Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Sara Barnard is a British author known for her young adult fiction. Her debut novel, Beautiful Broken Things, was published by Macmillan Children’s Books in 2016. The book was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize in 2017. Barnard’s subsequent novels include A Quiet Kind of Thunder (2017), Goodbye, Perfect (2018), Fierce Fragile Hearts (2019), Destination Anywhere (2021), and Where the Light Goes (2023).
Goodbye, Perfect won the 2019 YA Book Prize. Fierce Fragile Hearts was shortlisted for the 2019 Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Barnard’s work has been published by Macmillan Children’s Books. She has also contributed to anthologies, including Floored (2018), a collaborative novel written with six other UK young adult authors.
In 2020, Barnard’s novel Destination Anywhere was published by Macmillan Children’s Books. Her books have been translated into multiple languages. In 2017, A Quiet Kind of Thunder was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Barnard’s novel Where the Light Goes was published in 2023.
Deafness and hearing loss books for children and teens with titles by Ann M. Martin, Frances Hardinge, Cece Bell, Raymond Antrobus, Erin Entrada Kelly, Ross Montgomery, Yoshitoki Oima, Kacen Callender, Adib Khorram, and Sara Barnard.
Summer reading challenge – A good reading challenge will not only promote reading and encourage reading for pleasure, but it will encourage a reading culture to spread like a virus throughout your school. Updated for 2026.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, poetry, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
Season 1, Episode 10 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for May 2023, book picks for Pride Month and how how to avoid the summer slide by encouraging reading.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Summer 2023. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring 2021. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
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