Our Class Novels

Our first class novel that we are reading together is 'Darwin's Dragons' by Lindsay Galvin. This book centres around a young cabin boy from the crew aboard Charles Darwin's HMS Beagle who is shipwrecked and finds himself marooned on a remote island in the Galapagos. 

Book blurb: 1835 - Cabin boy Syms Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the world-famous scientist Charles Darwin. But when Syms falls overboard during a large storm, he washed up on an unexplored island. Stranded there, he makes a discovery that could change the world... Now it's not just his own survival at stake - the future of an undiscovered species is in his hands.

Reviews for this book: 

⭐'A striking and original adventure ... just the sort of story I love.' 

⭐'WHAT a voyage! Darwin's Dragons is everything you hope it will be...' 

⭐'Effortlessly blends exciting adventure with a rip-roaring historical story and non-fiction elements.'

Year 6 End of Year Reading Expectations