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....
	Skellig by David Almond (1998) First book in the Skellig series
	Tuck everlasting by Natalie Babbit (1975)
	River boy by Tim Bowler (1997)
	Lion by Saroo Brierley (2013)
	The weight of water by Sarah Crossan (2012)
	The happiest refugee by Anh Do (2010)
	Out of my mind by Sharon M. Draper (2010)
	The heaven shop by Deborah Ellis (2004)
	The snow goose by Paul Gallico (1940)
	Joey Pigza swallowed the key by Jack Gantos (1998) First book in the Joey Pigza series
	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)
	The book of everything by Guus Kuijer (2004)
	Red sky in the morning by Elizabeth Laird (1988)
	Sky hawk by Gill Lewis (2011)
	Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah (1999)
	Shadow by Michael Morpurgo (2010)
	Trash by Andy Mulligan (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
	Follow the rabbit proof fence by Doris Pilkington (1996) First book in the Follow the rabbit proof fence series
	My sister lives on the mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher (2011)
	Esperanza rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (2000)
	Feather boy by Nicky Singer (2002)
	Geek girl by Holly Smale (2013) First book in the Geek girl series
	Drums, girls, and dangerous pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (2004)
	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)
	Popular by Maya Van Wagenen (2014)
	Other words for home by Jasmine Warga (2019)
	Blueback by Tim Winton (1997)
	Refugee boy by Benjamin Zephaniah (2001)
	George by Alex Gino (2015)
	When friendship followed me home by Paul Griffin (2016)
	The little prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1943)
	Brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2014)
	The happiness quest by Richard Yaxley (2018)