Feeling glum, bored, braindead, and lazy? Do you need motivation, meaning and a message to make the most of the wonder that is life? Read on, get inspired....
	The one and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (2012)
	Tuck everlasting by Natalie Babbit (1975)
	Cloud busting by Malorie Blackman (2004)
	The wild robot by Peter Brown (2016) First book in The wild robot series
	Sadako and the thousand paper cranes by Eleanor Coerr (1977)
	Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (2002)
	A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens (1843)
	The happiest refugee by Anh Do (2010)
	Out of my mind by Sharon M. Draper (2010)
	The snow goose by Paul Gallico (1940)
	Joey Pigza swallowed the key by Jack Gantos (1998) First book in the Joey Pigza series
	Boy overboard by Morris Gleitzman (2002)
	Two weeks with the queen by Morris Gleitzman (1989)
	Refugee  by Alan Gratz (2017)
	The long walk by Kerry Greenwood (2004)
	The silver donkey by Sonya Hartnett (2004)
	The endless steppe by Esther Hautzig (1968)
	Ugly by Robert Hoge (2015)
	I am David by Anne Holm (1963)
	See you at Harry's by Jo Knowles (2012)
	Red sky in the morning by Elizabeth Laird (1988)
	Sky hawk by Gill Lewis (2011)
	Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah (1999)
	Kensuke's kingdom by Michael Morpurgo (1999)
	Shadow by Michael Morpurgo (2010)
	Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012) First book in the Wonder series
	A long walk to water by Linda Sue Park (2010)
	Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (1989) First book in the Hatchet series
	The boy at the back of the class by Onjali Q. Rauf (2018)
	Esperanza rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (2000)
	Someday Angeline by Louis Sachar (1983)
	Geek girl by Holly Smale (2013) First book in the Geek girl series
	Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder (2017)
	Roll with it by Jamie Sumner (2019)
	Roll of thunder, hear my cry by Mildred D. Taylor (1976) Second book in The Logan family saga series Can be read & loved without having read any previous books in this series
	Becoming Joe DiMaggio by Maria Testa (2002)
	Mr Stink by David Walliams (2009)
	Other words for home by Jasmine Warga (2019)
	Blueback by Tim Winton (1997)
	The tiger rising by Kate DiCamillo (2001)
	George by Alex Gino (2015)
	When friendship followed me home by Paul Griffin (2016)
	The little prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1943)
	The cay by Theodore Taylor (1969) First book in The cay series
	Brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2014)
	The happiness quest by Richard Yaxley (2018)