Fiction Books For Year 5

Explore our age-appropriate reading-for-pleasure recommendations for Upper Key Stage 2 (UKS2) pupils. With over 300 titles to choose from, including works from bestselling authors and prize-winning titles, there’s something for every young reader. Perfect for topping up class libraries or purchasing class sets to complement your school’s reading spine, these books are ideal for fostering a love of reading and enhancing literacy across your school. Choose your selection now and inspire your students with exciting and engaging stories!

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A Girl Called Justice

When Justice's mother dies, her father packs her off to Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. He's a barrister - specialising in murder trials - and he's just too busy to look after her alone.Having previously been ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.1
Points Value : 6
Book Cover : Paperback

A Girl Called Justice: The Smugglers Secret

When Justice returns for spring term at Highbury House, it's not long before murder is back on her mind. Assigned to look after the elderly Mr Arthur in Smugglers' Lodge on the other side of the marshes from school, Justice is initially dismayed. But...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 6.0
Book Cover : Paperback

A Romani Story

A gripping football-filled adventure based in the Romani community of 19th-century Sheffield. This action-packed story is told through the eyes of young Lijah, as he navigates life and discovers football and the legendary Rab Howell. ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 5.0
Book Cover : Paperback

A Storm Of Sisters

When the Widdershins sisters and Granny are called away in deepest winter to look after cousin Clarissa, it doesn’t take long for adventure – or trouble – to find them. The town of Wilderness has plenty to explore with its frozen lake and ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.4
Points Value : 12.0
Book Cover : Paperback

A Tricky Kind Of Magic

Cooper is brilliant at magic tricks. Card tricks, clever illusions - he can do them all. His dad, also known as the Great Eduardo, taught him the tricks of the magical trade before he passed away. But the one thing Cooper can't do is see his dad ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.3
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Aarti & The Blue Gods

Aarti has lived on the island with Aunt for as long as she can remember. Like the weather, Aunt rules her world with rare warmth. Aarti's only comforts are a book of Indian myths full of blue gods, a fox's friendship, and a toy rabbit she finds in...

ATOS Book Level : 5.8
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Ajay and the Treasure of Thar

When Kai, the young keeper of a legendary map, asks The Mumbai Sun for help, Ajay knows his newspaper has landed its next scoop. Propelled on the journey of their lives, Ajay and friends must travel to a distant desert city where a rare treasure...

ATOS Book Level : 5.7
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Alex Neptune: Dragon Thief

For as long as Alex Neptune can remember, the ocean has been trying to kill him. So he's not too happy when a bunch of sea creatures drag him to the abandoned aquarium on the hill, where an imprisoned water dragon needs his help. But how can he say ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.7
Points Value : 5.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Alex Neptune: Pirate Hunter

Alex Neptune is struggling to get to grips with his new oceanic powers...so the last thing he needs is Haven Bay being attacked by pirates in a ship made of rubbish. The marauders are hunting for the missing egg of the elusive water dragon - and Alex...

ATOS Book Level : 5.7
Points Value : 8.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Alex Neptune: Zombie Fighter

Things are about to get seriously spooky for Alex Neptune in his fourth action-packed adventure - perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Dragon Realm! When a creepy fog rolls into Haven Bay, Alex, Zoey and Anil are ambushed by terrifying ...

ATOS Book Level : 6.0
Points Value : 8.0
Book Cover : Paperback

American Football Foul Play

After winning their first playoff game, Badger teammates Kenny Hu and Romeo Russell get some disturbing news. The Supreme Bowl trophy has been stolen from the rival school across town! Even worse, the evidence points to the Badgers’ quarterback ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.0
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Angel Of Grasmere

Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale from Tom Palmer. July 1940 – as Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 4.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Arctic Star

Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.3
Points Value : 3
Book Cover : Paperback

Aru Shah And The Nectar Of Immortality

Aru only has until the next full moon to stop the Sleeper from gaining access to the nectar of immortality, which will grant him infinite power. Her quest will have the Pandavas calling on old friends, meeting new allies, and facing fearsome trials, ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.4
Points Value : 14.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Attack Of The Jack-O’-Lanterns

Nothing beats Halloween. It's Drew Brockman's favorite holiday. And this year will be awesome. Much better than last year. Or the year Lee and Tabby played that joke. A nasty practical joke on Drew and her best friend, Walker.

ATOS Book Level : 3.3
Points Value : 2.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Basketball Rebound

Nina’s basketball dreams have been dashed. After moving to a small town, she learns her new school doesn’t have enough players to form a girls basketball team. Nina is devasted until she finds out the boys team is one player short, and anyone can...

ATOS Book Level : 3.8
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Black Hole Cinema Club

When Lucas meets his friends at the local cinema - nicknamed 'The Black Hole' - they're excited about the movie marathon ahead. Non-stop action, blockbuster special effects and all the snacks they can eat. But as the lights go down, Lucas, Ash, Maya,...

ATOS Book Level : 6.6
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Blitz

My Story: Blitz is a thrilling wartime tale about two siblings evacuated to Wales. It's 1940, and with London under fire Edie and her little brother are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, Edie is determined to be strong, ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.4
Points Value : 4.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Bride Of The Living Dummy

When Slappy, the world's most evil ventriloquist dummy, shows up after being abandoned by his previous owner, things start to go wrong around the house.

ATOS Book Level : 3.0
Points Value : 3.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Call Of The Titanic

Young cabin steward, Sid, is proud to be working on the Titanic, the greatest stream liner ever built. Clara dreams of adventure at sea, and discovers it the hard way as a stowaway on a much smaller ship, the Carpathia. Here, she meets a ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.6
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Code Name Kingfisher

When Liv finds a secret box from her grandmother’s childhood she uncovers an extraordinary war-time story of bravery, betrayal and daring defiance. A story that will change Liv and her family forever… Holland, 1942. The world is at war and as...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star

Cosima has spent all her life at the Home for Unfortunate Girls, along with her best friends: Pearl, Mary and Diya. Cos longs for a real home and a real family. But when Cos finds out that famed explorer Lord Francis Fitzroy is planning to adopt ...

ATOS Book Level : 6.3
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Crookhaven: The Forgotten Maze

It's Gabriel's second year at Crookhaven School for Thieves. And with a tricky Break-In challenge to the teacher's section of the library to attempt, plus a new class called Reclamation, his Miscreant year is already off to a busy start. Then ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Crookhaven: The Island Heist

It's Gabriel's third year at Crookhaven School for Thieves. Along with the usual Break-In challenge - this year to Reclamation island - and difficult new classes like Signs & Signals, Gabriel and his friends have another goal: taking down the ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.6
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Crookhaven: The School For Thieves

"So this is really a school for criminals." It was meant as a question, though it came out more as an accusation. "We are so much more than that," Caspian said, sitting in a plush leather chair and gesturing for Gabriel to sit in a similar one ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback