Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Book series for children and teens to encourage reading for pleasure, including titles by Dominic Sandbrook, Liz Pichon, Harriet Muncaster, Kevin & Katie Tsang, Marie Lu Robert Muchamore and Jason Reynolds.
August 2025’s book club includes titles by Forest Xiao, Ted Hughes, Joaquin Camp, Enomwoyi Damali, Ruthine Burton, Julie Sykes, Rebecca Lewis-Oakes, Anastasiya Kanavaliuk, Gary Panton, Radhika Sanghani, Anna Ciddor, Brían Dungan, Sally Gales, and E. V. Woods.
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