Year 6 Class Readers

Mrs Coverdale's Set: Michelle Magorian's Goodnight, Mr Tom
Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of World War Two. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley. The story tells how they bring each other back to life - Willie's new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London..
 
 
 
 
Miss Lister's Set: Michael Morpurgo's The Butterfly Lion
A perfect blend of mystery, magic, fantasy and reality. The story moves from deepest Wiltshire to the South African Veld. Here we meet Bertie who has rescued a lion cub... his pet. When he is eleven he is sent home to boarding school, and the cub is sold to a circus. Both boy and cub miss the bond which has grown between them... But Bertie's one thought: will he ever meet his pet again?
 
 
 
 
 
Mrs Hanford's Set: Frank Cottrell Boyce's Millions
Two brothers suddenly find themselves with a vast amount of cash during Britain's countdown to joining the Euro. The boys have just one glorious, appalling dilemma - how to spend it in the few days before it becomes worthless. Torn between the vices of buying a million pizzas and the virtues of ending world poverty, the boys soon discover that being rich is a mug's game. Pizzas or World Peace, what would you choose?