How about a girly themed playlist?

Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson

Looking for Alaska by John Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTWxQ0WclKA

and his Fault in Our Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZNrjMA1uc

how ’bout Zoe Sugg’s Girl Online?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OszqyzxQjxs

Or R J Palacio’s Wonder?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXAM0Nrsm5k

Then there’s The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRES3S_NRV8

Gayle Foreman’s If I Stay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBzDV4_fg0I

A whole series about keeping a pet dragon and they’re read by someone who used to be The Doctor! I think they’re in the right order!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35kKCgiXdB4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWgjpjHNd4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmg1NcNQVBg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RblgDEqEemw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZHyzeQPLqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_7Gy8vbwe8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYzDe8LxqFQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFaeYn5RMGU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYEQnMPGCcE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsth-yIZkXA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7SduC9wcnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVZggXl1S8

so the obvious choices here are The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth and The Maze Runner trilogy by James Dashner.

THE HUNGER GAMES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCnnYPw-BXQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv-lG53P1tA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8psPBENPCo

THE MAZE RUNNER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOioYKWPX_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRc4FwQ1OB4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zGOtftE1JU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1zFKYckWGw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sebS58TjTLA

DIVERGENT BOOK 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci8YB1RK-UE

The books that have sat on every child’s shelf for the past fifty years BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY GOOD! Give them a try…

The Jungle Book

Alice in Wonderland and then Alice Through the Looking Glass

Peter Pan

Treasure Island

The Secret Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKBbUrr9oQ0

The Wind in the Willows

If you enjoy watching James Bond or Jason Bourne then you might like this. A teenage boy is hired by the British Secret service and sent on missions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evyTqjXvbTg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcuCx9P3P_k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK1lLqIseRY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C59122bwXuo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNGT0aTHjNQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fPguasmW10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojS_dyFAXS8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-i4M-A3xhc

Do you like delving off into other fantastical lands? Then these are for you…

Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niu2dkaAdMY

Garth Nix’s Lirael
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSKB_zD-lKM

Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (you might have to visit YouTube to get the full playlist for this one.)

Ransom Rigg’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0jRUyVyvYs

Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones (this is the first in the Mortal Instruments series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehxxthp0Tm0

Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson & the Lightening Thief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxNfYldpfro

Sarah J Mass’s A Court of Thorns & Roses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMlwha64jcg

C S Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew (this is the start of a seven part series!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by-4pYQbvBs

J K Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find them (because the film is out soon!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JekbE6FrjZM

because it would be weird if I didn’t include one of the biggest selling series for kiddie-winkles and teeny-bops so here’s the playlist on YouTube…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o2SfPl8UPA&list=PL95_V8pZbmMDfSGQ6xSVXYg-pGoSn9Gsf&index=2

Looking for something to make you smile? Wanting to laugh out loud? Then Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series may be the one for you. Here are a few to try out…

The Long Haul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ZZl1ICurk

The Ugly Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iy–9vBy_w

The Last Straw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADSj0Cd9z9M

If you’re looking for something more advanced to listen to, with a fantasy spin to it then His Dark Materials is right up your street…

1. Northern Lights or to give it it’s American name, The Golden Compass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igys2EpWKQU

2. The Subtle Knife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUFyR9YTR0

3. The Amber Spyglass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBVhy7oVEfk

For your Accelerated Reader periods some of you might prefer to listen to a book. Below are some Roald Dahl books you might enjoy.

P.S. Remember if you do this then you must click ‘read to’ or ‘read along with’ before you take the test.

1. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UEksdxz6FM

2. Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvmFM4I0-ws

3. Matilda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYsb6FT5S1Q

4. James & the Giant Peach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqRQpfKVCog

5. Fantastic Mr Fox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOjIDGM5H3s

6. Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Y8uBBZjkM

7. The Witches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lXoP-Ut8yg

8. The Twits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Lj8ix17J4

9. Danny Champion of the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vFsT_REBfg

10. The Giraffe, the Pelly & Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYemebPOwAo

11. The WOnderful Story of Henry Sugar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOJSiUg3Cc