Great reads for boys in Years 5-7
Boys in years 5-7 can start exploring some of these wonderful fiction books available in the library.
 Action and Adventure |
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| Blyton, Enid | Famous Five and Secret Seven stories |
| Courtenay, Bryce | Power of One |
| D'Ath, Justin | Extreme Adventures series |
| Lyon, Garry and Arena, Felice | Specky Magee |
| Marsden, John | Tomorrow When the War Began |
| Moloney, James | A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove; Dougy |
| Norrington, Leonie | The Barrumbi Kids |
| McSkimming, Geoffrey | Cairo Jim series |
 The Animal World |
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| Heffernan, John | Spud; Pup; Chips |
| Kelleher, Victor | Taronga |
| McDonald, M & Pryor, B | My Girragundi |
| Smith, Dodie | 101 Dalmations |
 Classics |
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| Adams, Douglas | The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Babbitt, Natalie | Tuck Everlasting |
| Banks, Lynne | Indian in the Cupboard |
| Dahl, Roald | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| Defoe, Daniel | Robinson Crusoe |
| Ende, Michael | Neverending Story |
| Lewis, C.S. | Chronicles of Narnia |
| Stevenson, R.L. | Treasure Island |
| Thiele, Colin | Storm Boy |
| Tolkien, J.R.R. | The Hobbit |
| Twain, Mark | Huckleberry Finn |
 Collections |
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| War Child | Kids Night in 2: a Feast of Stories |
| Jennings, Paul | Paul Jennings' Funniest Stories Paul Jennings' Spookiest Stories Paul Jennings' Weirdest Stories |
 Fantastic Worlds |
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| Colfer, Eion | Artemis Fowl Flanagan, John Rangers Apprentice series |
| Rodda, Emily | Rowan of Rin |
| Nix, Garth | Keys to the Kingdom series |
| Pryor, Michael | Quentaris Chronicles |
| Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter |
 I Spy |
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| Harris, David | Dead Silence |
| Horowitz, Anthony | Stormbreaker |
| Higgins, Simon | Thunderfish |
| Muchamore, Robert | The Fall and others |
| Snicket, Lemony | A Series of Unfortunate Events |
 Sporting Life |
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| Arena, Felice | Specky Magee |
| Flynn, Pat | Alex Jackson series |
| Winton, Tim | Lockie Leonard |
| Panckridge, Michael | Against the Spin and others |
| Metzenthem, David | The Red Boxing Gloves |
| McFarlane, Peter | More than a Game |
 Laugh Out Loud |
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| Daddo, Andrew | Sprung; Sprung again; You're Dropped |
| Griffiths, Andy | Just Crazy; Just Tricking; |
 Totally Wild |
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| Arbuthnott, Gillian | Crazy Creatures |
| Jacques, Brian | Redwall |
| Paver, Michelle | Chronicles of Ancient Darkness |
 Survive |
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| Golding, William | Lord of the Flies |
| Paulsen, Gary | Hatchet |
| Sacher, Louis | Holes |
 Think! |
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| Asimov, Isaac | I, Robot and others |
| Boyne, John | Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |
| Crew, Gary | Strange Objects |
| Haddon, Mark | Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime |
 War and Conflict |
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| Crew, Gary | Memorial |
| Gleitzman, Morris | Boy Overboard |
| Hartnett, Sonya | Silver Donkey |
| Roy, James | Billy Mack's War and Captain Mack |
| Westall, Robert | Machine Gunners |
| Metzenthem , David | Dark Water |
| Mattingley, Christobel | No Gun for Asmir |
| Zephaniah, Benjamin | Refugee Boy |