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Books I have read during the summer holidays 2020 :

The Federation Summer Reading Challenge 2020

Believing, Celebrating, Succeeding

Name _______________________________________________

Class____________________ Year 4 in September

Challenges:

1) Read and complete this booklet (back page), filling in the books you have read. Return to school in September signed by your parent/carer and receive a free bookmark and a certificate in Cele-bration Assembly.

2) Join the Libraries Reading Challenge—Mischief Makers (see back page)

3) Take a photograph of yourself reading a book in an unusual place. Enter it into our ‘Surprising Places to Read’ competition. Entries can be emailed to LBarry@bluecoatfederation.co.uk or handed in the first week back. (Emailed photos could be shared on school Twitter feed over the summer. If you do not want this to happen please state so in your email.)

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The Accidental Prime Minister – Tom McLaughlin When Joe tells a local news reporter exactly what he would do if he were leader of the coun-try, the video goes viral and Joe's speech be-comes famous all over the world!

The Lion The Witch And the Wardrobe – C.S.Lewis Four adventurous siblings―Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie― step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.

The BFG – Roald Dahl On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country.

How to train your Dragon – Cressida Cowell Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a very ordinary boy.

The Borrowers – Mary Norton The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything.

Tom Gates Excellent Excuses – Liz Pichon No school for two whole weeks leaves Tom with heaps of time for the important things in life. Yeah! He can forget all about lessons and the irritating Marcus Meldrew, and save his energy for good stuff! Stuff like: inventing new ways to annoy his sister Delia. (So many). Band practice for the Dogzombies – rock stars in the making! Watching TV and eating caramel wafers.

Utterly Me, Clarice Bean – Lauren Child Clarice Bean loves reading the adventures of Ruby Redfort, ace girl detective and secret un-dercover agent. Ruby is always going on exciting missions. Whilst all Clarice gets to do is go to the local shop on her own.

Five Children and It – E. Nesbit When five children go exploring in the gravel pit they never expect to find 'It' . . . a Psam-mead who can grant them one wish per day. But this grumpy old Sand-fairy has to be in the right mood to grant wishes, and as the children discover having your wishes come true may sound like fun, but can actually turn into a whole heap of trouble . . .

Rent a Bridesmaid – Jacqueline Wilson Tilly can’t believe it when her best friend Matty is asked to be a bridesmaid. In Tilly’s favourite day-dream, she’s wearing the most beautiful brides-maid dress and walking down the aisle behind a bride.

Radio Boy – Christian O’Connell Spike’s your average awkward 11 year old, funny and cheeky and with a mum to reckon with. When he becomes the first presenter ever to be sacked from hospital radio, he decides to carry on from a makeshift studio in the garden shed.

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The Person Controller – David Baddiel Fred and Ellie are twins. But not identical (because that's impossible for a boy and a girl). They do like all the same things, though. Espe-cially video games. Which they are very good at. They aren't that good, however, at much else – like, for example, football, or dealing with the school bullies. Then, they meet the Mystery Man, who sends them a video game controller...

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo What if the princess didn't marry Prince Charm-ing but instead went on to be an astronaut? What if the jealous step sisters were supportive and kind? And what if the queen was the one really in charge of the kingdom?

Centrally Heated Knickers – Michael Rosen Discover the weird and wonderful world of Mar-tians, woolly saucepans and centrally heated knickers in 100 poems about science and tech-nology.

The Silence Seeker – Ben Morley & Carl Pearce When a new family moves in next door, Joe's mum explains that they are asylum seekers. Joe hears that they are silence seekers, especially as Mum adds that they need peace and quiet. When he sees a young boy from the family sit-ting disconsolately on the steps, Joe decides to help him find a quiet place in the noisy and cha-otic city.

Soccer Squad – Bali Rai The local youth club are putting an under-elevens squad together - and Dal, Chris, Abs and Jason are determined to be picked. They know they're the best players in their school - but what if that isn't good enough and they don't make the team? Dal knows he'd be gutted if his mates made it and he didn't . . .

My Brother is a Superhero – David Solo-mons Luke is a comic-mad eleven-year old who shares a treehouse with his geeky older brother, Zack. Luke's only mistake is to go for a wee right at the wrong time. While he's gone, an alien gives his undeserving, never-read-a-comic-in-his-life brother superpowers and then tells him to save the universe. Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...

Midnight for Charlie Bone – Jenny Nimmo Since his father died, Charlie Bone has lived with his mother and her mother, in the house of his other grandmother, Grandma Bone. Looking at a picture of a couple with a baby and a cat, he suddenly discovers he can hear their voices. Although he tries to hide his new gift, Grandma Bone and her scary sisters soon find out, and send him to Bloor's Academy.

The Math Inspectors – Daniel Kenney & Emily Boever When the Claymore Diamond is stolen from Ra-vensburg’s finest jewelry store, Stanley Carusoe gets the bright idea that he and his friends should start a detective agency. Armed with curi-osity and their love for math, Stanley, Charlotte, Gertie and Felix race around town in an attempt to solve the mystery.

The Boy Who Biked the World- Alistair Humphreys Tom really wants to be an explorer. His favourite book is an atlas and he follows adventurers not footballers. His schooldays are spent daydream-ing about travelling from Tibet to Timbuktu.

Roller Girl – Victoria Jamieson Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. So when Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for a summer camp, she's sure Nicole will be right by her side - until Nicole signs up for ballet camp instead, with Astrid's biggest rival.