pie by Simon Mason
The Set-Up by Sophie McKenzie
The World of Norm series by Jonathan Meres
Bloodline by Katy Moran
Shadow by Michael Morpurgo
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Little Croker by Joe O’Brien
We’re all Wonders by R.J. Palacio
The Inheritance Cycle series by Christopher Paolini
Bruised by Siobhán Parkinson
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon
Dancing in the Dark by Peter Prendergast
The Magic Thief series by Sarah Prineas
A Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan
Holes by Louis Sachar
TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow
Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes
Dead Man’s Cove by Luaren St.John
A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series by Robin Stevens
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed
Journey to Jo’burg by Raina Telgemeier
Dead Hairy by Debbie Thomas
Sam Wu series by Kevin and Katie Tsang
Beyond the Stars by Sarah Webb
The Guns of Easter by Gerard Whelan