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Boys 10 Essential reading for every boy aged 10. Regardless of genre, format, length and how dull the cover looks, every one is a winner. Go on, you know you want to read them...


The one
              and only Ivan The one and only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate (2012)

 


Cloud
              busting
Cloud busting

by Malorie Blackman (2004)

 


Tales of a fourth grade nothing
Tales of a fourth grade nothing

by Judy Blume (1972)

First book in the Fudge series


The demon headmaster
The demon headmaster

by Gillian Cross (1982)

First book in The demon headmaster series


Matilda Matilda

by Roald Dahl (1988)

 


War game
War game

by Michael Foreman (1989)

 


The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

by Alan Garner (1960)

First book in the Alderley series


Unreal
Unreal

by Paul Jennings (1985)

 


The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis (1950)

First book in The chronicles of Narnia series


Kensuke's
              kingdom
Kensuke's kingdom

by
Michael Morpurgo (1999)

 


A single shard
A single shard

by Linda Sue Park (2001)

 


You're a bad
              man, Mr Gum!
You're a bad man, Mr Gum!

by Andy Stanton (2006)

First book in the Mr Gum series


Storm boy
Storm boy

by Colin
Thiele (1963)

 


The murderer's
              ape
The murderer's ape

by Jakob Wegelius (2014)

 


Little
              house in the big woods
Little house in the big woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1932)

First book in the Little house series


Dragonkeeper
Dragonkeeper

by Carole Wilkinson (2003)

First book in the Dragonkeeper series



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