I'm a primary school teacher and my school is celebrating a big anniversary next session. I run the upper school reading club (P5-7) and I was hoping to do some book lists - one for each decade the school has been open. A 'top ten reads of the...' idea. I need some help compiling the lists. I'm looking for chapter books for the 9-12 age range. I want to stick to books published in the UK.
1940s - I've got nothing
1950s
The Borrowers
Tom's Midnight Garden
Marianne Dreams
1960s
Summer Birds
Stig of the Dump
The Owl Service
1970s
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Charmed Life
1980s
The Indian in the Cupboard
Redwall
Moondial
1990s
The Story of Tracey Beaker
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone
2000s
Journey to the River Sea
The Various
Millions
2010s
Goth Girl
How to Train Your Dragon
The Dream Snatcher
The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day
What would you add? I'm hoping for 10 in each decade. My childhood reading was way too heavy in the classics from pre WW2!